Library of Leng archives decades of articles about Magic: The Gathering
The Library of Leng is an online archive that has indexed over 208,000 articles related to Magic: The Gathering, some dating back to the game's inception in the 1990s. Created by Gregor Stocks, the archive links articles to their original sources and preserves content from defunct fan sites. The project aims to document the history of Magic writing, which has largely disappeared due to the closure of websites and deletion of archives.
- ▪The Library of Leng has indexed more than 208,000 articles about Magic: The Gathering.
- ▪Gregor Stocks built the searchable database and links each entry to its original source.
- ▪The archive preserves work from defunct fan sites and aims to document the history of Magic writing.
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Library of Leng archives decades of articles about Magic: The Gathering Rob Beschizza 5:13 am Fri May 29, 2026 Wachiwit/Shutterstock.com An online archive called Library of Leng has indexed more than 208,000 articles about Magic: The Gathering, some dating to the card game's first years in the 1990s. [via 404 Media] The site is the work of Gregor Stocks, a software engineer who built the searchable database of old Magic writing and linked each entry to its original source. When a source is offline, Stocks points to a working copy on the Internet Archive. With an author's permission, the site rehosts pieces that publishers no longer carry.
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