Magi-Nation Duel 2022 Updates (Part 1)

 Welcome to another Magi-Nation Duel community update.  There's quite a bit of found discussion on old cards existing, and fans are making new art and card design.  Check out the history articles below on Tacos and pop-culture, and we hosted another tournament! 

Fan Content and Discussion 

User/16BitShinobi has found an interesting discovery for the game, that in the Base Set, there are some cards missing in foil for 1st Edition.  We knew Only uncommon Magi and Creatures were printed in foil in 1st ed, but some cards were released as promos later.  However, there seem to be no foils, promotional or otherwise, of:

• Baloo Root

• Channeler's Gloves

• Dream Balm

• Mirror Pendant

• Relic Mirror

If you have seen any of these foil in 1st edition (not unlimited!), please contact them or comment below!  It is highly unlikely that they exist in the game!  

User/Zucriyamsuna found a list of Base Set demo cards that are not listed online (on BlueFurok.com or elsewhere).  

list of the demo cards that are not on Blue Furok:

• Thunder Hyren

• Orwin

• Yaki

• Deep Hyren

• Giant Parathin

• Corf Pearl

• Gruk

• Strag

• Agovo

• Cave Hyren

• Ormagon

• Colossus

• Book of Ages

• Water of Life

Edit: User TopDeck sent us scans of these demo deck cards missing!  

 

Are there any others?  We'd love to see the images of things not found yet!  And speaking of Colossus from the demo decks, have you looked at its flavor text? 

 

Who is Wyloce?  Were they a previous Regis of Arderial, or was this just a playtest name that got erased?  We may never know.  

We have a few users making the regional symbol pins!  

Check out their designs so far:
https://sta.sh/2132vlc46h6t  and they're looking for feedback on any needed changes before printing and ordering becomes possible!  Please contact user/silverfang on the discord for feedback or comments.  

Rich Werner has had new commission pieces for the world, take a look at these sketches! 

You can see about getting a commission from him yourself on his website: https://www.richwerner.com/new-products/3kbmz5wunt8lj3t0bc13gj81nlv4lb  

Fans are looking at creating flavor text for the unreleased expansion: Daybreak!  

Check out the link below to contribute:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t3cx7Y2PRxHblHSPNPsALVtWYt7sgI5A_Lw6i1h0wf4/edit?usp=sharing

Tournaments! 

Our 2022 Tournament had 12 players playing online!  Here are the rules for the event:
Allowed cards: All cards that have been officially printed and released.

Banned cards:

•     Tony at a Con

•     Power of the Creators

•     All cards from Traitor's Reach set

•     All cards from Daybreak set

•     All cards from Unreleased Promos

Here is the swiss round bracket: https://magination.challonge.com/2022_Spring 

And the Top 4 bracket: https://magination.challonge.com/2022_Spring_Top 

Congratulations to Pemmin for winning our Spring 2022 event!  

This is two events in a row for them! You can read the tournament results information here.  

Top four players were:
1st: Pemmin
2nd: WhamBamSam
3rd: Torei Dutalis
4th: Nol_Bricks

Found relics from the Vault of Knowledge!

A user u/Frisbey posted their story of visiting 2i in 2003:

I travelled to WA and stopped by 2i while we were there. we got to meet Matt Holmberg, got a print off of the Rainbow Hyren in progress and he signed it. Got a sheet of uncut decks (signed), and a few other cards (signed). we got to rummage through "The Vault" for a bunch of stuff. it was so fun. I miss this game, haha! He also pulled up the PSD file for Blizzard Core, and he proved to us that there was indeed a drawing of a taco in the under layers

They mentioned Tacos!  Check out all the taco art references below in two articles!

Fans found this image from the defunct Brazilian Magi Nation page! 

A user from an in-person play community showed that they still had images of the Magi-Nation League activity sheets.   The secret message by Ulk actually ties into the story, and the learn to draw magi is a great source material for how magi were initially designed! 

This blog also published various articles!  Learn about the hidden tacos in the card art, and read up on all the references in the game's cards and flavor text! 

Artists and Art of official sources all compiled! 

Tacos:

Magi-Nation Taco cards

More Magi-Nation Taco Cards

Pop Culture Connections for Cards in the game!

Pop-culture references of the cards (Base-Awakening) 

Pop-culture references from Dream's End and Nightmare's Dawn

Pop-culture references from Voice of the Storms

Pop-culture references from Traitor's Reach and Promos

 

A flicker account was found, with old Magi-Nation Organized Play documents

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10597889@N04/

 

And that's our community for the first part of 2022!   If we missed anything, or you'd like to contribute to various fan project elements, please let us know!  There's some exciting things moving, and we're excited to have been able to offer prizes to our tournament winners this time! 

