A friend tought me magic, i played it with another friend in school, more people from other groups wanted to play to, just to try it out, now we have a club with 24 members all playing magic the gathering.
@John Skelton show the people how they can express themselfes with cards and playstiles they like. Let them play with some decks you think they would like and let them See how cool it is to play a combo or a big creature. Maybe present the club on a school event and let people try out the game.
@John Skelton oh and dont turn into one of those competitive edh jerks who shoot down any deck ideas. I Have a few friends like that who just play with their $3k decks. Winning on turn 4. Shit aint fun
@@meyeneetuks4680 I have a £20ish deck that can semi-reliably win on turn 5 if you leave it alone, so it's not entirely a price thing. Measuring power levels in EDH is way more complicated than people make it out to be. I think a good place to start is "how much interaction does it take to shut down," because although my Zada deck technically has the tools to win on turn 5 a majority of the time, that's only in a vacuum. One piece of interaction can throw it into a spiral, transforming it from a deck that wins on turn 5 into a deck that fizzles on turn 5 and struggles to recover. It's exactly why interaction is so important, and why people need to run more of it. Spike can't win on turn 4 if you have 1 blue mana open. A truly broken deck can win early while also resisting disruption (I.e. casting Fierce Guardianship for free in response to your own interaction) and that's no fun to deal with unless CEDH is what you're actively trying to play.
I love that command zone is just preparing for the onslaught of new players to the game/format from posty in the absolute best way possible. Can’t wait for the next commandfest too meet all the players that you all got hooked to this amazing game! Keep up the work!
@@MTGHedgefund maybe there might be. People are ridiculously persuasive and like to follow the herd. Its silly. You have no idea how many people will do something just cuz their fav celebrity is doing it. XD why do ya think pop music is so popular? They may even start to view magic as "cool" and "hip".
@@getcountered1318 card advantage refers to having more cards than your opponent and drawing a bunch of cards, in theory having better chances at winning the game.
I finally understood, I've been playing this game for 2 weeks from my computer and I couldn't understand the meaning of mana on the cards. For example, I thought the number 2 and the Blue color symbol wanted 2 blue lands. thank u so muuchhhh
That "invisible plus sign" should get explained to new players. Really, though, Wizards of the Coast should just give in and *print* the plus sign on the cards.
It’s almost as if it’s April fools and they posted this to get us to try to type the name out in the comments. Later down the line, he will as for praise for teaching us how to pronounce Asmo.
Jimmy : " to tell the difference between a spell and a land is simple. Look at the top right of the card for a mana symbol. No symbol means it is a land" Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar : " do I look like a land to you..."
I am SO stoked about the AFR set! I am a long-time D&D nerd who is getting into MTG because of the AFR set. I have procured a Superhive & five Boulders (Frosted/Sapphire/Onyx/Ruby/Emerald) to store my decks/playmat/dice (I plan to get all four AFR Commander decks & build up a Standard deck as well), and I plan to use nothing but AFR cards in my game play.
IIRC when I googled how to play magic the first time I wanted to learn, I was given a video explaining different formats: Standard, Modern, Limited, Sealed Draft, etc instead. But this one is 100% on point! This is what people who are insterested to learn magic need.
You guys should make ALL of the tutorials in TH-cam. The combination of Jimmy's radio-like speech abilities, Josh's production skills and the next-level animation is just flawless at this point. Congratulations, you just leveled up. Amazing!
When I first learned magic 2 years ago, I learned it from a friend that learned it from a friend that learned it from a camp counsellor, and we played with some pretty messed up rules. Being able to pay phyrexian mana for every card, immediately being able to ultimate planswalkers, and summoning sickness just not existing are just a couple. Glad I was able to learn the real rules a few months later.
I feel like so many games have it so you can attack creatures (yugioh, pokemon, hearthstone, etc) that newer players to magic just got it in their head that it's the norm, so yeah, gotta teach 'em that early lol
This was a helpful video. I have autism and I couldn’t figure out how to play from reading the instructions. Thanks for explaining it one step at a time.
