The witches of the coast will no longer publish in Russian or Korean Magic: Gathering cards. Today, Wizards of the Coast announced that it will stop using Russian, Korean and (Traditional) Chinese. Magic: The Gathering Cards starting with the Dominaria United collection. From now on, Wizards of the Coast will be published Magic: The Gathering Products in eight languages - English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), French, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese. in addition to, Magic: The Gathering Arena It will continue to support the Koreans and the Russians. No reasons have been given as to why Wizards of the Coast has discontinued support in the other three languages, other than that they have been constantly evaluating their product line. Wizards also note that some smaller card decks (such as the 2022 Commander Decks) will only be published in select languages.
This actually represents the second time that Magic: The Gathering Ended support for Korean and Chinese (Traditional) cards. Wizards of the Coast have printed the cards in both languages starting with the fourth edition. It finished its first run of Korean language cards beginning with Legacy Uzra in 1999 and ended with printing of Chinese (traditional) cards beginning with Darksteel in 2004. Russian language cards were published starting in 2005 and support for Chinese (traditional) resumed in 2011 and Korean language cards resumed In 2012.
Of course, Russian chip cards have become notorious for their high price in the secondary market due to their relative rarity compared to the English card. One of these cards – Stomping Ground – has become something of a meme card in Legacy format as an alternative to the Taiga Land card, where players can show their fortune using the Russian-language Stomping Ground card instead of the standard Taiga card.
The language changes will take effect starting with the Dominaria United card deck, which will be released on September 9.
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