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submitted 5 months ago by moondog@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

Magic the gathering usually requires you to pay money to get pieces of cards to play with IRL, but we don't have that restriction playing digitally.
I usually play on Tabletop Simulator, but there's also the free and less computer demanding Cockatrice.

For newcomers to the game: Magic the gathering is a fairly complicated game, but you can learn it incrementally, learning new mechanics as you get more involved in it. I'd be happy to teach beginners. When you begin really understanding it, it only gets more and more fun. It's also a social game, meaning there's modes of play where you don't have to try hard, and you can play for fun without playing to win.

If you're interested in playing, leave a comment or send me a DM and if we get enough people (a regular game takes 3-4 players) I'll try to organise a game. Note down your timezone as well in your message if you're comfortable sharing that.

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[-] Babs@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

Are there any decent free MTG drafting programs? Drafting a good block is probably my favorite paper format since you don't need to build a collection, but also they can be balanced real nicely.

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

mtg forge for play against bots, xmage for play against other people. forge has like every possible set, hundreds of cubes, chaos draft and a whole bunch of singleplayer modes available.

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Might pop in for a round or two. Can't say I'm very good at the game, though. what format you thinking? Commander? Pauper? Modern?

[-] orshelack@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

I've played casually on & off since the 90's, but social anxiety has always kept me from getting into it outside of my friend groups at the time, and I've never had a steady enough income to where I've been able to keep whatever my current collection is when things get bad.

That said, I'm potentially interested in re-learning with a few chill folks on a semi-regular basis. I don't think I've ever played more than the standard 1v1 format, but I can usually pick things up fairly quickly. PST/PDT timezone

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

im ust+2 (which puts me out of sync with a lot of folks on here) but I'd sure be up for some commander (usually only play on mtg arena, which feels like sort of a different thing)

[-] Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

UTC -4, have three Commander decks assembled!

[-] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

If there’s any interest in drafting or constructed play I’d be down for that. UTC -4 but I keep late hours.

[-] Babs@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

I used to play on Cockatrice, and was really into competitive legacy till I stopped playing in Khans block.

Might be down for some EDH, but Cockatrice is pretty garbage for multiplayer so I should check out those other apps.

[-] moondog@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago
[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Sounds fun, UTC-7

Never actually played any digital versions before so hopefully whichever one you pick has some premade bullshit I can use or a draft mode lol

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Check out Forge, it's the app I use to play MTG against a computer partner. It's got a multiplayer mode too: https://github.com/Card-Forge/forge/releases

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

pretty sure for rule enforced play people usually use xmage, forge is more for singleplayer/ bot play

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Oh cool, never heard of this!

[-] Procapra@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Does nobody use untap.in anymore? I feel like that is the easiest to use way to play MTG online.

[-] Morosaurus@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

UTC-4 here, I'd be down and I've played on TTS before. Would be very down for Commander and Drafts

[-] CarbonConscious@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Very yes! UTC-5 here. Got kids though so not a ton of availability, but this is something I'll make some room for.

Usually play edh and draft, but down for whatever.

Spelltable is is my usually haunt, and it's pretty cool for anyone that wants to do some paper. You can use OBS with something like Moxfield or similar to play webcam without having any paper. Maybe not so good for opsec I guess, but certainly fun.

Edit for *OBS.

[-] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

Sounds fun! Especially if we aren't held back by having to buy cards to make a deck. UTC-5

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

I'm interested but I've never played before and have no idea about how it works.

I know more about Graeme Barrett's Divorced Dads than I do mtg.

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

If you want to learn, magic arena has a pretty good tutorial and provides you with a bunch of starter decks that you can play against other beginners.

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