Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game created by Richard Garfield in 1993 and edited by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro).
 
Following the sell-out of the Alpha and Beta editions, two special edition were released on 10 December 1993 for the US (Collectors' Edition) and international (International Edition) markets. Coming in a box, each set comprised one of each of the 302 Beta set cards complemented with 61 basic lands. Approximately 9,000 Collectors' Edition and 5,000 International Edition sets were printed.