The following is a list of novels based in the setting of the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering

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. When Wizards of the Coast

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 was asked how the novels and cards influence each other, Brady Dommermuth, Magic's Creative Director, responded by saying "generally the cards provide the world in which the novels are set, and the novels sometimes provide characters represented on cards. But cards also introduce their own characters that might not appear in the novels. In short, the Magic creative team and the novelists work largely in parallel and inform each other as much as possible." All of novels take place in the multiverse

Parallel universe (fiction)

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 (the center nexus of which is Dominaria), which consists of an infinite amount of infinitely different planes

Plane (Magic: The Gathering)

In Magic: The Gathering, planes are parallel universes in the Multiverse Planes are often confused with planets by Magic players, because most planes are named after their primary planets...

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The novels from The Brothers' War through Scourge, along with The Thran and the ...of Magic anthologies, are set on the plane of Dominaria and are a roughly chronological timeline of that plane's history. Magic began to venture out of Dominaria and into several new planes in the later novels such as Mirrodin (formerly Argentum) in the Mirrodin Cycle, Kamigawa in the Kamigawa Cycle, and Ravnica in the Ravnica Cycle. The Magic storyline returned to Dominaria with the Time Spiral cycle, and visited Lorwyn

Lorwyn

Lorwyn is the 66th Magic: The Gathering set, 43rd expert level set, and the first set in the Lorwyn Block, released in October 2007. It is codenamed "Peanut"...

 with the storyline cycle of the same name. After this, the policy of publishing a trilogy of novels for each year's setting was discontinued; the Alara and Zendikar block settings had only a single novel each.

Non-cycle novels

The original ten books were deliberately not numbered as a marketing concern. The publishers thought people might shy away from a multi-book series. Some stories are connected, some not. The heroes Garth and Rakel of Arena appear in Shattered Chains. The books Whispering Woods, Shattered Chains, and Final Sacrifice are known as the "Whispering Woods Trilogy" or "The Greensleeves Trilogy".

All of the non-cycle books besides The Thran, which was published by Wizards of the Coast, were published by Harper Fantasy.

Year	Title	Author	Pages	ISBN
1994	Arena	William R. Forstchen William R. Forstchen William R. Forstchen is an American author who began publishing in 1983 with the novel Ice Prophet. He is a Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina...	297	ISBN 0-06-105424-0
1995	Whispering Woods	Clayton Emery	294	ISBN 0-06-105418-6
1995	Shattered Chains	Clayton Emery	288	ISBN 0-06-105419-4
1995	Final Sacrifice	Clayton Emery	312	ISBN 0-7522-0217-0
1995	The Cursed Land	Teri McLaren	290	ISBN 0-06-105016-4
1995	The Prodigal Sorcerer	Mark C. Sumner	309	ISBN 0-06-105476-3
1996	Ashes of the Sun	Hanovi Braddock	304	ISBN 0-06-105649-9
1996	Song of Time	Teri McLaren	304	ISBN 0-06-105622-7
1996	And Peace Shall Sleep	Sonia Orin Lyris Sonia Orin Lyris Sonia Orin Lyris is the author of a number of Science Fiction and Fantasy stories published in various professional magazines and anthologies. She has published fiction for Wizards of the Coast, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and Pulphouse....	304	ISBN 0-06-105619-7
1996	Dark Legacy	Robert E. Vardeman Robert E. Vardeman Robert Edward Vardeman is an American science fiction fan and writer. He got his start in writing by writing for science fiction fanzines, and was nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Vardeman is one of the founders of Bubonicon, a science fiction convention in Albuquerque, New...	368	ISBN 0-06-105697-9
1999	The Thran	J. Robert King J. Robert King J. Robert King is a novelist who has also worked as a game designer on a number of products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR.-Biography:...	311	ISBN 0-7869-1600-1

Cycle novels

All of the below cycled or series books have been published by Wizards of the Coast

