Magic: The Gathering: 9th Edition: Card Game Review
Courtesy of Wizards of the CoastMagic: The Gathering is a card game of strategy, skill, cool cards and dueling wizards. Use your cards to fight battles with fireballs, sea serpents, orcs, elves and fierce dragons to see who can reduce their opponent's life points to zero and prove that they're the strongest wizard. You can even collect and trade Magic cards.
Magic: The Gathering Card Types
The cards in magic are divided into different types that you can use against your opponent.
Land - These cards provide you with magical energy called "Mana" to power your other cards.
Creatures - Ogres and trolls and dragons - oh my! These cards are fierce beasts you can use to battle your enemy.
Sorceries, Instants and Interrupts - These cards blast your opponent with fire and lightning to cause damage, power-up creatures and unleash other one-shot effects.
Enchantments and Artifacts - These cards create long-lasting power-ups to boost your creatures and your strategies.
Equipment - These cards are magical weapons and armor that power-up your creatures and don't go away if your creature gets destroyed.
Lots of
Magic cards have
strange powers and can change the way the game is played. It's up to you to balance out your cards and make combos to win.
Magic: The Gathering: Ninth Edition!
The
Magic: The Gathering card game has been around for years and released the new
9th Edition set in the summer of 2005. The biggest change in this set is that
Equipment cards are in it. If you're a veteran player, this set is full of cards you'll already have. But, this set is great for
new players cuz it re-releases all of the basic cards you need to play the game, including some classics like the
Hypnotic Spectre and
Kird Ape! There are also five new
Theme Decks to get new players started, we
review them right here.
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Magic: The Gathering Strategies
You can storm your opponent with
huge creatures, or destroy his land so he can't use cards against you. You can even make a
huge wall and attack your opponent with
flying creatures. It's up to you, and that's where the real fun comes in cuz there are hundreds of
Magic cards with dozens of powers to choose from. You build a
deck of the cards you want to use and prepare for battle.
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