Players battle as powerful wizards; strategically selecting their cards and evaluating their power. Though the game consists of skill some players criticise that there is too much luck involved in the game to which creator Richard Garfield confessed his love for games that combined both luck and skill did influence in his design for Magic. However, to solve this a 'mulligan' rule was introduced unofficially at first and then into official game rules.

A collectable card game and the very first card trading game, made in 1993 Magic the Gathering now has over 30 million players. Players choose from thousands of cards to play with and build their deck.