Thank you so much for making this so simple to understand. I’m just now getting into magic and most videos I’ve watched so far have made me felt even more intermediated
I really want to teach my wife how to play Magic, but every how to video is just too complex. THIS video however. THIS IS THE ONE. You've taken the how to play aspect out of the equation and instead broke it down into "here's how you play and read a card". This is so cool! And then you kinda pop quiz them too after you teach the lesson. This is perfect and the best video I've seen. I'm DEFINITELY bookmarking this video to send to any of my friends who wanna play Magic. Outstanding work.
I’m learning the game on the train on the way to my first ever draft event, also my first games in magic. Thank you for making it so simple to understand!
Thank you so much, I have many friends and family members that I can send this to, where they can at least understand the basics. It is very hard to find a short and sweet tutorial, and this is perfect. I also completely agree with Magic Arena as a starting point because you don't have to pay if you don't want to. You can actually understand the game before spending money on any of the cards, which is what I have recommended to many of those close to me who have started to play Magic. Again, thank you for making this!
As someone who recently got into MGT Arena about a week ago. I decided to go to my local game store and get me a Modern Horizon 2 pre release pack to start my collection to build Decks for Modern and Commander so these videos are a huge help to better learn the game. Thank you I can already tell this is going to be an expensive hobby.. Also I haven't looked yet but If there isn't maybe yall would be interested in making a guide on building Decks and the different combinations. I am sure TH-cam has these videos from other creators but maybe some will want to see it from Yall.
The command zone has a few podcast episodes about how to make a deck or how to play commander. Try episode 400 for how to play, or 379 for how to make a deck. You can also start with the Precon-upgrade episodes. They are also all on the command zone channel.
Gonna be fun to watch the views on these intro to commander videos spike after the game knights video drops and a flood of new players come into the format. Well played TCZ, well played.
I have yet to see a tutorial as good as the one that taught me how to play back in 2013. It was a WOTC funded tutorial video on the Magic The Gathering channel with two guys I think their names were Dylan and Ian but I may be wrong on that. It was a bunch of different parts breaking down each aspect of the game i.e. mana, combat, casting spells, turns and steps. It was by far the best video and they even had a final episode where they just talked about products you could buy at your LGS. They took the video down and I was only ever able to find a reposting of it once before but I never downloaded the videos and they had gotten deleted. Pls just upload those vids or at least recreate it with the same tutorial layout just with newer cards.
I love much see simplified this. Lol. It’s great for beginners that literally don’t know anything about the game. But for veterans it’s funny. Like a magic for dummies.
I've been collecting for over a year after my nephew showed me how to play for the first time using a $350 Rakdos commander deck 😆 so thank you for this video.
Wow amazing video!! I was thinking how to teach my girlfriend how to play. Now this video can help with an incredible introduction and then I can help her to learn further aspects of the game.
This is an useful video to explain the basics, now only left is Attack and Defense and what non-creature cards do and it’s actually done! The rest is printed on the cards!
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar jokes aside, this video couldn't have come at a more perfect time. I might be attempting to teach some of my family how to play this game, and I didn't know where to start. This is such a great tool to use! Thanks Jimmy!
Been playing since '94; still called out the cards that were legal to play during the quiz section. Hell, I was even proud of myself for getting them right!
This is great right before the Post Malone video a lot of people are gonna want to learn how to play. It’s always good to see the community grow and communities there to show them they way to greatness.
I really liked this very easy to understand format, but I would appreciate other chapters with more content for the friends who can't understand arena... For reasons
*Has been playing for a very long time but was curious about what content was in this video...* - Well that's pretty cool for kids and new comers but... WAIT IS THAT AN MTG ARENA CODE??? SWEET!
I think he's just trying to simplify it for new players that are coming tomorrow... But yea, I hope they are making a intermadiate lvl video to clear those things out
while I agree mtga can help newer players grasp many of the basic concepts, leaning too hard into it has detrimental effects, I know a guy that only learned magic from arena and when we got together irl he tried to play sorcery cards and summon creatures during combat, and when I explained why he couldn't he got very frustrated, threw his cards from his hand on to the table and started complaining about how arena did all it for him and this was too complicated. So I'm guessing when he played on arena he probably just played a card any time he had the option and didn't think any further into it.
