2004

The year 2004 was the twelfth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date		Event
January, 15		Third price increase for booster packs.
January, 16-18		Pro Tour Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Won by Nicolai Herzog.
February, 6		Release of Darksteel Continuation of the second Combo Winter
February, 27-29		Pro Tour Kobe, Japan. Won by Masashiro Kuroda.
May, 11-13		Magic Invitational in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by Bob Maher, Jr..
May, 14-16		Pro Tour San Diego. Won by Nicolai Herzog.
June		Banning of Skullclamp.
June, 5		Release of Fifth Dawn. Introduction of a darker card frame for artifact cards to help distinguish from white cards (a problem since Eighth Edition).
July, 9-11		Pro Tour Seattle, won by team ... (Kamiel Cornelissen, Jelger Wiegersma and Jeroen Remie).
July 11		Founding of MTG Salvation.
September		Introduction of Gatherer, the official Magic: The Gathering card database, on magicthegathering.com.
September, 1-5		2004 World Championships in San Francisco, California, USA, won by Julien Nuijten. Team champions: Germany.
September 1s		Split of the banlists for the Vintage and Legacy formats.
October, 1		Release of the Japanese themed Champions of Kamigawa. Change of the "Legend rule". Introduction of Defender, removing the rules baggage connected to the creature type Wall.
October, 29-31		Pro Tour Columbus, won by Pierre Canali.
December		Release of the 2004 World Championship Decks. Last release in this series.
		Player of the Year: Gabriel Nassif.
		Rookie of the Year: Julien Nuijten.

Darksteel

Fifth Dawn

Champions of Kamigawa