It seems to me that most magic players are also high-level mathematicians...

Is it just me, or is there a correlation here?

Magic is a game of math, with many calculations, simple statistics, and other undeterminable variables.


Is this game more attractive for those mathematically inclined?


A good example to the contrary is my friend, and teammate Colton Geneva, who is one of the funniest guys you could ever know, and isn't a terrible player, but he happens to totally suck at math, but he is the only person I know for this to be true.


I myself happen to be more mathematically inclined however, as it is the only topic I actually enjoyed (until Calc my junior year).

So, I guess it boils down to this:

Since this is a game of math, does it attract people who are good at math?