@@zaclindemann9978 Yeah, well that guy is a manchild to begin with. But look at the bright side, he got into Magic because of Arena... otherwise, that guy wouldn't have even bothered in the first place.
I'm here because the guy I like is a fiend for MTG and I want to take part in his fave hobby. I hope I can surprise him a bit by knowing about the game so we can play together :)
"Lands are like money"
*Looks at fetch land prices*
Yup it checks out.
It'd have been funny if it wasn't painful.😬
Lets see wether this comment is gonna be underrated
I mean prices of fetches, of caurse.
They are like real estate. The price only goes up.
Looks at price of dual lands*
*Plays for years, but still wants to learn how to play just in case I missed something
Same XD
Yes.
Yep, great video btw
Was thinking the same. I got 32 commander decks. Still busted out a notepad. Just in case.
Same
Not even a minute in
“You can tell it’s a land because there’s no symbol in the top right corner “
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar- “excuse me what?”
Could've, should've said "just read the type line below the art, does it say it's a land?"
Also stuff like Living End is crying in the corner
Dont scare the new people
Suspend cards: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
there's this thing called the type line...
I love how they are dropping these videos right before the Post Malone game gets a ton of new people into mtg
for real they know they are about to blow up
Exactly
The Post Malone what?
@@uknownhero2764 Post Malone is on there Game Knights tomorrow
No, they had to make them to teach Post Malone, and THEN he got into the game and bought all the cards.
A friend tought me magic, i played it with another friend in school, more people from other groups wanted to play to, just to try it out, now we have a club with 24 members all playing magic the gathering.
Nice, my friends and I started at school there were only about 8 of us but we practically took over the library... Good times
@John Skelton show the people how they can express themselfes with cards and playstiles they like. Let them play with some decks you think they would like and let them See how cool it is to play a combo or a big creature. Maybe present the club on a school event and let people try out the game.
@John Skelton oh and dont turn into one of those competitive edh jerks who shoot down any deck ideas. I Have a few friends like that who just play with their $3k decks. Winning on turn 4. Shit aint fun
@@meyeneetuks4680 I have a £20ish deck that can semi-reliably win on turn 5 if you leave it alone, so it's not entirely a price thing. Measuring power levels in EDH is way more complicated than people make it out to be.
I think a good place to start is "how much interaction does it take to shut down," because although my Zada deck technically has the tools to win on turn 5 a majority of the time, that's only in a vacuum. One piece of interaction can throw it into a spiral, transforming it from a deck that wins on turn 5 into a deck that fizzles on turn 5 and struggles to recover. It's exactly why interaction is so important, and why people need to run more of it. Spike can't win on turn 4 if you have 1 blue mana open.
A truly broken deck can win early while also resisting disruption (I.e. casting Fierce Guardianship for free in response to your own interaction) and that's no fun to deal with unless CEDH is what you're actively trying to play.
I love that Craig's Zacama is synonimous with "player having fun"
I love that command zone is just preparing for the onslaught of new players to the game/format from posty in the absolute best way possible. Can’t wait for the next commandfest too meet all the players that you all got hooked to this amazing game! Keep up the work!
They're preparing for the post post malone wave of new players.
There won't be a meaningful post post Malone wave of new players. That's never happens with magic sadly
@@MTGHedgefund maybe there might be. People are ridiculously persuasive and like to follow the herd. Its silly. You have no idea how many people will do something just cuz their fav celebrity is doing it. XD why do ya think pop music is so popular? They may even start to view magic as "cool" and "hip".
If you are here this early, you already know how to play.
Truest
Yep
whats card advantage again
@@getcountered1318 card advantage refers to having more cards than your opponent and drawing a bunch of cards, in theory having better chances at winning the game.
True
I finally understood, I've been playing this game for 2 weeks from my computer and I couldn't understand the meaning of mana on the cards. For example, I thought the number 2 and the Blue color symbol wanted 2 blue lands. thank u so muuchhhh
That "invisible plus sign" should get explained to new players. Really, though, Wizards of the Coast should just give in and *print* the plus sign on the cards.
