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Magic: the Gathering Is Turing Complete

Posted by Soulskill on from the nerd-crossover dept.

TsukiKage writes "A 50-card M:tG combo for four players is demonstrated that is used to construct a simple Turing machine, performing arbitrary computations just by following the rules of Magic and card text thereafter."

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  1. Magic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who in their right mind would play such obvious trash?

    PS. DND isn't any better.

  2. Reminded of a line from a movie... by TWX · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "A 50-card M:tG combo for four players is demonstrated that is used to construct a simple Turing machine, performing arbitrary computations just by following the rules of Magic and card text thereafter."

    NERDS!

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