"they kinda did this guy dirty" They sure did. It was called the "War of the Spark"

I never thought it would be so interesting to see someone play through the tutorial

Magic is quite a fun and deep game, I alternate between it and Hearthstone depending on the meta, and would love to see you play more of it. Here's a tip tho, if you right click a card, it gets frozen on the screen so you can take your time reading it.

I really hope we'll see more MTG content :3

I've played Magic for almost 10 years and I don't play Magic anymore, but something that never stops bringing me joy is seeing other people try it out and having fun with it.

That's a really well designed tutorial. At first all of your moves are essentially forced but it still feels exciting to see it all executed and it teaches you how the basic card types and mechanics work.

starting tips from this video: 1) you can set speed of text/animation in options 2) as a HS player you really should learn how to use Instants in opponents turns 3) you dont cast things before your attack to have free mana and (at least) bait enemy you have something in your hand. after attack there is second main phase when you cast your things

I want more MTG content! ;d Also - Murder is an instant - you can use it in your opponent's turn, that way you can trick him into buffing a creature and as a response to his action to kill it. That alone makes the game so much deeper. Being able to respond to an action rather than having a passive board state is the magic of MAGIC.

Favorte part was when the Tutorial was ready to play cardss to win and our boy Rarran wasn't having it

Rarran, You can activate Full Control by holding CTRL or toggle it by SHIFT+CTRL it makes it so that most game actions pause the game until you pass back priority to your opponent. This is part of a larger Magic mechanic called the stack. This is the in-progress part of most spells and actions played. Certain archetypes of decks are entirely played during the stack, and if you have possible game actions during the stack the program automatically pauses for you. Arena is designed to use turn timers, it's very similar to chess, where each player gets a certain amount of time each turn. Full control or the deck archetypes that play on the stack, use your time bank for the turn. - it's also the reason why it moves so fast on your opponent's turn, it's using their time bank, and magic assumes each player knows their own deck. Edit: Good Video Fun content!

Rarran, you can look opponents graveyards by clicking it.

Hell yeah. Was waiting for this video. Now I’m waiting for you to play yu-gi-oh

It would be really cool to have idk one day a week where you play or do content for mtg/runeterra - just as a side thing. You bringing people on from those communities has been super cool to see and the interactions have been great, and I think videos like this are a really good way to get people from those communities to get exposed to stuff you're making about hearthstone which might get some of them involved if they enjoy it. It's win win win really

Try the draft mode(basically the hs arena),you have no idea the kind of games that can happen in magic,draft mode will help you appreciate their complexity and depth of mechanics.

Man I'd love to see more MTG content here. I'd watch every damn video twice over.

as a magic player of over 20 years, this was genuinely entertaining :) welcome to the fold.

I really want to see him get the actual mtg experience, especially counterspells

You learning and having your personality shine through is so entertaining

Rarran you can direct challenge people if you want to 1 v 1 viewers and check out their cards without spending money

Hey, Rarran, I've heard that the MTG is more complicated than HS, so I have a question, does it make throwing for content easier or harder? Asking for a friend

I really hope you end up playing more, this was entertaining. It took me a while as well to get into MTG and now I'm addicted :')

I'd definitely like to see more MtG content! Perhaps once a week if it works! Loved the video!

As a player thats played both games a bunch this is so damn funny

7:12 Ah yes, the classic "Hearthstone Player Tries to Guess How Good Magic Cards Are" experience LUL

Imo, magic is fun. I think it takes more to get into than hearthstone, both money and time-wise, but also offers more interaction and in my opinion, more in-depth gameplay. Hearthstone's representation is so much better, and I know some people shit on the hearthstone client a lot, but the MTG clients are even worse xD

Wow! Amazing content! I love it! Seeing you go outside of your realm with your humor is amazing 😭

Excellent. Love MTG.

"what if I get rid of some lands? We don't need that many" We have all done that at first, don't lie

As a magic the gathering player and Rarrans #1 fan I approve of this video

So something that I noticed quickly with you in this video. In the options gor arena you can change the settings which has the game auto through abilities and spells you can't react to so that you can read stuff as well as having key binding to change it as needed. This is something I wish the game told you about.

well, you did pretty good for your first time, i think ill watch a draft if you ever do one, those are fun.

If you need a standard coach I am your man. Seeing new players having fun in magic is something special. It is fullfilling with joy and hapiness.

