Game On: MTG

Munkus Beaver

Who else besides me and whippy and duck and effstarstar wants to play online using apprentice or one of the other MTG online programs?

I have a sliver deck I love to use.

Sterica

Apprentice, you say...

As for using Wizard's online program, I'd be down for a weekly draft even if the idea of paying the same price for their cards upsets me.

Scooter

I was just about to make this thread, fortunately I refreshed the topic list before posting.

I'm up for MtG as long as it's free, I've rather enjoyed our CoH games of playing in the supergroup base using pencil and paper and emotes.

Munkus Beaver

There are a couple of free programs out there (curse you MTG:Online) that let you build decks and play.

This is opposed to the instant message system where everyone suddenly seems to pull out the one card in their deck that would win them the game in a certain situation.

You cheating fucks.

Sterica

Apprentice is free, and pretty cool to use.

Magic Online is almost exactly like "physical" Magic. You buy packs for the exact same price and have to build a collection just like in real life. I don't like that at all, but if it means getting in a draft every so often, I'm game.

Scooter

Munkus Beaver wrote:

There are a couple of free programs out there (curse you MTG:Online) that let you build decks and play.

This is opposed to the instant message system where everyone suddenly seems to pull out the one card in their deck that would win them the game in a certain situation.

You cheating fucks.

See, that's what we've been doing, and it's been awesome.

But that's because us CoH'ers are awesome.

Sterica

This link should give you the latest version of Apprentice with all the expansions.

Munkus Beaver

Thanks Rorus, I just realized I'm on a new computer and don't yet have the program.

The Count Of Midget Fisto

I use MtGO. the name is MonteCristo345 anyone up for a game?

Sterica

Since I am passing out links, here is Magic Online

The program is 100% free to download. You get a free starter deck to play with and see how the program works. After that, you have to pay for cards.

EDIT: As shown above, MtGO is a shorter way of saying it.

Scooter

Yea, I've got MtGO, and it's cool

But not quite what I'm looking for in my price market of free

Munkus Beaver

Scooter wrote:

Yea, I've got MtGO, and it's cool

But not quite what I'm looking for in my price market of free

That'd be apprentice then.

EDIT: I could have sworn that there was a second program to use, but I can't think of the name.

Sterica

Hit the Apprentice link I posted before that. 100% free, baby.

We also need to lay some rules down for Apprentice play. Type 2? Extended? Need to know what banned/restricted list we're running off of.

Scooter

I'm a really casual player. Last cards I bought were from Weatherlight, before I decided the ratio of cost to friends who played the game didn't make much sense. So any rules that let me use my antique decks is :^: with me.

kf1

I might be down for a game once I figure out Apprentice.

Jasconius

So Apprentice will let my assemble a deck of cards I actually own?

That would be nice.

I tried to CoH thing and encountered too much "olol my 8th pyrokenesis in a row I win"

Scooter

Really? Maybe I'm naive, but everyone seemed pretty honest to me. Unless you're referring to some games I wasn't around for.

CJTheran

I was actually thinking of reactivating my MTGO account. If you see a guy named CJTheran online, feel free to kick his nub ass.

Duo

Munkus Beaver wrote:

Scooter wrote:

Yea, I've got MtGO, and it's cool

But not quite what I'm looking for in my price market of free

That'd be apprentice then.

EDIT: I could have sworn that there was a second program to use, but I can't think of the name.

There's one called Magic Workstation. I liked that more than Apprentice, when I used either of them like two years ago.

I just realized: I have no idea what's been going on in MtG right now

Last I remember is... a set with asian stuff. Snakes and Samurai. Pretty neat stuff.

Sterica

Scooter wrote:

I'm a really casual player. Last cards I bought were from Weatherlight, before I decided the ratio of cost to friends who played the game didn't make much sense. So any rules that let me use my antique decks is :^: with me.

Casual normally works with a bunch of guys with their own sets. The problem with Apprentice is you have unlimited cards.

The danger here is that you can easily form, and I am not joking, decks that win on the first turn on a regular basis.

"Vintage" (aka Type 1) is what you are looking for. As long as we downplay the dickish decks that aren't fun for more casual.

Xieflow

put me on the list of people up for playing MTGO. My MTGO "collection" is so sparse, I've been playing exclusively with a Coldsnap themedeck for a while.

Athenor

I would love to play Magic Online if no money was involved. that's the main reason I stopped playing.

I would love even more to play L5R or Pirates of the Spanish Main, although the latter would be a bit more tough.

We'd have to use an honor system about the cards we actually own, though.

DisruptorX2

Hey Munkus.

