known to occasionally give out promotional cards from upcoming Magic: The Gathering releases. In addition to Magic, it also served as a way for Wizards to introduce players to other products it owned, including the moderately obscure Vampire: The Eternal Struggle and the more popular Legend of the Five Rings. Other card games were profiled, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Magic gradually lost the magazine's focus as it put more emphasis on up-and-coming card games; with Pokémon's immediate North American success, The Duelist was converted into a dual-format publication, with general separate sections for Magic and Pokémon. By this time, it had already expanded to covering video games and others. Reception The Duelist won the Origins Award for Best Professional Gaming Magazine of 1994. References External links Official site for Magic: The Gathering Monthly magazines published in the United States Quarterly magazines published in the United States Card game magazines Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1993 Magazines disestablished in 1999 Magazines published in Washington (state) Magic: The Gathering publications Origins Award winners Wizards of the Coast magazines