How to Play - Magic: The Gathering

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

[seb_fancysheep]

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

[troyuchida]

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

[kraakatoa]

Not even a minute in
“You can tell it’s a land because there’s no symbol in the top right corner “
“excuse me what?”

[patrickeisert]

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

[zaclindemann]

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

[arcus]

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.

[sultancoltin]

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

[clanechelon]

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"

: " do I look like a land to you..."

[tmain]

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!

[nik]

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

[laramelek]

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

[ringstudiogaming]

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

[muzlee]

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

[shanehall]

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

[CrazyMegaOmega]

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

[joshuapossin]

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

[taylorrobens]

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

[DaggerDaggerGoose]

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 ;)

[djhev]

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 :)

[Whiplash_MUSIC-hjvp]

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.