How To Be A Better Magic: The Gathering Player | Tips For Those New To The Game
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Me: I’m gonna build this awesome deck and combo off every turn and win in turn 2
Me after putting the deck list together: this little maneuver is gonna cost me $300
Me (having played Magic for 7 years): The Professor has a video about how to be a better magic player for newbies? Sweet! (proceed to watch entire video)
Same.
Every time
Yup same
Same, but 19 years.
Same, however, I like using it as a refresher. Sometimes revisiting the basics can help seasoned players tighten up play(especially when trying to teach new players using shortcuts and slang that they don’t know yet...yes I am responsible for that one)
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Many Magic: The Gathering Players agree
@@brandonnelson1441 including I
STRONGLY AGREE
Yes!
One of the important things for me was realizing that Magic is not a race to widdle your opponents life to zero, but a race to create a board state where you cannot possibly lose. Any player can tell that cards like Ancestral Recall and Black Lotus are probably useful, but it becomes clear how broken they are once a player has this mindset.
@Sam Smith
Them: Slow and steady wins the race.
Chandra: Direct damage go brrrrr. It can't be prevented. I double it. Aaaand, that's your life total. GG lol
@@hanburgundy4317 the best kind of removal is player removal
"Life needs management"-professor
"Forsure" -me with my life in shambles.
I think the hardest part of learning magic, isn't the turn based phases, and basic mechanics. It's the rules, and differentiation of state based, and stack.
Even those that know, don't always get it right.
"You know how to tap lands for mana" nah my dad was charbelcher and my mom was manaless dredge
there's an exceptions to anything in magic, prove me wrong
@@selkokieli843 there's a universal indelible rule against extra cadaverous blooms in your lap, for some strange reason
Me, an experienced MTG player: Still misplays every game ever 😅😭
Everyone makes misplays. It's just par for the course. The best thing you can do is minimize them as best as you can.
@@Failsy1 absolutely agree, everytime I tell myself I’ll learn 😂
Tell me about it...
“Yeah this hand with two lands is fine, I’ll draw more lands and ramp later on”
I'm down from 10 misplays per game to about 3. I think my game is improving.
The stack is still the thing I struggle with the most. For instance, here, I thought giving Jhoira hexproof didn't matter because she'd already been declared a target to Lightning Bolt. So much to learn...
That's understandable, the thing with the stack is that the most recent spell on the same stack is the one with highest priority.
The important part is that the spell is cast, but it does not start to do anything until it is the spell's turn in the stack. Also, without other effects your opponent cannot change the target to another legal one.
Another thing of note is that even if a spell gets countered, it was still cast. This is important for cards that care about things being cast such as Poppet Stitcher. Your spell may be gone, but you still get the token.
To get a better understanding of the stack, remember the LIFO acronym: Last In, First Out. You resolve spells from the top of the stack to the bottom, so if your opponent casts a Lightning Bolt, stacking any effect, be it a spell that gives hexproof, a boost, or anything else, on top of this Lightning Bolt will ensure your creature survives. Remember LIFO!
As someone above me said the stack is just LIFO.
Think of the stack as a stack of pancakes. Using a new instant/ability places another “pancake” on top. You eat the top one before getting to the next one. Priority means you have the opportunity to put another pancake on the stack
The big thing I have found that new players need to get a good grasp on is the idea of holding creatures that can tap for abilities so they can block if needed and then tapping for abilities just before your turn, such as creatures like Imperious Perfect that can tap to create tokens and such. This keeps creatures open to block and when you create creature tokens before your turn they lose summoning sickness when your turn starts. The idea of creatures being able to block and then tap for an ability is also one that gets left out of a lot of explanations before it comes up in gameplay and can cause a lot of frustration.
"Reading the card explains the card" is such an iconic mtg sentence and everyone I know knows it.. I wonder where it originated? I personally first heard it from Prof, but I am not sure if he was the origin of it?
Prof was the first person I heard say it so I credit him with it
Except for certain showcase or variants of cards. I pulled a showcase Niko Aris in a sealed game and got so confused because that versions doesn’t say what a “Shard Token” is. Thankfully, google is a thing.
Several early Magic publications and first Gen podcasts had RTFC - "Read the Friendly Card". My guess is its an adaptation of that.
sometimes not even that helps as some are poorly written/explained that you have to look up at other sources to understand it.
