Me too! I had Magic Realm as a kid and tried reading the manual dozen of times but couldn't get it to stick. They simplified the rules over at boardgamegeek[1]

Actually, there's lots of files and tutorials there[2] -- I lost my copy to a hurricane years ago but I may have to pick up a copy and play online[3]

[1] https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/130110/magic-realm-third-...

[2] https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22/magic-realm/files

[3] http://realmspeak.dewkid.com/