A patent was granted to Wizards of the Coast in 1997 for "a novel method of game play and game components that in one embodiment are in the form of trading cards" that includes claims covering games whose rules include many of Magic' s elements in combination, including concepts such as changing orientation of a game component to indicate use (referred to in the rules of Magic and later of Garfield's games such as Vampire: The Eternal Struggle as "tapping") and constructing a deck by selecting cards from a larger pool
The most basic card design feature of Yu-Gi-Oh
Nobody is claiming it'll be an official release
Personally, I like being able to read my cards, but hey, thats what the translation journal is for
1 Like defluo September 22, 2022, 7:10pm 16 Judging from Chinese social media, it seems like both English and Japanese cards are popular (albeit in a tiny pokemon tcg community) in mainland
Magic: The Gathering FINAL FANTASY releases on June 13, 2025, and is available to preorder now from your local game store, online retailers like Amazon, and elsewhere Magic products are sold