2018

The year 2018 is the twenty-sixth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date	Event
January 16	Start of the Great Designer Search 3.
January 19	Release of Rivals of Ixalan. The last small expansion. Introducing the City's Blessing.
February 2–4	Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan in Bilbao, Spain. Won by Luis Salvatto.
February 14	Announcement Day.
March 2–4	Final of the Magic Online Championship. Dmitriy Butakov becomes the first repeat champion.
March 16	Release of Masters 25. Celebrating 25 years history of Magic.
March 29	Release of Relic Tokens: the Eternal Collection by UltraPro.
April 6	Release of Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors. Last in the Duel Decks series.
April 6	Release of Challenger Decks. First in the Challenger Deck series.
April 18	The MTG Wiki implements Scryfall card links.
April 27	Release of Dominaria. Return to the plane of the same name, the setting for most sets until Mirrodin. Introducing Historic and Sagas. First standalone set in the Three-and-One Model. The release of an exclusive Buy-a-Box promo sparks fierce criticism.
May 18	Announcement Day.
June 1–3	Pro Tour Dominaria in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Won by Wyatt Darby.
June 8	Ari Nieh wins The Great Designer Search 3.
June 8	Release of Commander Anthology Volume II.
June 8	Release of Battlebond. First-ever Two-Headed Giant-focused Magic booster set.
June 15	Release of Signature Spellbook: Jace. First in the Signature Spellbook series.
June 22	Release of Global Series: Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling. First, and only, in the Global Series.
July 20	Release of Core 2019 First Core Set since Magic Origins.
July 13	Reveal of the Magic: The Gathering Arena exclusive cards
August 3–5	Pro Tour 25th Anniversary in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Won by the team of Allen Wu, Ben Hull, and Gregory Orange. The Silver Showcase exhibition event is won by Stanislav Cifka.
August 16	Wizards of the Coast announces changes for Organized Play: New cycle system in the Pro Players Club. Changes in the Magic Pro Tour Team Series. Introduction of pro player advisers.
September 19	Release of the Creature Forge: Overwhelming Swarm miniatures line by WizKids.
September 21–23	2018 World Championship. Won by Javier Dominguez. Gerry Thompson protests the state of professional Magic by refusing to participate.
September 27	Magic: The Gathering Arena enters open beta.
October 5	Release of Guilds of Ravnica Featuring a Mythic Edition, a special draft-sized booster box exclusively sold in the U.S and Canada. It contains eight masterpieces.
October 5	Release of the Spellslinger Starter Kit.
October 10	Grand Prix are announced to get a new look and a new name: MagicFest.
October 30	Release of Relic Tokens: the Lineage Collection by UltraPro.
November 2	Release of the Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kits.
November 9–11	Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica in Atalanta, USA. Won by Andrew Elenbogen.
November 16	Release of Magic Game Night.
November 16	Release of the seasonal Gift Pack.
November 28	Release of D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica by WizKids.
December 3	Release of the Heroes of Dominaria board game by WizKids. Annex set to Dominaria.
December 6	Wizards of the Coast announces further changes for Organized Play: Termination of Nationals, Pro Points, the Pro Players Club in present form, and the World Magic Cup. Introduction of Magic esports. Introduction of the Magic Pro League (MPL), consisting of 32 pro players. Pro Tours are rebranded as Mythic Championships, and will also be featured on MTG Arena.
December 7	Release of Ultimate Masters. Last Masters series set "for the foreseeable future". Featuring Ultimate Box Toppers, a series of 40 promo box toppers.
December 14–16	2018 World Magic Cup in Barcelona, Spain. Won by Team France. The last World Magic Cup ever.
	Player of the Year: Luis Salvatto.
	Rookie of the Year: Samuel Ihlenfeldt.
	Hall of Fame inductees: Seth Manfield Lee Shi Tian.

Publications

• The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Ixalan (January 2)
• The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Dominaria (July 3)
• Magic: The Gathering - Concepts and Legends (October 23)
• D&D Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica (November 20)
• Children of the Nameless (December 12)
• Magic: The Gathering - Chandra #1 and #2 (December).

First involved

R&D

• Cynthia Sheppard
• Andrew Brown
• Donald Smith, Jr
• Allen Wu
• Huang YaQi
• Corey Bowen
• Mclane Crowell
• Kyle O'Neill
• Mickey Cushing
• Nat Moes
• Nate Price

Artists

Rivals of Ixalan

• Bayard Wu
• Carmen Sinek
• G-host Lee
• Sam Rowan
• Suzanne Helmigh
• Xi Zhang

Masters 25

• Jehan Choo

Dominaria

• Jenn Ravenna Tran
• James Arnold
• Manuel Castañón
• Tyler Walpole
• XiaoDi Jin

Battlebond

• Livia Prima
• Mitchell Malloy
• Uriah Voth

Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling

• Babyson Chen
• Uzhen Lin
• Gaga Zeng
• Kee Lo
• Pon Lee
• Qiu De En
• Shinchuen Chen
• Tan Yan Yao
• Tingting Yeh
• Wolk Sheep
• Xin-Yu Liu
• Yutaka Li
• 林玄泰

Core Set 2019

• Paul Scott Canavan

Commander 2018

• Alexander Forssberg
• Stanton Feng
• Wisnu Tan

Guilds of Ravnica

• Heonhwa Choe
• Jedd Chevrier
• Kimonas Theodossiou
• Micah Epstein

Ultimate Masters

• Yigit Koroglu