Dear Magic Online beginner,

MTGOAcademy aims to offer a fully interactive Magic tutorial experience to boost your playing skills and understanding of the program to a completely new level.   If you are a beginner and have fretted about the best ways to improve your MTGO skills quickly and efficiently, then you will find the answer to your woes here. We also know that even masters have to stay in shape, so we will keep adding content for all levels of play!

If you watch or read our tutorials you will be able to:

• prevent mistakes most beginners make when starting with Magic Online.
• quickly learn all the important interface commands and tricks so you can spend your time playing and trading and not fiddling with technical issues .
• save a lot of money because we show you how to get everything cheap, fast, and efficient.

Please find our beginner tutorials below and let us know if you have any questions or ideas for more material.  Now go ahead apprentice and take your first steps to mastership!

In the Beginning: Oh, So Many Choices
In this article Plejades describes what you should do after registering your first account.  He not only explains what exactly is the best way to use your starter package you received but also how to move forward, what to do with your event tickets and even how to get free cards!

In the Beginning: Cr@cking the Code
This article will show you how to use the MTGO interface and many shortcuts and tricks that will make navigating the program and the play interface much easier for you.

Back to Basics: The Chat Interface
Maximize the efficiency of your communicative experience online with this quick and informative tutorial.

Beginners Guide: How to Get Free Cards
If you are interested in free swag then you should not miss this short video. It shows you how you can get hundreds of free cards without much effort!

Beginners Guide: How to Build your First Deck
So you have a bunch of cards and want to start playing, but you don’t have a deck? In this video you can learn how to build your deck, save it, and get ready to rumble!

Beginners Guide: How to Use the Play Interface to Play a Game
Before you jump into your first game check out Nate’s tutorial that will explain in less then 5 minutes what you need to know to play your first Magic Online game.

Beginners Guide: Where to Trade Cards with Players
Trading is another important aspect of Magic: The Gathering. It will help you to get cards you need for your decks and save money. See here how you can trade in game.

Back to Basics: Buying and Selling
In this tutorial, we show you the optimal use of the Store and Classifieds. Learn to procure more digital ammunition and/or peddle your wares.

Beginners Guide: The Tournament Rooms
If you feel the competitive itch and want to test your deck under tournament conditions you can learn more about MTGO’s tournament structures in this video. ChrisKool explains the different tournament rooms and what you can expect there.