How to play Sorcery TCG - Episode 01: Overview 

Great to hear you are excited! It is a very fun game and I can guarantee you will have fun!

Thanks for watching! Yes! That is exactly why I made it in this fashion! I did understand there were many people talking most of the HTP were too long. Hope you enjoy watching this HTP series and enjoy Sorcery!

Thanks for watching! And thanks for the subscription! Yes, I'm more focus on the playing aspect of Sorcery and I wanted to put out the how to play video first so people will have easier time learning the game. Hope I see you reviewing and playing the game on your channel. I enjoy watching the Magic Historian everyday!

Awesome to hear that!

Thanks! More episodes will be coming soon!

With added complexity, it is a very fun game!

And the grid/aoe aspect of auras and spells like Tactics games in FF series, also the split mana/playables decks seems interesting, I assume mana screw/flood it’s not a thing here and I guess staying at low lands it’s not abusable by aggro decks ‘cause you still need territories to summon minions 🤔

Glad it was helpful! I hope you enjoy playing Sorcery!

Thanks! Follow up videos will be coming up soon with more improvements too! Thanks for the support!

Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoy play Sorcery!

That's awesome! I hope you have a blast!

No problem 👍

Great to hear that you were entertained! Hope you enjoy playing Sorcery!

@@wizardsden666 and checking out the rest of the series!

awesome!

Thanks! Glad to hear that! Hope you enjoy other videos!

MTG will have its place and Sorcery will have its own place!

Thanks! I hope you do enjoy as it IS really fun!

I think it would be a totally different game. Just for one example, the scrye cards will become difficult to shuffle back with lands that shuffles back. So you will loose something by gaining some stability of the number of lands you can get. I personally think MTGs "one deck" system is good as that creates somewhat a luck base component. If the game has no component of winning or loosing by luck (or give excuse for people who lost), people with less strategic edge will gradually walk away as that will dictate even more in the games. That has happened to some of the more strategically intense TCGs, and many have learned that being able to beat pro-level players by luck is very important for the longevity of the game. I think that this "one deck" system, though it does have the occasional annoyances, is what made MTG thrive for more than 30 years. Sorcery also has this luck base component, by limiting the cards by rarity. I think it gives very strategical taste to the game but balances with this "luck" component.

@@wizardsden666 it worked out quite well in our playgroup, we always had fun commander matches without anyone being mana screwed or flooded, it was the optimal way to play tbh

Glad it was helpful! Hope you enjoy Sorcery!

Thank you very much! I will be posting more videos for this series so stay tuned!

Thanks for the comment, I did tone down the music as going through the production with other videos. Thanks for the continuous support!

Thanks for the comment! I think it got ideas from other grid based games. Either way, it ended up being a very enjoyable game!

Thanks! I hope you enjoy playing Sorcery!

Thanks for the comment! Yes, I am making this for the love of this game and to promote it to everyone!

I just printed out the PDF lol

Thanks for the comment! The video was my first video so the audio was not balanced well at the time. The game is very fun so I hope you give it a try!

@@wizardsden666 I really like the idea of having mobility. Might be harder to play casual unplanned games but im very interested. Do you know wich is the state of the game? In terms of future projection and expansions?

As of right now, the alpha version is being shipped and will be arriving to KS supporters around end of May ~ early June. Beta release, which is the standard distributed product, will be hitting shelves on September. There are some stores doing pre-orders of beta right now too. There is also future sets planned: a mini-set of the "Dragon Lords" and the second major expansion "Arthurian Legends". Hope that helps! There are more info on the official Sorcery website and discord so hope you check that too!

No this is my room! All the stuff on the background is my hobby stuff! And yes, I do the same thing at work too lol

Hey, I think that's fair! I perfectly understand that this game is indeed not for everyone.

That is dependent on the spell's wording. If it just say "target" and no proximity or distance limitation, than there is no limitation. However, keep in mind that there are still region restrictions when "target" keyword is used. Example 1: Lightning bolt can target any site at the same region of the caster. Example 2: Minor explosion limits to 2 steps distance at the same region of the caster.

@@wizardsden666 Brilliant. Thanks very much.

Thanks for the compliments! These are “print and play” files which are provided by Eric Curiosa. I have a link in the description so if you like to try them, you can get it yourself! Beta precons and boxes are soon to be on sale so hang on there! Hope you enjoy playing the game!

