The overall success of some US companies in producing and selling their own series of token cards for Magic: The Gathering has not gone unnoticed internationally. Thus a French online cardstore located in Aix-en-Provence named Métagame's, which is also host of the French Magic website MagicVille, decided to join their ranks in 2003. Seven different token cards had been produced at first, but unlike most other token cards on the market, Métagame's used photographies of specially dressed and made-up female models instead of artwork to depict the individual token creatures. All tokens could be bought individually, for buying a complete set a buyer was awarded with an additional Goblin and Soldier token. 1000 copies of each card were printed, the Goblin and Soldier token were produced an additional 1000 times to supply the complete set offer bonus. In 2004, Métagame's had started to reprint their token cards with a slightly modified layout. The photo window had been enhanced, the corners had been rounded, and the outer border of the backside had been removed. A few copies of the Insect token ended up being square cut instead of the rounded ones. Métagame's has made it a habit to synchronize the publication of their new token cards with high-level tournament events. Beginning with 2005, Jess, a fellow Frenchman and creator of the Neo-Token token cards, supervised the artistic portion of the token card production. As a consequence, the photographies used for the cards were now heavily modified to add a surreal touch to them. Square corners were reintroduced to simplify the production process. Some tokens of the 2005 Series exist with either a white back or with a numbered white back. The last token was produced in 2006 the same year that Metagame's was closed. |
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Angel Token | Métagame's product | 2003-12 | YES | ||||
002 | Bear Token | Métagame's product | 2003-12 | YES | ||||
003 | Demon Token | Métagame's product | 2003-12 | YES | ||||
004 | Goblin Token | Métagame's product | 2003-12 | YES | ||||
005 | Soldier Token | Métagame's product | 2003-12 | YES | ||||
006 | Spirit Token | Métagame's product | 2003-12 | YES | ||||
007 | Zombie Token | Métagame's product | 2003-12 | YES | ||||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Token Angel | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Zurich | 2004-06-26 | YES | ||||
002 | Token Insect | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Zurich | 2004-06-26 | YES | ||||
003 | Token Insect (Square cut) | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Zurich | 2004-06-26 | YES | ||||
004 | Token Soldier | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Rimini | 2004-09-10 | YES | ||||
005 | Token Goblin | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Helsinki | 2004-11-06 | YES | ||||
006 | Token Spirit | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Helsinki | 2004-11-06 | YES | ||||
007 | Token Zombie | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Helsinki | 2004-11-06 | YES | ||||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Token Dragon | Ariok | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Cannes | 2005-02-26 | YES | |||
002 | Token Artifact | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Leipzig | 2005-03-25 | YES | |||
003 | Token Beast | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Lisbonne | 2005-04-23 | YES | |||
004 | Token Illusion | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Bologna | 2005-06-11 | YES | |||
005 | Token Snake | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Bologna | 2005-06-11 | YES | |||
006 | Token Bear | Jess | Métagame's product since French Championships in Aix en Provence | 2005-07-30 | YES | |||
007 | Token Demon | Jess | Métagame's product since French Championships in Aix en Provence | 2005-07-30 | YES | |||
008 | Token Saproling | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Bilbao | 2005-11-19 | YES | |||
009 | Token Faerie | Jess | Métagame's product since ? | 2005-? | YES | |||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Token Dragon | Ariok | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Cannes | 2005-02-26 | YES | |||
002 | Token Artifact | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Leipzig | 2005-03-25 | YES | |||
003 | Token Beast | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Lisbonne | 2005-04-23 | YES | |||
004 | Token Illusion | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Bologna | 2005-06-11 | YES | |||
005 | Token Snake | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Bologna | 2005-06-11 | YES | |||
006 | Token Bear | Jess | Métagame's product since French Championships in Aix en Provence | 2005-07-30 | YES | |||
007 | Token Demon | Jess | Métagame's product since French Championships in Aix en Provence | 2005-07-30 | YES | |||
008 | Token Saproling | Jess | Métagame's product since Grand Prix Bilbao | 2005-11-19 | YES | |||
009 | Token Faerie | Jess | Métagame's product since ? | 2005-? | YES | |||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Bat Token | Jess | Métagame's product since ? | 2006-? | YES | |||