Gaming Zones in Magic: The Gathering

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Mike Lopez with Expert Village. Today we're going to be discussing Magic: the Gathering the card game. And now we're going to go over the gaming zones of your gaming table. Here we have a dual match set up. We have, if you don't want to hold your hand, generally you place it face down on the table. The area closest to you is reserved for land/mana. This big stack right here is your deck or your library. Directly to the left of that is your graveyard. For spells, enchantments, or creatures that have been sent there. Up front we have your area which has enchantments, creatures, artifacts, anything that stays on the table. And you can see over here, your opponent has the same. He has creatures and then mana. And when you have more than one mana, usually people stack the mana to save space on the gaming table. When you play a card and you direct it to a creature card or anything on the table. You place it on the table to signify that, that's what it is being used on or if something is enchanting something you would take it and you would place it behind. That way everyone knows that it is enchanted. Over here we have our dice life. Which as you can see, my opponent has 15 life showing and has his graveyard next to his library in the same manner."