#but not like yugioh

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Ruth, one of my wonderful patrons at Patreon.com/Tomics, suggested that I do a wallpaper based on the Three Kings/Wise-Men/Magi, and Hanby Sykes, ANOTHER wonderful patron, delivered the glorious “Magi: The Gathering” title.  I’ve only played the card game a few times, but the title was too good to resist.  Thanks to both of you for the suggestion!

JOKE-OGRAPHY:
1.  The Three Magi are the wise men who brought Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh after His birth.  "Magic: The Gathering" is a trading card game.  Based on Hanby Sykes’ suggestion, I removed the C from “Magic”, making it “MAGI: The Gathering”, as if the Three Magi were avid designers of what would undoubtedly be a bestselling children’s card game.
2.  Since I’m not really an MTG player, a good pal of mine helped me come up with card effects for each gift, but ultimately we went the full-art route (cards with minimal text) so those effects have gone unused.  He also suggested cardconjurer.com to design the cards, which was awesome to use, and he suggested basing their designs off of the Mox gem cards with the gifts resting in hands.  I made the cost of each card 0, since they’re gifts (haha get it) but originally I was going to have the gold cost a white (because gold represents kingship, and in MTG, white is connected to order), the frankincense cost a blue (because frankincense represents priesthood, and in MTG, blue is connected to intellect and prophecy), and the myrrh would cost a black (because myrrh is a burial oil that represents mortality, and in MTG, black is connected to death).  How’s that for some behind-the-scenes trivia??