Super Tutorial 5000 - How To Play Magic: The Gathering 

So, where's that Deck Shuffeling Tutorial?

Instructions not clear, got sent to the shadow realm

So excited for the upcoming 16 part series on how to shuffle!

I have never payed this game but this tutorial was actually really easy to follow. Well done Lou Lou and Angory

The balance has been restored

So i'ts like Yugioh for big boys?

I've been playing since the first Innistrad and this has been one of the better tutorials I've seen. It doesn't over load the newer players with rulings and in explains the actual basics of the game. Good job guys, will direct new players to this video for sure.

I love how often they have to do so many introductions in all of their videos

"There's lots of cards in magic the gathering, lots of them have words on them..." -Lewis, 2017

If only I had friends to play it with. :) Probably better for my wallet that I don't, though. I'm just waiting for my son to be old enough to play pokemon cards with me, hope I have the money for it by then. :p

How to play Magic the Gathering Turn 1: Play an island. Turn 2: Play a second island Tap both islands Cast Storm Crow Win the game (If you get into magic get used to hearing that joke)

this is genuinely very useful for new players

ITS TIME TO GET ANGORY

So I'm just about to get into this game since tons of friends who shut up about it but this actually was a fantastic tutorial to learn! Thanks a ton!

Thank you sooo much for this😊 My older brother recently got me some cards and arranged a deck for me. He tried to teach me but I didn't really understand. This helped.

Thank you guys so much! I really appreciate this video! I started Magic a few weeks ago and I was completely clueless. I opened 4 bundle boxes x2 Ixalan, x1 Amonkhet and x1 Hour of Devastation and didn't know what I pulled. Now I have a much better idea! Since I have Vraska planes walker and vraska's contempt and deadeye trackers, I will make a green black pirate deck! I also got Carnage Tyrant, Ripjaw Raptors and Fericodon so I will make a green red deck. :)

The best video that is quick and to the point showing examples without just trying to explain cards to me.

Tysm for this very easy tutorial to follow! I am a yugioh player but the comic shops near me DO NOT host yugioh tournaments but they host magic the gathering tournaments so I came here to learn how to play magic the gathering tysm and keep up the good work!!!

I’m a just starting and this is the best tutorial I’ve seen, thank you very much

still waiting for this shuffling series

Wish I could give two thumbs up. I have watched several videos just to understand how to start a game... this is the best one so far. Thanks fellas and the team who helped produce this.

Someone just called me "lame" so I played the game in front of them and the next day they wanted me to teach them 🙂

"But Lewis, how do you draw a card?"

confused about the part about blocking while untapped...

Day 1001 of waiting for the sixteen part series of "How to shuffle a deck" with Ben

Curve is more important if you play seriously though or when you're just starting out. By the end of my MTG playing (it's too expensive for me to keep up with now so I went cold turkey and sold all my cards), I was playing an 80 card green deck focused on landfall (abilities activated by playing a land card), elves, and big beasts/tokens. the elves were used to draw more lands, to the point where I could have 10 by turn 3 in really lucky games, and then just playing the biggest nastiest wurms, behemoths, etc as well as four Howl of the Night Pack (summon one wolf token creature for every land you control), which gets pretty ridiculous when you combine it with Coat of Arms (+1/+1 for each creature you control of the same type, so if you have 10 1/1 wolf tokens they become 11/11). Of course, this was out of tournament play and was more casual "see this bullshit deck I made?" style gameplay, but i think it's important to play the game in different formats if you want to keep it fresh.

This is a great guide for beginners!

It was a really good explain thank you so much

You funny, I laugh.

So can u attack with your card while his Beatle is turned to the side???

God I want to see a 16-part series in which Ben explains how to shuffle a deck. It'd be so fcking hilarious

if only all tutorials were this good

thank you thank you very much

I knew my gf was playing wrong! She was treating it like d&d

As someone who has never played Magic and has played a couple of hours on Hearthstone, I am compelled to say that Hearthstone ripped off Magic after watching this simple but quite informative video.

Very informative video. As a total beginner at this game, I found this videos explanation of the game o be very easy to follow and understand.

Finally found a basic tutorial that help me understand how to play. Thank you!

Still waiting for the 16 part deck shuffling series. Come on, Ben!

Excellent. Thank you. After a few viewings, I'm actually starting to get it.

This is the best tutorial I’ve seen. Great job.

What decks do you get as a noob?

Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't have such summoning sickness, the graveyard is a 2nd deck that has effects from monsters that was sent to there. Traps/spells have different effects while some monsters has effects while many are used for ritual/special/synchro/xyz/tribute/link summoning a.

This is by far the best tutorial I have seen! Thank you

But wait, if you attack your opponent and let’s say your creature attackings power is 4/2 and the opponents blocker is 3/1. Your creature will kill your opponents defender but will it deal 3 damage to your opponent since 1-4=-3 so your creatures power would go through the defender and to your opponenent?

