The year 2001 was the ninth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.
Events[ | ]
Date | Event |
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Early 2000 | The Dojo closes down. |
January | Peter Adkison resigns from Wizards of the Coast. |
February | The Wizards of the Coast Game Center closes down. |
February | Last edition of TopDeck magazine |
February, 2-4 | Pro Tour Los Angeles. Won by Michael Pustilnik. |
February, 5 | Release of Planeshift. |
February, 21 | The Guru program is discontinued. |
March, 16-18 | Pro Tour Tokyo. Won by Zvi Mowshowitz. |
April | First Magic content on Magicthegathering.com |
April, 11 | Release of Seventh Edition. |
May, 4-6 | Pro Tour Barcelona. Won by Kai Budde. |
June, 4 | Release of Apocalypse.
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June, 21 | Release of the Magic: The Gathering computer game created by Saga.
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August, 8-12 | 2001 World Championships in Toronto, Canada, won by Tom van de Logt.
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September, 7-9 | Pro Tour New York, won by team Phoenix Foundation (Kai Budde, Dirk Baberowski and Marco Blume). |
October, 1 | Release of Odyssey.
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October, 5-7 | Magic Invitational in Capetown, South Africa. Won by Kai Budde. |
November, 2-4 | Pro Tour New Orleans, won by Kai Budde.
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December | Release of the 2001 World Championship Decks. |
December | Release of the Deckmasters 2001 box set; two decks designed by Richard Garfield and Jon Finkel.
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Player of the Year: Kai Budde | |
Rookie of the Year: Katsuhiro Mori |
Publications[ | ]
- Planeshift (February)
- Johan (April)
- Apocalypse (June)
- The Dragons of Magic (August)
- Odyssey (September)
- Jedit (December)
- Magic: The Gathering Official Encyclopedia - Volume 6
First involved[ | ]
Wizards of the Coast[ | ]
- Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar (writer)
R&D[ | ]
Artists[ | ]
Planeshift
- Peter Bollinger
- Ron Walotsky
Seventh Edition
- Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- James Bernardin
- John Gallagher
- Kunio Hagio
- Michael Koelsch
- Mike Sass
- Monte Michael Moore
- Patrick Faricy
- Tristan Elwell
Apocalypse
- Bob Petillo
Odyssey
- Jeff Remmer
- Justin Sweet
- Keith Garletts
- Rick Farrell