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The year 2001 was the ninth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date	Event
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. The set doubled the amount of enemy colored gold cards in existence.
June, 21	Release of the Magic: The Gathering computer game created by Saga. Featuring the digital Sega Dreamcast Game Cards
August, 8-12	2001 World Championships in Toronto, Canada, won by Tom van de Logt. Team champions: United States of America.
September, 7-9	Pro Tour New York, won by team Phoenix Foundation (Kai Budde, Dirk Baberowski and Marco Blume).
October, 1	Release of Odyssey. Introduction of the tombstone icon.
October, 5-7	Magic Invitational in Capetown, South Africa. Won by Kai Budde.
November, 2-4	Pro Tour New Orleans, won by Kai Budde. Michelle Bush first female player to place in the top eight at an individual premier event.
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. Another precursor to the Duel Decks series and the Holiday Gift Box.
	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

R&D

Brian Tinsman

Artists

Planeshift

Peter Bollinger
Ron Walotsky

Seventh Edition

James Bernardin
John Gallagher
Michael Koelsch
Mike Sass
Monte Michael Moore
Patrick Faricy

Apocalypse

Alex Horley-Orlandelli
Bob Petillo

Odyssey

Jeff Remmer
Justin Sweet
Keith Garletts
Rick Farrell

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 The year '''2001''' was the ninth year of existence for ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''.
 == Events ==
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 |Early 2000
-|
 |[[The Dojo]] closes down.
 |-
 | January
+| [[Peter Adkison]] resigns from [[Wizards of the Coast]].
-|
-| [[Peter Adkison]] sells [[Wizards of the Coast]] to [[Hasbro]].
 |-
 | February
-|
 | The [[Wizards of the Coast Game Center]] closes down.
 |-
 | February
-|
 |Last edition of [[The Duelist#TopDeck|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]]''.
 * The set doubled the amount of [[enemy color]]ed [[gold]] cards in existence.
 |-
 | June, 21
-|
 | Release of the [[Magic: The Gathering (Sega)|''Magic: The Gathering'' computer game]] created by Saga.
 * Featuring the digital [[Sega Dreamcast Game Cards]]
 |-
 | August, 8-12
-|
 |[[2001 World Championships]] in Toronto, Canada, won by [[Tom van de Logt]].
 * Team champions: United States of America.
 |-
 |September, 7-9
+|Pro Tour New York, won by team Phoenix Foundation ([[Kai Budde]], [[Dirk Baberowski]] and [[Marco Blume]]).
-|
-|Pro Tour New York, won by by team Phoenix Foundation ([[Kai Budde]], [[Dirk Baberowski]] and [[Marco Blume]]).
 |-
 | October, 1
-|
 |Release of ''[[Odyssey]]''.
 * Introduction of the [[tombstone icon]].
 |-
 |October, 5-7
-|
 |[[Magic Invitational]] in Capetown, South Africa. Won by [[Kai Budde]].
 |-
 |November, 2-4
-|
 |Pro Tour New Orleans, won by [[Kai Budde]].
 * [[Michelle Bush]] first female player to place in the top eight at an individual premier event.
 |-
 |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]].
 * Another precursor to the [[Duel Decks]] series and the [[Holiday Gift Box]].
 |-
-|
 |
 |[[Player of the Year]]: [[Kai Budde]]
 |-
-|
 |
 |[[Rookie of the Year]]: [[Katsuhiro Mori]]
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 ==Publications==
 * [[Planeshift (novel)|Planeshift]] (February)
-* [[Johan (book)|Johan]] (April)
+* [[Johan (novel)|Johan]] (April)
 * [[Apocalypse (novel)|Apocalypse]] (June)
 * [[The Dragons of Magic]] (August)
 * [[Odyssey (novel)|Odyssey]] (September)
-* [[Jedit (book)|Jedit]] (December)
+* [[Jedit (novel)|Jedit]] (December)
-* [[Magic Official Encyclopedia|Magic: The Gathering Official Encyclopedia - Volume 6]]
+* [[Magic: The Gathering Official Encyclopedia]] - Volume 6
 ==First involved==
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 * [[Keith Garletts]]
 * [[Rick Farrell]]
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 [[Category:2001]]