Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D) is a paper-and-pencil role-playing game (RPG), published by Wizards of the Coast.
Description
Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created Dungeons & Dragons in the year 1974. It was first published by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997, when Peter Adkison acquired the rights.
It is normally played indoors with the participants seated around a tabletop. A typical Dungeons & Dragons game consists of an "adventure" in a fantasy world or "campaign setting". Typically, each player controls only a single character. The results of the character's choices and the overall storyline for the game are determined by the Dungeon Master (DM) according to the rules of the game and the DM's interpretation of those rules.
Many optional accessories are available to enhance the game, such as expansion rulebooks, pre-designed adventures and various campaign settings. Notable offical campaign settings include Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Eberron, and Ravenloft. Pre-made adventures (previously known as "modules") have been published throughout the history of Dungeons & Dragons.
Since the original release in 1974, several editions of Dungeons & Dragons have been published, sometimes with major changes to the rulebooks.
Magic: The Gathering crossovers
Magic: The Gathering has been influenced by D&D since the release of the Legends set.[1]
Cross-over products include:
D&D-inspired cards
The following cards were early cross-overs:
- Bag of Holding (Core Set 2020)
- Dungeon Master (Heroes of the Realm)
- Kharis & The Beholder (Heroes of the Realm)
- Sword of Dungeons & Dragons (HASCON 2017)
- Universal Solvent (Aether Revolt)
- Underdark Beholder (Mystery Booster test card)
A later example is
Easter eggs:
- The art of Cartographer's Survey (Innistrad: Crimson Vow) features a D&D dungeon map.[2].
D&D products
- The Plane Shift series
- D&D Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
- D&D Mythic Odysseys of Theros
- D&D Unearthed Arcana: Mages of Strixhaven
- D&D Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
- D&D Monstrous Compendium: Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
- D&D Lorwyn-Shadowmoor tie-in (upcoming)[3]
D&D Miniatures
- D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
- D&D Icons of the Realms: Mythic Odysseys of Theros
- Magic Unpainted Miniatures
- Magic: The Gathering Miniatures: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Magic products
- Secret Lair: Saturday Morning D&D
- Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Secret Lair Drop Series: Stranger Things
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Secret Lair Drop Series: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Secret Lair Drop Series: Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Superdrop
- SLX program: Spring Flourishes
D&D themed sets are not planned to be a yearly product.[4]
Creatures and characters
The following Magic planeswalker types and creature types are crossovers from D&D:
- Planeswalkers
- Creatures
In-universe reprints
The D&D intellectual property (IP) is treated slightly differently from other Universes Beyond IPs.[5] Early Magic was heavily influenced by the impact of Dungeons & Dragons.[6][7] Both properties are owned by Hasbro, the parent company of Wizards of the Coast and don't have the same restrictions as true third-party IPs. However D&D properties are still treated relatively separately with none of the planes being included within Magic's Multiverse. The following table is a list of exceptions where a card that was first printed in one of D&D products has since been reprinted in an in-universe Magic set:
| Card | D&D set | First reprinted within Magic IP |
|---|---|---|
| Bag of Holding | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Basilisk Gate | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Modern Horizons 3 Commander |
| Battle Cry Goblin | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Black Market Connections | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Lost Caverns Commander |
| Bonecaller Cleric | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Brainstealer Dragon | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Thunder Junction Commander |
| Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Celestial Unicorn | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Cut a Deal | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander |
| Deadly Dispute | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Dragon's Fire | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Grim Bounty | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Legion Loyalty | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Modern Horizons 3 Commander |
| Loyal Warhound | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Bloomburrow Commander |
| Moon-Blessed Cleric | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Duskmourn Commander |
| Plate Armor | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Prosperous Innkeeper | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Bloomburrow Commander |
| Shambling Ghast | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Spectacular Showdown | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Murders at Karlov Manor Commander |
| Steadfast Unicorn | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Sudden Insight | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Temple of the Dragon Queen | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Dragonstorm Commander |
| Thieves' Tools | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Undercellar Myconid | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Foundations Jumpstart |
| Vampire Spawn | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Magic: The Gathering Foundations |
| Vengeful Ancestor | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate | Murders at Karlov Manor Commander |
| Wizard Class | Adventures in the Forgotten Realms | Bloomburrow Commander |
References
- ↑ Magic Arcana (March 8, 2002). "Magic meets D&D". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29.
- ↑ Donato Giancola (November 4, 2021). "A lucky chance to revisit an old theme of a cartographer with maps.". Twitter.
- ↑ Dungeons & Dragons (February 21, 2025). "From MCChicago, we’re excited to announce an upcoming Magic - D&D crossover supplement.". Twitter.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 31, 2022). "Are D&D sets now a yearly thing?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 19, 2025). "Are the DnD sets considered universes within or universes beyond?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 5, 2021). "D&D-esign, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Alex Lenzini (March 17, 2023). "Why Magic: The Gathering Wouldn't Exist Without Dungeons & Dragons". CBR.