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Year	Book	Title	Author	Pages	ISBN
Artifacts Cycle
1998	I	The Brothers' War The Brothers' War The Brothers' War is a Magic: The Gathering novel written by Jeff Grubb, and published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. It takes place on the fictional world of Dominaria, within the 'multiverse'. It tells the story of the origins of Urza, who plays a significant role in other Magic: The Gathering...	Jeff Grubb Jeff Grubb Jeff Grubb is an author and game designer. He has worked on a number of computer and role-playing games and has written a number of successful novels, short stories and comics...	409	ISBN 0-7869-1170-0
1998	II	Planeswalker Planeswalker (novel) Planeswalker is a Magic: The Gathering novel written by Lynn Abbey, and published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Planeswalker takes place on the fictional world of Dominaria, within the 'multiverse'...	Lynn Abbey Lynn Abbey Lynn Abbey is an American computer programmer and author.-Background:Born in Peekskill, New York, Abbey was daughter of Ronald Lionel and Doris Lorraine . She attended the University of Rochester, where she began as an astrophysics major. She earned a A.B...	359	ISBN 0-7869-1182-4
1999	III	Time Streams	J. Robert King	343	ISBN 0-7869-1344-4
1999	IV	Bloodlines: The Story of Urza's Destiny Bloodlines: The Story of Urza's Destiny Bloodlines: The Story of Urza's Destiny is a 1999 fantasy novel by American author Loren Coleman in the Artifacts Cycle....	Loren L. Coleman	343	ISBN 0-7869-1380-0
Ice Age Cycle
1999	I	The Gathering Dark The Gathering Dark The Gathering Dark is a fantasy novel in the Ice Age Cycle series. This book was included in the Coldsnap Fat Pack.The book tells the story of Jodah of Giva province and his quest to become a powerful mage as the world becomes a colder, darker place...	Jeff Grubb	342	ISBN 0-7869-1357-6
2000	II	The Eternal Ice	Jeff Grubb	320	ISBN 0-7869-1562-5
2000	III	The Shattered Alliance The Shattered Alliance The Shattered Alliance is a fantasy novel published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast, set in the Magic: The Gathering universe. It is the last book in the Ice Age Cycle....	Jeff Grubb	309	ISBN 0-7869-1403-3
Masquerade Cycle
1999	I	Mercadian Masques	Francis Lebaron	341	ISBN 0-7869-1188-3
2000	II	Nemesis	Paul B. Thompson Paul B. Thompson Paul B. Thompson is a freelance writer and novelist. He has published twenty books to date, many of which are novels set in the Dragonlance fictional universe. A number of these novels are co-authored with Tonya C. Cook....	320	ISBN 0-7869-1559-5
2000	III	Prophecy	Vance Moore	311	ISBN 0-7869-1570-6
Invasion Cycle
2000	I	Invasion	J. Robert King	311	ISBN 0-7869-1438-6
2001	II	Planeshift	J. Robert King	311	ISBN 0-7869-1802-0
2001	III	Apocalypse	J. Robert King	308	ISBN 0-7869-1880-2
Odyssey Cycle
2000	I	Odyssey Odyssey (Magic: The Gathering) Odyssey is the 24th Magic: The Gathering expert-level expansion set. Released in September, 2001, Odyssey is the first set in the Odyssey Block. Its expansion symbol is a small image of the Mirari .-Storyline:...	Vance Moore	320	ISBN 0-7869-1900-0
2001	II	Chainer's Torment Torment (Magic: The Gathering) Torment is the second set in the Odyssey Block for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This expansion set, which focused on black, is unique in that it is the first set to focus on a single color. It has 40 Black cards, 28 Blue cards, 28 Red cards, 21 Green Cards and 21 White cards...	Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-2696-1
2001	III	Judgment Judgment (Magic: The Gathering) Judgment is the third set in the Odyssey Block for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.This is the second expansion set made that did not have an equal number cards from each color. The first expansion with such an imbalance was its predecessor, the Torment expansion set, which was...	Will McDermott	320	ISBN 0-7869-2743-7
Legends Cycle
2001	I	Johan	Clayton Emery	311	ISBN 0-7869-1803-9
2001	II	Jedit	Clayton Emery	320	ISBN 0-7869-1907-8
2002	III	Hazezon	Clayton Emery	320	ISBN 0-7869-2792-5
Legends Cycle II
2002	I	Assassin's Blade	Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-2830-1
2003	II	Emperor's Fist	Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-2935-9
2003	III	Champion's Trial	Scott McGough	306	ISBN 0-7869-3015-2
Onslaught Cycle
