Rhea Seehorn’s acting debut as a sorceress in 1997’s Magic: The Gathering PC game has gone viral following the success of Pluribus.
Created by Breaking Bad mastermind Vince Gilligan, Pluribus follows Rhea Seehorn’s Carol in the aftermath of an alien invasion that’s united almost all of humanity in a seemingly-blissful hivenmind. The first season wrapped up shortly before Christmas and Seehorn has already won the Critic’s Choice Award for Best Actress for her role.
Following the success of Pluribus, footage of Seehorn’s professional acting debut has gone viral on social media. The brief clip sees Seehorn plan a Sorceress during the tutorial of Magic: The Gathering, a PC version of the hit card game that was released back in 1997. The whole 90-minute tutorial can be seen in full on YouTube.
“It was so low-budget that they didn’t have shoes but they wanted it to look like we were wearing gladiator sorcerer boots or whatever, so we were just wearing tube socks with electrical tape in criss cross fashion,” Seehorn explained in a recent interview.
“I was so excited that my photo was on the back [of the game’s case] that I went to Best Buy and I couldn’t afford whatever the game cost back then, maybe $45 or something. I showed them my picture on the back and told them it was me. I asked ‘could you give me a copy’ and they were like ‘no. What is wrong with you?’.”
She came a long way https://t.co/k8KMEN3gT3
— chase cheese (@yerdme445) January 2, 2026
According to IMDB, Seehorn followed up her role in Magic: The Gathering with an appearance in Homicide: Life On The Streets before landing a recurring role in comedy I’m With Her. She got her breakout role playing Kim Wexler in Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul but hasn’t returned to the world of video games since.
Last month, Gilligan responded to a fan theory that compared Pluribus to a real-life version of Grand Theft Auto.
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