2005

The year 2005 was the thirteenth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date		Event
January 1		Walk out at MTGNews. Rise of MTG Salvation.
January 25		Launch of the third You Make the Card.
January 28-30		Pro Tour Nagoya, Japan. Won by Template:Flagicon JPN Shu Komuro.
February 4		Release of Betrayers of Kamigawa
March 11-13		Pro Tour Atlanta, won by team Nova (Template:Flagicon CAN Gabriel Tsang, Template:Flagicon CAN David Rood and Template:Flagicon FRA Gabriel Nassif).
May 6-8		Pro Tour Philadelphia. Won by Template:Flagicon USA Gadiel Szleifer.
May 17-20		Magic Invitational in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon MYS Terry Soh. Hosted by Magic Online on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
June 3		Release of Saviors of Kamigawa.
June 6		Announcement of the creation of the Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame.
July 8-10		Pro Tour London. Won by Template:Flagicon BEL Geoffrey Siron. Start of the Pro Players Club.
July 29		Release of Ninth Edition. First set printed in the Russian language. The last white-bordered set. Introduction of Auras. Introduction of reminder text for basic keywords like Flying. Redesign of fat packs.
October 7		Release of Ravnica: City of Guilds. Start of the Fourth Stage of Design. Introduction of the first bicolored Guilds of Ravnica: Boros, Dimir, Golgari and Selesnya. First broad use of watermarks. Introduction of hybrid mana. Introduction of Pro Tour Player Cards.
October 22		Starter 1999, Starter 2000, Portal, Portal Second Age and Portal Three Kingdoms become legal in Legacy and Vintage.
October 28-30		Pro Tour Los Angeles. Won by Template:Flagicon FRA Antoine Ruel.
November 30 - December 4		2005 Magic World Championships in Yokahama, Japan. Won by Template:Flagicon JPN Katsuhiro Mori. Team champions: Template:Flagicon JPN Japan.
		Player of the Year: Template:Flagicon JPN Kenji Tsumura
		Rookie of the Year: Template:Flagicon FRA Pierre Canali
		Hall of Fame inductees Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel Template:Flagicon USA Darwin Kastle Template:Flagicon USA Tommi Hovi Template:Flagicon FIN Alan Comer Template:Flagicon SWE Olle Råde

Publications

• Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa (January)
• Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa (May)
• Ravnica: City of Guilds (September)

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

• Scott Norris (art director)

R&D

• John Carter
• Mark Gottlieb
• Mons Johnson
• Paul Sottosanti
• Jonathan Tweet
• Justin Webb

Artists

Betrayers of Kamigawa

• Cara Mitten

Saviors of Kamigawa

• Eric Polak

9th Edition

• Simon Bisley

Ravnica: City of Guilds

• Brandon Kitkouski
• Chengo McFlingers
• Chris Dien
• Gabor Szikszai
• Glenn Fabry
• Jen Page
• Michael Phillippi
• Nick Pecival
• Richard Wright
• Stephan Martiniere
• Zoltan Boros