MTG Essentials - Upgraded version of the MTG Basic Rulebook

[MTGCardslist]

Hi

I've been working on a book containing everything there is to know about MTG since about 2012.

It was fun to make and lately i've made a complete new design for the rulebook.
The latest version of the document is available over here.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/79zyh0fkaao5 ... GJW1a?dl=0

The document is available in Word and PDF format and average about 127 pages.
It is as big as 300 megs because of the pictures.

It was made as an image of the Basic Rulebook offered by MTG. As a comparaison, the M14 Rulebook has 36 pages.

Here is a quick overview of the document:

Section 1: The Basics
1.1 Five Colors Mana
1.2 Parts Of A Card
1.3 Card Types
1.4 Game Zones
Section 2: The Building Blocks
2.1 Making Mana
2.2 Spells
2.3 Abilities
2.4 Attacking And Blocking
Section 3: Playing A Game
3.1 Get A Deck
3.2 Protect Your Cards
3.3 Get A Friend
3.4 Start The Game
3.5 Shuffling Your Cards
3.6 Part Of The Turn
3.7 The Next Turn
3.8 The Ever-Changing Game
3.9 The Golden Rule
Section 4: Building Your Own Deck
4.1 Deck Archetypes
4.2 Choose Colors Wisely
4.3 Name Your Deck
Section 5: Different Ways To Play
5.1 Formats
5.2 Sanctioned Constructed
5.3 Sanctioned Limited
5.4 Sanctioned Multiplayer
5.5 Casual Constructed
5.6 Casual Limited
5.7 Casual Multiplayer
5.8 Casual Variant
5.9 Other Casual Formats
Section 6: Glossary
6.1 General
6.2 Ability Words
6.3 Keyword Abilities
6.4 Keyword Actions
Section 7: Sets
Section 8: The Storyline
8.1 Our Own Universe
8.2 The Multiverse
8.3 The Planets
Section 9: Banned And Restricted
Section 10: Questions?
Section 11: Rulebook Credit
Section 12: Notes

If you have any comments, suggestion or remark, feel free to leave it in the forum.

Enjoy the reading!

[Huggybaby]

Wow, thanks MTGCardslist!

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Document updated

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Document updated

[MTGCardslist]

Hi

I've posted this before but now that there's a new version, I'm making a new post.
I've been working on a book containing everything there is to know about MTG since about 2012.

It was fun to make and lately I've made a complete new design for the rulebook.
The latest version of the document is available over here.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/79zyh0fkaao5 ... GJW1a?dl=0

The document is available in Word and PDF format and is as large as 136 pages.
It is 212 megs in word format while it has been tone down to 45 megs in PDF.

It was made as an image of the Basic Rulebook offered by MTG. As a comparaison, the M14 Rulebook has 36 pages.

Here is a quick overview of the document:

Section 1: The Basics
1.1 Five Colors Mana
1.2 Parts Of A Card
1.3 Card Types
1.4 Game Zones
Section 2: The Game Mechanism
2.1 Making Mana
2.2 Spells
2.3 Abilities
2.4 Attacking And Blocking
2.5 Steps And Phases Of A Turn
Section 3: Playing A Game
3.1 Get A Deck
3.2 Protect Your Cards
3.3 Get A Friend
3.4 Start The Game
3.5 Shuffling Your Cards
3.6 Mulligan
3.7 The Beginning
3.8 The Ever-Changing Game
3.9 The Golden Rule
Section 4: Building Your Own Deck
4.1 Choose Colors Wisely
4.2 Choosing your Deck’s color
4.3 Mana Curve
4.4 Mana Fixing
4.5 Spells vs Creatures
4.6 Deck Archetypes
4.7 Building Your Sideboard
4.8 Name Your Deck
Section 5: Different Ways To Play
5.1 Formats
5.2 Sanctioned Constructed
5.3 Sanctioned Limited
5.4 Sanctioned Multiplayer
5.5 Casual Constructed
5.6 Casual Limited
5.7 Casual Multiplayer
5.8 Casual Variant
5.9 Other Casual Formats
Section 6: Glossary
6.1 General
6.2 Ability Words
6.3 Keyword Abilities
6.4 Keyword Actions
Section 7: Sets
Section 8: The Storyline
8.1 Our Own Universe
8.2 The Multiverse
8.3 The Planets
Section 9: Banned And Restricted
Section 10: Questions?
Section 11: Rulebook Credit
Section 12: Notes

If you have any comments, suggestion or remark, feel free to leave it in the forum.

Enjoy the reading!

[Jessica]

Great!! I enjoyed reading your manual a lot.

Are there still more updates planned? You could update the "sets" section to be up to date

What software was used to make this manual? It really looks amazing!