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Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2012) by AgentEpsilon on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:22AM (#15713871)
No it isn't.

I can forgive the extremely contrived decks, but using a card to completely change the behavior of the majority of your cards doesn't mean the game itself is Turing complete. If anything, this is just showing how you can utilize Magic game mechanics to create a Turing Machine.

Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2012) by rhaps0dy on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:23AM (#15713882)
>the game itself is Turing complete [...] you can utilize Magic game mechanics to create a Turing Machine

Aren't those two statements equivalent?

Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2012) by cgmg on Thursday November 16, 2017 @11:43AM (#15714102)
> this is just showing how you can utilize Magic game mechanics to create a Turing Machine

I believe that is the point.