Talk:Magic: The Gathering

None of the colors is better than the rest

Hi everyone. I suggest to add the information to the article that none of the colours in the game is better than the rest, that all of them have their own advantages and disadvantages. Could someone please do this? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.1.220.13 (talk) 14:04, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

This is unsourced and unsubstantiated. -- ferret (talk) 14:30, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Although it is arguably corect and uncontroversial. But The anon didn't specify where to add it, and why should we bother at all. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:35, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

I think this paragraph actually mostly comes down to the anon's intent:

"The Research and Development (R&D) team at Wizards of the Coast aimed to balance power and abilities among the five colors by using the Color Pie to differentiate the strengths and weaknesses of each. This guideline lays out the capabilities, themes, and mechanics of each color and allows for every color to have its own distinct attributes and gameplay. The Color Pie is used to ensure new cards are thematically in the correct color and do not infringe on the territory of other colors."

As a matter of fact "none of the colours in the game is better than the rest" is also not literally true anyway. It is certainly what Wizards strives for and maybe even achieves to a laudable degree, but then Blue is considered the most colorful in old formats by almost everybody. Also there have been standard formats where colors stood head and shoulders above the rest or a single color was barely playable. So to sum it up, I think the article is pretty much fine where it is right now in this regard. OdinFK (talk) 09:26, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Blue ;D Atomic putty? Rien! (talk) (talk) 14:00, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello again. I come to revive this topic. In a certain degree, it's practically true the statement: "None of the colors is better than the rest" because if you check clearly, everyone thinks that maybe Red and Green are the best in terms of strength and direct damage. But even Blue and White aren't less just because they are defense and healing counterparts. Blue and White also have their own way of attacking which is different from Red and Green (which is direct damage at the opponent's creatures and the opponent himself) that are also useful, such as the venom cards and emptying the deck to your opponent. I believe that this statement: "None of the colors is better than the rest" should be somewhere explained thoroughly in the article because it's important. What do you guys think? Please reply! Thanks! 190.231.171.103 (talk) 15:11, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

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Can anyone translate this image to English? It would be good for English article on Magic: The Gathering. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 07:43, 17 October 2021 (UTC) _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:15, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Request for image help added at Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop/Archive/Oct 2021#Magic: The Gathering rules. Sariel Xilo (talk) 17:19, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Do you mean convert the image? Jugador is player, mano is hand, cemeterio is graveyard, biblioteca is library, and en juego doesn't nicely translate, but I believe it just means Battlefield. Leitmotiv (talk) 17:26, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

@Leitmotiv Right, all we need is for someone to edit the image and change the text to English. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:57, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

@Piotrus: Done! Cleaned up the image a tiny smidge too. Tried to keep it faithful to the original as possible, including font. Leitmotiv (talk) 17:12, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

@Leitmotiv Excellent job, thank you! _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:19, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Sets following Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

Hi all! We should try to keep updating this article when they release new sets, or potentially link to a page that lists the expansions. This should serve as a reminder to future editors to be bold and add new sections if they visit this article and notice that newer additions have not yet been included! : ) Atomic putty? Rien! (talk) (talk) 14:06, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

2 (Two) issues with the page.

There is nothing talking about Draft play; and there is no reference on game pieces except for the actual cards themselves. 2600:1700:93B0:6B50:BC6A:C67:7A27:7D40 (talk) 08:00, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Release date

As far as I know the release day of mtg was at Gen Con Milwaukee in 93, so exactly 30 years ago. (19.08.1993 and not the 05.08.1993) So my question is: Where did the author of this article get the info about the 05.08.1993? FinksJuice (talk) 12:02, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

See Magic: The Gathering#First releases, which states that it was premiered at Origins Game Fair in July 1993 and had a general release on August 5, per the archived Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited Editions published by Wizards of the Coast. Mindmatrix 12:50, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

What about GenCon Milwaukee, which took place from 19.08.1993?

https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/1993

wasn‘t it released there to the public for the first time? FinksJuice (talk) 13:15, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Garfield and others went on the road to promote MTG after the general release on August 5, stopping along the way towards GenCon to promote the release. They probably sold the most at GenCon, but it was already out to the public by then, as our article explains. Masem (t) 13:23, 19 August 2023 (UTC)