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imjorman
United States580 Posts
Anyone else playing or know how to accumulate a fair amount of cards for the cheapest amount of money so I can start winning some pre-constructed tourneys? I played a while back when I was 13 or 14 with the paper version and ended up givingthem away. Now I'm twenty, have some extra money to spend, and wanna get into a new hobby. I found a place that has a Friday night Magic and I plan on playing that back when I'm at university.  | ||
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silencefc
United States875 Posts
The cheapest decks to make that are highly competitive are probably Tempered Steel and then Goblins, in terms of effectiveness. Goblins are the cheapest of competitive decks to make. Tempered Steel (Also known as Hawkward) has been dominating the daily swiss events. Here's a list of the most recent dailies: + Show Spoiler + Buying singles on MTGO are usually cheaper than buying the paper versions. Here's a good way to find estimates on whatever cards you would want to buy: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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imjorman
United States580 Posts
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silencefc
United States875 Posts
I play both and I spend much more time during a week playing online than I do in paper. Oh, never open individual packs outside of drafts/sealed games. Always sell them or use them as entree fees for more Limited Format games. + Show Spoiler + It isn't too difficult to go "infinite" on MTGO by using prizes to fund entree fees and singles once you get a good constructed deck going: you can join 2-man tournament queues for 2 tickets and the winner gets a booster that can be sold for 3~4 tickets. You can also join 4-round swiss tournaments for 6 tickets that award 11 boosters for going undefeated and 6 for going 3:1. There are 6 of these events a day. Some people draft competitively enough to not have to invest more money to keep playing and will sell off extra singles to stores(trading bots) and once they have every card from a set, they redeem them for paper cards to use/sell. | ||
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imjorman
United States580 Posts
Is there essentially a "teamliquid" of MTG or MTGO? | ||
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silencefc
United States875 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Though none of their forums are up to the standard of quality as Teamliquid, I would say mtgsalvation forums are pretty informative and the closest I could find in similarity to TL. | ||
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imjorman
United States580 Posts
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Hikko
United States1126 Posts
 I'll get on right now Also, if you look in the classifieds section and search "free", there are some bots that give out something like 64 free commons a month. They're all crappy, but they get the job done in the casual/fun rooms EDIT: Also, for deckbuilding, sites like cardhoarder and mtgotraders are good for buying singles. Cardhoarder has a feature where you can upload a decklist you make in notepad, and then upload it and get those cards. Alternatively, you can just buy tix on magic online and then trade them for cards, but this is a lot more susceptible to you getting an unfair price. Cardhoarders and mtgotraders will always give you a decent price (if not the best price available) on anything that isn't brand new, like a set released in the last two weeks. | ||
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Trozz
Canada3456 Posts
If you don't have many cards, I suggest you draft. | ||
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Chimpalimp
United States1135 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + tappedout.net To be honest, if your going to play MTG online, do it for the drafts and the availability of players, because there are cheaper alternatives. Drafting is probably your best bet, as it lets you acquire new cards, test your wit, skill, and ensures that you don't need a $450.00 deck to be able to be competitive. | ||
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Augury
United States758 Posts
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imjorman
United States580 Posts
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silencefc
United States875 Posts
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imjorman
United States580 Posts
I'm "imjorman" in MTGo | ||
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AT_Tack
Germany435 Posts
Can someone please explain the concept of making the most money out of this game, so i dont waste money on stuff i dont need? Can someone explain the concept of drafting? whats the amount of money i have to invest into this thing to have fun and possibly win some stuff? Is it worth it or is the game ridiculously overprized? thanks in advance! | ||
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Diglett
600 Posts
On July 24 2011 04:53 AT_Tack wrote: I played magic back in 95 when i was a 10 year old kid ^^. now im 27 and duels of the planeswalkers got me intrested into mtg again. I was looking at the online version because i literally live at the end of the world. Can someone please explain the concept of making the most money out of this game, so i dont waste money on stuff i dont need? Can someone explain the concept of drafting? whats the amount of money i have to invest into this thing to have fun and possibly win some stuff? Is it worth it or is the game ridiculously overprized? thanks in advance! making money: absolutely join standard queues to make money. dropping $60-100 for a solid standard deck is worth it if you want to go infinite (keep getting tickets/cards without spending additional money). there are some people who claim that drafting helps them go infinite and it may, but in the long run, standard simply gives more rewards. drafting: you get 3 boosters and pay 2 tickets to get into a draft queue. there are 8 people in the draft. the format is you open one booster and choose 1 card from it. then another booster is passed to you and you choose another card from it. this goes on until all 3 boosters are exhausted. then, you build a 40 card minimum deck (40 cards is optimal, don't go over) and play up to 3 matches. a match is a best of 3. there are 3 draft queues that are separated by prize distribution. "swiss" is one match win, one booster. you play all 3 rounds regardless of win or loss. 4-3-2-2 is one match win is 2 boosters, 2 match wins is 3 boosters, 3 match win is 4 boosters. a match loss and you're out. 8-4 is winner gets 8 boosters, second place gets 4. a match loss and you're out. i love to draft but it's quite expensive if you don't throw some standard queues into your play. | ||
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