Magic: the Gathering -- Available Books

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A Gathering of Gargoyles (Darkangel Trilogy, No 2)
Meredith Ann Pierce / Paperback / Published September 1998
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Painfully aware that her husband Irrylath is still not free of the White Witch's spell, Aeriel sets out on a dangerous quest to gather the winged steeds that Irrylath and his brothers need to do battle against the powerful witch.

Alliances Revealed : A Review of the Alliances Edition of Magic : The Gathering
George H. Baxter / Paperback / Published August 1996
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Baxter on Magic : A Guide to Proper Playing Techniques for Magic : The Gathering
George H. Baxter / Paperback / Published January 1997
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Bloodlines (Magic the Gathering : Artifacts Cycle, Book 4)
Loren L. Coleman / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1999
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Blood has been spilled. Battle lines have been drawn. Time is getting short as Tolaria races to find the one who will wield the power of the Legacy. Deep in the inner circle, the dark lord Yawgmoth sends out an edict: Kill Uzra Planeswalker.

Deck Deconstruction Companion (Magic, the Gathering)
Beth Moursund, Beth Morsund / Paperback / Published February 1999
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Deep Magic : Advanced Strategies for Experienced Players of Magic : The Gathering
Charles K. Wolfe, George Baxter (Contributor) / Paperback / Published August 1995
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Distant Planes : An Anthology (Magic the Gathering)
Kathy Ice(Editor) / Mass Market Paperback / Published April 1997
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A collection of stories based on the popular role-playing game brings readers to the planes of Dominia and includes contributions by such authors as Robert Vardeman, Amy Thompson, and Michael A. Stackpole. Reprint.

Dominating Dominia : A Type II Tournament Player's Guide for Magic : The Gathering
George H. Baxter / Paperback / Published February 1996
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Type II tournament structure has increased in prominence since it is too expensive for most Magic players to compete in Type I tournaments. Dominating Dominia includes over 20 Type II decks, all constructed by some of the nation's best players Also included are tactics for overcoming the metagame and attrition, and transition of Type II.

Learn Magic Cards
Larry W. Smith / Paperback / Published August 1995
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Magic - The Gathering : Official Deckbuilders' Guide
Tim Dedopulos / Paperback / Published January 1998
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Magic: The Gathering is to the 1990s what Dungeons and Dragons was to the 1980s--an extremely popular fantasy fighting game that has taken the world by storm. This guide to the construction of the "perfect deck" gives precise directions on creating and playing more than 100 decks, based on winning tournament strategies. 100 illustrations.

Magic - The Gathering Official Strategy Guide : The Color-Illustrated Guide to Winning Play
Beth Moursund / Paperback / Published June 1997
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Although the game is as easy to learn as chess, Magic: The Gathering does contain over 2,000 playing pieces, making good game plan and knowledge of the rules essential. This strategy guide provides information on all issues of the game, including clarification of the complex timing sequence, description of the fine art of deck design, and explanations of complicated Magic jargon. 300 color illustrations.

Magic : The Gathering : The Official Classic Game Strategy Guide
Randy Buehler, Lizz Baldwin (Editor) / Paperback / Published May 1999
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Gain the upper hand with the strategy guide to MAGIC: THE GATHERING Classic card set. Randy Buehler, columnist for The Duelist magazine, and veteran tournament player, draws on his professional experience to help players master the new Classic rules. --Randy Buehler is a former Pro Tour Rookie Player of the Year

Magic the Gathering - Official Encyclopedia: The Complete Card Guide, Volume 3
Beth Moursund / Paperback / Published November 1998
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Beautiful full-color reproductions of over 1,000 new Magic cards fill the pages of this comprehensive reference guide to the decade's hottest fantasy game.

Magic the Gathering : Gerrard's Quest
Mike Grell, et al / Paperback / Published June 1999
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Magic the Gathering : Official Encyclopedia : The Complete Card Guide
Beth Moursund, Mark Rosewater (Introduction) / Paperback / Published February 2000
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The Official Encyclopedia Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 left off. This collector's edition cover features Ivory Charm from the Mirage series.

Magic the Gathering : The Official Guide to Portal
Beth Moursund / Paperback / Published August 1997
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Released in June 1997, the ground-breaking Portal card set was created for people who may have been intimidated by the complexity of Magic: The Gathering. This guide is an excellent tool for players new to Magic, explaining the rules, which, like the 200-plus new cards in the Portal set, have been simplified for easy learning. 200 color illustrations.

Magic The Gathering Advanced Strategy Guide: For Advanced and Expert Magic Players
Tim Dedopulos, Mark Justice / Paperback / Published October 1998
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Written for serious Magic players, the ADVANCED STRATEGY GUIDE features cards and techniques for the intricacies of high-level and tournament play. Topics include constructed deck vs. sealed deck; evaluating cards; draft tournaments; metagame; and Magic ethics. 100 color illustrations.

