Resources every magic player should know about?
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Posted on Dec. 28, 2022, 4:32 p.m. by shadow63
Let's get a comprehensive list of web sites apps youtube channels and hell lets even throw non card game marketed gear into the conversation.
I'll start first draftsim.com it's a fun and useful website for drafting with a super simple user interface
Level One: The Full Course is written by Reid Duke and covers all sorts things, from drafts, to virtual card advantage.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/level-one-full-course-2015-10-05
Caerwyn Could I get the ability to link things? Thanks
December 28, 2022 7:08 p.m.
@shadow63 it’s on iOS, I’m not sure about android though.
December 28, 2022 7:28 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #6
Scryfall.com is by far the best card search site. The advanced search tab is simple to use. If you learn the syntax you can search for whatever obscure things you desire.
December 28, 2022 9:06 p.m.
Squee_Spirit_Guide says... #7
It's simple, but I get a lot of mileage out of the Random Card button on Gatherer. Always a good option when I don't know what I'm looking for until I see it!
December 28, 2022 10:22 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #8
Knowing how to use Gatherer is important. For example, suppose you are building an enchantment deck and you want to isolate enchantments in Naya. Rather than putting the fields in as "includes RED or GREEN or WHITE", try doing it as "excludes BLUE and BLACK"
Another good idea is searching using the bare minimum words possible. For example, perhaps you are looking for ETB triggers that gain you life. It might be tempting to type in "Whenever this creature enters the battlefield you gain life", but you'll accidentally exclude some cards.
Try, instead, "enters battlefield gain life". Now you aren't specifically searching for "this" and "creature" and "you".
I find I get a lot more utility out of excluding specific things, rather than mulling over all of the little nuances to type in.
Scryfall is also a great resource because it will show you all of the different printings of cards. So if you are particular on what you want your deck to look like, that is a wonderful one. I used it when I was building my Sword of a Tribal Deck which requires a sword to be in all of the artwork.
December 28, 2022 11:04 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #9
Manatraders.com is a good way for players who don’t have tons of expendable income to build one deck for MTGO and can even play some formats entirely free with the base subscription.
Penny Dreadful by definition can be played for free with the FREE base sub you can change your deck whenever you want and there are tournaments from the subreddit occasionally to win tickets in game. It’s pretty neat.
December 28, 2022 11:51 p.m. Edited.
wallisface says... #10
MtgGoldfish for both specific meta decks for a format as well as budget decks in that meta. The site also has a breakdown of the most popular cards in a given format.
More detailed mtg-meta related deck statistics can be found on MtgMeta.io
MtgNexus for card draw-odds as well as a tool for calculating lands for a deck (though this last link I haven't used at-all myself so can't vouch for its usefulness/reliability).
While not everyone will like him, the youtube site Tolarian Community College provides many helpful intro videos to help people trying to get into magic, or being better at brewing/playing decks etc.
For getting cards on MTGO, I use Cardhoarder. For getting physical cards, i'll always try and buy locally first (from my LGS followed by any online stores in my home country of New Zealand), but failing that i'll use CardKingdom
December 29, 2022 12:45 a.m.
If you want to get nice and fancy and you've got some experience coding, Scryfall has a REST API that's pretty easy to use. I've written some powershell to pull some statistical data and to do some advanced searching on creature types. I've barely cracked the surface of what can be done with it too.
December 30, 2022 2:59 a.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #12
Two shows on YouTube I enjoy watching are Spellslingers and Game Knights because players, in an interview setting explain their actions and their overall reactions and strategies as the game goes on. Spellslingers no longer produces new episodes, but it's a helpful tool for players just starting out.
I use the app Manabox. Not only can I use it to store decks I theorycaft, but it displays links to MTG related articles and online card purchases.
December 31, 2022 7:24 a.m.
DoomNoodle says... #13
https://commanderspellbook.com/
Fun site for finding combo synergies of cards and fun to hit random combo button!
January 1, 2023 2:43 p.m.
DoomNoodle says... #14
To further explain you search a card and poof it'll give you a comprehensive list of cards that combo with it, color identity of combo, and a breakdown of how the combo works. Really user friendly!
Balaam__ says... #2
I don’t have a pc and so do most of my deck building on my phone, and I like to use an app called Cascade. It’s a handy tool, with all the relevant data (search functionality, card images, prices, versions/alters, rules list etc) and I like the user interface. It’s easy to export the finished builds into tappedout as well.
December 28, 2022 4:59 p.m.