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==Description==
The ''BattleTech Trading Card Game'' was designed by [[Richard Garfield]], the designer of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''; both games use a similar style of gameplay and card distribution. It was produced from November 1996 through 2001{{Dubious|date=September 2024}},<ref name="MILLER2">{{Citation |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |title=Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide, Second Edition | year=2003 |pages=87–95 |postscript=.}}</ref> and features BattleMechs, characters, and technology from the original ''BattleTech'' board game, with new artwork done by various artists.
==Gameplay==
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==Sets==
The game was released in November 1996 with a Limited base set (with black bordered cards), followed by Unlimited base set in February 1997 (with teal-blue border).<ref name=":0" />
In July 1998, Wizards of the Coast released ''Commander's Edition'', a redesign of the base set and its third release following the limited and unlimited sets.<ref name="Hannes">{{cite magazine|title=building a better BattleTech|last=Hannes|first=Jeff|issue=39|magazine=[[InQuest Gamer|InQuest]]|publisher=[[Wizard Entertainment]]|pages=14|date=July 1998}}</ref> The company's assistant brand manager Michael Brooks stated that ''Commander's Edition'' was the game the company "ideally would have put out the first time around".<ref name="Hannes" /> This was not a reprint, though, as it included cards from expansion sets and removed cards that were not useful or otherwise "broken".<ref name="Hannes" /> It was sold in 60-card starter decks and 15-card [[booster pack]]s.<ref name="Hannes" />▼
* Counterstrike (April 1997)<ref name="Duelist4">{{Citation |
* Mercenaries (August 1997) <ref name="Duelist4" /><ref name=":0" />
* Mechwarrior (August 1997) <ref name=":0" />
* Arsenal (March 1998)<ref name=":0" />
* Crusade (November 1998)<ref name=":0" />
▲In July<ref name=":0" /> or August 1998<ref name="Hannes" />, Wizards of the Coast released ''Commander's Edition'', a redesign of the base set and its third release following the limited and unlimited sets.<ref name="Hannes">{{cite magazine|title=building a better BattleTech|last=Hannes|first=Jeff|issue=39|magazine=[[InQuest Gamer|InQuest]]|publisher=[[Wizard Entertainment]]|pages=14|date=July 1998}}</ref> The company's assistant brand manager Michael Brooks stated that ''Commander's Edition'' was the game the company "ideally would have put out the first time around".<ref name="Hannes" /> This was not a reprint, though, as it included cards from expansion sets and removed cards that were not useful or otherwise "broken".<ref name="Hannes" /> It was sold in 60-card starter decks and 15-card [[booster pack]]s.<ref name="Hannes" />
==Reception==
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