Global Entertainment Report Editorial
Inside the Unprecedented Growth of Hasbro's Magic: The Gathering and Trading Card Game's High-Stakes Pro Competition
For this week's episode of "Strictly Business," Variety was on the ground at MagicCon 2026 in Las Vegas, a convention centered not around slight of hand tricks, but Hasbro's hit trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The three-day event featured 25,000 attendees engaging in multiple activities, everything from a he...
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Talent / person: Unprecedented Growth, Hasbro's Magic, The Gathering, Trading Card Game's High-Stakes
Studio / platform / network: Variety
Film / show / project: s Magic: The Gathering and Trading Card Game
Category: TV
Published: 2026-05-09 08:00:00 AM ET
Source: Variety
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Original source: Variety