I’ve been watching this channel for years and never knew how to play magic
Playing for years, but I liked and watched the whole thing for the algorithm :D
honestly as a noob, this is one of the best videos i''ve watched from the plethora I have on YT or Twitch to try and understand how to play MTG :)
Jimmy: If there are no symbols, like this, then the card is a land
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar: Am I a joke to you?
It’s almost as if it’s April fools and they posted this to get us to try to type the name out in the comments. Later down the line, he will as for praise for teaching us how to pronounce Asmo.
*angry suspend noises*
i had the same thought
I was thinking about scute tokens and such, that don't have a cost, but definitely a great tutorial to get things rolling!
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Jimmy : " to tell the difference between a spell and a land is simple. Look at the top right of the card for a mana symbol. No symbol means it is a land"
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar : " do I look like a land to you..."
Yup, and some cards with "Suspend" also don't have any symbol and there is also lands that cost mana. But it's for begginers, so I guess it's ok ^^'
Cries in profane tutor
@@nathanboyer6266 yeah I thought about it but it felt more memey with Asmora.... XD
*Cries in dryad arbor*
@@sildeleeuw8032 uhm...I don't get this one. Care to elaborate?
Thank you for these last 2 videos! This is exactly what I need to get my d&d group into magic after the Forgotten Realms set ;)
I am SO stoked about the AFR set! I am a long-time D&D nerd who is getting into MTG because of the AFR set. I have procured a Superhive & five Boulders (Frosted/Sapphire/Onyx/Ruby/Emerald) to store my decks/playmat/dice (I plan to get all four AFR Commander decks & build up a Standard deck as well), and I plan to use nothing but AFR cards in my game play.
IIRC when I googled how to play magic the first time I wanted to learn, I was given a video explaining different formats: Standard, Modern, Limited, Sealed Draft, etc instead.
But this one is 100% on point!
This is what people who are insterested to learn magic need.
You guys should make ALL of the tutorials in TH-cam. The combination of Jimmy's radio-like speech abilities, Josh's production skills and the next-level animation is just flawless at this point. Congratulations, you just leveled up. Amazing!
When I first learned magic 2 years ago, I learned it from a friend that learned it from a friend that learned it from a camp counsellor, and we played with some pretty messed up rules. Being able to pay phyrexian mana for every card, immediately being able to ultimate planswalkers, and summoning sickness just not existing are just a couple. Glad I was able to learn the real rules a few months later.
The number one thing you must teach new players (and will need I reexplain)- you cannot attack a creature, only players and planeswalkers
especially if you, like me, come from a game like hearthstone
And blockers do NOT tap. So many people who've played other card games think blockers have to tap down.
@@dorsalfin22 i have never seen that. The attack player only got me hard when i started
I feel like so many games have it so you can attack creatures (yugioh, pokemon, hearthstone, etc) that newer players to magic just got it in their head that it's the norm, so yeah, gotta teach 'em that early lol
i thought the number one rule was dont touch lands
I showed this to my fiance! And she got the curious look on her face. One step closer to her playing. Thanks for putting this out!
I love this guy, he makes me excited to play the game.
This was a helpful video. I have autism and I couldn’t figure out how to play from reading the instructions. Thanks for explaining it one step at a time.
Me who has been playing for years: "Hm, yes, interesting..."
So THATS what lands are for!!??
Thank you so much for making this so simple to understand. I’m just now getting into magic and most videos I’ve watched so far have made me felt even more intermediated
I really want to teach my wife how to play Magic, but every how to video is just too complex. THIS video however. THIS IS THE ONE. You've taken the how to play aspect out of the equation and instead broke it down into "here's how you play and read a card". This is so cool! And then you kinda pop quiz them too after you teach the lesson. This is perfect and the best video I've seen. I'm DEFINITELY bookmarking this video to send to any of my friends who wanna play Magic. Outstanding work.
Thank you! Ive been following this channel and i have no idea what is going on 90% of the time
I choose to watch you because it wasn’t a 20 minute tutorial, I chose wisely. Perfect video, for beginners like me.
I’m learning the game on the train on the way to my first ever draft event, also my first games in magic. Thank you for making it so simple to understand!