@@leewalinchus1552 - LOL! "Friendly." Yep. That's *totally* what we meant by that acronym... ;^D
Been playing for almost 20 years. Still watch this videos. Pure charisma!
Be humble during wins and during losses.
Agreed with a small caveat:
If your opponent treats you like shit, bragging before the last card has been played, it's okay to be a little bit smug about your win.
Depends: Did they win because they resolved Omniscience?
One thing very important about sequencing is to keep a cool head. When you have a great number of triggers or actions happening in your turn you must stay calm to not mess up your play and eventually fizzling some of your triggers. This can happen a lot with value generation deck engines, for example.
I'd add: build decks to your ability of handling complex stacks, and practice going through the motions of your combo deck before taking it to a real table for the first time. It's not nice to force the other players to sit through half an hour of you restarting your counting and sequencing over and over, or, worse, having to help you out to get it right.
would it mean that if i play a 2/2 creature which triggers a 4/4 token to spawn that i can put the 4/4 on the stack first and us the power or toughness for an enchantment which for example danages an enemy player?
I've been into MTG since I was 5 ('97) and I can safely day that I don't know squat. Nice breakdown, Professor!! Thanks!!
Understanding the stack and sequencing is what helped me turn my Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose deck into the formidable beast that it is. Thanks, Prof!
Decklist please
Honestly I love the inclusion of using second main phase more than first. Had a few friends get into the game a year or so ago and that was a thing I tried to hammer home. "If it won't affect combat then cast it later." They kept dumping in 1st main and then were upset when I would deal with what they did and were blown out.
thank you professor! i just started playing about a month ago and i have been learning so much from your videos. this video is exactly what i needed!
Even as an experienced player, sometimes it's good to revisit the basics!
So glad you made this- a friend got into Magic around AFR and I just sent this to them!
Thanks for this video, Professor. I watched through your Tutor series when I was first getting started and it really helped me unpack and process the things going on around me (my friends play Commander and the learning curve was a bit steep). Still lots of learning moments with sequencing and threat assessment but I'm enjoying every game and learning in-game with helpful suggestions and reminders from friends 😊 cheers!
1:40 the choice of cards for this example took me right back to the time when I first played magic... well played!
Prof, thank you for your variety of videos for both the entrenched and new players.
Thank you for this Professor! This is really, really useful for helping to teach new players about how to improve their game, and is really well made, just like all your other content! It's wonderfully appreciated, so thank you again!!
I’ve been playing Magic on and off for 10 years, and I still love how helpful these videos are.
Love the video Prof. These lessons are truly the difference between good players and great players. Thanks for helping to explain the concepts to new players.
Absolutely great video!
One more thing to add that i also still sometimes struggle with, is over extending and when to do so (for example to win, even though then you didn't overextend, i guess).
Thanks for the video Prof! Even though I'm an experienced player now, I really appreciate these videos as they help me learn how to better teach the game to people.
Trust me, even after playing for almost three years I still sometimes sequence things in ways that aren’t optimal. Sometimes you have new developments, like a card you just drew or something your opponent was able to do, and it takes a lot of practice and experience to know how to make the most of what options you have at any given time
You sir have ascended to highest level of magic instruction. Making a video that is so packed with vital fundamental strategy and nothing else, it was like watching poetry in motion. I would and will share this with anyone who plays magic, brand new or been playing forever. It’s easy to miss all the different lines available to you, especially in multiplayer, when you don’t consider the nuances of priority, phases, etc.
I'm glad that I understood all of these. This was a good explanation. I do still struggle with threat assessment.
Just recently got into MTG through TESL, your channel has been a godsend! Thanks prof!
I love teaching this game! I will share this video with my pupils. Thanks Prof!
Amazing video prof as always..we need more like this, that take a new player by the hand and leading him/her to intermediate level..please make more !!!
Playing for bout 10 years now, still gonna watch through because Prof says things in a consistent and pleasing manner, makes great background noise for stuff.
Excellent video Professor, this will help many new players for years to come. Thank you for contributing such great MTG content...you are appreciated!
This is the best kind of video you make, REAL LESSON we can learn from. Keep up with this content Prof, looking forward for the next class.
Great video. Needed this to show new players I’m teaching. I enjoy all your Tutor videos as well.
