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|Pro Tour Honolulu, USA. Won by {{flagicon USA}} [[Mark Herberholz]].
|Pro Tour Honolulu, USA. Won by {{flagicon USA}} [[Mark Herberholz]].
* Start of the 2006 Pro Tour season, now overlapping with the calendar year.
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|Release of ''[[Coldsnap]]''  
|Release of ''[[Coldsnap]]''  
* Replacing ''[[Homelands]]'' as a member of the [[Ice Age block]].
* 'Snow-covered' [[supertype]] changed to '[[snow]]' and expanded to nonland permanents.
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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]].
* 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)
==First involved==
==First involved==
==Wizards of the Coast==
* [[Kelly Digges]] (editor)
==R&D==
==R&D==
* [[Zvi Mowshowitz]]
* [[Zvi Mowshowitz]]

Revision as of 16:11, 1 January 2016

The year 2006 was the fourteenth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date Event
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.
  • Start of the 2006 Pro Tour season, now overlapping with the calendar year.
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.
  • Last one to be hosted by Magic Online on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
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
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.
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.
Player of the Year: Template:Flagicon JPN Shouta Yasooka
Rookie of the Year: Template:Flagicon DEU Sebastian Thaler
Hall of Fame inductees

Publications

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

R&D

Artists

Dissension

Guildpact

Coldsnap

Time Spiral

References

  1. ↑ WotC press release
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