History of Vintage Magic Articles

[Baron Sengir]

These are great reads if you are willing to spend the $8 for both articles. I have read them and they are good descriptions of how Magic got created/started, the thinking behind the cards put on the banned/restricted list, creation of the original sets and expansions, and more up to 1996.

Chapters 1 and 2: www.eternalcentral.com/?p=3289
Chapters 3 and 4: www.eternalcentral.com/?p=3449