I might be interested in doing a game, but I've absolutely no experience with Apprentice. Does it handle things like instant(interupts) spells well?

Duo

I've always wanted a system where you use imaginary money to buy cards online. All of it would be Java based, and you could only select from your card pool. You get more points from tournaments, and other events.

So, just MtGO, without real money.

Apprentice is really REALLY free-for-all. You have to know the rules, casue the program sure the hell doesn't.

So, if there is an instant, you put it in, and you resolve it. Arguing with text over complex rules != fun.

~Nephilim~

for all that is holy, use magic workstation.

PhDragon

I found magic workstation to be much superior to apprentice once you figured out how it works. The big appeal is that you can actually have the card art while playing.

You can download it at www.magicworkstation.com/downloads.php
I recommend using the MWS walkthrough guide on the left hand side for installation as opposed to the installation guide which is more of a comprehensive guide.

To download the pictures, you can go to www.mwsdata.com.
Instructions for installing the pictures (shamelessly taken from a post on the official MWS message boards):

Download the pics into a directory you create called "/pics" in the MWS directory (This will by default be "c:\Program Files\Magic Workstation\pics"). Each set should go into its own subdirectory (ie. ON for Onslaught and so on).

Next you need to go to Tools -> Preferences -> Image View, in your MWS. Then add a directory and choose your /pics directory.

This should give you pictures. Make sure you test things out before downloading all the pictures.

Sterica

Athenor wrote:

I would love to play Magic Online if no money was involved. that's the main reason I stopped playing.

I would love even more to play L5R or Pirates of the Spanish Main, although the latter would be a bit more tough.

We'd have to use an honor system about the cards we actually own, though.

One of the nice things about these programs is we DON'T have to own the cards.

DisruptorX2

I usually don't really care about such things, but being able to play magic without buying the cards sounds a little too good to be legal!

Xieflow

the problem I have with that software is, for me, deckbuilding is more fun than the actual game (don't get me wrong, I like the actual game, but I can spend forever building a deck), and building my magic library is an important part of the game. Building a deck for cheap, especially with the cards I own, is far more rewarding than building a potential uber-deck that would cost loads of money in real life.

Scooter

Personally I'm gonna rebuild the decks I've already got, since I know the cards and I'm not about to read all five thousand or whatever cards that've been released since I stopped buying.

Assuming this thread actually leads to any gaming that I can partake in.

Sterica

DisruptorX2 wrote:

I usually don't really care about such things, but being able to play magic without buying the cards sounds a little too good to be legal!

These programs have been up for years, and while Wizards originally tried to shut down Apprentice, the backlash was too great.

Xieflow

I'm on Magic Online right now (username Xieflow) if anyone is up for a game (I'm in the new player room)

astrobstrd

I'm on MtGO as astrozombie. I sold off a lot of my cards for league use, but I play a lot of rainbow stairwell.

The rules for this format are here...

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=336529&page=1&pp=30http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=336529&page=1&pp=30

and it is awesome. I play the singleton version.

area

Magic Workstation is cool, but if we want to include OSX and/or Linux, we can use LackeyCCG or even Magic-Project, which I haven't used but claims to know the rules.

If I end up playing, I'm almost positive it'll end up being either my Saproling deck or my Enchantress deck, so I'll register another vote for Type 1. The latter is my favourite deck in the history of the world, ever. All the card drawing goodness normall associated with blue and all the 90/90 trampling goodness of green.

Bucketman

I don't get to go out and actully play Magic with my friends anymoe dur to time so yes. Count me in.

Pkmoutl

Do they have the cards all the way back to Alpha and Beta versions?

Because I have some of those. And some Dark and a shitload of Fallen Empires.

Whippy

GIVE ME ALL YOUR CARDSdo not sell them on ebay

Bucketman

Oh, I want to cast my vote for a "Free" magic service.

I had to stop buying the cards in life due to a budget..so buying cards I don't get to actully own, but pretend I do, is a big no no.

Scooter

Trying to work with Apprentice now...would be nice if they actually had everything put together. Tutorial basically goes "Oh, here's the image files for the mana symbols, I got no idea how to use em olol have fun"

Only half the image files seem to be availible too. Guess I'll try putting together a deck with what I've got.

Golem

Id be up for this. Using whatever program we decide to use, PM me when the actually games start.

Scooter

Wow, it really is completely ruleless...started a solitare game and it just lets you draw when you want, tap and untap when you want...and now it won't stop flickering. I think I'd rather just play over instant messaging.

Edit: my xfire nick is dasscoot, so if anyone is up for a game just send me a message.