The Duelist (magazine)
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- One-Time (#0)
- Quarterly (#1-3)
- Bi-monthly (#4-20)
- Monthly (#21-)
NumberSeptember 1999
41
 The cover of issue 20 of The Duelist | |
| Categories | Trading card games |
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| Frequency |
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| First issue | Winter 1993/1994 |
| Final issue Number | September 1999 41 |
| Company | Wizards of the Coast |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Renton, Washington |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 1082-8621 |
The Duelist (or simply Duelist as it was renamed) was a trading card game magazine published by Wizards of the Coast.
The first full issue was distributed in Fall 1993 as a quarterly magazine[1] to accompany the increasingly popular Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Prior the 1st issue, a special one-time Duelist Issue #0 was released and given away at Gen Con 1993. This issue was eight pages that included a couple of news articles and a deck construction guide.[2]: 76 It later became a monthly gaming magazine in March 1995 with simply a focus on the collectible card game and trading card game industry before publication ceased in September 1999. The magazine was based in Renton, Washington.[3]
As Magic grew, a companion newsletter (The Duelist Companion) was sent out to The Duelist subscribers in between magazine releases; eventually this was dropped in favor of bimonthly magazine circulation, and still later a monthly magazine.
The Duelist ran for 41 issues (42 if Duelist #0 is counted). The magazine was replaced with Topdeck, which was canceled in February 2001 after 15 issues, partially due to cutting costs as a result of Hasbro's purchase of Wizards of the Coast, but also due to competition from Internet resources. Wizards was already publishing The Sideboard, which was dedicated solely to Magic tournament play that eventually was reborn as an online publication, and in The Duelist's wake, some of the content from the magazine merged with The Sideboard to create magicthegathering.com.
