1998

The year 1998 was the sixth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date		Event
February, 23		Release of Stronghold.
June, 8		Release of Exodus, first set to use color-coding of the expansion symbol to indicate the rarity of the cards.
June, 24		Release of Portal Second Age, another attempt to make a simplified Magic set for beginners. First and only depiction of firearms on Magic art.
August, 11		Release of Unglued, the first supplemental set to be used outside of normal Magic. The first un-set, featuring silver-bordered joke cards.
September, 26		Prerelease events for Urza's Saga, featuring the first release of a foil card (Lightning Dragon).
October		Release of Urza's Saga, the first set to replace 60-card starter decks with 75-card tournament decks.
November		Release of the Anthologies box set.
Winter		Combo Winter, too many overpowered cards and combos fill the tournament formats.
December		The DCI to bans a large amount of cards
		Player of the Year:
		Magic Invitational, winner

Publications

• The Brothers' War (May)
• Rath and Storm (July)
• Planeswalker (September)
• Magic: The Gathering Official Encyclopedia - Volume 3
• The Official Guide to Portal Second Age
• The Official Guide to Urza's Saga
• Advanced Strategy Guide
• The Art of Magic: The Gathering - The Rath Cycle

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

• Chaz Elliott (art director)
• Ron Spears (art director)

Artists

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• Keith Parkinson
• M.W. Kaluta
• Mark Zug
• Michael Sutfin

Portal Second Age

• Cris Dornaus
• David Horne
• Henry van der Linde
• Jeffrey R. Busch
• Lubov
• Matt Stawicki
• Michael Weaver
• Sam Wood

Exodus

• Ciruleo Cabral
• rk post

Unglued

• Mark Rosewater

Urza's Saga

• Andrew Goldhawk
• Berry
• Brian Despain
• Carl Critchlow
• Christopher Moeller
• Greg Staples
• Henry G. Higgenbotham
• Mark Nelson
• Robh Ruppel
• Ron Spears
• Steve Firchow
• Tom Fleming
• Vincent Evans