Perfect! This video is going directly into my syllabus!
I have been playing magic for over a decade and I still learn new things every time I watch one of these videos, thanks so much professor you are the man
As a new player this helps so much! Thank you so much for making it!
That was a really good video straight to the point no sponsors no filler puns and word play just precise easy to understand and just really felt like it opens up the other side of the mind but the way you explained being able to control the order it goes on the stack is when multiple effects activate simultaneously then about sequencing and being able to use technical plays to maximize efficiency and overall effectiveness was eye opening like magic players need to watch this just because it won't do any wrong in doing so it can only help and even possibly improve thank you sincerely
This is FANTASTIC for new players. As well being an awesome reminder for some of us to use sequencing properly.
Some of the most important lessons to learn.
Great job explaining them!
Professor, this was awesome. I’ve been playing for 10 years now, and not only was this helpful to me, but I just played this for my 16-year-old son (who has been playing for at least 4 years) and it blew his mind! Thank you! And please keep these coming!
I’ve been playing again for about three years now after taking over a decade off, and this is helpful. I’d honestly love a more in-depth analysis of the stack (I didn’t see it in the Tolarian Tutor, but I may have just missed it), but no pressure to do so! Just suggesting
Loved the editing for this video. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Prof. Nice video, I really needed to have some of these concepts spelled out.
Fantastic video Prof. need more content like this!
Those are some solid tips! Great vid :)
Just started playing again, and this is so helpful!
Im really glad i subbed to you prof. Your videos are enjoyable and also very helpful. As someone who has only been playing the game for roughly 2-3 years and is helping others get into the game as well, videos like this make it easier to learn things about the game i may not understand all the way (like the stack) but it also helps me teach these to others as I'm showing them how to play the game. Keep up the great vids prof, you're awesome.
Thank you sir for your advice. Tolarian tutor is just the kind of videos I am looking for. I will check them all. Have a nice day.
Here's to hopeing this well done video shows up for everyone who who needs it wather it's for learning or because seeing the proffesor teach brightens your day as it does mine
I've only been playing for about 4 months or so, so this video is super helpful!
Professor: "Life require management"
Me: Ofc! Brilliant!
Also me: I play Necropotence and exile 35 cards. Down to 5 life.
Better than playing Ad Nauseam down to 1 life in hopes of drawing a win con 🤣 you either win or lose at that point! I love Necro that card is so broken!
Lmao
This was just the video I needed. Thank you!!
Excellent video as always, Professor. Great examples as well.
Great video and great reminder too. Currently relearning MTG after a loooong break. So much has changed (the second main phase was not a thing when I started playing 20 years ago - at least I don’t remember it 🤣). Have to remind myself all the time to attack first and then cast my stuff.
I need about 10 more of these thanks :)
Thanks for the great info. I’m a new player who has been playing Arena. The upside is becoming familiar with the format and cards. The downside/upside is that Arena automatically highlights the cards that can be played. That is really helpful as a new player, but I think I would be unsure in a tabletop game.
I'm not a new player, but this is an excellent video explaining many nuances new players miss. Great work!
This is insanely useful. Especially with passing priority on the stack, that stuff boggles my mind.
Always handy new things to learn!
I'm trying to get into the game seriously after having only casually played a few games and not collected any cards since around 2015-2016, so these videos are pretty helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for your advices, dear professor.
These videos always make me want to play magic afterwards. Just to see if I can keep myself to these guidelines. It's a good practice to try these steps.
I always enjoy these videos - even if some facets don't apply. My friend and I play "House Rules":
1. Wild - All cards from any series are legal; all other rules apply. The game is too expensive to only play the new Core set and expansions every year, and our collections are too big to just sit there. Plus, the creativity and meta of the game is a lot better without "set" limitations.
2. No stack, no Priority - Instants are instant. If I cast a lightning bolt, only a Counter or Regeneration (other exceptions, of course) will save your creature. You'd have to cast Giant Growth _before_ I cast the Lightning Bolt. The same goes for Combat - if you attack me with a 1/1 and I block with a 2/2, you can't cast Giant Growth _after_ I've already blocked it; you'd have to cast it while declaring attackers. If I attack with my 2/2, however, you can cast Giant Growth on your 1/1 and then block with your now 4/4. It just makes more sense.
