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by throwaway5466 2283 days ago
Slightly off-topic, but if you're in quarantine and wondering how to play wondorous games of Magic, say no more:

https://cockatrice.github.io/

http://xmage.de/

(the latter is way more buggy but has actual rule enforcement, the first is very polished but you have to do everything by hand as though it were a physical board game)
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fredoliveira 2283 days ago
For people who are interested in playing MTG, their "new" windows game (MTG Arena) is a pretty decent, modern client, that lets you play for free. Supposedly it is coming to the mac soon, and rumor has it that iOS and Android are planned, but based on how the UI has evolved recently, I wouldn't hold out hope for that.
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Fezzik 2283 days ago
Totally my personal opinion, but I much prefer MTGO (Magic the Gathering Online, windows only also) as it better emulates table-top Magic. I can't handle all the animations and noises of Arena. Also, much better card/draft selection on MTGO. Not free though, but not nearly as expensive as paper Magic.

I am an old fuddy-duddy.

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coconut08 2282 days ago
its still quite expensive though. it's great if you are looking to play the older formats. getting into legacy for 500 dollars is really nice. that said it's hard to justify buying into standard or pioneer on there. the prices are quite volatile and some of the cards are just ridiculously expensive due to the fact that everyone went over to arena. teferi, time raveler for example. it also feels bad to buy a playset of them because it's only a matter of time until they reprint them and the card tanks to 20 dollars or whatever.

arena is nice because you don't have to worry about the secondary market. i would also suggest that if you turn off the sound in game that arena isn't actually all that bad. i say that as a person who's played mtgo since 2012. i agree that draft is bad on arena, but if you want to play standard I actually think it's better.

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dublinben 2283 days ago
There's also https://untap.in/ - fair warning that the mechanics of the game are up to you, just like with paper cards.
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hosteur 2283 days ago
Are any of these better than Forge?
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