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Thoughts Online vs Arena for New Player? (self.digital)
submitted 2 years ago by q85fbfek to c/digital@mtgzone.com
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My wife and I just recently got into MTG and decided we want our focus to be paper, but we also like the idea of digital as we learn since it forces us to play by the rules and we can use it to test out things we're unsure about. We also like the idea of digital for times when we can't be bothered to break out decks and such. So while we'll primarily focus on paper we will invest some into digital.

We're still deciding on which digital platform to really invest our resources into, though. I like MTGO for its "close to paper as possible" philosophy, but I get the impression Arena is golden child of Wizards and likely to have more staying power long term. The ability to play Arena pretty much anywhere, including mobile, is a big benefit as well.

So for the more seasoned players out there that may have focused on one or the other, or even both, what's your experience been? Why did you lean into one versus the other?

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[โ€“] q85fbfek 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Great info, appreciate the thoughtful response!

Right now we're using digital to help teach us the game and we're mostly using Arena since we bought some starter kits which gave us the same decks in Arena and paper. It's been really helpful having both forms of the same decks as we're able to try things out that we're unsure about. Long term I think digital will be more of a "pick up and play" type thing so we're leaning Arena.

[โ€“] andrew@mtgzone.com 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah in that case Arena sounds like it's definitely the right call! The new player quests really help teach the game and Arena is ideal for pick up and play.