Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-226878-20150311082119/@comment-25396609-20150311224336

Are you kidding? MtG is LITTERALLY the first TCG. numerous books have been written about the game, most cards have flavor text that ties into a greater story spanning multiple planes (in MtG, a "plane" is a planet composing its own little pocket of reality.) the largest plane, dominaria (where a lot of the books are centered) is the result of multiple planes being fused together. other planes exist, like Ravnica the city of guilds(imagine Coruscant from star wars, but sealed off from the rest of creation and left to its own devices for thousands of years.) and Phyrexia, home of creatures that make the Flood, Tyranids, and Xenomorphs look like pushovers. not to mention all other manner of nasty critters scattered across other planes. creatures like slvers, Eldrazi, and Thalids exist. (Thalids are my favourite creatures, freaky-ass plant monsters that spam 1/1 token creatures that they can than sacrifice to do things like power themselves up, restore your life points, etc.)