Changes: 2014

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The year 2014 was the twenty-second year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date	Event
February 7	Release of Born of the Gods. Featuring 5 allied-colored minor Gods
February 21–23	Pro Tour Born of the Gods at Valencia, Spain. Won by Shaun McLaren.
March 14	Release of Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska.
May 2	Release of Journey into Nyx. Featuring 5 enemy-colored minor Gods Exceptionally rare booster packs, nicknamed God Packs, contained all fifteen Theros Gods.
May 16–18	Pro Tour Journey into Nyx at Atalanta, Georgia, USA. Won by Patrick Chapin.
May 30	Release of the Modern Event Deck March of the Multitudes. One-off non set-specific Event deck. Containing rare, high-powered cards for Modern rather than for Standard.
June 6	Release of Conspiracy. First-ever multiplayer-focused Magic booster set. Introduction of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Draft.
June 16	Release of Vintage Masters. Magic Online-only reprint set. Double amount of rares and mythics.
July 18	Release of Magic 2015. Spotlightning Garruk Wildspeaker. Default change from 60 to 80 uncommons for large sets to facilitate limited play. Featuring the "You Make the Card"-card Waste Not. Featuring designs by multiple game world VIPs. Their designer credits appear below the flavor text, in smaller type. Introducing a new card face with a special Magic font ("Beleren"), a holofoil stamp, revamped collector info and a decreased border size. Introducing the term "base power and toughness. Introducing Clash packs.
July 24–27	San Diego Comic-Con. Release of a limited edition of "black-on-black" Planeswalker cards.
August 1–3	Pro Tour Magic 2015 in Portland, Oregon, USA. Won by Ivan Floch.
August 9	Start of the 2014–15 Pro Tour Season. Grand Prix Events in Portland, USA and Utrecht, The Netherlands.
August 22	Release of From the Vault: Annihilation.
August 25	Announcement of the Two-Block Paradigm. Two blocks each year. Blocks will no longer have a third set. Abolishment of Core Sets.
September 5	Release of Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning.
September 26	Release of Khans of Tarkir. Focused on Wedge colors (Abzan, Jeskai, Sultai]], Mardu and Temur). Return of morph.
October 10–12	Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Won by Ari Lax.
November	Release of Commander 2014. Featuring five planeswalkers that can be used as a commander. Featuring legendary creatures from Magic's past which didn't have a card before. Introducing double-faced tokens.
November 14	Release of the 2014 Holiday Gift Box.
December 2–7	2014 World Championship in Nice, France. Won by Shahar Shenhar.
December 5	Release of Duel Decks Anthology A compilation collector's set that combines the first four Duel Decks, all in post Magic 2015 card frames.
December 5–7	2014 World Magic Cup in Nice, France. Won by Denmark.
	Player of the Year: Jérémy Dezani.
	Rookie of the Year: Raymond Perez, Jr..
	Hall of Fame inductees: Makihito Mihara Paul Rietzl Guillaume Wafo-Tapa

Publications

Theros: Godsend, Part I (April)
Journey into Nyx: Godsend, Part II (May)
Magic: The Gathering - Theros (May)
Magic: The Gathering - The Complete Collection (September)

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

Kimberly J. Kreines

R&D

Artists

Born of the Gods

Jonas De Ro

Journey into Nyx

Yefim Kligerman
Yohann Schepacz

Magic 2015

Craig J Spearing
Florian de Gesincourt
Filip Burburan

Khans of Tarkir

Torstein Nordstrand
Titus Lunter
Jason Rainville
Anastasia Ovchinnikova
David Gaillet
Viktor Titov

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 |February 7
 |Release of ''[[Born of the Gods]]''.
-* Featuring 5 [[allied]]-colored [[God (creature type)|minor Gods''
+* Featuring 5 [[allied]]-colored [[God|minor Gods]]
 |-
 |February 21–23
-|[[Pro Tour Born of the Gods]] at Valencia, Spain. Won by {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Shaun McLaren]].
+|[[Pro Tour Born of the Gods]] at Valencia, Spain. Won by {{flag|CAN}} [[Shaun McLaren]].
 |-
 |March 14
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 |May 2
 |Release of ''[[Journey into Nyx]]''.
-* Featuring 5 [[enemy]]-colored [[God (creature type)|minor Gods''
+* Featuring 5 [[enemy]]-colored [[God|minor Gods]]
 * Exceptionally rare [[booster pack]]s, nicknamed [[God Pack]]s, contained all fifteen Theros Gods.
 |-
 |May 16–18
-|[[Pro Tour Journey into Nyx]] at Atalanta, Georgia, USA. Won by {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Chapin]].
+|[[Pro Tour Journey into Nyx]] at Atalanta, Georgia, USA. Won by {{flag|USA}} [[Patrick Chapin]].
 |-
 |May 30
@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 |Release of ''[[Conspiracy]]''.
 * First-ever [[multiplayer]]-focused ''Magic'' [[booster]] [[set]].
-* Introduction of [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracies]] and  [[Conspiracy draft]].
+* Introduction of [[Conspiracy (card type)|Conspiracies]] and  [[Conspiracy Draft]].
 |-
 |June 16
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 |July 24–27
 |San Diego [[Comic-Con]].
-* Release of a limited edition of "black-on-black" [[Planeswalker]] [[cards]].
+* Release of a limited edition of "black-on-black" [[Planeswalker]] [[card]]s.
 |-
 |August 1–3
-|[[Pro Tour Magic 2015]] in Portland, Oregon, USA. Won by {{Flagicon|SLV}} [[Ivan Floch]].
+|[[Pro Tour Magic 2015]] in Portland, Oregon, USA. Won by {{flag|SLV}} [[Ivan Floch]].
 |-
 |August 9
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 |-
 |October 10–12
-|[[Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir]] at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Won by {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ari Lax]].
+|[[Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir]] at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Won by {{flag|USA}} [[Ari Lax]].
 |-
 |November
 |Release of ''[[Commander 2014]]''.
-* Featuring five [[planeswalker]]s that can be used as a [[Commander (General)|commander]].
+* Featuring five [[planeswalker]]s that can be used as a [[commander (designation)|commander]].
 * Featuring [[legendary]] [[creature]]s from ''Magic's'' past which didn't have a card before.
-* Introducing [[double-faced tokens]].
+* Introducing [[double-faced token]]s.
 |-
 |November 14
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 |-
 |December 2–7
-|[[2014 World Championship]] in Nice, France. Won by {{Flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Shenhar]].
+|[[2014 World Championship]] in Nice, France. Won by {{flag|ISR}} [[Shahar Shenhar]].
 |-
 |December 5
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 |-
 |December 5–7
-|[[2014 World Magic Cup]] in Nice, France. Won by {{Flagicon|DNK}} Denmark.
+|[[2014 World Magic Cup]] in Nice, France. Won by {{flag|DNK}} Denmark.
 |-
 |
-|[[Player of the Year]]: {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérémy Dezani]].
+|[[Player of the Year]]: {{flag|FRA}} [[Jérémy Dezani]].
 |-
 |
-|[[Rookie of the Year]]: {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Raymond Perez, Jr.]].
+|[[Rookie of the Year]]: {{flag|USA}} [[Raymond Perez, Jr.]].
 |-
 |
 |[[Hall of Fame]] inductees:
-* {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Makihito Mihara]]
+* {{flag|JPN}} [[Makihito Mihara]]
-* {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Rietzl]]
+* {{flag|USA}} [[Paul Rietzl]]
-* {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Wafo-Tapa]]
+* {{flag|FRA}} [[Guillaume Wafo-Tapa]]
 |}