The History of Trading Card Games, the TCG Timeline - TCG History

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TCG Time Capsule, the show where we take a look at the trading card games that failed and were destined for the bargain bins. Episode 3: the TCG Timeline. Rather than cover an individual cancelled card game as we usually do here on TCG Time capsule we are going to take a look at the history of all Trading card games and the entire TCG industry by splitting them into different eras. We cover the birth and history of Magic the gathering, the many many low quality games of the mid 2000s and the rise of card games like Yugioh! and Cardfight!! Vanguard!
We take a look at the history of all trading card games. We begin with the creation of Magic: the gathering in 1993 and from there divide the next 27 years into different TCG era, we talk about the many obscure trading card games released in the anime card game flood of the 2000s, The rise of digital card games, the boom and revival of card games beginning in 1999 from the release with the release of the Pokémon card game and later the release of the Yugioh! Trading card game!
This video was put together by a team or editors, researchers, writers, and one host all dedicated to preserving the history of collectible card games on the show TCG Time Capsule!
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[@TCGHistory]

This video took SO MUCH TIME! We are glad it's out as an important resource!

[@ShadGray]

Decipher launched Star Trek The Next Generation Customizable Card Game in 1994. It went on to release 13 full expansions (plus various special sets and decks), over the next 8 years, outliving most other TCGs. The Star Wars CCG was a result of Decipher's success with Trek, launching Star Wars in 1995 and running until 2001 (while the Trek game was still being produced). Both of these Decipher games were massive, with Star Wars rivaling, and sometimes overtaking, MTG in sales. This "history" seems to brush over the Trek game entirely, while only giving Star Wars a passing nod. They were, in fact, massively popular and fundamentally altered the [then] CCG landscape.

[@robertjfliegel8392]

Star Wars and LotR were awesome

[@Trim1013]

Love this channel. Best of luck. CANT wait to see more fun videos!

[@hugot8226]

Thank you so much for the recap. I'm building my own TCG and it's pure gold to know the real history.

[@Categoryonegames]

I think one thing that also impacted the card game market in that 2006-2009 range was World of Warcraft drawing in so many gamers to online play. Game stores sat empty as people gamed at home. Around 2011/2012, people wanted the social interaction and gaming with people aspect again and you saw a huge boom in European board games and card games. This also went hand in hand with many areas rebounding from that down economy.

[@spkoftdvl]

Amazing video! I remember starting to play Magic in 1997 and then discovering A LOT of different TCG of a lot of movies, books, comics, etc., something that I love. Sadly here in Argentina the TCG are expensive af.

[@Bitcointradingcards]

Great Job!! You did this extremely well.

[@Danny-sn7nl]

didn't tale note of the view count till very near then end of the video. Really great and informative, thank you.

[@richarddeaddecks1912]

This is really good stuff man.

[@shuffinginoblivion]

Oh man, I thought I would remember all these games, but I forgot about VS System, even though I played it a ton. Great video!

[@AyeThatsHandsomePete]

I appreciate the effort! Subscribed.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Hi, im new to ur channel & just subsrcibed.thank you for making videos on forgotten card games.can't wait for ur future videos :)

[@MKPL98]

Great channel and video!

[@RB-vf5px]

Wonderful video! Try and keep your eyes on the camera instead of up and to the right. I know camera presence is unusual, but that extra bit of 'eye contact' will increase viewer engagement. Great work! It would be interesting to hear you cover upcoming TCGs (such as Manifold by Mount Baker Games).

[@nireshneechetty8584]

Great video! Thank you

[@bertrandclassen6469]

Great video ! There is a Babylon 5 vibe with your setting

[@lloyd011721]

i know this is a 2 year old video, but whatever you have to the left of the screen that has your eyes glued to it needs to be put above or below your camera.

[@michaelhall736]

I remember buying Zatch Bell trading cards. It was pretty popular on Cartoon Network at the time. I never understood the rules or played the game but it was an anime I really liked at the time and some stores were selling booster packs of them $1 a piece and I was like "heck yeah!" If I found some today I would still get them because it was an anime in my childhood I loved to death.

[@hickknight]

Didn't that use a book of sorts, like how they use a book in the show to cast their spells? I remember playing a GBA game of some sort that played like a TCG in that way.

[@ungraded_treasures4057]

Great video

[@ramonmorales6831]

Instant subscribe bro.Thank you.

[@TCGHistory]

Glad you like it!

[@ramonmorales6831]

@@TCGHistory heres the thing.There is so much that needs to be covered.There isnt enough time in a day.Like coro coro exclusive cards.DBZ cards that were only realesed through magazine orders etc.Who knows about the dead anime cardgames everyone has forgot about what im saying is TCG’s dont get covered enough,we need more info on them whether they be English or japanese.But i thank you for what you guys are doing it is actually really inspiring and makes me wanna do my own research because i know somewhere out there.Their are guys like us wanting to know more about games people think are dead.I collect so many tcg’s i need to know more about where these cards came from,who played them and when.Why they got so popular etc.Sorry for the rant im just excited i found a little outlet for me to nerd out on card games

[@j453]

You gota move your que cards or monitor your reading from so you can stop looking of to the right. Other than that, awesome vid and thank you 👍

[@johnpohm412]

Just for the innovations it has tried to bring to card games, surprised you did not list Keyforge for 2018. Also Flesh and Blood and Metazoo would get a mention. Future of all three are of course uncertain, but each is attempting something different in approach to card games.

