Magic: The Gathering: a card game promises a sport in 2019 | Championships

Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is another promise for the esport in 2019. The card game was a real fever in the 1990s and 2000. The title has been reissued online and can be downloaded for free . on Windows PCs. The developer Wizards of the Coast has announced its intention to invest $ 10 million in the competitive gambling sector in 2019. Then, remember the success of the clbadic card game and discover the What to Expect from him next year.

Competitive in the 90s and 2000s

gic is popular in Brazil for decades. Released in 1993, the physical card game was successful with the generation of the 1990s and 2000s. Magic's mechanics, which consisted of having terrain cards to evoke spells and creatures, was simple at first. However, with the many combinations invented by players, the game has reached a high level of play and competitiveness.

It is precisely for this reason that the game has become serious. In 1994, the company responsible for the game began to promote each year a world championship, based in cities around the world. The event shook up the stage and the players, who began to dedicate themselves professionally to getting the best combinations of cards, to stand out at the regional championships and, perhaps, to be invited to the world series.

2002, Brazilian Carlos Eduardo Romão won the world championship that s & # 39; In Sydney, Australia, he has also been in first place at the Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro in 2000, the 2002 Grand Prix in Amsterdam, the Phoenix Grand Prix in Arizona, 2006 and national title in Sao Paulo in 2017, Romão raised about 145,000 dollars (about 570,000 dollars in direct conversion) in price.

The game, in its traditional form, through physical cards, rewards players participating in the annual world championship with approximately $ 300,000 (R $ 1.1 million). Following market trends, however, the year 2019 promises news and an increase in the budget for MTG fans and gamers.

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Over the years, playing with physical cards has become increasingly rare. At the same time, electronic games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), DotA 2 and League of Legends (LoL), for example, have developed in the esport. Keeping an eye on the competitive landscape of electronic games, Wizards of the Coast has followed the trend of other well-established card games such as Hearthstone and launched the Magic The Gathering Arena (MTG Arena).

The game was released on September 27, 2018 for free for Windows. With mechanisms identical to the original card game, the online game is an adjustment of the traditional Magic for the digital platform. The $ 10 million ($ 39.5 million) investment of Wizards of the Coast in tournaments in 2019 also aims to place the game once in the arena of competitions. Magic: The Gathering Arena respects the dynamics of the traditional game – Photo: Divisions / Sorcerers of the Coast "title =" Magic: The Gathering Arena respects the dynamics of the traditional game "data": image / jpeg; base64, / 9j / 4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD / 2wBDAAMCAgMCAgMDAwMEAwMEBQgFBQQEBQoHBwYIDAoMDAsKCwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT / 2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBT / wgARCAAOABkDASIAAhEBAxEB / 8QAGAAAAgMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABQYDBAf / xAAXAQADAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgQF / 9oADAMBAAIQAxAAAAHOyCe15N8SXdGsf // EABoQAAIDAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEAAIUARX / 2gAIAQEAAQUCXJRpbOvwZ VSB6Bp2 + + UaiVnLGe1TPaf / xAAZEQADAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREDEiH / 2gAIAQMBAT8Bq4mZVvIf / 8QAGREAAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECAxES / 9oACAECAQE / AeGtwpg4pn // xAAhEAABAwMEAwAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAIRAxIhEzEyQWGRkv / aAAgBAQAGPwJjqpph07WgSnMw4HO8XJ2naHdhcx8oM5d7KlDgzUbcPGJUxbK5D0v / ?? SsT4yWy4DlKribX05DwPUIYx9XpL // // aAAwDAQACAAMAAAAQ6G xAAcEQEAAgEFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB ABEhMUFhgeH / 2gAIAQMBAT8QTMXAG99Ny9Zoc + T / xAAcEQEAAgEFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABFBITFRgdH / 2gAIAQIBAT8QHN8riuynW4gVu5p9n // EAB8QAQEAAwABBQEAAAAAAAAAAAERACExQRBRcYHB8P / aAAgBAQABPxCaRGiZ0A1K7y8yJcalAwFWWGvEC4hgrQAoxSnB1vefy35ludcS0Mq9Hfx5z2lIDDo9XX2MU / STgXyrVfK + gf / Z "/> <img clbad =" content-media__image picture "itemprop =" contentURL "alt =" Magic: L & # 39; Arena Gathering respects the dynamics of the traditional game – Photo: Press Release / Wizards of The Coast "title =" Magic: The Gathering Arena respects the dynamics of traditional gaming. – Photo: Diving / Wizards of the Magic Coast: the meeting arena respects [/ url] [/ url] [/ url] [/ url] [/ url] the dynamics of the traditional game – Photo: Divulgação / Wizards of the Coast