In Magic School, players must work together to associate the magical objects with their owners. At the beginning, all the cards are shuffled and placed in a pile, face down, on the table. On their turn, each player draws a card, shows it to everyone and puts it face-down on the table.

If the players think that the card drawn matches a card that is already on the table, they put it on top of it. Otherwise, they place it next to it. When all cards have been drawn, the 16 pairs created are checked. Players win if they can match at least 10 pairs.