Fifth Edition/Official Strategy Guide
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| Magic: The Gathering Official Strategy Guide | ||||
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| Author(s) | Beth Moursund | |||
| First printing | June 19, 1997 | |||
| ISBN-13 | 978-1560251491 | |||
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The Magic: The Gathering Official Strategy Guide is a guide to the rules and cards of Fifth Edition. It was written by Beth Moursund, who was a contributor to The Duelist at the time. It is a paperback with 128 pages, and was published by Thunder's Mouth Press on June 19, 1997.
Blurb
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.
Contents
Contents include:
- Introduction
- Basic deck building
- Creatures and combat strategy
- Fast effects in attack
- General playing strategy
- Deck themes
- Tips 'n' Tricks
- Variations
- Glossary of Magic jargon
- Fifth Edition card list
- Index