2008

The year 2008 was the sixteenth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date		Event
January		Announcement of the ending of the Magic Scholarship Series.
February 1		Release of Morningtide. "The Grand Creature Type Update Update"
February 15-17		Pro Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel.
April 1		Announcemnt of Duel Decks: Pirates vs. Ninjas April Fools.
May 2		Release of Shadowmoor
May 23-25		Pro Tour Hollywood, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon USA Charles Gindy.
July 25		Release of Eventide.
July 28		Announcement of the closing down of the Gleemax social network.
August 29		Release of From the Vault: Dragons First set in the From the Vault series.
September 22		Release of Masters Edition II on Magic Online.
October		Creation of the Wizards Play Network.
October 3		Release of Shards of Alara. Introduction of mythic rares Raplacement of one of the commons in a booster pack with a basic land.
October 31 - November 2		Pro Tour Berlin, Germany. Won by Template:Flagicon USA Luis Scott-Vargas.
November 7		Release of Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra.
December 11-14		2008 Magic World Championships in Memphis, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon FIN Antti Malin. Team champions: Template:Flagicon USA United States of America.
		Player of the Year: Template:Flagicon JPN Shuhei Nakamura.
		Rookie of the Year: Template:Flagicon AUS Aaron Nicastri.
		Hall of Fame inductees: Template:Flagicon DEU Dirk Baberowski Template:Flagicon USA Mike Turian Template:Flagicon NLD Jelger Wiegersma Template:Flagicon FRA Olivier Ruel Template:Flagicon USA Ben Rubin

Morningtide

Shadowmoor

Eventide

From the Vault: Dragons

Shards of Alara