Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering (colloquially "Magic" or "MTG"), is a collectible card game created by Richard Garfield, Ph.D. and introduced by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. Magic inspired an entirely new game genre, and continues to endure with an estimated six million players in over seventy countries worldwide and on the Internet{{fn|1}}. The game plays as a strategy contest not unlike chess, but like most standard card games, there is an element of luck due to the random distribution of cards during shuffling.

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Collectible card game - Richard Garfield, Ph.D. - Wizards of the Coast - 1993 - Game - Player - Internet - Strategy - Chess - Card game - Luck - Random distribution - Shuffling

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In the game's primary fictional setting, each duel represents a battle between very powerful wizards called "planeswalkers" who draw upon magical spells, items, and fantastic creatures to do battle. Though the original concept of the game drew heavily from the motifs of traditional fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Magic bears little resemblance to those pencil-and-paper campaigns.

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Wizard - Planeswalker - Spell - Fantasy - Role-playing game - Dungeons & Dragons

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The game boasts a thriving official tournament system, in which the game is played for cash and scholarship prizes, but is also known to be very well supported by casual gamers who only play with friends at schools, clubs, or home. The cards themselves also have value, much like other trading cards, but in this case based on both scarcity and game play potential.

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Tournament - Trading card

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