Magic the Gathering Shattered Chains
Clayton Emery / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 1995
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Applying her newly discovered powers to overthrowing the evil wizards in her land, Greensleeves is discouraged by bad luck and the ineffective support of her companions, until the Hero of Benalia arrives.

Magic, the Gathering : The Official Guide to Tempest
Beth Moursund, Richard Garfield (Introduction) / Paperback / Published November 1997
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This book contains all that you need to know about Tempest, the stand alone expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Every Tempest card is discussed and rated. Tips are given on playing the cards - when to use them for best effect and which combinations will be most devastating. Every card from Tempest is reproduced in full color. A must players and collectors!

Magic, the Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia
Saltmine Creative Inc., Programming by Salt Mine Creative Inc / Hardcover / Published October 1999
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The Magic: The Gathering(r) collectible card game has taken the world by storm, and now this reference and utility CD-ROM product adds to the deluge. With this interactive encyclopedia, fans can browse or search through every card ever produced for Magic: The Gathering including cards from the October Magic(r) release, Mercadian Masques(tm). Every electronic card image includes full text and the original artwork. Players can access all of the Magic: The Gathering rules, including all Oracle rulings. Players can build and analyze their own decks with the included deck builder. Finally, the coll...

Magic: Gathering: Dark Legacy
Robert Vardeman / Mass Market Paperback / Published December 1996
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In the wake of a bloody war between the Minotaurs and the Elves of Dominia, human orphan Yunnie brings two formidable weapons to the battle but discovers that a third enemy is coordinating the war from beneath the ground.

Magic: The Gathering #05: The Cursed Land
Teri Williams, Teri McLaren / Mass Market Paperback / Published August 1995
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Set in a magical and compelling world called Dominia, this story is based on the hot trading card game, MAGIC: The Gathering. Fans of the game--which has sold over one billion cards--are turning to this inventive new book series to explore breathtaking new adventures featuring the characters of the game. Original.

Magic: The Gathering - The Official Guide to Portal Second Age
Wizards of the Coast / Paperback / Published July 1998
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Portal is the simplified version of Magic: The Gathering, with its own card designs and new sets being added at regular intervals. This book is the only way for players to see all of the Portal Second Age cards and learn the best techniques for using them. 150 color illustrations.

Magic: The Gathering -- Official Encyclopedia Volume 4
Beth Moursund, Richard Garfield / Paperback / Published November 1999
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In association with Wizards of the Coast, the creators of Magic: The Gathering, and the Magic experts at The Duelist (Wizards' official trading-card game magazine), Thunder's Mouth Press presents the next book in this reference series: Magic: The Gathering - The Official Encyclopedia Volume 4. With full-color reproductions of over 1,700 new Magic cards, it includes the full Urza's Saga and its two expansions. The new basic set, Sixth Edition, and Wizards of the Coast's "broken" expansion, Unglued, are also featured.

Magic: The Gathering -- Official Encyclopedia, Volume 1: The Complete Card Guide
Mark Rosewater(Introduction), Beth Moursund / Paperback / Published December 1999
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Volume 1 of the Official Encyclopedia features more than 2,000 cards from Antiquities to Legends, including discontinued cards, promotional cards, and misprints. The history and significance of each expansion complement each set.

Magic: The Gathering Final Sacrifice
Clayton Emery / Mass Market Paperback / Published May 1995
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A novel based on an episode from the popular fantasy game cards, Magic: The Gathering , comes with a special offer for a free card not available in stores.

Magic: The Gathering: And Peace Shall Sleep
Sonia Orin Lyris / Mass Market Paperback / Published July 1996
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Hired by the elf community to stir up trouble along the Icatian-Goblin border, Reod Dai knows that dragon eggs are the ideal weapons in the situation, but when the elves cancel their contract with Dai, he must find another use for the dragon eggs--before they hatch.

Magic: The Gathering: Expansion Encyclopedia
Richard Garfield / Paperback / Published September 1997
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This new encyclopedia and game guide helps Magic enthusiasts catalog their collections and develop game strategy. Compiled by the editors of The Duelist, the official Magic: The Gathering magazine, this book includes reproductions of every new card released since October 1996, with information crucial for collectors. Color illustrations.

Magic: The Gathering; The Official Encyclopedia and the Complete Card Game
Kathryn Haynes, et al / Paperback / Published November 1996
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A global games phenomenon, Magic: The Gathering is to the 1990s what Dungeons and Dragons was to the 1980s, but with the added dimension of collectibility. Here is the official reference to the biggest new teen/young adult fantasy game of the decade, complete with full-color reproductions of every existing Magic card. Foreword is by Richard Garfield, creator of the game. 2600 color illustrations.

