| Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
|[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/mi06/welcome 2006] |
|[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/mi06/welcome 2006] |
||
|[[Antoine Ruel]] |
|[[Antoine Ruel]] |
||
| + | |<c>Ranger of Eos</c> <ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/stf/12|Topic Explosion|[[Doug Beyer]]|November 12, 2008}}</ref> |
||
| − | |<c>Ranger of Eos</c> |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/mi07/welcome 2007] |
|[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/mi07/welcome 2007] |
||
Revision as of 14:20, 26 April 2015
The Magic Invitational Tournament is an annual Magic: The Gathering tournament where the sixteen best players of the past year are invited to duel in various formats. [1] [2] The played formats usually are specialty formats which are never played in other officially sanctioned tournaments, e.g. Auction of the People, and sometimes are experimental or specifically created for the tournament. Played formats are switched every few rounds. The tournament itself is Round Robin, meaning that every player plays each other at least once.
After the Round Robin portion is completed, the best two players play a finale which usually consists of an array of formats previously played in the tournament. The winner of the tournament is allowed to design a card which will see print on a later date after Research & Development had it's input on it to make it feasible for a magic set. The artwork of the designed card will feature the likeness of the tournaments winner in the artwork.
The tournament started in 1997 [3] and was held until 2007, but hasn't been held since. [4] [5] [6] As part of the Organized Play Department's refocusing on grass roots programs, the Invitational was cut from the schedule. [7]
Magic Invitational winners and their cards
| Season | Winner | Card |
| 1996-97 [8] | Olle Rade | Sylvan Safekeeper [9] |
| 1997-98 [10] [11] | Darwin Kastle | Avalanche Riders |
| 1998-99 [12] | Mike Long | Rootwater Thief |
| 1999-2000 [13] | Chris Pikula | Meddling Mage |
| 2000-01 | Jon Finkel | Shadowmage Infiltrator |
| 2001-02 | Kai Budde | Voidmage Prodigy |
| 2002-03 [14] | Jens Thoren | Solemn Simulacrum [15] |
| 2003-04 [16] | Bob Maher | Dark Confidant |
| 2005 | Terry Soh [17] | Rakdos Augermage |
| 2006 | Antoine Ruel | Ranger of Eos [18] |
| 2007 | Tiago Chan | Snapcaster Mage [19] |
- Note: Even though Olle Rade won the first Invitational, his card is the fifth card by an Invitational winner to be published. This is due to the circumstances that Rade quit Magic rather soon after the tournament without asking for his prize. He later made a comeback and asked Wizards of the Coast if he could still get his prize for this Tournament. Wizards agreed under the condition that Rade, who had since shaven his head, would be depicted in the Art with the long blond hair he had when he won the tournament.
Public voted Invitational cards
In addition, during the 2005 Tournament Wizards of the Coast held a public vote among the users of their website for the most popular card among the submissions which would also be printed after going through the usual R&D process but without featuring the winner in the art. The winning card was submitted by Tsuyoshi Fujita and was eventually turned into Gemstone Caverns.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 10, 2002). "2002 Magic Invitational". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 31, 2005). "When You Wish Upon an All-Star". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 10, 2004). "All-Star Studded". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 18, 2005). "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little All-Star". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 30, 2006). "Thank Your Lucky All-Stars". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 29, 2007). "All-Star Trek". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 11, 2008). "In the Mailbag". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February, 1997). "Format of Duelist Invitational". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (June 10, 2002). "Five Years in the Making". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ 1998 Duelist Invitational
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January, 1998). "Format of Duelist Invitational". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February, 1999). "Format of Duelist Invitational". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic: The Gathering Invitational 2000
- ↑ Magic Arcana (October 21, 2002). "Thoren wins Invitational". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Randy Buehler (September 26, 2003). "Post-Development Digest". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Zvi Mowshowitz (May 31, 2004). "The Future is Bright". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (May 23, 2005). "Terry Soh Wins Magic Invitational 2005!". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (November 12, 2008). "Topic Explosion". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley (October 24, 2011). "The Saga of Snapcaster Mage". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.