Thanks for the comment! The death blow is not just a delay if you prepare your deck in a certain way. I have built decks that unless the opponent has certain ways to deal with it, I can keep myself on death's door long enough I can get him! So it adds another layer of deck design requirements; you need to add several methods to finish off your opponent. No game is too late to start, but it is certainly great to start playing an emerging game! Hope you try and enjoy the realm of Sorcery!

This is better hands down lol

So all units can attack in adjacent directions by default and there are no differentiation, that is why you don't have visual representation of the direction it can attack. There are some like airborne that can attack diagonal but that is defined as a special ability. BTW, I am not the one who designed the game! It is Erik's Curiosa that designed it.

That booklet is only a quick reference, the detailed one is from the QR code.

Thanks for the feedback. So far your the first one to give that feedback so maybe it could be your display settings. I am working on bettering the lighting btw so I hope it would give better image for you too. Thanks for watching!

@@wizardsden666 Another suggestion is that the "Cenital view" is way much better to focus and be able to read the card... you can achieve that with a cheapo tripod, or if you are using mobile you can use a "squid arm". I enjoy all the time and effort you put on this channel, specially all the algebra, math and plots you are very valuable for the community never seen that on other TCGs.

no idea of that game!

@@wizardsden666 it's a digital tcg similar to hearthstone

Yes, casting a spell does not require to tap!

@@wizardsden666 Thank you so much, appreciate it.

These are "Print & Play" preconstructed decks provided by Erik Curiosa. You print them out by your self and use them. I added a link in the description of this video if you are interested. For the actual "real" preconstructed decks, it is estimated to be released somewhere around February/March of 2023.

Thanks my man

You can't ... Speculators will buy all supplies ... Then no one will have access to game get bored ...game fails. Then investors make Pikachu face and wonder what happened! Some taco eater gonna have 20 pallets of the crap in their basement.

@@RockerfellerRothchild1776 This is basically what's happening to every new TCG now. It's really sad.

I made this playmat myself, its a custom configuration that I designed. If you happen to want the file, you can ask me in the official Sorcery Discord!

Right now the only place I know is from "White Rabbit CGS" in EU, for US I am not sure. However, I know there are plans for the playmat being sold so we need to wait for updates from Erik's Curiosa.

The movement + position aspect is the heart of this game and that does add complexity for sure. It all comes down to either you love that complexity or not.

I agree with jbreeze. It's an immediate NO from me when a game makes things overly complicated. It dramatically cuts down on the player base.

Beta will be available and currently pre-ordering in various stores such as Team Covenant. Alpha version can only be purchased through the secondary market. Go for beta if you want to play as it will be cheaper!

@@wizardsden666 thanks

yeah, the stack up of cards does somewhat gets cluttered but didn't feel too much of an issue when actually played

Chess or Shogi is all 1/1 First strike creatures (or whatever the classification is). Does that make chess a simplistic game? Not even close. The depth of the game comes from the tactical positioning of the cards, and that itself gives so much complexity and thinking to the game. So I wish you TRY the game first and think what makes this game before you make your final decision. Have a great day!

@Wizards' Den I just considered it to be a missed opportunity with respect to what I was imagining that would make it the perfect game. Having different attack/defense values would be so amazing for strategy depth, it would make me want to buy everything from this game, and not having this brings a lot of restrictions with respect to what I was thinking. Imagine a turtle creature, for instance. It would have a huge defense, but almost no attack. Imagine a scorpion creature, for instance. It would cause a big damage from its attacks, but it's very fragile, and would have very little defense. It could be very tactical to have defensive creatures in some places, and more offensive creatures in other places.. My message came from my disappointment of not having this depth I was imagining while I was watching the video. I didn't discard the game totally though, I just sent it to lower levels of priority with respect to other games. But I will watch more of it before coming to a final decision. Cheers.

The symbol for tapping is copyrighted, but the tapping mechanics itself’s patent has already ceased!

Coming from a MTG background myself, it actually makes it more easier to learn. If you only look at the surface of the game, like the terminology, you will not realize how deep and different the game is from MTG. But if you play it, you will realize it is a completely different game with much more complex interaction. Hope you try it out!

Don't agree. I find myself translating everything into MTG terminology and I suspect 99.9% of people do the same.... genesis = etb for example. More congruence would make the game easier to learn, but I suppose would be too cheeky.