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How to Start Playing MAGIC: THE GATHERING

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Combinatorial mathematics Ph.D candidate Richard Garfield debuted the world’s first trading card game at GenCon 1993: Magic: The Gathering. Two years prior, the then-fledgling company Wizards of the Coast had refused Garfield’s initial board game project, so he challenged Wizards’ founder Adkinson to name an idea, any idea, and he would build a game around it. Amused, Adkinson suggested a simple but distracting game, something good for downtime …
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Nerdist broke the news on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
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