Most people would agree that there are only five forms of organized competition worldwide that qualify as Truly Global Sports: soccer, chess, rassling, Goldeneye for the N64 (no Oddjob), and, of course, the long-running collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.

At any moment across the planet -- from Dallas to Tokyo, from Cape Town to Mexico City -- you can find players from all walks of life hunkered down at their neighborhood game stores and kitchen tables, meticulously plotting their opponents' annihilation using dragons, warlocks, and a profound appreciation of mental math. Yes, Magic is one of humanity's great cross-cultural experiences -- it's sort of like the Olympics, but with far more liches.

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So given the game's storied pedigree, Cracked is proud to present the full spoilers for the next Magic: The Gathering set, Unsanctioned, which will be hitting stores February 29, 2020. Furthermore, we had the opportunity to talk with Mark Rosewater, the head designer of Magic, and pepper him with all manner of questions. (You can also just scroll down to check out all of the new cards and deck lists, if you have no sense of self-control whatsoever.)

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Here's how Unsanctioned works: it's a boxed set of five 30-card decks. You shuffle together two of these decks, get a friend to do the same, and then you duel using some of the silliest, most outlandish cards in Magic history. The reprinted cards are drawn from Magic's "Un-sets" (Unglued, Unhinged, and Unstable) -- cards from these silver-bordered, non-tournament-legal sets ask players to do things far outside the scope of an ordinary game of Magic.

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"Magic is on a spectrum," Rosewater recently explained to Cracked. "On one side, there's serious competitive play. On the other side, there's more of a social-casual-having-a-good-time. Magic does a lot to reinforce competitive play, so I wanted to make sure the Un-sets are a poster child for the other side of the spectrum. Win or lose, you're going to have a good time."

"We've never reprinted any silver-border product ever. Unsanctioned is a really good sampler of silver-bordered Magic; it's a reward for all the Un-fans out there, and an introduction for new players. You just take two half-decks, mix them together, and play. This is a walkthrough of the best stuff that the Un-sets have to offer."