[danaris]

I would love to play MtG against a decent—and particularly, scalable—AI.

Not only am I not all that good at the game, I have been burned too many times by bad online play experiences—between people trolling, people at vastly higher levels of play than me, and people who are just rude and mean—to really want to play against real people I don't know most of the time.

But I do like playing. So an AI that could provide a reasonable challenge would be ideal.

[Ntrails]

Have you played on Arena? I'm struggling to imagine how anyone could meaningfully troll you on that apart from by spamming the 6 pre-canned communications (which you can mute).

[danaris]

Sadly, no. It doesn't run on Macs, and I don't currently have the funds to justify a second computer just for Windows-only games.

[mirceal]

don’t be discouraged by the trolls. Do go to local, in person, events (Friday Night Magic) as real life players are among the nicest and most supportive people I’ve seen.

[danaris]

Unfortunately, the closest Friendly Local Game Store is 40 minutes' drive away. I've been to a few events there (prereleases, mostly), and they're OK, but not worth the trip for me.