Thank you so much, I have many friends and family members that I can send this to, where they can at least understand the basics. It is very hard to find a short and sweet tutorial, and this is perfect.
I also completely agree with Magic Arena as a starting point because you don't have to pay if you don't want to. You can actually understand the game before spending money on any of the cards, which is what I have recommended to many of those close to me who have started to play Magic.
Again, thank you for making this!
I love how this video is so basic that it is a really good material for teaching how to play.
Me: Well versed in magic
Also Me: sees “how to play magic” very interesting! 🤔
As someone who recently got into MGT Arena about a week ago. I decided to go to my local game store and get me a Modern Horizon 2 pre release pack to start my collection to build Decks for Modern and Commander so these videos are a huge help to better learn the game. Thank you I can already tell this is going to be an expensive hobby..
Also I haven't looked yet but If there isn't maybe yall would be interested in making a guide on building Decks and the different combinations. I am sure TH-cam has these videos from other creators but maybe some will want to see it from Yall.
The command zone has a few podcast episodes about how to make a deck or how to play commander. Try episode 400 for how to play, or 379 for how to make a deck.
You can also start with the Precon-upgrade episodes. They are also all on the command zone channel.
Gonna be fun to watch the views on these intro to commander videos spike after the game knights video drops and a flood of new players come into the format. Well played TCZ, well played.
Please, we need more videos like this! im teaching my 6 year old daughter to play magic!
I'm very new to magic the gathering been playing for about 4 months and this was very helpful.
Please we need more videos that like this.
I have yet to see a tutorial as good as the one that taught me how to play back in 2013. It was a WOTC funded tutorial video on the Magic The Gathering channel with two guys I think their names were Dylan and Ian but I may be wrong on that. It was a bunch of different parts breaking down each aspect of the game i.e. mana, combat, casting spells, turns and steps. It was by far the best video and they even had a final episode where they just talked about products you could buy at your LGS. They took the video down and I was only ever able to find a reposting of it once before but I never downloaded the videos and they had gotten deleted. Pls just upload those vids or at least recreate it with the same tutorial layout just with newer cards.
"how to play magic: The Gathering"
Me who has been playing nearly 10 years: Hmm, yes, quite
I love much see simplified this. Lol. It’s great for beginners that literally don’t know anything about the game. But for veterans it’s funny. Like a magic for dummies.
I like the positive sounding voice. Seems like a natural teacher.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have been waiting for a current video about how to play for so long, thank you!!
I’ve played for years and I still loved this.
it's so cool how you guys animate the card's artwork.
I've been collecting for over a year after my nephew showed me how to play for the first time using a $350 Rakdos commander deck 😆 so thank you for this video.
Absolutely admire the editing in this. Well done
This is amazing! I’ve been trying to get my girlfriend into commander and this is a great start! Thank you!
Watched this to see how well done it is so I can send it to people who want to learn
Wow amazing video!! I was thinking how to teach my girlfriend how to play. Now this video can help with an incredible introduction and then I can help her to learn further aspects of the game.
Looks like we got Professor Jimmy teaching the class how to play MtG
This was MASTERFULLY put together. I see the editors really flexing their muscle here.
I love this video so much more than the other one that came out years ago-
Thank you so much. Forwarded to a special person who is learning
Ok the code for the free deck is a great bonus! Awesome of wotc to be doing these kinds of partnerships
I think everybody in the world should watch this video!
This is an useful video to explain the basics, now only left is Attack and Defense and what non-creature cards do and it’s actually done! The rest is printed on the cards!
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar jokes aside, this video couldn't have come at a more perfect time. I might be attempting to teach some of my family how to play this game, and I didn't know where to start. This is such a great tool to use! Thanks Jimmy!
Great now I have a video that is short and to the point I can show my buddies i want to get into magic!
Step 1: reading a card explains the card.
This is so awesome. I’m showing this to anyone who wants to learn
Just here to support the single best TH-cam channel for commander! Maybe for mtg in general? 😁
I’m happy they made this video I can’t explain game that well and this help try get more of my friends into magic!
