Start display at page: Download "Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules". For casual play and most ordinary situations, you ll find what you need in the Magic: The Gathering basic rulebook. You can download a copy of that rulebook from the Wizards of the Coast Magic rules website at If you re Magic: The Gathering is still massive. Board game stores seem to solely exist by selling them and throwing tournaments, and the video game adaptations Get the game set up (likely in the style of one of the Battlefields listed in the back of the rulebook) and you'll place your Planeswalker on the board The Comprehensive Rulebook is almost 200 pages and gets minor updates every so often so I wouldn't recommended printing it. If you've got a smartphone, download the TXT or PDF versions of the comprehensive rules onto it and use that.