Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Dipping a toe into MTGO

As the new releases tend to do, I've the jonses for more magical cards. So maybe it's time to give MTGO another chance.

Pros: Able to play whenever, and faster
         Better ability to recap drafts and view mistakes

Cons: No physical cards
          No camaraderie.




Step 1, fix the keybindings.

For whatever godforsaken reason, Wizards put all of the keyboard shortcuts way far away. So let's improve this, MMO-style.

F4 "Pass until you can respond" This tells the system that you're done, but reserving the right to respond. Aka, you still have mana untapped and either want to bluff an option or something else.

F6: "Pass until end of turn" By contrast, this is the "I have no mana untapped and don't need to check in with anything you're doing"

F2: Pass priority, or just click OK on current prompt.

F3: remove auto-yields, aka "I didn't mean to hit F6!!

So F2 is the equivalent of saying "Fine", so we'll make that the "F" key. F4 is just telling your opponent to "Go ahead", so let's make it "G" And F6 is done for the turn, or "D". Clearly F3 is "W"ait!!

Hitting "G" will cause you to skip your opponent's end step. That is good to know.

Step 2: record drafts

There's a great tool called mythicdraft.com where you upload the record and other people can relive and judge your draft. Check this out:

http://www.mythicdraft.com/#/draft/118274/pack/118400/pick/0

So that's my draft from a 4-seat "new player" game. So it's not really realistic, hence how I was able to wheel a planeswalker for my *second* planeswalker. But it's a cool tool, allowing others to go through the packs and pick theirs and such. You do need to turn this on, so go to the Account tab, and check Auto Save Draft Logs


Nice and tidy!


Step 3: study

Here's a good reddit thread from the LR subreddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/lrcast/comments/45f7lz/mtgo_howto/

Alright, wish me luck!

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