Magic: The Gathering (1993)

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Playtime: 20
Min. Age: 13
Players: 2
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Designers: Richard Garfield
Artists: Steve Firchow, Catherine Buck, Darrell Riche, Lars Grant-West, Jeff Menges, Mark Tedin, Xu Tan, Charles Urbach, Okera, Fredrik Rahmqvist, Una Fricker, Anson Maddocks, Geof Darrow, Dylan Martens, Adam Paquette, Kekai Kotaki, L. A. Williams, Vincent Proce, Noah Bradley, Tony DiTerlizzi, Alayna Lemmer-Danner, Lucas Graciano, Heather Hudson, Mike Kimble, Liam Sharp, Richard Thomas (I), Pete Venters, Scott Kirschner, ZENTOYO, Fay Jones, Wayne England, John Matson, Patrick Faricy, Ron Brown, Margaret Organ-Kean, Ciruelo, Henry Higgenbotham, Erik Von Lehmann, Junior Tomlin, Thomas Manning, Zoltan Boros, Colin MacNeil, Cornelius Brudi, Steve Luke, Jesper Ejsing, Mike Danza, John Bolton, Zhang Jiazhen, Dave Rapoza, Kathryn Rathke, Gao Yan, Liu Shangying, Jason Behnke, Erik Gist, Vance Kovacs, Dave Allsop, Lucio Parrillo, Christopher Rush, Patrick Kochakji, Qi Baocheng, Trevor Claxton, John Donahue, KOJI, Nathalie Hertz, Efrem Palacios, John Howe, Omar Rayyan, Doug Chaffee, Randy Asplund-Faith, Wang Yuqun, Donato Giancola, Corey Macourek, Li Wang, Alan Rabinowitz, Stephen A. Daniele, Trevor Hairsine, Jarreau Wimberly, David Martin (II), Blackie del Rio, William Donohoe, Dan Seagrave, Matt Wilson (I), Michael Koelsch, Nick Percival, Philip Mosness, George Pratt, Daarken, Richard Wright, John Stanko, Brian "Chippy" Dugan, Paul Lee, Ding Songjian, Martina Pilcerová, Jean-Sebastien Rossbach, Jaime Jones, Drew Baker, Wesley Burt, Li Youliang, Cole Eastburn, Susan Van Camp, Junko Taguchi, Dom Reardon, Diana Vick, Tomas Giorello, Allen Williams, Sam Wood, Victor Adame, Cyril Van Der Haegen, Warren Mahy, Gerry Grace, Jiaming, Scott Chou, Yoshino Himori, Charles Gillespie, John Coulthart, Qin Jun, Greg Simanson, David O'Connor, Goran Josic, Pat Morrissey, Nènè Thomas, Jim Pavelec, Mike Ploog, Kaja Foglio, Robert Eggleton, Carl Critchlow, Volkan Baga, Kevin Garletts, Richard Kane Ferguson, Gao Jianzhang, Nelson DeCastro, Justin Murray, John Gallagher, Chris J. Anderson, Tom Kyffin, Mike Raabe, Chris Dien, Tsutomu Kawade, Eric Polak, Brandon Kitkouski, Dana Andrews, Kevin Dobler, Bud Cook, Scott Hampton, Larry Elmore, Dany Orizio, Miles Johnston, Yeong-Hao Han, Miao Aili, Kevin A. Murphy, Fred Harper, Mark Romanoski, Kang Yu, Frank Kelly Freas, Mitch Cotie, Jeff Easley, Esad Ribic, Hiro Izawa, Kuang Sheng, Stephan Martiniere, Jana Schirmer, Sławomir Maniak, Doug Keith, Paul Chadwick, Mike Kerr, Quan Xuejun, Justin Sweet, Fred Fields, Steve Prescott, Ron Spears, Todd Lockwood, Patrick Beel, Jim Wong, Scott Altmann, Jeff Remmer, Mike Dringenberg, Gary Rudell, He Jiancheng, Izzy, Aaron Boyd, Matt Stewart, Tom Fleming, Franco Rivolli, Larry Snelly, Val Mayerik, Randy Gallegos, Eric David Anderson, Michael Whelan, Jiang Zhuqing, Janet Aulisio, Craig Mullins, Kipling West, Sun Nan, Eric Deschamps, Randis Albion, Paolo Parente, Matthew Mitchell, James Paick, Shishizaru, Alan Pollack, Clint Langley, D. J. Cleland-Hura, Tony Roberts, Rick Farrell, Robh Ruppel, Karl Kopinski, Michael Sutfin, Nils Hamm, Andi Rusu, Kevin Walker, Ken Meyer, Jr., Phil Foglio, Edward Beard, Jr., Jon J. Muth, Zhao Tan, Junichi Inoue, Tristan Elwell, Jung Park, Li Yousong, Huang Qishi, Ray Lago, Shelly Wan, Joel Thomas, James Kei, Michael Komarck, Rick Emond, Doug Shuler, Melissa Benson, Johann Bodin, Chuck Lukacs, Marco Nelor, Qu Xin, James Nelson, Eric Peterson, Lou Harrison, Nicola Leonard, Jason Engle, Jason Chan (I), Adam Rex, Cristina McAllister, Harold Arthur McNeill, Luca Zontini, Fang Yue, Terry Springer, David Cherry, Matt Thompson, Matthew Stawicki, Jen Page, Arnie Swekel, Christopher Burdett, Liz Danforth, Romas, Ku Xueming, Stephen Walsh, Andrew Murray, Jerry