>>150949382
>Yes a a fucking reference.
yes, and the entire card game was expanded out of that reference, which you don't seem to get.
>The game wasn't a MTG ripoff, you retard. Hell MTG wasn't the one to invent the concept of hard games
it was the one to invent the concept of trading card games.

here is the page with the first ever mention of the card game in the manga.