In Mankato Troop 76 alone, amongst the scant few athletes and Honor Roll-ees, there was the Goth kid who collected illegal butterfly knives, the pale basement dweller whose shoulders blistered in the sun, the Magic the Gathering player with a perma-Kool-Aid-stache, the compulsive liar, and the chain smoker who came to meetings still dressed in his Burger King uniform.

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The name originally stood for Magic: The Gathering Exchange, an online site designed to trade cards used in playing the card game popular with the younger set.

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The collectible card game genre has been popular online since the early days of Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering.

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" If curling is to be declared a sport, then so shall be "Magic: The Gathering.

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She unknowingly wound up on a date with a Magic: The Gathering card-playing champion.

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Containing familiar aspects of Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft TCG, Shadow Era continues to remain relevant from digital beginnings.

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While it clearly owes many of its mechanics to Magic: The Gathering, this is a project that could blossom on platforms outside of the browser.

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JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY.

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