Insiider's Fan Story

Insiider.com was a fan site of Magi-Nation Duel in the early 2000s, and recently we found an archive of many of it's pages.  Republished here is the fan-organized Magi Nation story about Orwin, which was started off by the 2i staff member, Steven 'Shteevie' McLaughlin.

Insiider Fan Story.  2003 captured, 3 chapters. 

Orwin - Naroom Cartographer  (Chapter 1 written by Steven ‘Shteevie’ McLaughlin)

 Rising over a low hill and parting the branches of thick woody shrubs, Orwin gazed down into the little vale below him. Reaching back for his parchment and coal, he hunkered down between the bushes and scratched out what he saw onto his map.

 Orwin's tongue stuck a bit out of the corner of his mouth as he looked up to reference the lay of the land around him. It was important that he sketch everything out just right, since no Magi had been out this way for many years, nor was anyone likely to be here in the near future. Satisfied with his work, he tucked his map and coal stick into his knapsack and headed down the hill between a pair of enormous ghostbark trees.

 The forest was quiet today, the bustle and flutter of life on foot and feather giving way to the calm serenity of leaf and breeze. Orwin spotted little of the sylvan wildlife, and took pleasure in the solitude. The calamity of the great cities could be too much for young Orwin, who greatly preferred to spend his days out in the wilderness exploring and mapping places untouched by civilization.

 There was a little clearing in the lowest part of the vale, just large enough for Orwin to lie down in if he wanted to. The usually mulchy forest floor gave way to thick grass that looked so cool and tempting Orwin couldn't resist taking his boots off to walk barefoot in it. The cool blades tickled and caressed his feet, leading to the thought that maybe stopping for a while in this clearing wouldn't be so bad.

 Orwin settled down in the sweet smelling grass, picking a few blades and holding them up to his nose. The bright, crisp aroma reminded him of desserts he'd had as a child. An idea popped into his head, and he opened his pack to rummaged around for his canteen. Rubbing the blades of grass between his fingers, Orwin dropped them into his canteen and shook it. Taking a long drink from the canteen, he was pleased to find that the sweet grass had given his water a clean, relaxing flavor.

 Eyelids drooping in contentedness, he leaned back against his pack, and began drifting off into an afternoon nap. Just before he slipped away into dreams, a noise pricked his ear, and he sat up to look around. The bushes between the ghostbark trees were rustling, and something - or someone - was coming through.

 

Chapter 2 - The Arrival ( Submitted by Ben O'Barr)

 Quickly ducking under the top of the low grass so he wouldn’t be discovered, Orwin reached over to his canteen and quietly placed it in his knapsack. While crouching low on his stomach, the Magi spied through the blades of grass at the rustling bushes. Grasping for his boots, Orwin pulled them on his feet and waited in anticipation for the newcomer.

 Slowly, a green paw with sharp claws emerged from the foliage, followed by a huge wooden creature with large, leafy brown wings. There was no mistaking what he saw - it was a Leaf Hyren.

 Orwin was amazed of the creature. Hyrens of any kind were a rarity just to see in the wild, let alone collecting enough animite to even summon it. Orwin was so awed by the creature that he almost forgot one of the most important things he had been told about them - they were extremely dangerous, and this one was heading right for him.

 Snapping back into reality, Orwin realized that he had to get out of there, and fast. Hyrens could supposedly defeat an opponent in one blow, and this Magi didn’t feel like hanging around to watch it firsthand. Glancing from side to side, Orwin tried to plot out the best route to escape and not be seen, but before he could get an accurate look of the surroundings, the dream creature let out a horrible cry.

 Shifting his eyes back to the Hyren, Orwin now noticed that the creature must be in terrible pain, and before it even reached the edge of the grass, it collapsed in a heap on the moss.

 

Chapter 3 - Friend and Foe Alike ( Submitted by Beth Z./FlameRaven)

 Orwin stared in shock. What could possibly cause such a powerful creature pain? Cautiously, he leaned forward for a closer look.The Leaf Hyren snapped at him as he approached. A malevolent glare was fixed on him, but the effect was lost due to the pain clearly visible in the Hyren’s eyes.

 “Hey, just calm down now. I’m not gonna hurt you. Just let me see.” Orwin said soothingly as he inched closer to the huge creature. The Hyren stilled, but didn’t take its gaze off him. The thought crossed his mind that the words were horribly cliché and the Hyren would probably eat him no matter what he said. Still, he couldn’t just leave it here like this. Keeping a wary eye on the Hyren’s claws and teeth, he bent down and examined the wound.

