Cockatrice might be a bit more popular than XMage. We know about 40 links to it since March 2021 and only 37 links to XMage. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I'd suggest going to any deck browsing site (like https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pioneer/full#paper) and glancing at the top decks and seeing which one interests you. It's okay to post and ask questions about decks if you're not sure how one works (I personally struggled understanding how legacy control decks can seem to run 0 win conditions but also have no issues winning games for instance). When you find... Source: about 1 year ago
Props for your resourcefulness, but you could just use Cockatrice, or XMage. Source: about 1 year ago
Go to https://cockatrice.github.io/ and download the software, installing it afterwards;. Source: about 1 year ago
Https://cockatrice.github.io/ - haven't used this too much myself but this one does have built in servers and decent controls. Source: about 1 year ago
My favorite is Cockatrice even though you sound like a mostly in person seeking fellow. It is a web application that is like a card game simulator, it plays magic and can auto update to show you card images, doesn't cost a dime and theoretically could play other games like Android Netrunner if you really wanted to, downside is it sometimes changes domains if the authorities try and shut it down, but the last one... Source: about 1 year ago
For the past two days, I have been unable to access xmage.de. Is the server offline? Is it dead? No one has said anything. Does anyone know what is going on???? I hope this is not the end!!! Source: about 1 year ago
Launcher hasn't worked for a week, can't reach xmage.de, and isitdownrightnow agrees. What's going on? Source: over 1 year ago
You can use Xmage or Cockatrice as dedicated online free platforms, or Untap for in-browser gameplay (Untap has no built in rules engine, so be careful that you're following the rules!). There is also a small but dedicated group that play on Tabletop Simulator if you have it. Source: over 1 year ago
Lastly there's XMage which allows for PVP with rules enforcement. It's a bit resource intensive though, so I would probably try the other two first if you're interested. Source: over 1 year ago
Yeah only an idiot would play on the official mtga client paying so much for decks when third party clients have them for free, like http://xmage.de/ https://github.com/magefree/mage. Source: over 1 year ago
Hearthstone - Pick up your cards and throw down the gauntlet!
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