To get started you need to create an account, using your MTGO user name (so that you can interface correctly with the software on the site). For example my online name is Winter.Wolf. If your name has punctuation in it as mine does make sure to include that in the account name. A password is generated for you and is sent in the welcome E-mail upon registering.

If you can't login the first time after registering, make sure that you have finished the registration process by authenticating your MTGO account with Infobot. The instructions are in the same E-mail that has your password.If you are still having troubles, check to make sure that your "caps lock" key is off. Your username and password are CaSe SeNsItIvE. If you still cannot login, you can request to reset your password or contact us.

To update your profile, you must visit the Edit Profile page. You can move through the different parts of your profile by clicking the tabs at the top of the page.

You can update your email address on the My Account page.

To report an error or problem with the site, you can post to the Bugs / Issues forum. Be as detailed as possible so that a replication of the error can be done and a fix can be applied.

Player types are a useful way of describing how you play. There are some excellent articles online about this: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr11b

The above link for example is perhaps the definitive one by Mark Rosewater at least for basic descriptions. There are also some online tests you could take to determine this if you want a semi-objective idea of what your style is: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-magic-the-gathering-color-and-player-type-test

Basically to break it down if you are serious about winning and don't care too much how you do it you are a spike. If you enjoy the building and conceptualization of cool decks you are a johnny and if you like playing with life gain, huge creatures and flashy spells you are a timmy. Not really too sure on Melvin and Vorthos but they aren't really as relevant.

If someone is bothering or harassing you, blocking them is usually the best solution. Visit the Account Settings page to learn how to block people. If someone continues to harass you despite your efforts, you can report them here.

You can report spam, pornography, or any other inappropriate content here, or by clicking the "Report" link on the page containing the content you wish to report.

Absolutely. We do not share any personally identifying information about you to any third party.

If the administrator has enabled it, you can make your profile private by visiting the Profile Privacy page.

You can block people by adding their username to your blocked users list. Visit the Account Settings page to learn more about how to block people.

My Apps -> Collection

After you have uploaded your collection a section will appear that reads Privacy: Hide my collection. Just check that checkbox and [Submit]. Your collection will be hidden from search results but you will still be able to utilize the power of the deck database features.

The search feature indexes the following features on the site, profiles, decks, blog, forum, groups, albums/photos and badges.

We are using a lot of cutting edge technology and code here that many older browsers don't even know how to process. While the majority of the browsers out there can handle things like HTML, images and limited JavaScript, we are utilizing a lot of newer features and functions like DIV, newer advancements in JavaScript like AJAX and a lot more behind the scene tricks to make this site run. That is why we highly recommend at least an Internet Explorer 7+ and Firefox 3.5+.

I wrote a blog to answer this question is greater detail. You can find it over here.

My Apps -> CollectionThis will take you the page that will allow you to import your collection. From here just click [Browse...] then locate your exported MTGO collection file.

Follow this link for detailed instructions on how to export your collection.

You can do card searches using the search box found within the Decks area. Just do a search for the card you are interested in. The information you will find includes all the decks that run at least 1 copy of that card, a list of all the versions of that card and a list of all the players (who have set their collection as public) who own that card including from which set and which version (regular or foil).

We wanted a way that people could vote on a deck and rate it. Just highlight the number star on how you like the deck. All results are hidden and can never been actually seen by anyone.

That's a personal question really. But, we do have a feature called Collection Deck's that allow you do see all the decks that you can run yourself using the cards in your. You may be surprised what you can come up with. This can be found on the main Decks page on the left hand side under the categories.

We have in our card database all of the images from MTGO. You only need to know 2 pieces of information; set and card number. The format of our folder is as follows:

http://www.mymtgo.com/images/cards/set/CARD_NUMBER.jpg

Example: http://www.mymtgo.com/images/cards/ala/58.jpg will give you



Please note that the SET must be in lower_case letters.

Badges are one of my all-time fantasy dreams that I would LOVE to work with Wizards of the Coast to make happen. Basically what I'd love to have happen are achievement badges for in-game results. Things like, I just made Top 8 in this PE. Boom, here's your badge. It's showcasing the power of myMTGO.com to Wizards of the Coast in what we CAN do if we work together. I've been trying for a couple of months now and Michael Gills has told me they've had meetings about me, my team and the website. Nothing yet, but here's to hoping :DIn the meantime, if there is a badge you'd like to see designed, let me know.