MTG most commonly stands for "Magic: The Gathering," which is a collectible trading card game created by Richard Garfield and released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. It is widely recognized as the first trading card game and has grown massively in popularity, with millions of players worldwide. The game involves players acting as powerful wizards called Planeswalkers, who duel each other by casting spells and summoning creatures through cards from their personalized decks. The objective is typically to reduce the opponent's life total to zero. Magic: The Gathering blends strategic gameplay with a rich multiverse story, featuring iconic characters and continual expansions that add new cards and mechanics. It exists both as a physical card game and in digital forms, including Magic: The Gathering Online and Magic: The Gathering Arena. Besides "Magic: The Gathering," MTG can also mean "meeting" or "mortgage," among various other uses in business, science, and places, but the most prominent reference is the card game.