 A deep gash ran down the Hyren’s back and thigh. Golden liquid oozed from the wound. Orwin frowned. The cut was quite deep, and would take a long time to heal. He knew a few poultices that would stop bleeding and ease pain, but he wasn’t sure if they would work on dream creatures. He looked at the shimmering liquid again.

“Strange,” he thought, “it’s almost like tree sap . . .”

 There was nothing for it but to try. Pulling his pack over, he brought out a soft cloth, bandages, and aum leaves to dull the pain, among other herbs. The Hyren stared at him, still suspicious, but curious as well. It peered at him, twisting its long neck around. What was this Magi doing?

 Looking at the Hyren for approval, Orwin used the cloth to gently wipe the liquid away from the cut, and then ground the herbs together into a gooey poultice. Lifting it out of the small container, he spread the poultice over the cut, then bandaged it.

There was one thing left. Closing his eyes, he put his hands over the bandages and concentrated. A soft green glow grew around his hands as he let his own energy flow into the Hyren, who looked greatly surprised as it felt its strength return. As the Sap of Life spell finished, the green aura around Orwin’s hands slowly faded away.

Orwin picked up his supplies and put them back in his pack. Standing, he again turned to the leaf Hyren. “You’ll be okay now. Just take it easy for a day or two, all right?” The Hyren got to its feet, looking amazed at its ability to do so. It turned to Orwin, gratitude shining in its golden eyes. Orwin wasn’t sure if the creature understood him, but he’d like to think so. With a slight nod, the Leaf Hyren flew off.

 Orwin watched the Hyren disappear among the trees, his thoughts already jumping ahead. Something was in this forest, his forest, and he didn’t like it. Shouldering his pack, he trudged off to find out just what that ‘something’ was.

What do you all think?  Should we as the fan community work and complete this story, 18 years later?  Post in the comments!!

Magi-Nation Duel - Starter deck contents

Today we're sharing a guide created by user - PenAgain.  You can see more of their work at: https://jlschwennen.wordpress.com/

This guide shows the decklists for all of the original Magi-Nation Duel Starter decks for all the sets- and lists how many cards were random, and which were set in each deck!  Enjoy!

Limited is the Base set of the game, with no subtitle. 
Unlimited is the Base set of the game, but the second printing.  It is usually marked, "unlimited"

