2013Aaron Forsythe, Mark L. Gottlieb, Zac Hill, Alexis Janson, Erik Lauer, Mark Rosewater, Sam Stoddard, Matt Tabak
- Videos
- 12
- Creators
- 1
2 - 0 players20 - 0 min

2026Mark Rosewater
From BoardGameGeek
A collectible trading card game for 2-4 players that uses a single deck of 45 cards. Players take turns playing mood cards to score the most points at the end of each round. The first player to win 3 rounds is the winner of the game. Mood Swings has fun card interactions, adaptability, collecting, and trading-but in the style of a traditional card game, something you could buy off the shelf and play immediately. While there's no necessary deck building, it's still a trading card game, which means each deck is not the same. You will get 45 cards (23 common, 14 uncommon, 6 rare, and 2 mythic rare cards), all randomized. If you go to your friend's house and play their copy of Mood Swings, the cards won't all be the same. You'll recognize some of the cards, but others will be new to you. The game, as Magic's creator Richard Garfield likes to describe trading card games, is "bigger than the box," meaning each game uses some of the pieces but not all of them. In total, Mood Swings has 133 cards-48 commons, 40 uncommons, 30 rares, and 15 mythic rares. Each copy of Mood Swings will include 45 of those 133 cards. The game uses Magic's five colors, and the art on the cards are all sketches from published Magic art, but the cards each represent an emotion or mood.
Mood Swings has 3 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 2 how-to-play guides. They date from May to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Mood Swings Explained | A New Game From Mark Rosewater" by Good Time Society, which runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Mood Swings Review - Magic: The Partying?" by The Dice Tower.
If you like it, try Magic: The Gathering – Dragon's Maze, Magic: The Gathering – Innistrad: Crimson Vow, Magic: The Gathering – Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Magic: The Gathering – Throne of Eldraine, also by Mark Rosewater.
2013Aaron Forsythe, Mark L. Gottlieb, Zac Hill, Alexis Janson, Erik Lauer, Mark Rosewater, Sam Stoddard, Matt Tabak
2 - 0 players20 - 0 min
2021Doug Beyer, Corey Bowen, Andrew Brown, Ethan Fleischer, Bryan Hawley, Daniel Holt, Chris Mooney, Kenneth Nagle, Ari Nieh, Mark Rosewater, Annie Sardelis, Andrew Veen
2 - 8 players0 minHeavy weight
2021Doug Beyer, Andrew Brown, Ethan Fleischer, Mark L. Gottlieb, Bryan Hawley, Jenna Helland, Ari Nieh, Mark Rosewater, Annie Sardelis, James Wyatt
2 - 8 players0 minHeavy weight
2019Doug Beyer, Andrew Brown, Melissa DeTora, Kelly Digges, Ian Duke, Ethan Fleischer, Mark L. Gottlieb, Jenna Helland, Daniel Holt, Erik Lauer, Peter Lee, Ari Nieh, Mark Rosewater, Annie Sardelis, Sam Stoddard, James Wyatt
2 - 8 players0 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
A collectible trading card game for 2-4 players that uses a single deck of 45 cards. Players take turns playing mood cards to score the most points at the end of each round. The first player to win 3 rounds is the winner of the game. Mood Swings has fun card interactions, adaptability, collecting, and trading-but in the style of a traditional card game, something you could buy off the shelf and play immediately. While there's no necessary deck building, it's still a trading card game, which means each deck is not the same. You will get 45 cards (23 common, 14 uncommon, 6 rare, and 2 mythic rare cards), all randomized. If you go to your friend's house and play their copy of Mood Swings, the cards won't all be the same. You'll recognize some of the cards, but others will be new to you. The game, as Magic's creator Richard Garfield likes to describe trading card games, is "bigger than the box," meaning each game uses some of the pieces but not all of them. In total, Mood Swings has 133 cards-48 commons, 40 uncommons, 30 rares, and 15 mythic rares. Each copy of Mood Swings will include 45 of those 133 cards. The game uses Magic's five colors, and the art on the cards are all sketches from published Magic art, but the cards each represent an emotion or mood.
Designer
Mark Rosewater
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
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