In recent years, trading card games (TCGs) have sparked a boom in China. First, in 2020, Yu-Gi-Oh launched a simplified Chinese version, and 2 years later (2022), Pokémon cards also launched a simplified Chinese version. Coupled with the launch of Simplified Chinese Magic as early as 1998, the world's three major TCGs have all ushered in the day of simplified Chinese.
However, the TCG craze didn't last long. Early this morning, the oldest Magic official suddenly announced the cancellation of the Chinese version. According to the official announcement, Magic will no longer be produced in Portuguese and Chinese. The Portuguese version will be discontinued after Modern Horizons 3, and the Chinese version will be discontinued starting with Bloomburrow.
Although Magic was introduced to China in 1998 and had such a lofty name as the "Experimental Promotion Project of the General Administration of Sports", the domestic Magic game environment was not so ideal. The high entry threshold of card games (** rules) has discouraged many newcomers, and the voices of official "rotten" and non-support and non-promotion have often emerged among players and stores.
In recent years, Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon, which had been hugely popular before their official launch, have officially entered China, and Magic's market share is also facing more severe challenges. Under such circumstances, it seems not surprising that the official announcement of the discontinuation of the Chinese version will be announced. It's just that this sudden announcement caught many players off guard, and they didn't have time to prepare psychologically at all.
In addition, people can't help but want to complain that until the official announcement of the discontinuation of the Chinese real card, Tencent's electronic version of the game "Magic: The Gathering: The Gathering" did not usher in the day of the official launch. At the same time, perhaps because the domestic copyright of the work is in the hands of Tencent, the international server of this game is not only locked but has not yet been Chinese......