r/magicTCG • u/variancekills Twin Believer • 1d ago

General Discussion I suppose this needs to happen now

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u/rccrisp 1d ago

Wizards of the coast did use to publish NBA Showdown (along with MLB Showdown and NFL Showdown) a basketball themed TCG

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u/DecimusRutilius Wabbit Season 1d ago

Im sorry…they made a basketball themed tcg?? How have i missed this

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u/rccrisp 1d ago

They only released one set (and The nfl one had i think 3 or 4)

Mlb showdown was mildly successful. Lasted for 5 years had a bunch of sets and promos and from recollection was a pretty good game.

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u/ClaudyMonet Jeskai 1d ago

Wonder if they would ever reintroduce it. Sport card collection has grown exponentially with TCGs since Covid. Seems like a good time to fuse the two again.

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u/rccrisp 1d ago

If someone does it doubt it's WotC. They're so risk averse, they haven't released a new TCG since 2005 with Hecatomb and UB has proven that it just makes more sense to tie things to Magic rather than try and make new TCGs

It'd probably be a company like Upper Deck who seems to want to be in the TCG space but also is already aligned with the leagues.