Tiritilli, Ron Spencer, Dan Frazier, Mark Brill, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Bob Petillo, Glen Michael Angus, Christine Choi, Jesper Myrfors, Ron Chironna, Scott Murphy, Jin Chiaki, Martin McKenna, Anthony Waters, Anthony Palumbo, Lubov, Philip Tan (I), Tomasz Jedruszek, Li Tie, Cai Tingting, Julie Baroh, Clint Cearley, Craig Hooper, David Robyn Seeley, LHQ, Francis Tsai, Mark Poole, Yang Guangmai, Rogério Vilela, Andrew Goldhawk, Christopher Moeller, Brandon Dorman, Don Hazeltine, Michael Bierek, John Malloy, William O'Connor, Steve Ellis (I), R. K. Post, Brian Horton, Jim Murray, Song Shikai, Anthony Francisco, Gary Gianni, Simon Bisley, Jeremy Enecio, Brad Rigney, Yokota Katsumi, Ash Wood, Howard Lyon, Alton Lawson, Larry MacDougall, Mark Rosewater, Michael Kaluta, Justin Hampton, Wayne Reynolds, Mark Zug, Bryan Talbot, John Avon, Ben Thompson, Tim Hildebrandt, Cos Koniotis, Chen Weidong, Henry van der Linde, Wang Feng, Massimilano Frezzato, Jeff Laubenstein, Al Davidson, John Zeleznik, David Horne, Aleksi Briclot, Winona Nelson, Vincent Evans, Fred Hooper, Liu Jianjian, Hannibal King, Jack Wei, Sandra Garavito, Kensuke Okabayashi, Drew Tucker, Ryan Pancoast, Li Xiaohua, Khang Le, Cara Mitten, Rob Gonsalves, James Allen (I), Tom Wänerstrand, Cecil Fernando, Amy Weber, Igor Kieryluk, Matt Cavotta, Ted Galaday, Véronique Meignaud, Sue Ellen Brown, Justin Norman, Steven Belledin, Marc Simonetti, Kristen Bishop, Kev Brockschmidt, Cliff Nielsen, Dameon Willich, Quinton Hoover, James Ernest, Chris Rahn, Ron Walotsky, Robert Bliss, Chengo McFlingers, Jeremy Jarvis, Dennis Detwiller, Paul Bonner, Michael Phillippi, Omaha Perez, Tom Baxa, Marc Fishman, Eric Fortune, Daniel Horne, Syuichi Obata, Andrew Robinson, Billy Christian, Gábor Szikszai, David Ho, Pat Lee, Philip Straub, Clyde Caldwell, Sal Villagran, Darbury Stenderu, Xu Xiaoming, Joel Biske, Michael Bruinsma, Isabelle Rabarot, Svetlin Velinov, Nottsuo, Mitsuaki Sagiri, Stuart Griffin, Jason Felix, Randy Elliott, Dom!, Ruth Thompson, Dominick Domingo, Greg Spalenka, Peter Mohrbacher, Garry Leach, Daniel Gelon, Kieran Yanner, Bill Sienkiewicz, Michael Weaver, Bryon Wackwitz, Glenn Fabry, Whit Brachna, Ralph Horsley, Mark A. Nelson, Jon Foster, Adrian Smith, Thomas Denmark, Nic Klein, Michael G. Ryan, Solomon Au Yeung, Thomas Gianni, Raymond Swanland, Jacques Bredy, David Hudnut, Zak Plucinski, Ji Yong, Ittoku, Ariel Olivetti, Brad Williams, Brian Hagan, Zina Saunders, Scott Fischer, Stephen Tappin, Brian Durfee, David Day, Kunio Hagio, Qiao Dafu, Steve Argyle, William Simpson, James Bernardin, Franz Vohwinkel, Hideaki Takamura, Ryan Yee, Richard Whitters, Greg Hildebrandt, Mike Sass, Michael C. Hayes, Alex Horley, Dave Kendall, D. Alexander Gregory, Ian Miller, Richard Sardinha, Jeffrey R. Busch, Sean McConnell, Shang Huitong, Rob Alexander, April Lee, Peter Bollinger, Yang Hong, Keith Parkinson, Janine Johnston, Rebecca Guay-Mitchell, Austin Hsu, Scott Bailey, Kerstin Kaman, James Ryman, Ai Desheng, Brian Despain, Ron Lemen, Yang Jun Kwon, Hiroshi Tanigawa, Gerald Brom, Livia Prima, Steve White, Joshua Hagler, Jeff Nentrup, Hong Yan, Iain McCaig, Lin Yan, Wang Chuxiong, Kari Johnson, Malcolm David Monette, Tony Szczudlo, Jennifer Law, Tyler Jacobson, Rebekah Lynn, Carl Frank, Brian Snoddy, Terese Nielsen, Daren Bader, Daniel Ljunggren, J. W. Frost, Puddnhead, Jeff Miracola, Mark Harrison, Adi Granov, Ian Edward Ameling, Marcelo Vignali, jD, Ironbrush, Mark Simpson (II), Monte Moore, Greg Staples, Ted Naifeh, Dan Scott, Dan Dos Santos, Tang Xiaogu, Roger Raupp, Hugh Jamieson, Mark Hyzer, Carol Heyer, Dave Dorman, Dermot Power, Min Yum, Jeff Reitz, Chris Appelhans, Dave DeVries, David Palumbo, Johannes Voss, Erica Yang
Mechanics: Interrupts, Deck Construction, Player Elimination, Take That, Hand Management, Closed Drafting, Income, Tags, Betting and Bluffing





