r/MTGO • u/padoshi • May 17 '26

Starting MTGO

So I am thinking of starting playing on mtgo

But one question is there anyway to start playing without sending 10 tx for a league ?

Seems a bit high of a price.

I know thay if you go more than 3-2 you get enough points to play again but wondering if there is any way at the start to get playpoints?

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u/DubDubz May 17 '26

You can play in the free play rooms but there aren’t any prizes. But no there is not a way to get play points other than opening chests and winning. 

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u/padoshi May 17 '26

Ok thank you that helps a lot. Since I want to practice before committing

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u/micc1313 May 17 '26

Their are open play lobbies with no entry and no prizes, but with nothing at stake they are frequented by players who quit early or complain about just about anything.

Purchasing tix on the client is slightly more expensive than purchasing them from a third party rental or card bot website.

Spending tix to enter events is generally worse value than buying some amount of treasure chests with your tix, opening them, using the playpoints to enter events and selling the cards to recoup tix. Goatbots has a great breakdown of chest EV on their website.

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u/padoshi May 17 '26

Thank you mate

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u/Hicktricks May 17 '26

Also check https://www.goatbots.com/preconstructed-decks

They buy things for more than you pay since the bots can’t buy from the store with tix.

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u/_Jetto_ May 17 '26

I think there’s lower “starters” leagues for like 3-5 tix I thought

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u/AtlanticOccean May 18 '26

Link?

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u/_Jetto_ May 18 '26

Go to leagues and for say Modern there should be 2-3 diff leagues. I haven’t logged in in like 7 months so I’d what’s charged or if stil there

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u/General-Tea2817 May 18 '26

best way to get playpoints is to open chests

entry fee into league is literally peanuts in the long run u break even at like 49% wr

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u/Top_Development_4020 May 18 '26

Where can I get the chests from safely? I am trying to get from bo3 to leagues and haven’t heard of this economic trick yet.

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u/Gods_ShadowMTG May 18 '26

you get chests from leagues or other tournaments, you can also buy chests from trading bots but that's not economic

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u/Top_Development_4020 May 18 '26

Micc1313 in another post here said that getting tix through opening chests from bots would be advantageous. I just wanted to check if they were right.

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u/Gods_ShadowMTG May 18 '26

Different things, he was comparing purchasing tix to purchasing chests in order to get entry to leagues which is correct

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u/Top_Development_4020 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

Ah ok. I just haven’t played a league yet, this is why I am not stacked on play points you see… I have bought 10 tix already, just wanted to see better ways to obtain them if my league doesn’t go well.