Last time i was this fast magic had just come out
Been playing since '94; still called out the cards that were legal to play during the quiz section. Hell, I was even proud of myself for getting them right!
Y'all continue to do amazing work bringing new players into the game. Thank you!
Been playing for nearly a decade, and this is perhaps one of the best videos I've seen on the basics of playing the game. Great job! 👍
I have no idea why I pressed this vid but I am happy I did, because of that code for MTG Arena
beautifully animated, narrated and just well done. Love it!
Great tutorial! It was clear and concise when teaching me how to play Magic the Gathering.
Pretty smart move to release such beginner tutorials shortly before the posty episode
I need to show this to my 8 year old cousin
@@magicalsteve2530 if anything it’s useful to give to children. They can’t buy drugs if they don’t have money :’D
I taught my cousin this and not only he learned quickly (he forgot and I retaught him as fast) but he beat me that same game.
@@yeaster5664 🤦
@@jimmyrivera1830 🤨
Thanks Jimmy, I will now cast an grizzelbrand on turn one with this information.
This is great right before the Post Malone video a lot of people are gonna want to learn how to play. It’s always good to see the community grow and communities there to show them they way to greatness.
Thank you for breaking it down!!!! But now I need to know how to build a deck!
An absolutely awesome video!!! I will be using this to help some of my friends learn the game!!! Thank you!!!
Let the play testing testing begin!!!!!
I would have sent this video to friends if it wasn't an ad for Arena. That fact that it's sponsored content isn't even mentioned.
this video is awesome! something I'll definitely show someone I want to introduce to the game, thanks for all your content!
Good simple intro for me. Thx!
After watching the Posty episode, I’m excited to learn how to play. Haha.
please continue this series!
that deck IS AMAZING 100% after a little mod... after 25 matchs in standard ranked edit" BOOSTED ME ALOT!! thanks!!!
I really liked this very easy to understand format, but I would appreciate other chapters with more content for the friends who can't understand arena... For reasons
Great video! Please do more episodes on more complex mechanics
Jimmy taught me how to play years ago but this is good too
Early gang played for 10 out of 18 years of my life so far still watching the vids
You "GUYS ROCK" Thanks for this video and many others!
*Has been playing for a very long time but was curious about what content was in this video...* - Well that's pretty cool for kids and new comers but... WAIT IS THAT AN MTG ARENA CODE??? SWEET!
Thank you this helped with a few cards I needed to know how to play or how they work
Very nice into video. Love that there is a code too. Hope there will be other codes from other content creators or for future how to play videos.
Jimmy has never heard of suspend spells. That, or I've been playing wheel of fate wrong for years.
I think he's just trying to simplify it for new players that are coming tomorrow... But yea, I hope they are making a intermadiate lvl video to clear those things out
wheel of fate is clearly a land, jimmy said so, silly you playing it as a spell all these years
Ancestral Vision is my favourite land!
Thank you
Gonna send this to my friend
Love this series-I want more loved ones to play with me!
*shows a very comprehensive video to teach magic to beginners*
Me: oh nice
*turns into mtga add*
Me: oh no...
while I agree mtga can help newer players grasp many of the basic concepts, leaning too hard into it has detrimental effects, I know a guy that only learned magic from arena and when we got together irl he tried to play sorcery cards and summon creatures during combat, and when I explained why he couldn't he got very frustrated, threw his cards from his hand on to the table and started complaining about how arena did all it for him and this was too complicated.
So I'm guessing when he played on arena he probably just played a card any time he had the option and didn't think any further into it.
@@zaclindemann9978 Yeah, well that guy is a manchild to begin with. But look at the bright side, he got into Magic because of Arena... otherwise, that guy wouldn't have even bothered in the first place.
right before the Post Malone video to prepare for new eyes coming to the channel! very smart to have this handy video!
Hey Jimmy just saw Wish Dragon on Netflix here in NZ, was stoked to hear it was you!
Awesome editing. Great video guys.
I watched this video with my wife before we can jump on this new hobby. 😂
I'm here because the guy I like is a fiend for MTG and I want to take part in his fave hobby.
I hope I can surprise him a bit by knowing about the game so we can play together :)