Although the game is as easy to learn as chess, Magic: The Gathering does contain over 2,000 playing pieces, making good game plan and knowledge of the rules essential. This strategy guide provides information on all issues of the game, including clarification of the complex timing sequence, description of the fine art of deck design, and explanations of complicated Magic jargon. 300 color illustrations.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Explains Magic strategies simply,
This review is from: Magic: The Gathering - Official Strategy Guide: The Color-Illustrated Guide to Winning Play (Paperback)
Only being a novice with only a few cards, I wanted to know how to best utilize my time and money to get better at Magic. This book takes you through all the steps necessary to bring your skills up to par. I enjoyed the section about deck building since I had no experience (and no cards). Probably the best part of the book is everything is explained visually. You can see and read each of the cards and how they interact. The only concern I had with the book is that it is set up for Release 5, not the current release. But that's not that big of a deal. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand this game.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is absolutely the best book for a beginner to buy.,
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This review is from: Magic: The Gathering - Official Strategy Guide: The Color-Illustrated Guide to Winning Play (Paperback)
I can't think of any book that will teach you the finer details of the game better than this. As a beginner, photos of actual cards help immensely in learning the game. Only "Official" books show the actual cards. This book is great for a beginner who wants to advance to intermediate and tournament level play. The book is dedicated to teaching you all about the strategy of playing with the 5th edition cards. There is a fantastic attack sequence description in this book. The book also details banding, instants, and interrupts which can be very confusing to beginners. Good information is also included for creating and playing with the 5 basic decks: an inexpensive Weenie Deck; a Big Creature Deck; a Burn Deck; a Permission Deck; and a Land Destruction/Discard Deck.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book to read, it helped me alot since I'm a beginner.,
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This review is from: Magic: The Gathering - Official Strategy Guide: The Color-Illustrated Guide to Winning Play (Paperback)
This book breaks it down into its simplest terms. I was able to understand and follow the directions easy. A definite need for those of us that are new to playing Magic the Gathering.
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In this chapter, we'll go over some rules of thumb for deck building. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
weenie deck, burn deck, blocking creature, creature deck, trample damage, evasion abilities, starter deck, artifact creature, dealing damage, sealed deck, sample deck, attacking creature, mass damage, damage your opponent, defending player, fast effects, casting cost, opponent blocks, attacking player, target creature, big creatures, beginning players, land destruction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fifth Edition, Giant Growth, Blood Lust, Craw Wurm, Pro Tour, Ball Lightning, Dark Ritual, Hill Giant, Spirit Link, Benalish Hero, Circle of Protection, Primordial Ooze, Stone Spirit, Time Bomb, Winter Orb, Animate Dead, Nevinyrral's Disk, Thicket Basilisk, Wizards of the Coast, Wrath of God, Abyssal Specter, Air Elemental, Ashnod's Transmogrant, Drain Life, Dwarven Warriors New!
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In this chapter, we'll go over some rules of thumb for deck building. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
weenie deck, burn deck, blocking creature, creature deck, trample damage, evasion abilities, starter deck, artifact creature, dealing damage, sealed deck, sample deck, attacking creature, mass damage, damage your opponent, defending player, fast effects, casting cost, opponent blocks, attacking player, target creature, big creatures, beginning players, land destruction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fifth Edition, Giant Growth, Blood Lust, Craw Wurm, Pro Tour, Ball Lightning, Dark Ritual, Hill Giant, Spirit Link, Benalish Hero, Circle of Protection, Primordial Ooze, Stone Spirit, Time Bomb, Winter Orb, Animate Dead, Nevinyrral's Disk, Thicket Basilisk, Wizards of the Coast, Wrath of God, Abyssal Specter, Air Elemental, Ashnod's Transmogrant, Drain Life, Dwarven Warriors New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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