2002	I	Onslaught Onslaught (Magic: The Gathering) Onslaught is the 27th Magic: The Gathering expert-level expansion set. It was released in October 2002. The set's main theme is creature types , and much of the game play concerns interactions between these "tribes". The story continues the saga of the Mirari from the previous block of expansion sets...	J. Robert King	320	ISBN 0-7869-2801-8
2003	II	Legions Legions (Magic: The Gathering) Legions is the second set in the Onslaught block of cards of Magic: The Gathering, along with the expansions Onslaught and Scourge. It contained 145 cards which continued on the themes started in Onslaught. Its expansion symbol is two spears behind a shield.-Set history:Legions is the only...	J. Robert King	312	ISBN 0-7869-2914-6
2003	III	Scourge Scourge (Magic: The Gathering) Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set. It is the third set of the Onslaught block. There are 143 cards overall. The expansion symbol is a dragon's skull.-Mechanics:...	J. Robert King	320	ISBN 0-7869-2956-1
Mirrodin Cycle
2003	I	The Moons of Mirrodin Mirrodin Mirrodin was the 50th Magic: The Gathering set, the 30th expert level set, and the first set in the Mirrodin Block, released in October 2003. It is a 306-card expansion set. It is also the name of the block containing the Mirrodin, Darksteel and Fifth Dawn expansion sets...	Will McDermott	320	ISBN 0-7869-2995-2
2004	II	The Darksteel Eye Darksteel Darksteel is an expansion set for the game Magic: The Gathering, the second in the Mirrodin block of sets that also features Mirrodin and Fifth Dawn. It was released in February 2004, containing 165 cards. Darksteel continued the themes established in Mirrodin: Artifact cards, equipment and the...	Jess Lebow	320	ISBN 0-7869-3140-X
2004	III	The Fifth Dawn Fifth Dawn Fifth Dawn is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set which was released in May 2004. It is the third and final set of the Mirrodin block. There are 165 cards overall, and like the rest of Mirrodin, an unusually large number of them are artifacts...	Cory Herndon	320	ISBN 0-7869-3205-8
Kamigawa Cycle
2004	I	Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa Champions of Kamigawa Champions of Kamigawa is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set released October 1, 2004. The first set of the Kamigawa block, it set the stage for the block's story, which was inspired by Japanese myths and revolves around the battle between spirits and living beings.The set's...	Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-3357-7
2005	II	Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa Betrayers of Kamigawa Betrayers of Kamigawa is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set which came out in February of 2005, and is the second set in the Kamigawa block. It contains 165 cards. The set's story is inspired by Japanese medieval myths and revolves around the battle between spirits and living beings...	Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-3575-8
2005	III	Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa Saviors of Kamigawa Saviors of Kamigawa is a Magic: The Gathering set, third and last in the Kamigawa block. Saviors of Kamigawa was released on June 3, 2005...	Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-3786-6
Ravnica Cycle
2005	I	Ravnica: City of Guilds Ravnica: City of Guilds This article is about the Magic: The Gathering set known as Ravnica: City of Guilds. For an article about the plane and the guilds mentioned below, see Ravnica ....	Cory J. Herndon	320	ISBN 0-7869-3792-0
2006	II	Guildpact Guildpact Guildpact is a Magic: The Gathering set, second in the Ravnica Block. Guildpact was released on February 3, 2006.-Design:Ravnica was conceived following the success of Invasion. Invasion, released in 2000, emphasized interactions between the colors, and it was one of Magics most popular releases...	Cory J. Herndon	320	ISBN 0-7869-3989-3
2006	III	Dissension	Cory J. Herndon	320	ISBN 0-7869-4001-8
Time Spiral Cycle
2006	I	Time Spiral	Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-3988-5
2007	II	Planar Chaos	Scott McGough, Timothy Sanders	320	ISBN 0-7869-4249-5
2007	III	Future Sight	Scott McGough, John Delaney	320	ISBN 0-7869-4269-X
Lorwyn Cycle
2007	I	Lorwyn	Cory J. Herndon, Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-4292-4
2008	II	Morningtide	Cory J. Herndon, Scott McGough	320	ISBN 0-7869-4790-X
Lorwyn Cycle Part II: Shadowmoor Cycle
2008	I	Shadowmoor	Philip Athans Philip Athans -Biography:Philip Athans was born in 1964 in Rochester, New York, but was raised in Chicago. Athans grew up reading Marvel comics and Starlog magazines, and watching Star Trek... , Susan J. Morris	352	ISBN 0-7869-4840-X
2008	II	Eventide	Scott McGough, Cory J. Herndon	320	ISBN 0-7869-4868-X

