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In August 1993, Richard Garfield and Wizards of the Coast released the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering. Eighty-four expansions and 25 years later, Magic has grown into a cultural behemoth and ...

An upcoming Magic: The Gatheringcard from the Final Fantasy set was recently previewed, and it has caused a bit of buzz among ...

It’s hard to overstate the impact artist Mitsuhiro Arita has had on trading card games. Nearly 30 years ago, as a member of the original design team on the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Arita contributed ...

When I first heard of Magic: The Gathering’s new Lord of the Rings set I thought it sounded pretty cool, but I admit I had somewhat mixed feelings about a one-of-a-kind ‘One Ring’ card. It struck me ...

Post Malone bought a unique Lord of the Rings Magic: The Gathering card for $2 million earlier in August, leaving many wondering how a piece of shiny cardboard could ever be worth so much. Wizards of ...

A game of Magic: The Gathering begins well before players lay down their first card. As a collectible card game, Magic requires competitive players to select the optimal deck of cards based on how ...

Deep in the foil walls of one Magic: the Gathering booster pack lies a shining ring laced with Elvish script, and one lucky person will find it. Whether the person who holds the One Ring will "keep it ...

Admit it — you still get mindblown every time you come across a street magician performing yet another seemingly impossible trick. And honestly, who doesn't? They always make you scratch your head and ...

A Black Lotus card from Magic: The Gathering — considered to be the most sought-after card from Magic, and perhaps from any trading card game — has sold at auction for a record $540,000, the highest ...

Graduate of Sam Houston State University -- Class of 2011 B.A. in History, minored in Political Science I have lived in the Houston TX area my whole life; love the winters...hate the summers. I have ...

A pattern has begin to emerge over the course of the latest “Universes Beyond” sets for Magic: The Gathering, where a bonus sheet of alternate art cards offers the game a chance to reprint some ...