WHAT IS MAGIC?
 


You’re here because you want to learn the Magic: The Gathering® game, the world’s premier trading card game.  It was the first of its kind, and it’s still the best and the biggest.

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.

Trading card games like the Magic: The Gathering TCG combine collectable cards with a strategy game.  You don’t know what cards you’ll get in a Magic booster pack or tournament pack.  You just start a collection and trade with other players to get the cards you want.

The best part about a trading card game is that it’s always changing.  You design and build your own unique decks, and each Magic game you play is different.  New Magic expansions are released a few times a year, and each new exapansion brings new ways to stupefy and defeat your opponents.

 

What color will you play?  It is entirely up to you!

"What Color Are You Quiz”
 
 

 

WHERE TO GO FROM HERE

Some people play Magic just for fun, coming up with great theme decks or funny combinations of cards to play against their friends.  For other players, Magic is a highly competitive game of skill, with hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs in professional tournaments.  To others still, Magic is all about collecting and trading cards that feature breathtaking original art from some today’s premier fantasy artists.

To learn more about the game, grab a friend and head down to your local game shop. You can pick up a copy of the 10th edition 2-player starter, meet some new friends, and learn more about the game.

Another great way to get started is through watching demo videos on this site.  Even if you know the basics of the game, you still might learn some tips or tricks to building decks or winning more.

What will Magic mean to you?  Grab a friend and find out!