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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 4:34PM
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Jun 24, 2012
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Hullo everyone, first post here. Over the past few months ive been playing a lot of Duels of the Planeswalkers on Steam and Ive really been enjoying it. Ive decided i'd like to get real cards as I have a few friends who play. As I said I have played Duels quite a bit so I know how the game works and what im doing (to a certain extent). My dilemma is that I really dont know how to start and what to buy. I was looking at the deck builders toolkit as a place to start as has all the land i'd say I need and lots of cards to go with it, but I wanted some experienced players opinions. I'd like to be able to compete against my more experienced friends with some decent cards so im not afraid to spend money hahah, and I know from planeswalkers that I think I want to build a White/Black or a blue deck. Thanks everyone 
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 4:37PM
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You could also play MTG Online. That is an option and what I do.
They give you these gold boarder cards you can use in the "New Player Room".
Once you buy you own cards you can play in many formats. Like lets say Pauper. It is cheap and fun.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 4:45PM
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those gold bordered cards mirror the cards from the Duels game (and cost about the same for each "expansion")
so basically you'd be upgrading to proper rules support and deck building
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 4:51PM
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those gold bordered cards mirror the cards from the Duels game (and cost about the same for each "expansion")
so basically you'd be upgrading to proper rules support and deck building
Well once you buy your own cards. (something you have to do in real life as well)
You get the full MTG experience.
I personally never even used the gold cards. But thought it was something he should know about.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 4:52PM
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I used them for about a year they are a great and inexpensive way to get into MTGO but after a while I wanted more cards so I upgraded to "real" cards on MTGO 
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 5:13PM
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Jun 24, 2012
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Ah well, I think i'd prefer having the real cards to play with my friends, but I wouldn't mind looking into that. Ss the 60 card deck you get from buying Online random or do you get to choose?
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 5:16PM
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Jul 28, 2010
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you get about 300 gold cards when you create the MTGO account for $10
additional (mostly) different 300 gold cards are $5 each
each pack of cards mirrors the Duels games and their expansions, only that you can build your own decks to your heart's desire
so for example Pack I is the original game, Pack II is the first expansion and so on
if your friends also have those cards you can play against them.
you cannot play against their decks with black/white bordered cards
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 5:22PM
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Before you buy MTGO you can play with preconstucted decks as sort of a demo. (that is how it was when I started, don't know if they changed it.)
Try it out and see if you like the interface and stuff, it is free.
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 5:24PM
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the free trial is still there
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12 months ago ::
Jun 24, 2012 - 5:32PM
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Ah well, I think i'd prefer having the real cards to play with my friends
You could buy a recent Event Deck to play with. They're about $25 and reasonably competitive.
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