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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7321387" data-attributes="member: 22424">I don't believe it. My understanding of Hasbro's MO is that they're more likely to put under-performing brands into mothballs, with a view to potentially reviving them in some years time. It's not completely unknown for them to sell IP, but it's not terribly common.And the timing is all wrong, too - if Magic is "on a downward slope and plateauing" then the time to sell is now, not in 3-5 years.The only caveat I'm inclined to put on that is that maybe Hasbro want to see how the D&D movie does, with a view to keeping WotC if it does really well but selling otherwise. But my gut feeling is that that's putting way too much importance on that movie...I'd be inclined to agree with Jacob Marley - there's a not-terrible chance that Disney might be interested in buying Hasbro as a whole. Whether that's true or not, I'd bet is more likely to see WotC bought by some other media company than becoming independent again.To answer your other questions: yes, Hasbro could of course sell (or license out) Magic without D&D, or vice versa. And regarding the digital initiatives and movies, it depends - it depends on the exact details of any acquisition, and also on the details of whatever licensing agreements currently exist (just as, for instance, when WotC acquired TSR, they had to honour Courtney Solomon's right to make a D&D movie).</blockquote>