Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering is a card game that involves two or more wizards who fight over possession of a mystical plane. They use various creatures with various powers to deplete their opponents score until it is zero or below. The opponent starts out with a score of 20. Then, the player uses creatures to deplete the opponent's score. The first one to have a score of zero or less loses the game. Creatures have a number in the bottom right corner of their card. If the number reads 3/2, that means that the creature will take three points away from the opponents score, and that it takes a creature with a power of two to completely block it. In Magic: The Gathering, you can cast various spells on your creature to make them more powerful.
Some creatures can fly. This means that a creature that cannot fly can not block a flying creature. Therefore, these creatures are more effective against a player who has land creatures.
Magic: The Gathering has many different rules and exceptions, all of which are explained in the rule book, which comes with most Magic decks. Magic decks usually cost between eight and ten dollars. Once you have a deck, you can buy smaller packs of cards to add to your collection, without buying a whole deck. These packs are called booster packs, and can be as little as three dollars, but can cost much more, depending on the kind of Magic cards.
There are many different kinds of Magic cards, such as Portal, Tempest, and Ice decks, just to name a few. These decks can be used with each other, with no problems at all.
There is no limit to the number of cards you can have, but you can only use sixty in a game. Therefore, you can pick your best cards, make sure they are compatible, and then have a better chance of winning.
Please do not use this explanation as a rulebook. I am writing purely from memory, so I may be mostly wrong, or I may be completely right. Whether I'm wrong or right, I hope you enjoy playing
Magic: The Gathering with your friends.
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