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Some of these cards can change which side is in use once they've already been played, via the Transform mechanic

In 1993, Richard Garfield finished a dissertation on combinatorial mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania and moved cross-country to teach at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington

Its an incredible deck that rewards timing and thinking through your turns in advance

Priest of the Blessed Graf Sometimes Im blindsided by cards Ive never seen before, but those usually come from the 90s

Since then, there has been a natural re-correction for a lot of cards

Auctioneer Richard Winterton said: "Some of these cards are so sought after that collectors would potentially acquire the whole set just to secure that one card