Magic the Gathering cards banned for 'racism'

in informationwar •  5 years ago  (edited)

So......here I am really wishing I still had my old stash of thousands of MTG cards that I used to HEAVILY play back in the 90s and a bit into the 2000s.... I still have a couple boxes of the junkier ones....I will of course, be going through it very carefully and making sure I don't have any of these, soon to be, very valuable cards (just my hunch)..

One of the cards I already know I have at least 5 of, is the 'Crusade'.
Here is a list of the now banned cards:

"The list of now-banned cards is: Invoke Prejudice, Cleanse, Stone-Throwing Devils, Pradesh Gypsies, Jihad, Imprison, and Crusade."

Invoke Prejudice
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Cleanse
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Stone-Throwing Devils
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Pradesh Gypsies
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Jihad
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Imprison
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Crusade
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This is just, beyond ridiculous. I just don't have any other words at this time sorry. Things are going to get more ridiculous very soon I am sure...

Hang on to your cards if you have them. I see them going up up and up!

Link to an article to get up to speed:

https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/10/21287154/racist-magic-the-gathering-cards-banned-removed-from-database-wizards-apology

**Images obtained from Wizards of the Coast and wayback.

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Indeed.

Time to start burning history books and movie archives.

What's that old saying, "something, something... doomed to repeat it"?

The whole point of MTG and most other games is a virtual "battle to the death".

That doesn't seem to qualify as a "positive message".

WAR = HATE

Cherry picking these specific cards seems to be completely missing the point.