Magic: The Gathering

With the creation of Magic: The GatheringTM, Wizards of the Coast introduced an entirely new game genre. Combining the fascination of trad? ing cards with the excitement of fantasy games, Magic draws its players into a universe of infinite possibilities. Prepare to meet the challenges you will encounter in the strategic world of trading card games.

In Magic, you play a powerful wizard battling for control of a sphere of Dominia. Drawing from your deck of illustrated cards, you combat other wizards by summoning creatures and casting spells. By trading cards with other players, you can create a stronger deck to defeat your oppo? nents. And the more you play and trade, the more Dominia's ever-changing adventures will intrigue you. In Magic: The Gathering, you'll never play the same game twice!

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Learning the Rules

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Overview

5..

Getting Started

6..

The Cards

7..

Color Chart

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The Cards, Continued

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Basic Spellcasting

13

The Phases of a Turn

15

A Sample Game

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The Care and Feeding of Creatures

18

Creature Combat

20

Sample Game, Continued

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Advanced Spellcasting

29

Creatures

31

Artifacts

32

Enchantments

32

Creature Special Abilities: Regeneration, First Strike, Trample,

Flying, Banding, Protection, "Inflatable" Creatures, Rampage

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More on the Turn Sequence: Untap, Upkeep, Draw, Main, Discard,

End, Heal creatures and clear temporary effects

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Sample Game, Continued

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Time to Play

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Timing

45

Resolving Existing Effects

46

Resolving Fast Effects

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Another Sample Game

55

Strategy

56

House Rules

57. Glossary and Notes

64

Miscellaneous: Other Rules, Getting Help, Other Cool Stuff

67

Credits

69

Index

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LEARNING THE RULES

Like most games. Magic: The GatheringTM is easier to learn from another player than from a stuffy old rulebook. That's not always possible, though, so we've tried to make this book as straightforward and easily understood as possible. Don't let the size of the rulebook throw you; a lot of the stuff in here can wait until you've played a few games.

To start, read through this book until you get to the end of the first sample game. That should give you enough information to play a little bit and get used to the game. Words in bold type have special technical explanations and definitions associated with them. These are outlined in the glossary in the back of the rulebook, but you really don't need to worry about them until after you've tried the game a few times.

Occasionally, you may run across a card that contra? dicts the rules. In such a situation, the card always takes precedence.

OVERVIEW

Magic: The Gathering is a trading card game created by Richard Garfield and produced by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. There are more than three hundred different cards in the core set of Magic: The Gathering, and new cards are being designed every day.

In Magic, the players represent powerful wizards bat? tling for control of a plane of Dominia. The object of the game is to drive your opponent from the plane,

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