1998

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

Events

Date Event
Early 1998 Release of the Alternate art APAC land promotional cards.
Winter Second release of Vanguard cards in the Arena League.
February Re-release of the Microprose computergame in a special edition named Duels of the Planeswalkers.
February, 23 Release of Stronghold.
March Start of the Gerrard's Quest comic series published by Dark Horse Comics.
May, 18 First opening of a Wizards of the Coast game store.
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.
July PGI Limited, maker of the Havic: The Bothering parody set, banned from attending GenCon.
August, 11 Release of Unglued, the first supplemental set to be used outside of normal Magic.
August Release of a poker deck box by Wizards of the Coast.
August, 12-16 1998 World Championships in Seattle, USA. Winner is Brian Selden.
Autumn Third release of Vanguard cards in the Arena League.
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.
Winter Combo Winter, too many overpowered cards and combos fill the tournament formats.
November Release of the Anthologies box set.
December The DCI bans a large amount of cards
Start of the Magic Junior Super Series, replacing the Junior Pro Tour program
First Judge Gift cards
Player of the Year: Jon Finkel
Rookie of the Year: Randy Buehler
Magic Invitational winner: Darwin Kastle

Publications

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

Artists

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Portal Second Age

Exodus

Unglued

Urza's Saga

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