OFFICIAL GUIDE TO URZA'S SAGA (Magic the Gathering) [Paperback]

Will McDermott (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (November 10, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786913029
• ISBN-13: 978-0786913022
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,816,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent work, but not for everyone., September 28, 1999

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This review is from: OFFICIAL GUIDE TO URZA'S SAGA (Magic the Gathering) (Paperback)

This book provides excellent "color commentary" of the cards in this set. While it offers insightful, though often terse reviews of each card, I found the author's referrals to cards of other sets annoying. While I have followed magic for many years, I still would have preferred the author to focus solely on Urza's cards and to have dropped the references to combos and descriptions for cards that are or soon will be out of date on the tournament ciruit. This is also not the book for the unread Magic player, even if quite experienced in game play. The author assumes an intimate knowledge by the reader of deck building strategies (i.e., if you don't know what Sligh, Weenie, Burn, etc. mean forget this book) which can frustrate someone who has come into the serious Magic scene in the last year and a half or so. In short, good artwork, nice background, I enjoyed it, but the audience is extremely limited.