Hi Mark! I wanted to give my own thanks to you and the card game I love so dearly. When I was 16, friendless and hopelessly autistic without realising it, a friend of my sister saw me walking down the street and gave me a tupperware box of Magic cards that he was about to throw away (mostly goblins from 10th Edition).

I went to my LGS to learn how to play the game and found not only a love for the game, but a creative outlet, a great group of friends, and the confidence I needed to grow as a person.

I was hired to run their Magic events and eventually worked my way up to manager/"The Card Guy" and some of my happiest life moments, including finding an equal passion for reading DC comics, were made during my decade of working there.

I can only imagine where I would be if I hadn't gone to my LGS to learn Magic that day, but I know I can't imagine my life without it, so thank you to everyone who helped make, and continues to make, such a wonderful game.

P.S. the first booster I ever opened was Avaycn Restored and after being blown away by Vorstclaw I've been a Timmy ever since!

Thanks for sharing.

Do we have any chance to see remainder texts of evergreen mechanics or even remainders of basic rules and card types? It could make easier to teach someone new to play magic by letting cards to introduce and explain themselves.

Products aimed at beginners will do that.

My playgroup has been debating how many hours it would take to teach someone who has never played magic to become an average drafter (including deck building and playing). To focus the question, we constrained the premise M21. Our answers range from several hours, to 40 hours, to more. Care to weigh in?

I’m not sure what “average drafter” means.

Hi Mark! In your opinion, what’s the best way to learn how to create magic cards, from color Id to abilities to mana value?

You will learn the most by just designing cards and iterating them.

Dear Mark, we often hear now that the purpose of UB is to bring people from other fandoms into Magic. So a Warhammer themed MTG-set would bring in Warhammer fans. But how does that work, when Warhammer fans don't play the game and don't see the cards? All you seem to be doing, is instead introducing Warhammer to MTG fans, not the other way around.

I’m hearing a lot of “my friend who plays D&D has never wanted to learn Magic, but now they do.”

I am running a program for middle school and high school players. What is something you wish younger/newer players understood about the game that you would include when teaching someone new?

I like spending more time on flavor (colors, planeswalkers and worlds) early to show all the possibilities of the game.

I just went to the MTG Open House this weekend and I really enjoyed myself. I brought along a few friends who were new to the game and I loved to see all the effort you all are putting into involving new players. I hope events like this continue in the future. Thank you and best of luck with everything you do!

You’re welcome. We’re committed to making good ways for beginners to learn Magic,

My girlfriend wants to learn Magic. I want to teach her, but I also want to cover the colour pie and the philosophy behind the cards. Do you have any advice for me? How do I start?

For colors, you can read the five color philosophy articles I wrote last year.

Maro, today at my school there was someone who wanted to learn magic. I tried to help them learn, but they were still kinda confused. So after their first game I recommended Duels. High five the team who made the tutorial, cause I'm sure that will help my friend more than I can.

Magic Duels is a great tool for helping people learn how to play Magic.

I'm about to teach someone how to play Magic here in the next few weeks. Are there any articles that suggest good ways to do so? If not, do you have any suggestions?

I wrote an article about teaching beginners called “To Teach Their Own”: http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/200