Magi-Nation Started Deck Contents

LIMITED: Arderial Starter

MAGI

1x Nimbulo

1x Shimmer

1x Stradus
CREATURES

1x Lovian

2x Thunder Hyren

2x Alaban

3x Epik

3x Cloud Narth

3x Lightning Hyren

3x Pharan

2x Thunder Vashp

RELICS

1x Storm Ring

1x Channeler's Gloves

1x Mask of Abwyn

1x Robes of the Ages

2x Relic Stalker

3x Staff of Hyren
SPELLS

1x Eclipse

2x Fog Bank

3x Shockwave

3x Lightning

3x Shooting Star

LIMITED: Cald Starter

MAGI

1x Ashgar

1x Gar

1x Grega
CREATURES

1x Greater Vaal

3x Magma Hyren

2x Drakan

2x Lava Balamant

1x Quor Pup

3x Arbolit

3x Diobor

2x Fire Chogo

2x Kelthet

2x Quor

RELICS

2x Ancestral Flute

2x Baloo Root

2x Magma Armor
SPELLS

1x Spirit of the Flame

2x Flame Geyser

2x Syphon Vortex

3x Fire Ball

3x Fire Flow

2x Thermal Blast

LIMITED: Naroom Starter

MAGI

1x Evu

1x Tryn

1x Yaki
CREATURES

1x Bhatar

1x Timber Hyren

1x Twee

3x Balamant Pup

2x Rudwot

2x Arboll

3x Carillion

2x Furok

2x Leaf Hyren

2x Plith

2x Weebo
RELICS

1x Energy Band

1x Ancestral Flute

3x Hood of Hiding

3x Robe of Vines
SPELLS

1x Hyren's Call

2x Orwin's Gaze

2x Vortex of Knowledge

3x Grow

3x Tap Roots

LIMITED: Orothe Starter

MAGI

1x Blu

1x Ebylon

1x Orlon
CREATURES

1x Deep Hyren

1x Orathan

2x Abaquist

1x Karak

2x Paralit

3x Bwill

3x Corf

3x Orpus

3x Sea Barl

1x Sphor

2x Wellisk

1x Wellisk Pup

RELICS

1x Hubdra's Spear

1x Orothean Goggles

2x Mirror Pendant

1x Orothean Gloves
SPELLS

1x Entangle

3x Tidal Wave

3x Undertow

2x Implosion

3x Submerge

LIMITED: Underneath Starter

MAGI

1x Fossik

1x Gruk

1x Ulk
CREATURES

2x Giant Korrit

1x Ormagon

3x Agovo

2x Giant Vulbor

3x Korrit

2x Brub

3x Crystal Arboll

2x Gum-Gum

3x Pack Korrit

3x Parmalag

RELICS

1x Gloves of Crystal

1x Staff of Korrits

3x Digging Goggles

1x Relic Stalker
SPELLS

2x Bottomless Pit

3x Enrich

3x Burrow

2x Carnivorous Cave

UNLIMITED: Arderial Starter

RANDOM CARDS

2x R, 6x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Stradus

1x Shimmer

1x Lasada
CREATURES

2x Pharan

2x Cloud Narth

1x Lightning Hyren

1x Thunder Vashp

1x Xyx

1x Xyx Minor

RELICS

1x Relic Mirror

1x Book of Ages

1x Baloo Root

1x Arderial's Crown
SPELLS

1x Shockwave

1x Fog Bank

1x Eclipse

2x Lightning

2x Shooting Star

UNLIMITED: Cald Starter

RANDOM CARDS

2x R, 6x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Sinder

1x Grega

1x Gar
CREATURES

1x Kelthet

2x Lava Balamant

2x Arbolit

1x Quor Pup

1x Fire Grag

1x Fire Chogo
RELICS

1x Ancestral Flute

1x Water of Life

1x Robes of the Ages

1x Scroll of Fire

1x Magma Armor
SPELLS

1x Flame Geyser

1x Syphon Vortex

2x Fire ball

1x Fire Flow

1x Flame Control

UNLIMITED: Naroom Starter

RANDOM CARDS

2x R, 6x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Yaki

1x Pruitt

1x Poad
CREATURES

1x Giant Carillion

1x Weebo

2x Furok

1x Arboll

1x Carillion

1x Vinoc

1x Balamant Pup

1x Leaf Hyren

RELICS

1x Syphon Stone

1x Relic Stalker

1x Mirror Pendant

1x Book of Life
SPELLS

1x Tap Roots

1x Sap of Life

2x Grow

2x Vortex of Knowledge

UNLIMITED: Orothe Starter

RANDOM CARDS

2x R, 6x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Orthea

1x Orlon

1x Ebylon
CREATURES

1x Bwill

2x Sphor

2x Sea Barl

1x Corf

1x Paralit

1x Abaquist

1x Orpus

RELICS

1x Ring of Secrets

1x Channeler's Gloves

1x Dream Balm

1x Corf Pearl

1x Hubdra's Spear
SPELLS

1x Implosion

1x Will of Orothe

2x Submerge

1x Tidal Wave

UNLIMITED: Underneath Starter

RANDOM CARDS

2x R, 6x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Strag

1x Gruk

1x Gogor
CREATURES

1x Gum-Gum

1x Giant Parmalag

1x Bisiwog

2x Korrit

2x Crystal Arboll

1x Agovo

1x Cave Rudwot

RELICS
1x Relic Mirror

1x Baloo Root

1x Warrior's Boots

1x Digging Goggles

1x Gloves of Crystal
SPELLS

1x Bottomless Pit

2x Enrich

2x Burrow

AWAKENING: Core Starter (Variant 1)

RANDOM CARDS

1x R, 3x U, 7x C

MAGI

1x Evu

1x Morag

1x Nagsis
CREATURES

2x Arboll Stalker

2x Borgor

2x Dark Ayebaw

3x Grax

2x Shadow Vinoc

2x Shryque

2x Szalak

1x Wasperine

2x Wudge
RELICS

1x Agram's Armor

2x Collar of Despair
SPELLS

2x Corrupt

2x Dream Rift

2x Shadow Rain

1x Terrorize

2x Turn

AWAKENING: Core Starter (Variant 2)

RANDOM CARDS

1x R, 3x U, 7x C

MAGI

1x Harror

1x Lanyx

1x Morag
CREATURES

1x Brannix

1x Borgor

1x Dark Ayebaw

2x Grax

3x Core Grag

1x Shryque

1x Dryte Fiend

2x Magma Jile

1x Orok

1x Primat

1x Tragan

2x Trask

1x Vemment

RELICS

1x Agram's Armor

1x Arderian-Guard Wings

2x Collar of Despair

2x Shadow Bones
SPELLS

2x Dream Channel

2x Dream Rift

1x Maelstrom

1x Spectral Shield

AWAKENING: Core Starter (Variant 3)

