--- title: Burglars Steal $75,000 in Magic: The Gathering Cards description: Two burglars allegedly stole $75,000 in Magic the Gathering trading cards from a Texas store on Sunday canonical: https://time.com/4195192/magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-texas/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-27T00:48:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:09:07.462Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Burglars Steal $75,000 in Magic: The Gathering Cards From Texas Store og:description: A detective who plays Magic: The Gathering is on the case og:url: https://time.com/4195192/magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-texas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Burglars Steal $75,000 in Magic: The Gathering Cards From Texas Store twitter:description: A detective who plays Magic: The Gathering is on the case twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Burglars Steal $75,000 in Magic: The Gathering Cards From Texas Store  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 27, 2016 12:48 AM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 27, 2016 12:48 AM CUT Two burglars allegedly [stole $75,000 in Magic: The Gathering trading cards](http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/75000-in-magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-austin-s/nqCmg/ "undefined") from an Austin, Tex. store on Sunday, according to the card shop’s owner. The thieves were caught on security camera breaking into [Pat’s Games](http://www.patsgames.com/ "undefined"), which specializes in selling the popular trading cards, and making off with more than 300 of the store’s most valuable cards, the Austin _American-Statesman_ reports. Store owner Pat Johnson told the newspaper Austin police assigned a detective who plays [Magic: The Gathering](http://magic.wizards.com/ "undefined") to the case. “He understands the value, and he understands what the cards look like,” she said. “I can’t tell you how helpful that is.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4195192/magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-texas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4195192/magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-texas/"},"headline":"Burglars Steal $75,000 in Magic: The Gathering Cards From Texas Store","datePublished":"2016-01-27T00:48:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:09:07.462Z","description":"A detective who plays Magic: The Gathering is on the case","url":"https://time.com/4195192/magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-texas/","keywords":["Texas"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4195192/magic-the-gathering-cards-stolen-texas/","name":"Burglars Steal $75,000 in Magic: The Gathering Cards From Texas Store"}}]}] ```