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Wild Magic

Wild Magic

2026·Reiner Knizia

2 - 5 players
20 - 40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

The Wild Magic lives beyond our walls, untamed and ever-flowing. There, it gathers into sacred elemental pools protected by the Guardians. Channel this magic as it ebbs and flows from the elemental pools, through you, and into our world. Command the power of the elements and you alone will join the Guardians to protect the Wild Magic forever. Wild Magic is a set-collection game in which you aim to collect cards of the same element to play as “melds” in front of you. These melds score you points based on their strength. However, at the end of the game, if you have the weakest meld of an element, you must discard it and score nothing for that element. In addition, the player with the strongest meld of each element gains a power token worth bonus points. On your turn you may draw 2 cards, but will likely discard a card to its pool in the center of the table. In this way, cards tend to pool up in growing piles until someone spends their turn taking all of the cards in one pool, in which case they must meld cards in front of them. -description from the publisher

Wild Magic

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Learn to play

Wild Magic | How to Play | Learn to Play in 4 Minutes! | Create Mighty Melds of Elements4:46

Wild Magic | How to Play | Learn to Play in 4 Minutes! | Create Mighty Melds of Elements

kovray

kovray

Review

Wild Magic Review: It's a Kind of Magic10:31

Wild Magic Review: It's a Kind of Magic

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Which Wild Magic video should I watch?

Wild Magic has 4 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews and 2 how-to-play guides. They date from June to August 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Wild Magic | How to Play | Learn to Play in 4 Minutes! | Create Mighty Melds of Elements" by kovray, which runs 5 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Wild Magic Review: It's a Kind of Magic" by The Dice Tower.

If you like it, try Ra, Rebirth, The Quest for El Dorado and My City, also by Reiner Knizia.

All videos

Wild Magic Review: It's a Kind of MagicReview10:31

Wild Magic Review: It's a Kind of Magic

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Wild Magic | How to Play | Learn to Play in 4 Minutes! | Create Mighty Melds of ElementsHow to play4:46

Wild Magic | How to Play | Learn to Play in 4 Minutes! | Create Mighty Melds of Elements

kovray

kovray

All the Games with Steph: Wild Magic - TeachHow to play8:40

All the Games with Steph: Wild Magic - Teach

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Wild Magic Review- Throughts from @originsgamefairconvention 2026. Good Knizia Game, Meh Rules.Review10:37

Wild Magic Review- Throughts from @originsgamefairconvention 2026. Good Knizia Game, Meh Rules.

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About Wild Magic

From BoardGameGeek:

The Wild Magic lives beyond our walls, untamed and ever-flowing. There, it gathers into sacred elemental pools protected by the Guardians. Channel this magic as it ebbs and flows from the elemental pools, through you, and into our world. Command the power of the elements and you alone will join the Guardians to protect the Wild Magic forever. Wild Magic is a set-collection game in which you aim to collect cards of the same element to play as “melds” in front of you. These melds score you points based on their strength. However, at the end of the game, if you have the weakest meld of an element, you must discard it and score nothing for that element. In addition, the player with the strongest meld of each element gains a power token worth bonus points. On your turn you may draw 2 cards, but will likely discard a card to its pool in the center of the table. In this way, cards tend to pool up in growing piles until someone spends their turn taking all of the cards in one pool, in which case they must meld cards in front of them. -description from the publisher

Designer

Reiner Knizia

Artist

Jacqui Davis

Publisher

GameHead

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