The year 2022 is the thirtieth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.
Events[ | ]
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January 4 | Release of the first basic land of Secret Lair Drop Series: The Astrology Lands. |
January 5 | Chris Cocks, president of Wizards of the Coast, is named the new CEO of Hasbro.[1] |
January 28 | Release of Commander Collection: Black
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January 28 | Release of Innistrad: Double Feature.
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February 17 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: February Superdrop.
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February 18 | Release of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.
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March 13 | Eli Kassis wins the Neon Dynasty Championship. |
March 14 | Release of the designed-for-digital Alchemy: Kamigawa set on MTG Arena.
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March 30 | Wizards of the Coast Organized Play announces the reinstatement of the tabletop Pro Tour.[2]
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April 1 | Release of Challenger Decks 2022. |
April 11 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: April Superdrop 2022. |
April 21 | Introduction of the "true-to-tabletop" Explorer format on Magic: The Gathering Arena. |
April 29 | Release of Streets of New Capenna.
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May 4 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Pride Across the Multiverse. |
May 21 | Start of the 2022–23 Pro Tour Season with the first Qualifier Play-In event on MTG Arena. |
May 22 | Jan-Moritz Merkel wins the New Capenna Championship. |
June 2 | Release of Alchemy: New Capenna on MTG Arena. |
June 3 | Release of the 2022 Starter Kit. |
June 10 | Release of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. |
June 13 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Here Be Dragons and June Superdrop 2022. |
July 1 | Prices are raised by 11% across the board for Booster products (eg. Draft Boosters, Set Boosters and Collector Boosters).[3] |
July 7 | Release of Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate on MTG Arena. |
July 8 | Release of Double Masters 2022. |
July 21 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Fortnite. |
July 28 | Release of Historic Anthology 6 and Explorer Anthology 1 on MTG Arena. |
August 10 | Without fanfare, the mobile game Magic SpellSlingers is finally fully implemented on iOS and Android.[4] |
August 11 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Li'l Giri Saves the Day. |
August 18 | Yearly Announcement Day. |
August 28 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: August Superdrop 2022. |
September 9 | Release of Dominaria United.
Standard Rotation: Zendikar Rising, Kaldheim, Strixhaven: School of Mages and Adventures in the Forgotten Realms leave the format. |
September 25 | Sam Rolph wins Arena Championship 1. |
October 1 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Li’l’ler Walkers. |
October 6 | Release of Alchemy: Dominaria on MTG Arena. |
October 7 | Release of Unfinity. |
October 7 | Release of Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks. |
October 14 | Release of Game Night Free-for-All. |
October 17 | Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: October Superdrop 2022 (including the Warhammer 40K drops). |
October 20 | Magic Online officially transfers from Wizards of the Coast's servers to Daybreak's servers.[5] |
October 28-30 | Magic 30 convention, the "ultimate celebration of three decades of Magic: The Gathering".
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November 1 | Release of the Secret Lair 30th Anniversary Countdown Kit. |
November 4 | Release of the Pioneer Challenger Decks 2022. |
November 4 | Release of the Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2022. |
November 8 | The DailyMTG.com website receives a major overhaul, obsoleting many older articles and causing massive link rot on this wiki.[7] |
November 14 | The Bank of America warns that Hasbro is “destroying the long-term value” of Magic: The Gathering by overprinting cards.[8] |
November 17 | Release of the Secret Lair Drop Series: Look at the Kitties. |
November 18 | Release of The Brothers' War.
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November 30 | Release of the 30th Anniversary Edition of Beta.
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December 2 | Release of Jumpstart 2022. |
December 2 | Release of the first Starter Commander Decks. |
December 5 | Release of the first Secret Lair Drop Series: December Superdrop 2022. |
December 13 | Release of Alchemy: The Brothers' War and Explorer Anthology 2 on MTG Arena. |
Publications[ | ]
- Magic BOOM! comic (ongoing)
- Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker (April)
- Magic: Ajani Goldmane (August)
- Magic: Nahiri the Lithomancer (November)
- Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide (December)
First involved[ | ]
R&D[ | ]
References[ | ]
- ↑ Hasbro (January 5, 2022). "Hasbro Names Chris Cocks as Chief Executive Officer". Archived from the original on June 1, 2023.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 01, 2022). "Return of the Pro Tour: Your Path to Playing Magic at the Highest Level". Magic.gg. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023.
- ↑ Landon Crispens (February 7, 2023). "How Do Magic: The Gathering's Recent Price Increases Affect Players?". TCGPlayer.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023.
- ↑ Magic Spellslingers. Steam (August 5, 2022). Archived from the original on June 10, 2023.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 11, 2022). "Magic Online Transition Details". MTGO.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2023.
- ↑ Magic30 Cosplay Contest (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (November 16, 2022).
- ↑ Blake Rasmussen (November 8, 2022). "A New Daily(MTG)". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2023.
- ↑ Matthew Fox (November 16, 2022). "Hasbro is 'killing its golden goose' by destroying the long-term value of Magic: The Gathering, BofA says in scathing downgrade call". Insider. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023.