The year 1998 was the sixth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.
Events[ | ]
Date | Event |
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First Judge Gift cards. | |
Early 1998 | Release of the alternate art APAC land promotional cards. |
January, 29 - February, 2 | Duelist Invitational in Rio de Janeiro. Won by Darwin Kastle. |
Winter | Second release of Vanguard cards in the Arena League. |
February | Re-release of the Microprose computergame in a special edition named Duels of the Planeswalkers. |
March, 2 | Release of Stronghold. |
March | Start of the Gerrard's Quest comic series published by Dark Horse Comics. |
March, 6-8 | Pro Tour Los Angeles, won by David Price. |
April, 17-19 | Pro Tour New York, won by Jon Finkel. |
May, 18 | First opening of a Wizards of the Coast game store. |
June, 15 | Release of Exodus, first set to use color-coding of the expansion symbol to indicate the rarity of the cards. |
June, 24 | Release of Portal Second Age, another attempt to make a simplified Magic set for beginners.
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July | PGI Limited, maker of the Havic: The Bothering parody set, banned from attending GenCon. |
August | Release of a poker deck box by Wizards of the Coast. |
August, 11 | Release of Unglued, the first supplemental set to be used outside of normal Magic. |
August, 12-16 | 1998 World Championships in Seattle. Winner is Brian Selden.
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Autumn | Third release of Vanguard cards in the Arena League. |
September, 25-27 | Pro Tour Chicago, won by Dirk Baberowski. |
September, 26 | Prerelease events for Urza's Saga, featuring the first release of a foil card (Lightning Dragon). |
October, 12 | Release of Urza's Saga, the first set to replace 60-card starter decks with 75-card tournament decks.
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Winter | Combo Winter, too many overpowered cards and combos fill the tournament formats. |
November | Release of the Anthologies box set, celebrating the fifth anniversary of Magic. |
November, 13-15 | Pro Tour Rome, won by Tommi Hovi. |
December | The DCI bans a large amount of cards. |
December | Release of the 1998 World Championship Decks. |
Player of the Year: Jon Finkel. | |
Rookie of the Year: Randy Buehler. |
Publications[ | ]
- The Brothers' War (May)
- Rath and Storm (July)
- Planeswalker (September)
- Magic: The Gathering Official Encyclopedia - Volume 3
- The Official Guide to Portal Second Age
- The Official Guide to Urza's Saga
- Advanced Strategy Guide
- The Art of Magic: The Gathering - The Rath Cycle
- Gerrard's Quest
First involved[ | ]
Wizards of the Coast[ | ]
- Chaz Elliott (art director)
- Ron Spears (as art director)
- Scott Larabee (organized play)
Artists[ | ]
Stronghold
Exodus
Portal Second Age
- Bradley Williams
- Cris Dornaus
- David Horne
- Henry van der Linde
- Jeffrey R. Busch
- Lubov
- Matt Stawicki
- Michael Weaver
- Sam Wood
Unglued
Urza's Saga
- Andrew Goldhawk
- Berry
- Brian Despain
- Christopher Moeller
- Greg Staples
- Henry G. Higgenbotham
- Mark Nelson
- Robh Ruppel
- Ron Spears
- Steve Firchow
- Tom Fleming
- Vincent Evans