After the meeting, Garfield remained in Oregon to contemplate Adkison's advice. While hiking near Multnomah Falls, he was inspired to take his Five Magics concept but apply it to collectible color-themed cards, so that each player could make a customizable deck, something each player could consider part of their identity. Garfield arranged to meet with Adkison back in Seattle within the week, and when Adkison heard the idea, he recognized the potential that this would be a game that could be expanded on indefinitely with new cards in contrast to most typical tabletop games; Adkison later wrote on the idea on a USENET post "If executed properly, [the cards] would make us millions." Adkison immediately agreed to produce it.
After the meeting Garfield remained in Oregon to contemplate Adkison's advice While hiking near Multnomah Falls he was inspired to take his Five Magics concept but apply it to collectible color-themed cards so that each player could make a customizable deck something each player could consider part of their identity Garfield arranged to meet with Adkison back in Seattle within the week and when Adkison heard the idea he recognized the potential that this would be a game that could be expanded on indefinitely with new cards in contrast to most typical tabletop games; Adkison later wrote on the idea on a USENET post "If executed properly [the cards] would make us millions" Adkison immediately agreed to produce it