Block novels

Block novels are novels which replaced the trilogy (or tetralogy) of novels previously released corresponding to each Magic set. They were introduced in 2009 with Alara Unbroken released for the Shards of Alara block. As the name suggests the block novel follows the story of the card block of the same name.

Year	Title	Author	Pages	ISBN
2009	Alara Unbroken	Doug Beyer	320	ISBN 0-7869-5201-6
2010	Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum	Robert B. Wintermute	320	ISBN 0-7869-5476-0
2011	Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn	Robert B. Wintermute	320	ISBN 0-7869-5774-3

Planeswalker novels

The Planeswalker novels are a type of Magic novel which was introduced in 2009. Each follows the story of one of Magic's planeswalkers. The first yearly planeswalker novel was released in the winter and the second in the summer of 2009.

Year	Title	Author	Pages	ISBN
2009	Agents of Artifice	Ari Marmell Ari Marmell Ari Marmell is an American novelist and freelance role-playing game writer.-Novels:His first novel, Gehenna: The Final Night, was published in 2004 by White Wolf Publishing...	390	ISBN 0-7869-5134-6
2009	The Purifying Fire	Laura Resnick	400	ISBN 0-7869-5298-9
2010	Test of Metal	Matthew Stover Matthew Stover Matthew Woodring Stover is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist. He is perhaps best known for his four Star Wars novels, including the novelization of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He has also written several fantasy novels, including Iron Dawn and Jericho Moon...	352	ISBN 0-7869-5532-5

Anthologies

The first two Anthologies, Tapestries and Distant Planes were published by Harper Fantasy while all of the others since then have been published by Wizards of the Coast

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Year	Title	Author	Pages	ISBN
1995	Tapestries	Kathy Ice	290	ISBN 0-06-105308-2
1995	Distant Planes	Kathy Ice	384	ISBN 0-06-105765-7
1998	Rath and Storm	Peter Archer	311	ISBN 0-7869-1175-1
1999	The Colors of Magic	Jess Lebow	342	ISBN 0-7869-1323-1
2000	Myths of Magic	Jess Lebow	304	ISBN 0-7869-1529-3
2001	Dragons of Magic	J. Robert King	320	ISBN 0-7869-1872-1
2002	The Secrets of Magic	J. Robert King	320	ISBN 0-7869-2710-0
2003	Monsters of Magic	J. Robert King	320	ISBN 0-7869-2983-9

Others

Year	Title	Author	Publisher	Pages	ISBN
Graphic Novels
1999	Gerrard's Quest	Mike Grell, Pop Mhan, Norman Le	Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...	112	ISBN 1-56971-403-7
2010	Path of the Planeswalker	Doug Beyer, Brady Dommermuth, Jenna Helland	Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...	192	ISBN 0-7869-5367-5
2011	Path of the Planeswalker II	Doug Beyer, Brady Dommermuth, Jenna Helland	Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...	160	ISBN 0-7869-5852-9
Compilations
2009	Artifacts Cycle I	J. Robert King, Jeff Grubb Jeff Grubb Jeff Grubb is an author and game designer. He has worked on a number of computer and role-playing games and has written a number of successful novels, short stories and comics...	Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...	720	ISBN 0-7869-5305-5
2009	Artifacts Cycle II	Lynn Abbey Lynn Abbey Lynn Abbey is an American computer programmer and author.-Background:Born in Peekskill, New York, Abbey was daughter of Ronald Lionel and Doris Lorraine . She attended the University of Rochester, where she began as an astrophysics major. She earned a A.B... , J. Robert King, Loren L. Coleman	Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...	768	ISBN 0-7869-5306-3

The Planeswalker's Guide Series

The Planeswalker's Guide Series was a planned series of novels which were to start with A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara in September 2008. Each novel was going to contain information, concept art, card art, etc... about the plane it is dedicated to. The series was later changed to web article series after the first book did not sell as well as the publisher hoped.

Year	Title	Author	Pages	ISBN
2008	A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara	Doug Beyer, Jenna Helland	160	ISBN 0-7869-5124-9

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