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Returning player looking for info.

Hi all

I'm a returning player (started around 3d editon stopped playing around tempest ) looking for some help on terms and forms of decks ie: aggro and milling stuff like that im also not sure of the deck formats I use to play a lot of sealed deck with starters and 3 boosters but theirs no longer that format really ( I don't think? ). what i'd like to know also is there a site were I can find all the new info? like a site that details deck info and new rules/effects of cards?
sorry if i posted in the wrong spot. thanks in advance. :):manag:
Posted 29 March 2013 at 06:58

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The official Gatherer site covers the current card errata and oracle text... http://gatherer.wizards.com

The official Magic website covers the formats and current rules... http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Default.aspx

The two main "limited" formats are sealed and draft. Sealed is 6 booster packs that you build a 40+ card deck around. Draft is three booster packs per person in an 8 man circle that you open one, take a card and pass then build a 40+ card deck around the cards you drafted.

The main constructed formats are Standard, Modern, Legacy and Vintage

Legacy and Vintage are the formats where your older cards will be legal (with different banned lists). Modern being 8th edition forward and standard being the two last current blocks plus core set.

Also check out the EDH/Commander format if you're not looking to get too competetive and just want to play with your older cards.
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Posted 29 March 2013 at 07:08

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If you're lucky enough to find a group that does cubedraft you might want to look into that format as well. It's the same as normal draft but you create piles of randomly picked cards picked from the cube (a large selection of cards, usually singleton chosen by the creator of the cube for the purpose of drafting) instead of boosters. This is an awesome format, it traines your deckbuilding and drafting skills, it's always different and refreshing, its highly competitive, its free once you have your cube, it's well balanced (if you created a good cube) you control what is in the cube so you should always have interesting draft sessions etc...

Draft and Commander are both great formats to get into or back into magic.
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Posted 29 March 2013 at 09:40

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Pauper and Peasant are also great formats to get "reintroduced" to MTG without breaking the bank. They can be very competitive but wont cost you an arm and a leg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_formats
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Posted 16 June 2013 at 14:06

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