7.5 Heavy

Magic: The Gathering

1993 Richard Garfield

Magic: The Gathering is a card game for 2 players

silence at the table the story youll tell

Players 2-2

Play Time 20 min

Teach varies

Age 13+

BGG Rank #154

Complexity 3.2/5

Who is this for?

For players looking for a solid medium-weight experience.

Where to buy

BoardGameGeek → BGG →

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Design Richard Garfield

Publisher Wizards of the Coast

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

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Card GameCollectible ComponentsFantasyFighting

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