Welcome! If your interested in learning how to play magic, well you have hit a great starting point. 

Magic the Gathering is a great, social, competitive and fun way to meet new people, engage your friends in fierce competition and who knows... there are tons of competitive tournaments and events not to far from your vary own home !

This is a great  place to start for beginning players, or if you used to play and need a refresher.  Remember we all had to start somewhere!

Below are some YouTube videos that will get you on the path to learning the basics of the game... don't worry, they are pretty quick and easy to follow!

 

Part 1

Part 2


Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Once you have watched these... why not try yourself... there is a small program you can download that will help you learn the basics of Magic, give you a chance to play yourself and best of all it's free!
LearnToPlayMagic.zip  (requires Java)


So you have done all this? Want to learn more? Want to get some cards ?  www.playmagic.com is a great place to start, with a listing to a store in your local area that would be thrilled to show you more about the game as well as start you off with some great Magic products.  Also if you look in the Events section of this website you can see the local stores in the Atlantic Canada area. 

Past the beginner stage or want to see what a Magic tournament is all about? Check out a Friday Night Magic tournament, they are often very cheap to enter (2 dollars) and have cool foil prizes, want more? come check out one of the Premier events.... everyone is welcome if even just to watch.  There are often great prizes, chances to win tons of Magic cards, trips to the Pro Tour, Free TShirts, Door Prizes and more....

If you have any questions, or want to suggest I add something to this page that would help someone new learn the Game of Magic the Gathering please email me at
marichar @ islandtelecom.com (remove the spaces, I don't like spam)

Mark Richardson