In a previous post I defined several card roles in Magic the Gathering (MTG). For me, a card role is a way to categorise a card independently of its colour, type, name, and other official identifiers. I believe this makes casual deck building relatively easy, and that's my primary interest. I'...
The base rules of Magic: The Gathering are no more complex than any other card game, such as Poker or Bridge.
Setup
You start the game with 20 life points and a deck of 60 cards, unless you're playing the Commander variant, in which case you start with 40 life and 100 cards.
At the start of...