Magic: the Gathering -- Recent and Upcoming Books

Upcoming

Mastering Portal : A Players Guide and Review of the Portal Edition of Magic : The Gathering
George H. Baxter, Trey Kerigan / Paperback / Expected March 1998
Price: $14.95 Not Yet Published

Recent

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.

The Magic the Gathering Internet Guide
Paperback / Published January 2000
Price: $14.00 - Ships in 24 hours
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.

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.

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..

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 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...

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.

Official Starter Game Guide, A Magic: The Gathering Game. Strategy Guide,
Cory Herndon / Paperback / Published August 1999
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Magic the Gathering : Gerrard's Quest
Mike Grell, et al / Paperback / Published June 1999
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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

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.

Deck Deconstruction Companion (Magic, the Gathering)
Beth Moursund, Beth Morsund / Paperback / Published February 1999
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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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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.

Official Guide to Urza's Saga (Magic : The Gathering)
Will McDermott, Mike Elliott / Paperback / Published November 1998
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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.

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.

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.

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 Adventurer's Guide (Bradygames)
Unknown Binding / Published March 1998
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
More than an introduction to the CD-ROM version of the game, this guide is useful for card players as well--especially newer players. It discusses game history as well as strategy. Deck construction and playing techniques get an enthusiastic examination before the authors concentrate on the specific environment of the computer game. After a tour of the computerized Magic world, the book looks into the strategic differences between playing the computer and human opponents and provides an insightful look at the most powerful cards in the computerized deck. A guide to Magic resources on the Inter...

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.

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.

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.

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!

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...

Pro Magic : The Art of Professional Deck Construction
George Baxter, Charles Wolfe / Paperback / Published November 1997
Price: $14.95

Magic: The Gathering: Expansion Encyclopedia
Richard Garfield / Paperback / Published September 1997
Price: $21.95 Special Order
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 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.

Cal 98 Magic : The Gathering
Unknown Binding / Published August 1997
(Publisher Out Of Stock)

Visions Revealed : A Review of the Visions Edition of Magic : The Gathering
Sol Malka / Paperback / Published July 1997
Price: $12.95 - Ships in 2-3 days

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