How to Play - Magic: The Gathering

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Download Magic Arena today! It’s the quick and easy way to learn Magic: The Gathering for FREE: magic.wizards.com/en/mtgarena
Plus, if you use the promo code “GameKnights” you’ll receive a free copy of the awesome “Avenging Angels” deck on Arena (full details here: magic.wizards.com/en/promotions) Offer expires June 28, 2021
This video is sponsored by Wizards of the Coast.
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Welcome to Magic The Gathering, the best game in the world! In this video we’ll be teaching you one simple concept that's key to learning how to play. Once you understand this one simple thing, the rest of the game becomes much easier to pick up.
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Here’s the complete “Avenging Angels” deck list:
9 Swamp (STX) 371
2 Skull Raid (KHM) 111
3 Youthful Valkyrie (KHM) 382
3 Bound in Gold (KHM) 5
1 Righteous Valkyrie (KHM) 24
2 Starnheim Aspirant (KHM) 380
3 Vengeful Reaper (KHM) 116
10 Plains (STX) 367
1 Taborax, Hope's Demise (ZNR) 129
2 Skemfar Shadowsage (KHM) 110
3 Expedition Healer (ZNR) 13
1 Shineshadow Snarl (STX) 272
4 Silverquill Campus (STX) 273
3 Cleric of Life's Bond (ZNR) 222
1 Firja's Retribution (KHM) 210
2 Firja, Judge of Valor (KHM) 209
3 Rampage of the Valkyries (KHM) 393
1 Starnheim Unleashed (KHM) 33
1 Valkyrie Harbinger (KHM) 374
2 Renegade Reaper (KHM) 386
1 Luminarch Aspirant (ZNR) 24
2 Closing Statement (STX) 169

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@seb_fancysheep 3 жыл бұрын

"Lands are like money" *Looks at fetch land prices* Yup it checks out.

@danieliussupienis9703 3 жыл бұрын

It'd have been funny if it wasn't painful.😬

@OHana-mo5xw 3 жыл бұрын

Lets see wether this comment is gonna be underrated

@danieliussupienis9703 3 жыл бұрын

I mean prices of fetches, of caurse.

@mehtabrai4304 3 жыл бұрын

They are like real estate. The price only goes up.

@abc123connor5 3 жыл бұрын

Looks at price of dual lands*

@troyuchida3146 3 жыл бұрын

*Plays for years, but still wants to learn how to play just in case I missed something

@thegamingroomRD 3 жыл бұрын

Same XD

@HJonesT 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@caiocsl 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, great video btw

@AaKkisa 3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same. I got 32 commander decks. Still busted out a notepad. Just in case.

@Incarnqte 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@kraakatoa4494 3 жыл бұрын

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?”

@Greg501- 3 жыл бұрын

Could've, should've said "just read the type line below the art, does it say it's a land?"

@Marutein 3 жыл бұрын

Also stuff like Living End is crying in the corner

@barbasfear16 3 жыл бұрын

Dont scare the new people

@pogeman2345 3 жыл бұрын

Suspend cards: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

@Venzynt 3 жыл бұрын

there's this thing called the type line...

@patrickeisert6873 3 жыл бұрын

I love how they are dropping these videos right before the Post Malone game gets a ton of new people into mtg

@kazer4040 3 жыл бұрын

for real they know they are about to blow up

@calebmclendon4989 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@uknownhero2764 3 жыл бұрын

The Post Malone what?

@patrickeisert6873 3 жыл бұрын

@@uknownhero2764 Post Malone is on there Game Knights tomorrow

@vincentmccue7481 3 жыл бұрын

No, they had to make them to teach Post Malone, and THEN he got into the game and bought all the cards.

@zaclindemann9978 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy: If there are no symbols, like this, then the card is a land Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar: Am I a joke to you?

@steverickard9768 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@szymonmaciejewski663 3 жыл бұрын

*angry suspend noises*

@ninjakitten3144 3 жыл бұрын

i had the same thought

@WereWade 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about scute tokens and such, that don't have a cost, but definitely a great tutorial to get things rolling!

@joshuawood5304 Жыл бұрын

Profane tutor liked this comment

@arcus2387 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@cryptohobo4589 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, my friends and I started at school there were only about 8 of us but we practically took over the library... Good times

@arcus2387 3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@meyeneetuks4680 3 жыл бұрын

@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

@jacobesterson 26 күн бұрын

@@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.

