Magic Workstation Part 2

Welcome back to part two of our two part series for Magic Workstation.

We last left off playing against ourselves and having just described the phases on the game.

If you missed part 1, you can catch up on it here: http://ggxgames.blogspot.com/2011/06/setting-up-magic-workstation-for-magic.html

Let's go over some quick hotkeys.

Ctrl + S : Shuffle your library
Ctrl + D : Draw a card
Ctrl + R : Undo last draw
Ctrl + Del : Sacrifice a permanent
Ctrl + U : Untap all permanents
Ctrl + I : Roll a die (useful for determining who goes first)
Ctrl + T : Create a token

With a permanent selected

Alt + D : Duplicate selected card

Ctrl + Alt + = : Increase Power and Toughness by one (Turns non creature permanents into 0/0 creatures)
Ctrl + Alt + - : Decrease Power and Toughness by one (Turns 0/0 creatures into non-creature permanents)
Ctrl + = : Increase Power by one
Alt + = : Decrease Power by one
Ctrl + - : Increase Toughness by one
Alt + - : Decrease Toughness by one

To point to a card: Right click and hold on your permanent, then drag to targeted permanent (Useful for designating targets for spells, or blockers in combat, or other times).

To put a card second from the top in your library: Hold shift and left click drag the top card of your library onto the field. Now drag the card you want to go into your library onto your library (or right click in the context menu). Finally, drag the facedown card back onto your library. (This is also how you play a facedown card from your hand).

When your turn first begins you can double click the Untap phase to untap all of your cards and move you to the Upkeep phase. Double clicking on the Draw phase will move you into your first Main phase.

When you are done with your first game, press F2 to start your next game, you can also sideboard cards at this point.

If you see someone do something, and you want to know how they did it, just ask! Most people (that speak English) will have no problem telling you what they did.

One thing to keep in mind is that you are playing online. The person you are playing against can't see you, and you can't see them. So when you play a card, it is common courtesy to press the OK? button before performing the action. This prevents a lot of problems. Play slow and deliberate, ask before you "take back" anything. Finally, if there is a rules problem, try and calmly explain what you think is happening, and see how your opponent responds, it might just be a minor communication problem.

Above all, enjoy your free testing!