MTG is simply the initialism for Magic: The Gathering, but the full name has an unexpectedly complicated history involving Magic, Mana Clash, and an abandoned naming plan.
Older Magic cards speak a slightly different rules language. Here is how converted mana cost, removed from game, interrupts, bury, and other historical terms work today.
Identify Magic’s four earliest base-set printings by border color, corner shape, inner frame, and card pool, with cautions for collectors.
A date-led guide to Magic’s major card-frame eras, including the original old border, the Eighth Edition redesign, Future Sight, the M15 frame, and later variants.