@sultancoltin7153 3 жыл бұрын

If you are here this early, you already know how to play.

@daytonenloe2926 3 жыл бұрын

Truest

@fandangorangoyt3346 3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@getcountered1318 3 жыл бұрын

whats card advantage again

@TheStoneAxe23Animation 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ryanharp6205 3 жыл бұрын

True

@nik700 3 жыл бұрын

I love that Craig's Zacama is synonimous with "player having fun"

@3ringstudiogaming 3 жыл бұрын

Me who has been playing for years: "Hm, yes, interesting..."

@calebshauer2348 3 жыл бұрын

So THATS what lands are for!!??

@muzlee7479 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been watching this channel for years and never knew how to play magic

@tmain1320 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@vichuang1480 3 жыл бұрын

They're preparing for the post post malone wave of new players.

@MTGHedgefund 3 жыл бұрын

There won't be a meaningful post post Malone wave of new players. That's never happens with magic sadly

@meyeneetuks4680 3 жыл бұрын

@@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".

@clanechelon 3 жыл бұрын

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..."

@nathanboyer6266 3 жыл бұрын

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 ^^'

@jamesgratz4771 3 жыл бұрын

Cries in profane tutor

@clanechelon 3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanboyer6266 yeah I thought about it but it felt more memey with Asmora.... XD

@sildeleeuw8032 3 жыл бұрын

*Cries in dryad arbor*

@rupoldpissoir6854 3 жыл бұрын

@@sildeleeuw8032 uhm...I don't get this one. Care to elaborate?

@shanehall9684 3 жыл бұрын

Me: Well versed in magic Also Me: sees “how to play magic” very interesting! 🤔

@laramelek 3 жыл бұрын

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

@robertlozyniak3661 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@joshuapossin6910 3 жыл бұрын

The number one thing you must teach new players (and will need I reexplain)- you cannot attack a creature, only players and planeswalkers

@vitorroberto8694 3 жыл бұрын

especially if you, like me, come from a game like hearthstone

@dorsalfin22 3 жыл бұрын

And blockers do NOT tap. So many people who've played other card games think blockers have to tap down.

@vitorroberto8694 3 жыл бұрын

@@dorsalfin22 i have never seen that. The attack player only got me hard when i started

@zaclindemann9978 3 жыл бұрын

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

@FitzyyLives 3 жыл бұрын

i thought the number one rule was dont touch lands

@CrazyMegaOmega 3 жыл бұрын

"how to play magic: The Gathering" Me who has been playing nearly 10 years: Hmm, yes, quite

@taylorrobens2761 3 жыл бұрын

Playing for years, but I liked and watched the whole thing for the algorithm :D

@DaggerDaggerGoose 3 жыл бұрын

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 ;)

@kevineldridge9452 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Whiplash_MUSIC-hj7vp 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@djhev2787 5 ай бұрын

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 :)

@JDWindtPlaysGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

You guys should make ALL of the tutorials in KZfaq. 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!

@joshuaworth9876 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@Yassir.A.P. 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@sammacdonlad2296 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have been waiting for a current video about how to play for so long, thank you!!

@OrtegaPegMe Ай бұрын

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

@StackedEDH 3 жыл бұрын

Y'all continue to do amazing work bringing new players into the game. Thank you!

@Dorfrat 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@mong0038 3 жыл бұрын

beautifully animated, narrated and just well done. Love it!

@humbertomazzarri2567 3 жыл бұрын

this video is awesome! something I'll definitely show someone I want to introduce to the game, thanks for all your content!

@mr.hahaha9614 23 күн бұрын

I choose to watch you because it wasn’t a 20 minute tutorial, I chose wisely. Perfect video, for beginners like me.

@dan77oyo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Ive been following this channel and i have no idea what is going on 90% of the time

@howardcook6085 3 жыл бұрын

An absolutely awesome video!!! I will be using this to help some of my friends learn the game!!! Thank you!!!

@GrimeDavos 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@terrelcohen7266 3 жыл бұрын

You "GUYS ROCK" Thanks for this video and many others!

@ollepettersson1710 3 жыл бұрын

please continue this series!

@DivinePenguin00 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome editing. Great video guys.

@polynesianmovtgp7439 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel!

@SwinebossEX 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!

@ghostanbu1099 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like we got Professor Jimmy teaching the class how to play MtG

@Strutz3E Күн бұрын

Absolutely admire the editing in this. Well done

@Elwer2009 3 жыл бұрын

it's so cool how you guys animate the card's artwork.

