Super excited to share that Igniting The Spark, The Story of Magic: The Gathering is now available for your streaming pleasure (Amazon Prime, Apple+, Vudu, Pluto, and many more)!
Where to stream: https://bit.ly/igniting_the_spark
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/cavegirl/ignitingthespark
We shot the interview with Joel Mick for the doc. Joel was an original playtester and then Head Designer & Developer and Magic's Brand Manager. We heard amazing stories of the early days and saw original playtest cards and other very rare cards in his collection!
Igniting the Spark explores the origins and legacy of the world’s first collectible card game, Magic: the Gathering. How did a game created by Ph.D. students turn into a multi-billion-dollar pastime and pop-culture juggernaut for Hasbro? Why have millions of players passionately embraced it, achieving more than a billion dollars in sales? With interviews, archival ’90s VHS video, and deep dives into hidden vaults of long-lost treasures, Igniting the Spark finds out what makes Magic so… magic!
Michael actually played the game, starting with alpha decks when it first came out (and sold them on eBay for a few hundred dollars in the mid-90s - oops), so it was super cool to see some of this stuff!
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