Played the first game and got fed up with the bugs, they refuse to patch it and support the game, complete waste of money.
MTGO is serious business however, I must have spent close to $200 on my current deck so not exactly an alternative. The causal room is also filled with morons playing stupidest net decks that makes me hate the world, learn to concede immediately when you come across those idiots, otherwise play a discard deck as I do.
While you could spend a lot less ala burn deck or maybe tribal, the really good cards cost an arm and a leg.