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|Pro Tour Honolulu, USA. Won by {{flagicon USA}} [[Mark Herberholz]]. |
|Pro Tour Honolulu, USA. Won by {{flagicon USA}} [[Mark Herberholz]]. |
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| + | * Start of the 2006 Pro Tour season, now overlapping with the calendar year. |
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|Release of ''[[Coldsnap]]'' |
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| + | * Replacing ''[[Homelands]]'' as a member of the [[Ice Age block]]. |
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|WotC announces another [[Price#September 2006|price increase]] for both paper and online product. |
|WotC announces another [[Price#September 2006|price increase]] for both paper and online product. |
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| + | |Wizards of the Coast announces a strategic partnership with [[Ultra Pro]]. |
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| + | |Start of [[The Great Designer Search]]. |
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| − | |Release of ''[[Time Spiral]]'' |
+ | |Release of the nostalgia-themed ''[[Time Spiral]]''. |
| + | * First appearance of [[timeshifted]] cards, featuring the old ''[[Seventh Edition]]'' [[card frame]] and a new [[purple]] [[expansion symbol]]. |
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| + | * First set to use a new premium card distribution method where [[foil]] cards of all rarities replace a common card in [[booster packs]]. |
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* [[Time Spiral (novel)|Time Spiral]] (September) |
* [[Time Spiral (novel)|Time Spiral]] (September) |
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==First involved== |
==First involved== |
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| + | * [[Kelly Digges]] (editor) |
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==R&D== |
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* [[Zvi Mowshowitz]] |
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Revision as of 16:11, 1 January 2016
The year 2006 was the fourteenth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.
Events
| Date | Event | |
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| January 19 | Wizards of the Coast files suit against Daron Rutter (screen name: rancored_elf) and several unknown persons over several card spoiler lists posted on the MTG Salvation forums. | |
| February 3 | Release of Guildpact | |
| March 3-5 | Pro Tour Honolulu, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon USA Mark Herberholz.
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| March 31 | Hobby Shop Lotus Kotesashi in Tokorozawa-shi, Japan, hosts the one millionth DCI-sanctioned tournament of Magic: The Gathering [1] | |
| April 1 | Announcement of Coldsnap, claimed to be a "lost design file" only recently found. The latter was later announced to be an April Fools joke. | |
| April 7 | Wizards of the Coast and Daron Rutter (rancored_elf) sign a settlement agreement which ends the legal action. | |
| April 10 | Release of Visions on Magic Online. | |
| May 5 | Release of Dissension | |
| May 10-12 | Magic Invitational in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon FRA Olivier Ruel.
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| March 5-7 | Pro Tour Prague, Czech Republic. Won by Template:Flagicon JPN Takuya Osawa. | |
| June 16-18 | Pro Tour Charleston, USA. Won by team ... (Template:Flagicon JPN Tomohiro Kaji, Template:Flagicon JPN Shota Yasooka and Template:Flagicon JPN Tomoharu Saito). | |
| July 21 | Release of Coldsnap
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| August 22 | WotC announces another price increase for both paper and online product. | |
| August 21 | Wizards of the Coast announces a strategic partnership with Ultra Pro. | |
| August 25 | Start of The Great Designer Search. | |
| October 6 | Release of the nostalgia-themed Time Spiral.
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| October 20-22 | Pro Tour Kobe, Japan. Won by Template:Flagicon DEU Jan-Moritz Merkel. | |
| November 29 - December 4 | 2006 World Championship in Paris, France. Won by Template:Flagicon JPN Makihito Mihara.
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| Player of the Year: Template:Flagicon JPN Shouta Yasooka | ||
| Rookie of the Year: Template:Flagicon DEU Sebastian Thaler | ||
Hall of Fame inductees
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Publications
- Guildpact (January)
- Dissension (May)
- Dragons: Worlds Afire (June)
- Time Spiral (September)
First involved
Wizards of the Coast
- Kelly Digges (editor)
R&D
Artists
Dissension
- Brian Hagan
Guildpact
- James Wong
- Jason Norman
- Liam Sharp
Coldsnap
- Dan dos Santos
- Dave Kendall
- E. M. Gist
- Jeff Nentrup
- Rebekah Lynn
- Steve Belledin
- Volkan Baga
- Yokota Katsumi
Time Spiral
- Craig Mullins