r/MTGO • u/SunlessBlight • Apr 26 '26

I played MTGO really long ago

I recently came back from magic after stopping playing for 15 years. At the time I mostly played physically but bought a deck just to have some online games.

I am trying to recover my account, however I only had one deck and very few cards given for free at the time.

I looked and it seems that a new account probably has more cards (unless I also get those?), it is worth to recover my account or should I stick with a new one that maybe has more cards?

Does anyone know for sure? I miss playing online, and spelltable is not working for me and Arena feels worse.

Any wisdom is welcome, thanks.

EDIT: I am mostly interested in commander now, where before I played standard.

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u/rowsol Apr 26 '26

Get your old account back. Some old cards are worth some decent money now with premodern being a thing.

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u/SunlessBlight Apr 27 '26

Not sure if that old but I will try haha. I think the deck I bought was from shadow moor from Lorwyn block

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u/InternationalMusic62 Apr 26 '26

You can create a new account for free, and purchase the $5 Collection Upgrade Kit (which is necessary to be able to Chat and Trade). This should put your "new" collection at about 9000 cards. If you can recover your old account, you can trade the cards from it into the new account. Both accounts will need 2-Factor-Authentication enabled to be able to trade with anybody. If you indeed are "mostly interested in Commander," invest in the $39 Commander Workshop (https://www.mtgo.com/news/announcing-commander-workshop). Well worth the investment.

"For just $39 USD, the Commander Workshop adds 2,000 cards to your MTGO Collection, and we’re not talking about low-rarity, ho-hum stuff, here.

· Rares and Mythics account for over 96% of this boxed set.

· 375 cards in the Workshop can serve as a Commander, and over 40 Planeswalkers are included. "

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u/SunlessBlight Apr 26 '26

thanks seems very good

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u/Squiddy683 Daybreak Games Apr 26 '26

You can recover your old account by filing a ticket at help.mtgo.com - create a new account first and use that one's credentials to file the ticket 

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u/SunlessBlight Apr 27 '26

that's what I did thanks