Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game created by the American mathematician Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. Players take the role of wizards who cast spells and summon creatures from decks of cards they have built, drawing on five colours of magic. It was first released at the Gen Con convention in 1993, and its first print run sold out within weeks. It created the genre of the collectible trading card game and influenced many later games. Wizards of the Coast was bought by Hasbro in 1999, and the game has an organised professional tournament circuit and millions of players worldwide.
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- 12 July 1993Founding of International Organization of Turkic Culture
- 27 July 1993Creation of Windows NT 3.1
- 28 July 1993Birth of Harry Kane
- August 1993Creation of R
- 5 August 1993Origins of Magic: The Gathering
- 10 August 1993Mokronoge massacre
- 15 August 1993Macarena
- 30 August 1993Construction of Hassan II Mosque
- September 1993Operation Neretva '93
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- 4 April 1949Founding of NATO
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