Dear Magic Online beginner,

MTGO Academy aims to offer a fully interactive Magic tutorial experience to boost your playing skills and understanding of the program to a completely new level. If you are a beginner and have fretted about the best ways to improve your MTGO skills quickly and efficiently, then you will find the answer to your woes here. We also know that even masters have to stay in shape, so we will keep adding content for all levels of play!

If you watch or read our tutorials you will be able to:

prevent mistakes most beginners make when starting with Magic Online .

. quickly learn all the important interface commands and tricks so that you can spend your time playing and trading, not fiddling with technical issues.

save a great deal of money because we show you how to get everything cheap, fast, and efficient.

IMPORTANT: Due to the recent transition to the new game client (V4), many of the user interface tutorials are not applicable anymore. MTGO Academy is working on updates for the new client and will post them as they become available.

Please find our beginner tutorials below and let us know if you have any questions or ideas for more material. Now go ahead, apprentice, and take your first steps toward mastership!

Top Ten MTGO Beginner’s Mistakes

In this article you will learn which mistakes beginners tend to make and how to avoid them.

In the Beginning: Oh, So Many Choices

In this article Plejades describes what you should do after registering your first account. He not only explains what exactly is the best way to use the starter package you received but also how to move forward, what to do with your Event Tickets, and even how to get free cards!

In the Beginning: All About Planeswalker Packs

This tutorial introduces the Planeswalker format, discusses why the cards are gold-bordered, displays all six of the Planeswalker Deck Pack card lists and their unique offerings, touches on some notable themes present in the card pool and finally, discusses the benefits of acquiring more than the Planeswalker Pack that the initial account comes with. Special thanks to the inspiration for this tutorial, Magic Online forum user ZeroDivide.

In the Beginning: Cr@cking the Code

This article will show you how to use the MTGO interface and many shortcuts and tricks that will make navigating the program and the play interface much easier for you.

Beginner’s Tutorials Series: Paper Magic and Magic Online Information

This four part tutorial series looks at paper Magic information applicable to Magic Online, using the MTGO client, important sources of Magic Online information and trading on MTGO. Use the below table to navigate the different sections. (The headers link to the beginning of each tutorial.)

Back to Basics: The Chat Interface

Maximize the efficiency of your communicative experience online with this quick and informative tutorial.

Beginner’s Guide: How to Get Free Cards

If you are interested in free swag, then you should not miss this short video. It shows you how you can get hundreds of free cards without much effort!

Beginner’s Guide: How to Build your First Deck

So you have a bunch of cards and want to start playing, but you don’t have a deck? In this video you can learn how to build your deck, save it, and get ready to rumble!

Beginner’s Guide: Where to Trade Cards with Players

Trading is another important aspect of Magic: The Gathering. It will help you to get cards you need for your decks and save money. See here how you can trade in game.

Back to Basics: Buying and Selling

In this tutorial, we show you the optimal use of the Store and Classifieds. Learn to procure more digital ammunition and/or peddle your wares.

Beginner’s Guide: Bots on Magic Online

On Magic Online, bots are a common and useful way to acquire needed cards or to sell unneeded ones. In this tutorial, Marin showcases the different types of bots, explains how to use them, and advises what cautions to take when shopping with them.

Beginner’s Guide: The Tournament Rooms

If you feel the competitive itch and want to test your deck under tournament conditions you can learn more about MTGO‘s tournament structures in this video. ChrisKool explains the different tournament rooms and what you can expect there.

Back to Basics: Deckbuilding

In this tutorial, we show you how to build a deck and all of the little options and features the Magic Online interface gives us.

In the Beginning: MTGO Draft Guide

In this tutorial, we introduce the draft format – you will learn how it works and what you need to know to about the interface.

Back to Basics: Trading

In this tutorial, we show you how to properly search for cards in the trade window, along with the mechanics of the trade feature.

Back to Basics: Personal Preferences

In this tutorial, we show you the personal settings page, where you can edit many things that can impact your Magic Online experience.

Back to Basics: Buying and Selling

In this tutorial, we show you the optimal use of the Store and Classifieds. Learn to procure more digital ammunition and/or peddle your wares.

Back to Basics: The Auction Room!

In this tutorial, we show you how to and when to properly use the auction room to score those rare deals.

An Introduction to Competitive Pauper, 2nd Edition

In this comprehensive piece, JustSin details everything you need to know about competing in the affordable Magic Online constructed format called Pauper.