3. Defense Decides - The attacking player declares attackers; he can cast buff spells (Giant Growth) at this point, or spells to prevent the defending player from blocking. Then, he's done. The defending player declares blockers, AND who blocks whom. In the case of multiple creatures blocking a single source, however, if the combined total defense is higher than the attacker's power then the _attacker_ decides how the damage is spread among them.
4. Be Happy With Your Hand - If you don't like your hand, shuffle it back into your library and draw a new one; no loss of cards. With how long games can go, there's no point penalizing a player for drawing a bad hand, as even the most balanced and synergized deck will inevitably draw a poor or even unplayable hand and that's not the player's fault. That said, don't just sit and mulligan until you get a "perfect" hand; if your hand is playable (enough land and spells for the first three turns), then play it.
I know a lot or even most of y'all will probably laugh at all this, but it makes the game better.
Sequencing... the bane of my magic career. In the words of my commander pod "imagine if he stopped and thought before he did something, he'd win alot more"
I'm starting out and the tip about holding your instants until right when you use them was massive. I just had my first game where I'd say I really strategized right and plotted properly against my opponent
Thanks professor, I have shared the video to newer players...
I'm really going to take the "use lands after after phase" advice. Definitely will work with my deck
I appreciate you man! Great vid
Great video Prof!
Thank you and the Merfolk you rode in on.
Great Tips!!! Thank you!
I will definitely share this video with some newbies in the future :)
Llanowar elite! Loved this card backin the day, great value in elfballs early and late game
I've been playing for over a decade, and there are some things explained in here I still haven't mastered. this is good for both new and casual players.
I would LOVE to see a deep dive video on sequencing. As a new player, this is the thing that trips me up the most. Overall, this video was incredibly helpful.
Prof doin the Magic Lord's work out here! Under appreciated content.
Over the years I've learned so much from watching your channel. I appreciate you! :)
I've only been playing Magic for about 6 or 7 months and was pleased to learn something in this video. The Stack works similarly to how Chains work in Yugioh but with one difference. Once a Chain in Yugioh starts to resolve no other cards can be played until the Chain has finished resolving.
This is a difference that may have been able to win me games if I knew that cards could still be played while The Stack was resolving.
Nice visuals on the phases of the game
Always enjoy these videos to remind myself that sometimes it's better to think of yourself as a new player.
THANK YOU!!!! I NEEDED THIS VIDEO BACK IN 2017! seriously thank you!
I love watching people who way over do the "life is a resource" thing die from they're own mana crypt lol.
Mana Crypt: My favorite wincon.
*Taps Ancient Tomb*
You never doomed whispered yourself to 1 health? Then you havent lived
@@jameshogan4679 I feel you
100 percent lol
Hey! Really enjoying your vids. I'm al.ost 60 and just learning.
I keep forgetting about Second Main Phase. Thanks!
Ive played for a little while now, but i always watch these
I like all your content, but this type (how to be better) of videos are my favorite!
As the one in my playgroup that read the entire rulebook, priority is by far the most important piece of the puzzle. Everything else naturally follows. I was glad to see it as a key component in this video.
I love your videos directed at new players! I still watched the entire thing however because I still misplay somehow in every game to this very day xD
I think the thing the other players in my group always need to be reminded of is how it's a great idea to save creature tap abilities for the end step of the player right before them, so they can block with them and see the layout and doing it at instant speed if they need to
This is cool, keep on coming with this kind of videos cause' I'm learning a lot of and things and ideas from you.. since pandemic I've been learning how to play mtg and and it's really a great game and now I'm using my own build of mono white deck, keep it up man. It helps fight of my depression and how to deal with a toxic partner, hehe. Thanks prof, keep safe and God bless 🙏♥️
Ah 5:11 I'm beggining to understand! ;-) Love you, Prof.
I’m 56 and brand new player I love the art . The game play is deep thnx to my son for the new addiction. Appreciate your videos very helpful
Midnight Hunt is a good 2nd main phase set, lots of cards trigger on summon when opponent is damaged kind of things.
Thanks for this video.
I saw the best sequencing phrasing recently and I've started saying it this way. "Stacking the triggers such that X resolves first." unambiguous, indicates they could stack them in other ways, but doesn't have to go through all the exacting LIFO sequencing.