Magic Collectible Card Game was crafted by renowned mathematics professor Richard Garfield; in the year 1993. It was marketed by Wizards of the Coast, an American game publisher later purchased by Hasbro. Magic is considered to be the first ever game belonging to the collectible card game genre that has gained a good following over the years, and still thrives today with a total player count of over 6 million from over 70 countries.

The Magic Collectible Card Game can be played by 2 or more players, each using a deck of printed cards, or it can be played on the computer through its website. Every game has a set of cheats that accompany it with the marketing, and Magic has its keyword cheat sheet. Keywords are printed along with remainder text, which helps the gamer to understand how the cheat works and where it can be used; however in some cases keywords often spring out without any keywords which often confuse gamers.

Some of the keywords related with the Magic Collectible Card Game are: Deathtouch, a creature is destroyed whenever a permanent with deathtouch deals damage to a creature. Defender, creatures with defender can’t attack. Fear, a creature with fear can’t be blocked except by artefact creatures or black creatures. Flying, a creature with flying can be blocked only be creatures with flying or those having reach. Reach, only creatures with reach can block a creature with flying. Vigilance, when a creature with vigilance attacks it doesn’t become tapped.

There are also a set of keyword actions that are specialized game terms used to indicate a special action a player should take. Examples are Attach, Clash, Counter, Fateseal, Regenerate, Sacrifice, Scry and Tap/Untap. Apart from these sets of keywords, there are also keywords from expert-level expansions that are used in card sets apart from the Core Sets and the Un-sets. The Magic Collectible Card Game makes use of a variety of keywords that can be grouped in sets, the usability depending on the skill of the player and the situation that exists in the game.