If you've never played this game, do yourself a favor and run. It will suck up your life and money and you'll be left giving hand jobs for booster packs. I escaped, barely, but many of my friends never did. You can find them, glaze eyed, outside the local game store waiting for the new sets with their paychecks in hand.

Okay but this is actually really well done. Great job you guys! I was worried the yogscast would make this really confusing but you explained it well!

Useful information but maybe a little less mocking of the people who don’t know how to play that’s the reason why they clicked this video in the first place ! Just saying. Hurt Feelings ):

I have a few questions What is the maximum number of cards i can have in a hand at any on time ? How many land can i have on the field ? How many creatures can i have on the field?

Wasn't that hyped for this vid but pleasantly suprised

not a bad tutorial except when you were talking about instants and sorcery's you called them spells which isnt quite correct as all non land cards are considered spells including creatures and enchantments etc.

It's amazing how this video taught me more than the shitty tutorial in the MTG game.. 😒

How many fucking cards do I need in my hand when I start, if I put two cards down do I get to draw 2 cards on my next turn so the total is back to 7 what the fuck does trample do and why the fuck is my girlfriend beating me

I wish if I could get those learner decks but I don’t have it. I am keen to learn the game and I am learning from different different channels, sources. This video helps me a lot..can some one please tell me how to get a free deck for first learners those who wants to learn.

The idea is to get alot of land early on so that you can summon monsters with it. each land is represented as a mana. its very simular to yu gi oh, there are some diffrences like, magic the gathering dosen't have any fusion monsters. in yu gi oh you sacrifise monsters to play bigger monsters in magic of the gathering you just need to have enough land and you can summon any creature.

Is it like hearthstone, but with the land things and different mana types? I would prefer hearthstone...but they dont exist.

When i was a kid, it was right when you guys did that really old minecraft letsplay. Its awesome to see that you guys are still making videos.

Just to be precise. "max of four of each card"... except basic lands.

don't think enchanting your creature with compulsory rest is going to be much help, lewis!

It's tradition for me to revisit this tutorial every other month because these guys are a delight to watch and teach me some rules of Magic ✨️

But what does Pot of Greed do?

It's such an awesome game and I've never played it :( want to go and buy some packs

Instructions not clear. Played Reliquary Tower and milled myself

I want to start playing but have no one to play against pluss I have like 10 land cards max

Crap is so hard for me to understand through a video Edit: good vid though!

What happened to the recent battle videos that were uploaded on here? They just vanished.:\

I'm so interested in the game and come from a small town where no one like trading card games ..so I feel like I'm wasting time lol

Is this as hard as it looks at higher levels?it seems like people are keeping track of mana and damage and everything else in their head.

nah, my five colour nicol bolas deck is way more fun than two colours

Some special effects and some good sounds this series would be fucking awesome.

Ben should watch this, so he learns to stop tapping his creatures when he blocks. #Triggered

This would have been useful if I hadn't learnt how to play 3 days ago

Man that mug is making me nervous. It feels like he put a drink on a pool table.

Im stuck, when i drew 7 cards with no lands. What do you do when that happens?

Wow, didn't know it was that fucking easy. Might try it out.

it's 2022 and i'm still waiting for ben's shuffling tutorial

I find this all to fast. You can dumb this down even more.

Instead, play a better game. Like Flesh & Blood, Android: Netrunner, whatever.

Can't you choose to play or draw on first turn?

so we have to play lands untill enough mana to cast a creature spell or artifact

You guys explained it well the others were confusing

Can this game be played online ? Sorry, newbie question

If wizards hadn't killed the DOTP series this wouldn't be needed. 2012-2014 were great.

i still dont get how planeswalker work?

Do this for poker

I've been playing magic for about 7 years now, but i couldn't resist watching this for the amazing Tom and Lewis Banter

So,when the round is finished all the cards which gives mana should remain on the table until the game is done?

can you guys do pack opening like hat films

You Guys going to play Commander at any point?

Very nice tutorial. while I've been playing for years I think I'll be showing this tutorial to friends that might be interested.

How do you play magic the gathering?

you guys are awesome but sorry confused on the first bit only 😂 man im bad at understanding technical stuff Ok so Toms turn was first and i know everything you guys did was on point but why did he draw a mana card if he wasent allowed to on his first turn he drew ok got it you can play cards but cant draw them part 2 Ok so by summoning sickness it indicates that lands cant be used u ntill the next turn in itself as in the creature cant get the mana untill the next turn

This gets me in the mood to play magic again. haven't played in a long while

Too long too much ready seems so complicated.

Thanks guys :) seriously the best Magic introductory video on the web (better than the one on there own site) thank you for taking it slowly and explaining every aspect! You guys rock! x

Nowhere near as good as Explanation Point's tutorial which came out 3 days after this.

You should have started with Tom yelling "WHAT ARE THE RULES"

I really liked the Games Night Magic Tournament. I hope the continue to make some TCG videos

Physical cards? How do balance patches work?

I don’t understand the blocking

Watching the video even though I've been playing for years. Can't miss quality tips from OG Lewis.