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|Pro Tour Honolulu, USA. Won by {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Herberholz]].
|Pro Tour Honolulu, USA. Won by {{flag|USA}} [[Mark Herberholz]].
* Start of the 2006 Pro Tour season, now overlapping with the calendar year.
* Start of the 2006 Pro Tour season, now overlapping with the calendar year.
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|Pro Tour Prague, Czech Republic. Won by {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Takuya Osawa]].
|Pro Tour Prague, Czech Republic. Won by {{flag|JPN}} [[Takuya Osawa]].
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|[[Magic Invitational]] in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Antoine Ruel]].
|[[Magic Invitational]] in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by {{flag|FRA}} [[Antoine Ruel]].
* Last Invitational to be hosted by [[Magic Online]] on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).   
* Last Invitational to be hosted by [[Magic Online]] on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).   
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|Pro Tour Charleston, USA. Won by team ''Kajiharu80'' ({{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomohiro Kaji]], {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Shota Yasooka]] and {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomoharu Saito]]).
|Pro Tour Charleston, USA. Won by team ''Kajiharu80'' ({{flag|JPN}} [[Tomohiro Kaji]], {{flag|JPN}} [[Shota Yasooka]] and {{flag|JPN}} [[Tomoharu Saito]]).
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|Pro Tour Kobe, Japan. Won by {{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Jan-Moritz Merkel]].
|Pro Tour Kobe, Japan. Won by {{flag|DEU}} [[Jan-Moritz Merkel]].
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| November 29 - December 3
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|[[2006 World Championships]] in Paris, France. Won by {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Makihito Mihara]].
|[[2006 World Championships]] in Paris, France. Won by {{flag|JPN}} [[Makihito Mihara]].
* Team champions: {{Flagicon|NLD}} The Netherlands.   
* Team champions: {{flag|NLD}} The Netherlands.   
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|[[Player of the Year]]: {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Shouta Yasooka]].
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|[[Rookie of the Year]]: {{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Sebastian Thaler]].
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|[[Hall of Fame]] inductees:
* {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Maher, Jr.]]
* {{flag|USA}} [[Bob Maher, Jr.]]
* {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dave Humpherys]]
* {{flag|USA}} [[Dave Humpherys]]
* {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphaël Lévy]]
* {{flag|FRA}} [[Raphaël Lévy]]
* {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Gary Wise]]
* {{flag|CAN}} [[Gary Wise]]
* {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Rob Dougherty]]
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Revision as of 14:18, 22 March 2019

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 {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.
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 5–7 Pro Tour Prague, Czech Republic. Won by {JPN} Takuya Osawa.
May 10–12 Magic Invitational in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by {FRA} Antoine Ruel.
  • Last Invitational to be hosted by Magic Online on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
June 16–18 Pro Tour Charleston, USA. Won by team Kajiharu80 ({JPN} Tomohiro Kaji, {JPN} Shota Yasooka and {JPN} Tomoharu Saito).
July 21 Release of Coldsnap
July - August Last season of the Arena League.
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 {DEU} Jan-Moritz Merkel.
November 29 - December 3 2006 World Championships in Paris, France. Won by {JPN} Makihito Mihara.
  • Team champions: {NLD} The Netherlands.
Player of the Year: {JPN} Shouta Yasooka.
Rookie of the Year: {DEU} Sebastian Thaler.
Hall of Fame inductees:

Publications

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

R&D

Artists

Dissension

Guildpact

Coldsnap

Time Spiral