Actually would love to see a draft. They are so fun.

I started playing MTG like 10 years ago and you reminded me of how I used to get excited about this game. It's fun to see how a new player to the game has so much fun. Nice vid! :)

Im a huge mtg fan and id love to See more magic content on your chanel ❤️

Yessss, definitly want more of this content

Imagine Rarran facing real opponents and the first deck he comes across is a tibalts trickery lmao.

You can read the card or effect they're using if you click it. Just hovering over it doesn't stop the timer on it.

“Oh my God, relax!” Ah yes, the classic response to a mono red player. You sir, are a natural.

7:11 My man wasn't even playing "Do you know" and still got a card so wrong xD

So nice to see Rarran playing magic! I play Hearthstone since 2014, and past week I started to play MTG Arena, now I play waymore than I play Hearthstone. I reeally hope that you bring more contend about MTG to the channel xD

With the time bank, it used to not be a thing, and there was a terror. That terror is called Nexus of Fate.

It is super annoying how the cards disappear when you’re trying to read. Right clicking the card keeps it on screen though. Found that out later.

The real fun of magic is in person. I love the game but the social interaction is where it’s at.

Nice, doood. This is awesome, I went to Twitch just to see VOD of this. Hope that after Murder in HS you gonna stream MTG some more, this content is pretty POGGERS

Can't wait to see if you do end up doing a draft. It's my favorite way to play as a long time player, and while the information load can be tough for new players it's typically one of the best and more fair ways to play since everyone is having to build their deck from the same resources.

OMG, I'm so glad someone other than me hates how fast the text disappears! AND they don't have a timeline of cards played to look at - it's so frustrating!

Magic player here. Was very entertaining! Would 100% watch a part 2

The only issue with arena compared to other big online card games is that arena is super super predatory and it’s basically impossible to finish a competent deck without spending a ton of money or playing the game religiously

MTG is imo the best card game in paper or online. Would love to see more mtg content from you

As a Yu-Gi-Oh player I enjoyed the top deck comment lol. Great content as usual!

There is a keybind for holding the gamestate until you let go so you can read things, but I guess chat doesn't know that.

Ty for this a lot Rarran, this makes me want to jump back into MTGA even though there's a new HS expac lol

Always happy to see MTG content cross over to your channel :)

This is awesome. I'm subbing in case he makes more honestly.

The reason chat was pressuring you to attack that last turn againnst Bolas was because you had Tactical Advantage in hand. It's +2/+2 to target ATTACKING or blocking creature. You could swing, he can't block, pump one of yours to take it to lethal damage.

Magic the Gathering will be good for your soul.

Now we just got to get him into the vest format of all, commander

Tip for the future, right click a card to get an enlarged version to read

It always makes me happy to see players pick up better card games!

I'd love to watch that draft in the future.

Yay, glad to find out Rarran is just as slow a reader as I am

I love this. So cool to see new players entering the game and seeing their impressions and how they think

"He's roping again? Is this the Magic: The Gathering experience?" Yes. Yes it is.

its very fun watching someone learn MTG. good stuff

You can right click on cards to bring up a big one that stays in place.

It’s been so long since I played arena. I was just enjoying my king ghidora deck when it was top of standard. Then I needed to update and just never got around to doing that.

Love this series Rannon. Mtg player here

That was actually super fun to watch & sincerely hope you play more!

I remember the OG MTGA infinite "roping". also there was a point in the match screen where you didn't have the timer and people would try to farm wins by making you wait unreasonable times before the match started. those problems got patched out quick.

From the prospective of someone who's played magic since 2005 these people play the game fast, loose, and wild. Using instant speed effects as fast as possible instead of waiting for a better timing, just jamming cards, running into removal. etc etc. Gotta love it

14:45 Shadowverse has REALLY nice pack opening animations

This was both frustrating and funny. Please do this again, I’m begging you

i love that they have you beat what is basically mtg's bbeg in the fucking tutorial. like going day one of pastor school and you have to fist fight satan. also jace with a creature deck lol.

This is probably my favorite of your videos.

As a long time mtg player my frustrations learning the Arena client mirror yours. I just went back to paper lol.

Why not do a collab with PVDDR again? Have him coach you through the game.

It would be really cool to see a Sealed Event of Dominaria United when it gets released.

