Magic: the Gathering News for January 2005


700 Club News Focus: A Thief in the Night

By: Paz - January 31, 2005

I'll tap you, bitch!
All throughout America, thousands of children are playing games like baseball, tiddlywinks and checkers. They're imagining make-believe scenarios like "Cowboys and Indians," harmlessly pretending to shoot or scalp one another. I certainly remember, as a child, sharing these activities with my playmates. But now-a-days, many kids have new playmate: The Devil himself. In this week's 700 Club Online News Focus, reporter and writer Kristine Vick re-examines the popular card game "Magic: The Gathering," and how its brand new themes are causing harm -- mentally and physically -- to children across America.

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Getting Creatures Stoned in Eleven Simple Steps

By: Musteval - January 28, 2005

Turn to Stone
Welcome to the first ever non-Magicthegathering.com official Betrayers preview! I'm Musteval, prominent R&D member, and I'll be your host on the long voyage through the creation of this card! I'll do it in chronological order, because that's the easiest type of writing.

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Secret Culture Tired of Being So Damn Popular

By: Hurricane_Andrew - January 25, 2005

Ninja of the Deep Hours
An entire culture of highly trained, secret assassins has decided to become public about a very troubling issue - their popularity.


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Betrayers of Kamigawa to Include Paragons of Japanese Animation

By: Newsjackal - January 21, 2005

Soratami Sailor
In his weekly column on magicthegathering.com, Mark Rosewater announced a startling last-minute addition to the already highly-anticipated Betrayers of Kamigawa edition of Magic: The Gathering. While the original article has been lost due to the repeated lightning edits crashing most of Washington State’s power sources, the brunt of Rosewater’s most recent prophecy to the faithful revealed that Betrayers will be the first set to include characters from Japanese animated series, such as Inu-Yasha, Dragonball Z, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

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Magic Dying for 11th Consecutive Year

By: markdash - January 17, 2005

Magic: The Gathering, a popular trading-card game sold by Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro (NYSE – HAS), appears to economists and businessmen to be faring quite well. Since its release in 1993, billions of Magic cards have seen print. Despite these good omens, however, disaffected former players of the game claim with absolute certainty that the game is on the way out. “I’d only give it a year or two at most,” claims Campy Erickson, a 21 year old student from Davis, California. “It’s pretty obvious that Magic is dying.”

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New Additions to Reserve List Honor Natural Disaster Victims

By: Leprosy - January 13, 2005

Wizards of the Coast announced Monday that there will be another change to the reserve list. The cards Hurricane and Tsunami will be placed on the reserve list so as to honor those who lost their homes and lives to these horrendous acts of God.

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MiseTings Article Competition: Betrayers of Kamigawa

By: MB - January 11, 2005

Ok, here's the deal. For the month of January, every article published on MiseTings will be eligible to win fabruous prize.

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Magic: the Gathering News for January 2005


700 Club News Focus: A Thief in the Night

By: Paz - January 31, 2005

I'll tap you, bitch!
All throughout America, thousands of children are playing games like baseball, tiddlywinks and checkers. They're imagining make-believe scenarios like "Cowboys and Indians," harmlessly pretending to shoot or scalp one another. I certainly remember, as a child, sharing these activities with my playmates. But now-a-days, many kids have new playmate: The Devil himself. In this week's 700 Club Online News Focus, reporter and writer Kristine Vick re-examines the popular card game "Magic: The Gathering," and how its brand new themes are causing harm -- mentally and physically -- to children across America.

FULL STORY »

Getting Creatures Stoned in Eleven Simple Steps

By: Musteval - January 28, 2005

Turn to Stone
Welcome to the first ever non-Magicthegathering.com official Betrayers preview! I'm Musteval, prominent R&D member, and I'll be your host on the long voyage through the creation of this card! I'll do it in chronological order, because that's the easiest type of writing.

FULL STORY »

Secret Culture Tired of Being So Damn Popular

By: Hurricane_Andrew - January 25, 2005

Ninja of the Deep Hours
An entire culture of highly trained, secret assassins has decided to become public about a very troubling issue - their popularity.


FULL STORY »

Betrayers of Kamigawa to Include Paragons of Japanese Animation

By: Newsjackal - January 21, 2005

Soratami Sailor
In his weekly column on magicthegathering.com, Mark Rosewater announced a startling last-minute addition to the already highly-anticipated Betrayers of Kamigawa edition of Magic: The Gathering. While the original article has been lost due to the repeated lightning edits crashing most of Washington State’s power sources, the brunt of Rosewater’s most recent prophecy to the faithful revealed that Betrayers will be the first set to include characters from Japanese animated series, such as Inu-Yasha, Dragonball Z, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

FULL STORY »

Magic Dying for 11th Consecutive Year

By: markdash - January 17, 2005

Magic: The Gathering, a popular trading-card game sold by Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro (NYSE – HAS), appears to economists and businessmen to be faring quite well. Since its release in 1993, billions of Magic cards have seen print. Despite these good omens, however, disaffected former players of the game claim with absolute certainty that the game is on the way out. “I’d only give it a year or two at most,” claims Campy Erickson, a 21 year old student from Davis, California. “It’s pretty obvious that Magic is dying.”

FULL STORY »

New Additions to Reserve List Honor Natural Disaster Victims

By: Leprosy - January 13, 2005

Wizards of the Coast announced Monday that there will be another change to the reserve list. The cards Hurricane and Tsunami will be placed on the reserve list so as to honor those who lost their homes and lives to these horrendous acts of God.

FULL STORY »

MiseTings Article Competition: Betrayers of Kamigawa

By: MB - January 11, 2005

Ok, here's the deal. For the month of January, every article published on MiseTings will be eligible to win fabruous prize.

FULL STORY »

MiseTings is a Magic: the Gathering humor site. MiseTings.Com is not intended for readers under 18 years of age. MiseTings content does not represent the views or opinions of the editor. All original content herein is copyright © 2001-2006, World Wide Webware, all rights reserved. No portion of this web site may be used in any way without expressed written consent. Magic: The Gathering® is a registered trademark owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. MiseTings is not produced or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. We respect your privacy, interested parties should check our Privacy Policy. Play hard and mise often.