r/MTGO

Hey, new MTGO player here.

I play with a Modern Black disrupt midrange deck. It's not tier 1/2, more like a rogue homebrew deck.
I'm also interested in ocasionally playing Legacy, lots of the modern cards I'm buying carry over to the Legacy deck.

I understand it's a harder deck to pilot and to be able to go 3-1 or 4-0 on FNMs it requires a lot of reps and knowledge of how to interact with meta decks.

I try to replicate the decks on Arena (for free) but the meta is really different there.

So I figured playing MTGO and doing matches there could help me, it's also not an expensive deck on MTGO.

That being said, what's the best way to get those extra reps on MTGO and have an extra "FNM" experience?
I'm aware there are friendly leagues, competitive leagues, and just friendly matches. How much do those cost to enter? Which of those are the closer to FNM experience?

What would be my best approach here?

Thanks for any help.

Been gone for nearly 20 years. MTGA is nice look and feel but hollow community and no way to do Player Run Events like the old PDCs etc.

How's it doing in 2026? And is it a friendly user interface?

Hi all, as the title, I’m looking for playing MTGO on some portable device.

Working all day long on my desk, at the end of the day I don’t want to stay there anymore.

I was exploring solutions like mirroring my PC screen on the iPad but I’m open also to more audacious ideas like screen casting on a modded psp or something like that on any portable console. I really don’t need to play remotely.

I’d like to use a controller or a touchscreen instead of the mouse

Any idea?

Im a new player to MTGO and some sites won't sell tix to European countries.

What is the best place to currently get tix to buy cards?

And also, why are some rando uncommons so expensive, like Mishra's Bauble?

Thank you

I play a lot on MTGA. Mostly historic Bo3 or Brawl. But I have always loved Pauper and hate that it’s not supported in MTGA as a regular format.

Was thinking of getting a cheaper windows tablet to play on the couch. I work in an office all day and don’t want to spend nights on a computer once I get home.

Is the pauper scene strong enough to do something like this? Anyone have recommendations for a tablet if so.

Decided I want to play premodern. Downloaded MTGO for the first time and getting into my old account was easy. Went to buy cards and I am shocked at the cost of things. Black Vise at $30! Stasis at 16$

I did not even bother looking up other cards. I feel like I am back in middle school circa 1995. Why so expensive?

I miss the old ability to set to <4 or >4 to avoid having 4 of any particular card across sets (MTGO 2002-2009 era). Just recently returned to MTGO and trying to trade for cards I dont have 4x of (regardless of set). Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks in advance.

The shuffler in this game 100% isnt working properly. Im not complaining about bad games or a succession of bad draws. Its the number of times you enter into a draw land/non land spiral. Same to drawing the same card multiples times in a row.
Its hard to get proof, but if you understand basic statistis you detect these types of abnormal events.

Does anybody feel the same way as the topic describes here? What are they actually waiting for? Why is the MTG Online community getting punished like this?

Ok, I understand it... Companies are not willing to invest anything to make the gaming experience better overall... But they demand that players invest, or at least play the game and spend money, while giving nothing back in return. The only exception is if somebody achieves a top 8 position in a tournament, which is already a rare and huge achievement overall.

So, the odds of achieving a top 8 tournament position to win a decent trophy and justify playing this game with this gaming experience are just a scam, and unacceptable to say the least. I know posts like this have been written a thousand times in the past for the exact same reasons. But this needs to stop somehow because it is a shame for the gaming community and the companies themselves.

The game urgently needs a UI upgrade and redesign, like MTG Arena has, for example. I think it has already started losing more and more of its community and players with this kind of approach from the companies. I hope this message will shed some light on the future of this game, so people will be happy again playing MTG Online on a perfectly decent platform and stay focused with the best possible user experience.

Regards

Tolis

Calling on u/Squiddy683, have there been any internal discussions on bringing back Planechase? Was the client crashing during these games?

Hi all, I've played mtgo a fair bit now, but I'm curious: what's the deal with challenges? How do they play compared to leagues, and why do some people prefer them over leagues?