useful links, READ BEFOR POSTING !

i find myselfe repeating myelf over and over when answering questions so i thought it would be about time to post a series of links that provide the basics, such as slang, cardsearch rules etc. these links are just first pointers and the rules are quite difficult to understand even with the rulebook in hand. this is not suposed to stop you from asking any questions but to give you tools to find the answer yourself quicker than we can reply. also this is to help you understand the answer. from now on i will be using magic termini in my answers and if you dont understand it look it up in the slang lexicon. also please do me a favour and learn how the gathere works. questions along the lines what kind of xxxxx cards are there make you look very lazy.

Magic Termini / Slang

Gatherer Quicksearch

Gatherer Advanced Search

Deck Archetyps

The Rules

Decks to beat in tournaments

that all for now more will surely be added in future.

if your interested in becoming a judge or just want to know what they have to do or feel like seeing if you would have what it takes:

Judge related stuff

Magic Sets FAQ's - for mechanics and stuff ...

if your interested in alternative competative and casual formats there is EDH (casual 100 card highlander with a legendary creature as you general) and pauper (competative commons-only format). here are the most important liks you need for these formats:

EDH: Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) rules

Pauper: PDCMagic.com | Competitive Commons Only Magic: the Gathering

mtgurl.com is a really nice site that allows you to input a deck idea, then it created a webpage for that deck that you can send to people or post on forums. The website for the deck also allows you to mouse-over the card to view it. As well, they provide a secondary site for each deck that populates different statistics.

I think that links make use for me who as a new in the game.

Magic 2014 Core Set Rules Preview : Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering

Gonna leave that here for people, the newer and more casual players don't seem to know much about it.