Magic; The Gathering Whispering Woods
Clayton Emery / Mass Market Paperback / Published January 1995
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Gull shouldn't have taken the job. This wizard is worse than any he's heard about before. Between tavern brawls, magical battles, and a strange artifact turning up, Gull is kept very busy. And now that his half-wit sister is beginning to gather her wits, Gull really has his hands full. Original.

Mastering Portal : A Players Guide and Review of the Portal Edition of Magic : The Gathering
George H. Baxter, Trey Kerigan / Paperback / Expected March 1998
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Mirage Revealed : A Review of the Mirage Edition of Magic : The Gathering
Scott Johns / Paperback / Published February 1997
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Official Guide to Urza's Saga (Magic : The Gathering)
Will McDermott, Mike Elliott / Paperback / Published November 1998
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Official Starter Game Guide, A Magic: The Gathering Game. Strategy Guide,
Cory Herndon / Paperback / Published August 1999
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Official Urza's Legacy Game Guide, A Magic: The Gathering Game Strategy
Will McDermott / Paperback / Published April 1999
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Card summaries and strategy tips for players are included in this comprehensive guide to the cards of "Urza's Legacy", the "Magic: The Gathering" February 1999 expansion.

Pro Magic : The Art of Professional Deck Construction
George Baxter, Charles Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1997
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Single Card Strategies for Magic : The Gathering
Jeff Franzmann, et al / Paperback / Published February 1996
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With insightful descriptions on how to use and abuse over 80 individual Magic cards, players of all levels will find Single Card Strategies both informative and fun. Originally found on the Internet, this book could no longer be confined to cyberspace.

The Art of Magic : A Fantasy of World Building and the Art of the Rath Cycle
Anthony Waters, et al / Paperback / Published August 1998
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In his introduction to The Art of Magic: The Rath Cycle, Magic's creator Richard Garfield compares players of the game to archaeologists, piecing together a diverse and complex story with bits of information gleaned from each card. If Magic's players are archaeologists, then any of them exploring the harsh and forbidding plane of Rath would be wise to equip themselves with this definitive field guide.

The Colors of Magic Anthology : A Magic : The Gathering Anthology (Magic, the Gathering)
Jess Lebow(Editor) / Mass Market Paperback / Published February 1999
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The Gathering (Odyssey, Bk 3)
Virginia Hamilton / Paperback / Published August 1989
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Justice and her brothers, the first of a new race with extraordinary powers, return to Dustland in order to destroy the force that retards the growth of their advanced civilization.

The Gathering (Point Signature)
Virginia Hamilton / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 1998
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Newbery medalist Virginia Hamilton's third book in "The Justice Cycle" is the riveting tale of four extraordinary young adults battling to save the earth from an evil force.

The Magic the Gathering Internet Guide
Paperback / Published January 2000
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Tired of aimlessly surfing the web? Sick of garbled search engine descriptions? Lightning Rod Unlimited Internet Guides are just what you've been looking for! Our guides provide website titles, URLs and honest critiques of what's hot and what's not. They include over a hundred quality links and are compiled by authors actually interested in the subject who dig to find the best sites.

The Tables of Magic
George Baxter / Paperback / Published June 1996
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The Tables of Magic is constructed to give players quick access to a variety of Magic Card information. This authoritative reference includes a complete list and spoiler of all cards through Homelands, the deck construction worksheet, print run information, Internet addresses, and Web sites, statistics, tables and more.

The Thran (Magic, the Gathering : A World of Magic)
J. Robert King / Mass Market Paperback / Published December 1999
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The story of the Thran, the mysterious and secretive race that inhabited the world of Dominaria millennia before, and whose fate, lost in the mists of time, is bound up with the cataclysmic events of the present..

Tournament Reports for Magic : The Gathering
Jamie C. Wakefield, Kevin McGlaughlin / Paperback / Published January 1998
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I should have made the title of my book, Quest for the Pro Tour. The book is about my introduction to magic, working hard to do well in tournaments, my Pro Tour NY experience, and getting back on the Pro Tour.

Visions Revealed : A Review of the Visions Edition of Magic : The Gathering
Sol Malka / Paperback / Published July 1997
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Weatherlight Revealed : A Review of the Weatherlight Edition of Magic - The Gathering
Eric Tam, Paul McCabe (Contributor) / Paperback / Published November 1997
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As Paul and I felt the object of this book was essentially a complete exploration of the last Mirage subset, the focus of Weatherlight Revealed is the analysis of specific cards in specific environments. However, what might appear like well-reasoned analysis at one time is often proven wrong or made obsolete by the passage of time, and no doubt some of the material in the book is already dated (such as the section on Abeyance, which was ruled to work very differently just before publication). Therefore, in writing this guide we also attempted to sketch out some of the fundamentals of proper st...

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