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if my nerd history is correct - MTG almost killed dungeons and dragons in the 90's!

Did it? I sort of thought the 90's death of D&D was more of the hangover of the 'devil worshipping' accusations of the 80's finally hitting.

That and D&D being associated with all things nerd, which was very out of vogue through the 90's.

It definitely took a lot of attention at my local game shop away from traditional table top role playing.

cough 4th Edition cough but Pathfinder took over