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Magic: The Gathering has a secret language that few can translate<\/div>\n
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As complicated as Magic: The Gathering<\/em> is \u2014 with all its various and ever-changing keywords, strategies, products, storylines, even entire gameplay formats \u2014 would you believe it also has its own secret language? <\/p>\n

Phyrexian was first introduced in 2010. It\u2019s a language spoken in-fiction by a loathsome species of cybernetic monsters on the plane of Phyrexia. Publisher Wizards of the Coast has never completely explained how it works. So, for more than a dozen years now, a dedicated group of amateurs has been working to translate it, going card by card with only a few lines of new text occasionally delivered with new sets of cards. What they\u2019ve discovered is a tongue that\u2019s simultaneously alien and also very much a part of our world.<\/p>\n

Fernando Franco F\u00e9lix, a science advisor for PBS\u2019 Space Time<\/a>, is perhaps the foremost expert in Phyrexian outside of Wizards. A polyglot \u2014 that is, a master of multiple languages, in this case including English, Spanish, and Esperanto \u2014 he\u2019s been fascinated with Phyrexian for years now, and maintains a small but dedicated following on YouTube<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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