RANDOM CARDS

1x R, 3x U, 7x C

MAGI

1x Ogar

1x Qwade

1x Warrada
CREATURES

1x Black Agovo

1x Chaos Jile

1x Colossus

2x Orok

1x Phrup

2x Tragan

2x Trask

1x Ugger

2x Weebat

2x Wudge

RELICS

2x Agram's Armor

2x Collar of Despair

1x Essence of Naroom

1x Shadow Bones
SPELLS

1x Dream Channel

1x Mind Blank

2x Nightmare Channel

2x Paranoia

2x Storm of Fishes

DREAM’S END: Weave Starter

RANDOM CARDS

2x R, 6x U, 18x C

MAGI

1x Artyva

1x Bo'Ahsa

1x Iyori
CREATURES

1x Aritex

1x Drowl

1x Frusk

1x Jumbor

1x Junjertrug

1x Pagajack

1x Pody

1x Uwamar

1x Vuryip

1x Weggit

1x Yajo

1x Zassyfer
RELICS

1x Junjertrug Horn

1x Tuk Berries

1x Uwamar Beads

1x Weave Mat
SPELLS

1x Binding

1x Sawgrass

1x Sheath

DREAM’S END: Kybar’s Teeth Starter

RANDOM CARDS

2x R, 6x U, 18x C

MAGI

1x Emec

1x Wessig

1x Kazm
CREATURES

1x Yark

1x Sagawal

1x Stone Quor

1x Moga Pup

1x Moga

1x Granite Parmalag

1x Giant Chogus

1x Giant Baldar

1x Cragnoc

1x Crag Quor

1x Baldar

1x Agrilla

RELICS

1x Kybar's Scroll

1x Kybar's Hammer

1x Climbing Staff
SPELLS

1x Rock Slide

1x Jagged Rocks

1x Feet of Stone

1x Ascend

NIGHTMARE’S DAWN: Bograth Starter

RANDOM CARDS

Either 2x R, 6x U, 18x C

Or 2x R, 10x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Baa

1x Blygt

1x Grahnna
CREATURES

1x Bolobog

1x Green Stuff

1x Gremble (BG)

1x Mirago (BG)

1x Moob

1x Mydra (BG)

1x N'kala (BG)

1x Ooze Arboll

1x Ruid

1x Slarnath

1x Treepsh (BG)

1x Trulb

RELICS

1x Bog Stone

1x Great Pool of Wisdom

1x Moob Ring
SPELLS

1x Crushing Stench

1x Darkness

1x Spirit Drain (BG)

1x Trulb Horde

NIGHTMARE’S DAWN: Paradwyn Starter

RANDOM CARDS

Either 2x R, 6x U, 18x C

Or 2x R, 10x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Arawan

1x Iain

1x Kioko
CREATURES

1x Bagala

1x Bagala Cub

1x Ghazran

1x Hardshell Weebo

1x K'teeb Thumper (PW)

1x Khisp

1x Lahalou

1x Magor

1x N'kala (PW)

1x River Abaquist (PW)

1x Scarletsong Hwit

1x Vine Hyren
RELICS

1x Robe of Petals
SPELLS

1x Ambush

1x Bloom

1x Crushing Vines

1x Scarletsong's Trill

1x Stalk

1x Tropical Rain

VOICE OF THE STORMS: Nar Starter

RANDOM CARDS

Either 2x R, 6x U, 18x C

Or 2x R, 10x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Halsted

1x Koza

1x Velouria
CREATURES

1x Frost Hyren

1x Ice Furok

1x Gransaber

1x Ickle

1x Krenkrajak

1x Kintor

1x Korul

1x Mombak

1x Vrak

1x Yaw

1x Yaromant

1x Great White Narth

1x Furok Protector

1x Zyavu

RELICS
1x Hailstorm Pendant

1x Icefang Battlesled
SPELLS

1x Thin Ice

1x Shattering Wind

1x Crystallize

VOICE OF THE STORMS: d’Resh Starter

RANDOM CARDS

Either 2x R, 6x U, 18x C

Or 2x R, 10x U, 14x C

MAGI

1x Ahron

1x Ythra

1x Harresh
CREATURES

1x Venger

1x Sandstorm Xyx
1x Nemsa

1x Mowat

1x Bone Grag

1x Beeb

1x Olum Digger

1x Drahkar

1x Warrior Olum

1x Szhar

1x Thrybe

1x Olum

1x Xala
RELICS

1x Sun Glasses

1x Aubra's Canteen
SPELLS

1x Desiccate

1x Forgotten Songs

1x Forgotten Tales

1x Sunburn