For the 2023-2024 school year, the Associated Student Body has approved 29 new clubs. The Accolade’s cub reporters from the beginning journalism class will report on each new group in alphabetical order. For the previous ones that have already been posted, be sure to go to the Feature section.

Blue grants knowledge.

Red grants power.

And green grants harmony. 

These are some of the colors representing the special rules of the Magic the Gathering card game, which has been around since 1993.

“I’m very passionate about [the game],” club president sophomore Evan Brecht said. “It’s one of the few things that I actually stick around on, as far as just consistently playing it.”

Brecht said he started this club to share his favorite card game, which was introduced to him by his friends in early 2021, to other students.

“[My goal for the club] is just to promote the game,” he said. “The thing about it is, I go to this game store, but there are a lot of adults — and that’s not a bad thing — but what I’ve noticed is the Magic the Gathering game hasn’t really caught on with our generation.”

A mix of Pokémon and Dungeons & Dragons, Magic is played by two or more people using a 60-card deck — all of them either red, blue, white, black or green — and players can win by reducing the opponent’s 20 life points to zero.

The club has held three meetings so far, and Brecht said he taught the 10 members how to play the game. In future meetings, he said he hopes to have the students play the game together.

He pitched the idea for Magic the Gathering Club to the Associated Student Body on Friday, Oct. 6, and got it approved on Saturday, Oct. 21.

Adviser and Spanish teacher Mayra Morales said she plans to make her class available for an hour after school once a month in addition to general lunch meetings so the club members can interact and play the game.

“[Magic the Gathering Club] is good if you’re starting the game and want to learn more about it,” said junior Brendan Barnett, who had some experience with the game before he joined the club after hearing about it from the president. “I find it very interesting.”

Brecht said he aims for a casual and relaxed meeting atmosphere in which students can comfortably play and talk about the game.

“I wouldn’t want this club to be very structured; we just kind of unite and talk about a common subject,” the president said.

Magic the Gathering Club meets during lunch every other Thursday and once every month after school in Room 75. For more information, contact Brecht at [email protected].