So I have another new person question/questions
A. Is there a differance between regular magic play and tournament magic play?
B. Say you have 2 creatures both the same color and they cost one fire land to come out. You only have one fireland down and no more in uou hand and one turn you play one of the creature and still only have 1 land for your next turn can you still put down the second creature that takes one land?
And answers would be helpful
Quote from: Wonderboy518 on August 07, 2012, 03:23:08 PM
So I have another new person question/questions
A. Is there a differance between regular magic play and tournament magic play?
B. Say you have 2 creatures both the same color and they cost one fire land to come out. You only have one fireland down and no more in uou hand and one turn you play one of the creature and still only have 1 land for your next turn can you still put down the second creature that takes one land?
And answers would be helpful
A. It terms of what? The only REAL difference is how strictly the rules are enforced.
B. At the beginning of each turn, all of your lands should untap and you can use them again. If you play one {Mountain} on your first turn, you can tap it to cast a {Goblin Arsonist}, for example. Your next turn, your mountain will untap, and if you play another mountain, you'll have 2 mana available, so you could cast another Arsonist for {R} and another {R} creature, or a {Goblin Piker} for {1}{R}.
Let me recommend that you have a look through the Basic Rule Book. It's easy to read, and it's got all the basic information to get you up an running. It's at the top of this section.
Thanks for the response I know alot of the basic rules this is something that isn't really explained it in. Say it is the same scenario you posted but instead of getting another mountain you still only have one mountain that is now untapped can you play another creature that takes one mountain? Or can you not because that mountain is being used for that first creature? This is just a question me and my cousin are trying to figure out.
Thanks
Once you pay for a spell or creature, you don't need to pay it again(unless something else says otherwise) but you can re use the mountain for any other creature that costs {R}
Once you pay for a chocolate bar, you don't have to keep paying for it. Same with spells. ;)
Once you cast it, you don't have to pay for it the next turn, so you can tap you Mountain again for another red mana and use that to cast something else.
Also, in addition to those little rules thingies, I found that the beginner videos on the WoTC website were incredibly helpful to me when I first learned to play. They went over more detail of this kind of thing, and for me, watching it happen in video example helps me understand it a lot easier because i can see what's happening. I'd be happy to find then and post a link if you're interested.
As for tournaments vs casual play, the differences are mainly:
- tournaments are more strict on rules
- tournaments often have time limits on matches. I believe 50 minutes is the usual.
- players at tournaments tend to have more competitive decks. You will see a lot of similar decks, these are usually variations of a deck that has recently done well at a major event and players will "net deck" (look up the deck list online and build a copy) often.
FIRE LANDS!!!
They continue to burn. ;D
(See: {Obsidian Fireheart} to get my joke)
Going back to my question that is the way you use mana in tournaments as well right?
Quote from: Wonderboy518 on August 07, 2012, 08:50:18 PM
Going back to my question that is the way you use mana in tournaments as well right?
Yes
Duel of the Planeswalkers is a good way to familiarize yourself with MtG, and all it's nuance.
It even has some diffetent types of decks, with different playstyles to see what type of player you are.
Yea my cousin said in duel of the planes walkers on xbox they play online the way I explained that wasn't right when u designated land to a creature as I said 1 land gets designated to that creature that take 1 land to bring out un till that creature dies. Idk if that is right I played the campaing mode and did not see that happen I was jw.
Thanks jb