[@jandenscreationation]

I was waiting for those to be mentioned also.

[@princeLaharl2]

Awesome video! You should follow up with the newer stuff, like Flesh and Blood TCG, Lorcana, and Digimon.

[@endtimestcg5146]

13:55 the old Magic the Gathering pre 7th Edition Card style was so awesome.

[@duncanwalla7014]

This is an incredible video. The only thing that throws me off is that the narrator doesn’t look at the camera. It is distracting.

[@katarinaneuhartk4900]

What early 2000s kid doesn’t have a story about their teacher confiscateing they’re Yu-Gi-Oh cards

[@Warliet]

From the future looking at the past. At my closest LGS: Surviviors of the Pandemic Age: MtG, YGO, Weiss/Schwarz (dunno how i managed to keep my community together), Pokemon Games lost in the Pandamic Age: FoW, Dragon Ball, Final Fantasy, Digimon Newcomer Games (From Mid 2022 til Late August 2023): One Piece, Lorcana, Grand Archive, Flesh&Blood

[@Mayberrymojo]

You missed Flesh and Blood. Other than that, awesome video!

[@thoughtsonmtg2768]

Just wow!

[@tobinlent]

Well done! Very informative and entertaining!

[@MrFredazo]

21:33 heard "took a ton of mana hours" 😂

[@CageFreeLowFatSugarFreeRange]

You really showed a picture of a half empty store to signify "all time high tournament attendance" 🤣🤣🤣

[@CritickalTvRandom]

regards from south america. Great chanel better guy XD

[@mind-of-neo]

The widespread acceptance of teachers and other adults just straight up stealing from children has never ceased to amaze me.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

Feedback: title is misleading, even if you say at the start that you will be focusing on the USA market. no mention of the wow tcg when you later mention heathstone? props for even talking about digital tcgs, something very rare when covering such topics. forgot shadowverse though and on the last chaper the release of legends of runeterra, a game that in my opinion marks the next big phase of card games.

[@Sanvone]

Lack of WoW TCG was pretty glaring, as it was one of the few TCG that didn't fizzle out but rather were discontinued for their digital counterpart sake. Would also benefit the structure of video given that Hearthstone was mentioned

[@shadow_x_gear]

I wish I could remember the name of the tcg my 4th grade teacher taught me just because I'm curious to see what happen to it. It was a space theme tcg had colored decks, green was an alien deck and I think blue was a space marine deck

[@aaronchadwick8786]

I know this comment is a year old but it sounds like warhammer 40k since you mentioned aliens and space marines? I'm just not sure if they have an old card game.

[@nofakenews217]

I liked the video a lot good job. P.s. yugioh is my favorite tcg!!!

[@OtterGochez]

The future is Flesh and Blood. In James White we trust 🙏

[@TCGHistory]

What do you think will be the key events/trends of the current era?

[@Thelaretus]

Fun fact: 'Duel Monsters' originally named 'Wizards and Magic' was intended just to stand in for Magic: The Gathering (published by 'Wizards of the Coast'), without infringing copyright. I recommend everyone to learn and play Magic: The Gathering. It's much easier to understand and much slower-paced than Yu-Gi-Oh! and extremely fun, so learning it would give a new insight into the YGO game itself.

[@Sage16226]

Magic is boomer game. Play Yugioh

[@Thelaretus]

@@Sage16226 OK Zoomer

[@rpgdreamer8690]

@@Thelaretus flesh and blood is the new deal. Grandpa needs to retire

[@jacobjones9071]

Wotc was building that Monopoly like they owned all the properties on an entire side of a Monopoly board

[@Bloody-Butterfly]

I played Redakai!

[@alikcd]

Hey you’re from the digibros!

[@dotdotdotPaul]

A decade is 10 years. MtG came out in 93, which was "only" 27 years ago, less than 3 decades ago, not "almost 4 decades"

[@blazetcg]

Sports cards were made that long ago

[@eskimolingus]

was future sight a one piece reference?

[@rokmare]

The problem with most of the anime based card games besides yugioh and Pokemon was how lazy they were instead of using original art work they just take clips from the shows and almost all of them plays the same with very little variation and most of them where promoted in comic and anime conventions

[@Trim1013]

Wonder what the big 3 would’ve been before Pokemon. Maybe not all of the 3 are super popular like yugioh and pokemon but like the 3 most popular during 1996.

[@TCGHistory]

Just guessing off the top of my head but I'd say Magic, Star Wars, then either Star Trek or On The Edge

[@Trim1013]

@@TCGHistory why thank you for the reply!

[@shanehorton4022]

U legit miss dual master n the og Naruto tcg

[@Serjohn]

talking about the history of card games without Dueling Network and ygopro is invalid, fanmade tcg simulators is the only reason i like card games

[@jobadirk6371]

I wonder what this generation will mean

no guardians, harry potter...?

[@jobadirk6371]

so many bad anime card games

[@michaelhall736]

The oldest training card game of all time is Koi Koi.

koi koi is played with a standard hanafuda deck, it's as much a tcg as poker.