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From the official website: In the Magic game, you play the role of a planeswalker—a powerful wizard who fights other planeswalkers for glory, knowledge, and conquest. Your deck of cards represents all the weapons in your arsenal. It contains the spells you know and the creatures you can summon to fight for you.

This is the grandfather of the collectible card game (or CCG) genre. Cards are categorized as common, uncommon, rare, and mythic rare. Players collect cards and build decks out of their collection.

Players build a deck of cards and duel against an opponent's deck. Players are wizards attempting to reduce their opponent's life total to zero. The first player to reduce his opponent's life to zero (or meet another set win condition) wins the game.

An important part of the game is deck construction, which is done prior to the actual game by selecting what cards are included in a particular deck. There are over 25,000 different cards from which to build your deck!

Cards can be lands, which usually generate mana of various colors, or spells, which require a certain amount of mana to be used. Some cards (creatures, artifacts, and enchantments) stay on the board and continue to affect the game, while others have a one-time effect.

Players randomly draw spells to see what they get and can play each turn. Although this limits your choices, there is a lot of strategy in how you play those spells. A robust list of game mechanics, including intricate rules for reactive card play called "the stack," provide for rich tactics and tough choices each turn.

Though traditionally a two-player duel, there are several casual and tournament formats to Magic that allow more players to play.



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The game was also published under these names: Magic: The Gathering – Magic Origins Deck Builder's Toolkit , Magic: The Gathering – Commander: Forged in Stone , マジック:ザ・ギャザリング , Magic: The Gathering – 2012 Core Set , Magic: The Gathering – Ajani: Mazo de Planeswalker , Magic: The Gathering – Sorin: Mazo de Planeswalker , Magic: The Gathering – Vivien: Mazo de Planeswalker , Magic: The Gathering – Battle for Zendikar Intro Pack , Magic: The Gathering – Blue Planeswalkers Jace Beleren , Magic: The Gathering – White Planeswalkers Ajani Goldmane , Magic: The Gathering – 2014 Core Set , Magic: El Encuentro , Magic: The Gathering – 2013 Core Set , Magic: The Gathering – Hauptset 2015 (Deckbau Box) , Magic: Die Zusammenkunft , Magic: The Gathering – Amonkhet Prerelease Pack , Magic: The Gathering – Chandra: Mazo de Planeswalker , Magic: The Gathering – Edition de base 2014 , Magic: L'Adunanza , Magic: The Gathering – Black Planeswalkers Liliana Vess , 万智牌 , Magic: The Gathering – Magic Origines , Magic: The Gathering – Pack de Presentación , Magic: The Gathering – Rivals: Quick Start Set , Magic: The Gathering – Amonkhet Deck Builder's Toolkit , Magic: The Gathering – Welcome Deck , Magic: The Gathering – Edition de base 2015 , Magic: The Gathering , Magic: The Gathering – Yanling: Mazo de Planeswalker , Magic: The Gathering – Commander: Built From Scratch , Magic: The Gathering – Edition de base 2012 , Magic: The Gathering – Kaladesh Deck Builder's Toolkit , Magic: The Gathering – Red Planeswalkers Chandra Nalaar , Magic: The Gathering – Shadows Over Innistrad Deck Builder's Toolkit

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