Installer magic-the-gathering-online-2026-08

description: ''
game_slug: magic-the-gathering-online
gogslug: ''
humblestoreid: ''
installer_slug: magic-the-gathering-online-2026-08
name: 'Magic: The Gathering Online'
notes: "First launch takes longer than usual: the MTGO client itself (~640 MB) is\
  \ not downloaded during install. The first time you click Play, setup.exe runs its\
  \ ClickOnce bootstrapper, shows an \"Application Install - Security Warning\" dialog\
  \ (click Install), downloads and deploys the client, then opens the login screen.\
  \ Every later Play launches MTGO directly.\r\n\r\nRequires installing into a new,\
  \ empty game folder \u2014 the installer will refuse to run if $GAMEDIR already\
  \ has files in it (e.g. from a previous failed install). Remove the game from your\
  \ Lutris library (with files) or empty the folder by hand before retrying."
runner: wine
script:
  files:
  - setup: https://mtgo.patch.daybreakgames.com/patch/mtg/live/client/setup.exe
  game:
    arch: win64
    exe: $GAMEDIR/setup.exe
    prefix: $GAMEDIR
  installer:
  - execute:
      command: "if [ -n \"$(ls -A \"$GAMEDIR\" 2>/dev/null)\" ]; then\n  echo \"ERROR:\
        \ $GAMEDIR is not empty.\"\n  echo \"This installer only supports installing\
        \ into a new, empty folder.\"\n  echo \"Remove the existing game (with files)\
        \ from your Lutris library, or delete the folder by hand, then reinstall.\"\
        \n  echo \"See docs/DESIGN-NOTES.md, section 'Redoing an install', to patch\
        \ an existing install instead of a full reinstall.\"\n  exit 1\nfi\n"
  - task:
      arch: win64
      name: create_prefix
      prefix: $GAMEDIR
  - task:
      app: corefonts dotnet48
      name: winetricks
      prefix: $GAMEDIR
  - task:
      app: sound=disabled
      name: winetricks
      prefix: $GAMEDIR
  - task:
      app: renderer=gdi
      name: winetricks
      prefix: $GAMEDIR
  - copy:
      dst: $GAMEDIR
      src: setup
  - write_file:
      content: "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n# Re-applies the WPF flags that stop MTGO's collection\
        \ view from\n# pinning a CPU core / freezing the UI. Safe to run any number\
        \ of\n# times; silently does nothing if the config file isn't there yet.\n\
        set -uo pipefail\nGAMEDIR=\"$(cd \"$(dirname \"${BASH_SOURCE[0]}\")\" && pwd)\"\
        \nfind \"$GAMEDIR\" -path '*Apps/2.0*' -iname 'MTGO.exe.config' -exec sed\
        \ -i -E \\\n  's/(\"(DisableAutomationPeer|PurgeAutomationEvents|DisableStylusInput|DisableTabletDevices)\"\
        \ value=\")false/\\1true/g' \\\n  {} + 2>/dev/null\nexit 0\n"
      file: $GAMEDIR/mtgo-tune.sh
  - execute:
      command: chmod +x $GAMEDIR/mtgo-tune.sh
  system:
    env:
      PROTON_NO_NTSYNC: '1'
    prelaunch_command: bash $GAMEDIR/mtgo-tune.sh
    prelaunch_wait: true
  wine:
    overrides:
      winealsa.drv: disabled
      winecoreaudio.drv: disabled
      wineoss.drv: disabled
      winepulse.drv: disabled
slug: magic-the-gathering-online-2026-08
steamid: null
version: 2026-08
year: 2002

{
  "game_slug": "magic-the-gathering-online",
  "version": "2026-08",
  "description": "",
  "notes": "First launch takes longer than usual: the MTGO client itself (~640 MB) is not downloaded during install. The first time you click Play, setup.exe runs its ClickOnce bootstrapper, shows an \"Application Install - Security Warning\" dialog (click Install), downloads and deploys the client, then opens the login screen. Every later Play launches MTGO directly.\r\n\r\nRequires installing into a new, empty game folder \u2014 the installer will refuse to run if $GAMEDIR already has files in it (e.g. from a previous failed install). Remove the game from your Lutris library (with files) or empty the folder by hand before retrying.",
  "name": "Magic: The Gathering Online",
  "year": 2002,
  "steamid": null,
  "gogslug": "",
  "humblestoreid": "",
  "runner": "wine",
  "slug": "magic-the-gathering-online-2026-08",
  "installer_slug": "magic-the-gathering-online-2026-08",
  "script": {
    "files": [
      {
        "setup": "https://mtgo.patch.daybreakgames.com/patch/mtg/live/client/setup.exe"
      }
    ],
    "game": {
      "arch": "win64",
      "exe": "$GAMEDIR/setup.exe",
      "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
    },
    "installer": [
      {
        "execute": {
          "command": "if [ -n \"$(ls -A \"$GAMEDIR\" 2>/dev/null)\" ]; then\n  echo \"ERROR: $GAMEDIR is not empty.\"\n  echo \"This installer only supports installing into a new, empty folder.\"\n  echo \"Remove the existing game (with files) from your Lutris library, or delete the folder by hand, then reinstall.\"\n  echo \"See docs/DESIGN-NOTES.md, section 'Redoing an install', to patch an existing install instead of a full reinstall.\"\n  exit 1\nfi\n"
        }
      },
      {
        "task": {
          "arch": "win64",
          "name": "create_prefix",
          "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
        }
      },
      {
        "task": {
          "app": "corefonts dotnet48",
          "name": "winetricks",
          "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
        }
      },
      {
        "task": {
          "app": "sound=disabled",
          "name": "winetricks",
          "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
        }
      },
      {
        "task": {
          "app": "renderer=gdi",
          "name": "winetricks",
          "prefix": "$GAMEDIR"
        }
      },
      {
        "copy": {
          "dst": "$GAMEDIR",
          "src": "setup"
        }
      },
      {
        "write_file": {
          "content": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n# Re-applies the WPF flags that stop MTGO's collection view from\n# pinning a CPU core / freezing the UI. Safe to run any number of\n# times; silently does nothing if the config file isn't there yet.\nset -uo pipefail\nGAMEDIR=\"$(cd \"$(dirname \"${BASH_SOURCE[0]}\")\" && pwd)\"\nfind \"$GAMEDIR\" -path '*Apps/2.0*' -iname 'MTGO.exe.config' -exec sed -i -E \\\n  's/(\"(DisableAutomationPeer|PurgeAutomationEvents|DisableStylusInput|DisableTabletDevices)\" value=\")false/\\1true/g' \\\n  {} + 2>/dev/null\nexit 0\n",
          "file": "$GAMEDIR/mtgo-tune.sh"
        }
      },
      {
        "execute": {
          "command": "chmod +x $GAMEDIR/mtgo-tune.sh"
        }
      }
    ],
    "system": {
      "env": {
        "PROTON_NO_NTSYNC": "1"
      },
      "prelaunch_command": "bash $GAMEDIR/mtgo-tune.sh",
      "prelaunch_wait": true
    },
    "wine": {
      "overrides": {
        "winealsa.drv": "disabled",
        "winecoreaudio.drv": "disabled",
        "wineoss.drv": "disabled",
        "winepulse.drv": "disabled"
      }
    }
  }
}