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@Apriestofgix: thanks for your recent addition. Could you help us by defining (and sourcing) the keyword "Eternal" in the Formats section? Otherwise it should be removed, per MoS. Elfabet (talk) 13:14, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not great at adding citations, but this article mentions the only two formats Wizards considers Eternal are Legacy and Vintage. ^[1] Apriestofgix (talk) 15:54, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm kind of tempted to leave it out in that case, since it feels like an unnecessary classificiation and kind of falls under WP:JARGON. Elfabet (talk) 20:31, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is used to define the difference between "Eternal" and "None-rotating" which affects the legality of different sets, so it is defining to the format definition. I'll take a stab at flushing out what Eternal means so it's not just jargon. Apriestofgix (talk) 18:30, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You need a source that explicitly defines "eternal". It doesn't have to be from WotC. Leitmotiv (talk) 18:37, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Does this belong under History, or should we just join its source with the Film/TV header under other media/products? Cheers! Elfabet (talk) 13:30, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It fits the product/marketing section much better, doesn't it? The history section looks upon key developments in the history of the game, but it's hard to tell if this will have been an important development. OdinFK (talk) 17:12, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In case anyone wants to use it, there was a review from Pyramid #4 (Nov./Dec., 1993): [1] 2600:1700:E820:1BA0:4AF1:7FFF:FEE5:C031 (talk) 18:01, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all that are part of the Magic project here, and to those that aren't and are reading this; welcome! I think we should consider reducing the content of this section and/or updating the picture for this section. I believe that new players should use the resources provided directly by Wizards of the Coast for this kind of thing. Ender4511 (talk) 14:05, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was until a few days ago much larger. I've already trimmed it back to just briefly touching on the essentials of what the colors typically do. Understanding how the colors are essential to MTG though is a bit more important than the colors themselves. --Masem (t) 14:09, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Ender4511 (talk) 13:03, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that someone added who leads each color to the color section. As it has no source, and isn't relevant, should it be removed? Waffle Attack11 (talk) 18:13, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes; the lore of MTG is not very much discussed at any depth outside of Wizards' own publications (that I've seen), and so in describing the game at a high level, it is unnecessary to name them. (I think one or two are named in the section on story development but that's out of necessity). We're sorta already at a point in this article that we're a bit too heavy on reliance on Wizards' material (first party) for details, though I am pretty sure just a bit of effort we can find third-party sources to confirm on gameplay basics. But the leaders of each color mana school is definitely too much. --Masem (t) 18:45, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's also just factually inaccurate. The mentioned planeswalkers are usually used as prime examples of users of the respective colors, but they by no means lead the color. Color is a fundamental quality of mana and the resulting magic. Saying blue is led by Jace is somewhat like saying Uranium is led by Emmanuel Macron. OdinFK (talk) 11:15, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]