Magic is so fun < played hearthstone back in MoP while waiting for arena queues

I don’t play Hearthstone, but I love Magic, so I’m excited to see you pick it up! Let me info-dump a little bit to show you some of the cool stuff. You like Warlock in Hearthstone, so you’d probably feel at home using black cards. Black is really good at hard-killing creatures, and they focus on using alternative resources like health (and your own minions) to get extra value like Warlock does. There’s way more opportunities to get sacrifice value since Magic has no limit to the number of minions that can be on the board at once, so you can spam fodder to your heart’s content. Also, don’t underestimate the power of Instant cards! They can be played *any* time you get priority, even if it’s not your turn! A classic Black trick is declaring a disposable minion as a blocker and using a card like Deadly Dispute to sacrifice it before damage is dealt. Weird Magic Shit means that the minion is still blocked (unless it has Trample) and you got extra value for free. Even without all the tricks, it’s generally best to avoid activating effects at “sorcery speed” (on your main phase) unless you absolutely have to. No need to reveal your hand until your opponent falls into your trap.

Hexproof is actually the better version of the Faerie Dragon effect from HS, since Hexproof creatures can be targeted by friendly effects.

I love your videos! Keep up the great work :)

At this point I'm genuinely surprised you haven't played Eternal yet. I guess now it's a bit less popular than it used to be but still pretty solid! It feels like MTG that was streamlined for digital format with a bit of Hearthstone here and there. Definitely worth a shot, one of the more underrated CCGs out there

Great seeing more people play mtg 😁

"one of us, one of us.." but nah seriously you gotta a funny attitude and I'd stick around to watch more magic. I subscribed when you put the identifying magic cards because I thought you had good energy. Peace ✌️

Hearthstone takes some interesting things from magic but it's sorta a "Once you understand the differences between them it's a lot easier for players of ether game to pick up the other". Glad to see you're starting to try and are even enjoying playing MTG.

Fitting he got an Arena sound glitch his first time.

Rarran, if you complete at least 4 of the 5 color challenges, you unlock all the pvp gamemodes. One of these is jump in, where you can spend 1k gold to form a deck made of 2 half decks, its a very interesting sealed format and for new player can both teach you how to play certain colors/tribes and gives you a ton of cards, by far the most efficient way to obtain common and uncommon cards. I hope you keep it up with the mtg content

Not sure if you read comments on videos that are multiple days old, but just in case, here's a heads up: The way WotC makes money with Magic is by releasing new decks/cards every 3 months or so, while phasing out the cards that came out (I think it was) two years prior. The reason you could not do standard play is because the mono-Black deck you got out of the Colour Challenge is about five years old by now, hence why you had to play Alchemy instead of Standard. The Colour Challenge is basically the second part of the tutorial. You have to finish all 25 pre-scripted matches to unlock all five (now defunct) mono-coloured decks. The reason you want to do that anyways is that once you have done all of them, the game gives you 10 free dual-coloured "preconstructed decks" that do a good job of showing you what any given colour pairing does and are actually pretty good even if you don't modify them. My recommendation? Do the remaining four Colour Challenges off-stream (may want to consult a walkthrough for one of the blue ones; if I remember correctly one of them is closer to a puzzle than anything) and do your first "proper" Standard match with one newly unlocked legal Standard deck of your choice the next time you stream this and get the gold you need for Quick Drafts from that. That way chat can help you get familiar with some mechanics of other colours than black as well.

Rarran is the cool older brother of hearthstone

Next video: Hearthstone Player Tries Magic: The Gathering For The Second Time In like a year: Hearthstone Player Tries Magic: The Gathering For The Onehundredandseventythird Time

I'd recommend getting all 5 single color decks, and then if you do the daily challenges you get (on the home screen), you can unlock 10 dual colored decks (which are all for Alchemy)

I was thinking of getting into mtg, so it would be great to have a creator to follow the journey along!

Please please PLEASE play more Magic the Gathering, Rarran!!! By the way, you look fantastic today! ;)

Yeeees ! I was waiting for this !

Rarran you HAVE to check out DUELYST 2 It just had its open server test this weekend and will have another one soon again. Its a GEM of a Card/Strategy Game. Highly recommend trying out.

Mtg is sick, happy you had fun trying it out.

You playing magic with kibler would be good

I like how he was getting angry at chat for telling him to attack when it was the most optimal play just cuz he won lol

This was fantastic