The ANZ Championship, featuring five New Zealand and five Australian teams, was launched in Auckland yesterday, with Prime Minister Helen Clark among the guests.
The 17-week season begins on April 5, when the Central Pulse hosts the Melbourne Vixens in Wellington, and culminates with the final in late July.
The Magic look on paper to have the strongest squad in the competition.
They have six players with Silver Fern experience in Irene van Dyk, Joline Henry, Laura Langman, Casey Williams, Amigene Metcalfe and Tutaia.
But Tutaia could see only a level playing field before her, containing teams that were hard to separate.
She described the pre-season tournament in Sydney this month, at which Australian sides took overall honours and the Southern Steel were the best of the New Zealanders, as "hard yakka''.
It was an indicator how much effort all franchises had put into their preparations.
"Every team is on a par with everyone else, which makes it even more exciting,'' she said.
"You want to be in a competition where you work hard and you reap the rewards. It's just great the teams are all so even.''
Tutaia (21) played for the Diamonds in the National Bank Cup.
But she decided against staying in Auckland and joining new ANZC side the Northern Mystics, opting instead to sign for the Magic, where she is linking up in the attack line with van Dyk.
Tutaia said her partnership with van Dyk had been going well in pre-season training.
"Irene is the world's best goal shoot, and playing in combination with her in training has been very beneficial,'' she said.
"We're working really hard on what we need to do and it's going really well".
