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The closest I've found to a useable Trinity sheet is on astraltabletop.com where they have the quickstarts pre-configured. The sheets there are pretty primitive and irksome to use, though. Source: almost 3 years ago
I have a few recommendations based on your concerns. Find a VTT that fits your playstyle. Let the players keep their own character sheets. Have everyone roll real dice. Only use a VTT for sharing maps and placing tokens. owlbear.rodeo or astraltabletop.com have clean, simple interfaces. With a little practice, you can draw maps using owlbear as if you were in person. It has no automation so you don't need... Source: almost 3 years ago
I'd recommend putting it up on Astral as well. Source: almost 3 years ago
Check out Astral Tabletop https://astraltabletop.com. It's like a much more modern Roll20 in active development. Source: about 3 years ago
Astral Tabletop https://astraltabletop.com currently has my attention. A free account is somewhat limited, and I can imagine you may need to only have uploaded whatever assets you need for the next session due to space limitations, but it's easier to use and way more pretty than anything else I've tried. Source: about 3 years ago
I'd suggest going to any deck browsing site (like https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pioneer/full#paper) and glancing at the top decks and seeing which one interests you. It's okay to post and ask questions about decks if you're not sure how one works (I personally struggled understanding how legacy control decks can seem to run 0 win conditions but also have no issues winning games for instance). When you find... Source: about 1 year ago
Props for your resourcefulness, but you could just use Cockatrice, or XMage. Source: about 1 year ago
Go to https://cockatrice.github.io/ and download the software, installing it afterwards;. Source: about 1 year ago
Https://cockatrice.github.io/ - haven't used this too much myself but this one does have built in servers and decent controls. Source: over 1 year ago
My favorite is Cockatrice even though you sound like a mostly in person seeking fellow. It is a web application that is like a card game simulator, it plays magic and can auto update to show you card images, doesn't cost a dime and theoretically could play other games like Android Netrunner if you really wanted to, downside is it sometimes changes domains if the authorities try and shut it down, but the last one... Source: over 1 year ago
Roll20 - Roll20 is a suite of easy-to-use digital tools that expand pen-and-paper gameplay.
XMage - XMage allows you to play Magic against one or more online players or computer opponents.
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Hearthstone - Pick up your cards and throw down the gauntlet!
MapTool - MapTool is a 100% community driven and 100% free to use online, multiuser, networked, graphical, interactive, programmable virtual tabletop.
ForgeMtG - Forge is an implementation of Magic the Gathering that lets you play against a computer AI opponent using most of the rules of a real game. You can construct decks for you and the computer to play with, or play in a draft or a sealed deck format.