@c0barsm 3 жыл бұрын

This video is excellent!

@martin7205 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you this helped with a few cards I needed to know how to play or how they work

@dsho809 3 жыл бұрын

Such a good video!

@coreysierchio4650 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the free deck!

@sinisterglitch200 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very new to magic the gathering been playing for about 4 months and this was very helpful.

@kemperfranklin1935 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video guys

@Arnankhan Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! It was clear and concise when teaching me how to play Magic the Gathering.

@panagiotisrigos4380 3 жыл бұрын

Please we need more videos that like this.

@Jaffonso23 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@musicalcacti 3 жыл бұрын

Cool, this is exactly what we need, thanks!

@dummyaccount2652 3 жыл бұрын

I love how this video is so basic that it is a really good material for teaching how to play.

@aidenbanuelos3554 3 жыл бұрын

I love this video so much more than the other one that came out years ago-

@dradenthedark 2 жыл бұрын

Good simple intro for me. Thx!

@keke555788 2 жыл бұрын

Im definitely learning how to play this

@cpt_ikesmire4489 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve played for years and I still loved this.

@seancox681 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@sagelovescoffee 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for breaking it down!!!! But now I need to know how to build a deck!

@RunawaySpear 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Please do more episodes on more complex mechanics

@codicarroll5537 3 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome. I’m showing this to anyone who wants to learn

@talianstallion9386 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@johnsuttles7577 3 жыл бұрын

Great now I have a video that is short and to the point I can show my buddies i want to get into magic!

@xxskabxx 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@dragonic13 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@gamebreaker60 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Chris-qq2cu 3 жыл бұрын

Ok the code for the free deck is a great bonus! Awesome of wotc to be doing these kinds of partnerships

@Ergilmaster 3 жыл бұрын

Just here to support the single best KZfaq channel for commander! Maybe for mtg in general? 😁

@DishonoredPucas 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! I’ve been trying to get my girlfriend into commander and this is a great start! Thank you!

@nathansilver3956 3 жыл бұрын

Well done👏

@BringBackAngryBirds 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@BlueFox571 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@Grimdehawk 3 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq has these videos from other creators but maybe some will want to see it from Yall.

@simondezeeuw2042 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mister.ri.fitness 3 жыл бұрын

Please, we need more videos like this! im teaching my 6 year old daughter to play magic!

@justinhill5114 3 жыл бұрын

Could you make a video on all the different keywords like haste, lifelink etc

@marcelm.1941 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@obadijahparks 3 жыл бұрын

I like the positive sounding voice. Seems like a natural teacher.

@supermario1177 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video 👍

@blajouskowits33 2 жыл бұрын

Watched this to see how well done it is so I can send it to people who want to learn

@aortega 3 жыл бұрын

Love this series-I want more loved ones to play with me!

@ScottLufkin 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@Booneface 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jimmy, great job on wish dragon!!! 🐉🎉

@mattandisaac6237 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you jimmy thank you

@madmanbenji 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jimmy just saw Wish Dragon on Netflix here in NZ, was stoked to hear it was you!

@corin4388 3 жыл бұрын

Last time i was this fast magic had just come out

@pestilencetheplague7646 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy taught me how to play years ago but this is good too

@schumerus6786 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@daytonenloe2926 3 жыл бұрын

Gonna send this to my friend

@shaneculbertson4055 2 жыл бұрын

Let the play testing testing begin!!!!!

@klydewithak9456 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmy, I will now cast an grizzelbrand on turn one with this information.

@lcfishing859 3 жыл бұрын

I need to show this to my 8 year old cousin

@magicalsteve2530 3 жыл бұрын

don't forsake the children

@jimmyrivera1830 3 жыл бұрын

@@magicalsteve2530 if anything it’s useful to give to children. They can’t buy drugs if they don’t have money :’D

@yeaster5664 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@lcfishing859 3 жыл бұрын

@@yeaster5664 🤦

@lcfishing859 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyrivera1830 🤨

@jonasschrijvers7330 3 жыл бұрын

I have no idea why I pressed this vid but I am happy I did, because of that code for MTG Arena

@MediumVermin56 3 жыл бұрын

Thank god I watched this video cus I love the command zone now I got a free code nice thanks guys

@mylovelymelancholy 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about terminology, especially concepts on synergy? I feel like I understand the bare bones of it, but I still struggle with all the complex instructions cards have?