2008

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

Events

Date		Event
February 1		Release of Morningtide.
February 15-17		Pro Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon USA Jon Finkel.
May 2		Release of Shadowmoor
May 23-25		Pro Tour Hollywood, USA. Won by Template:Flagicon USA Charles Gindy.
July 25		Release of Eventide.
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 3		Release of Shards of Alara.
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

Publications

• Morningtide (January)
• Shadowmoor (April)
• Eventide (June)
• A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara (September)

First involved

R&D

• Sean Fletcher
• Mark Globus
• Graeme Hopkins
• Alexis Janson
• Jeremy Jarvis
• Tom LaPille
• Erik Lauer
• Michael Mikaelian
• Kenneth Nagle
• Mark Purvis
• Andrew Smith
• Jake Theis
• Ken Troop

Artists

Morningtide

• Shelly Wan

Shadowmoor

• Ian Edward Ameling
• Izzy
• Jeremy Enecio
• Richard Whitters
• Ron Brown

Eventide

• Cole Eastburn
• Dan Seagrave
• Fred Harper
• Jaime Jones
• Joshua Hagler
• Paul Bonner

From the Vault: Dragons

• Chris Rahn

Shards of Alara

• Andrew Murray
• Ash Wood
• David Palumbo
• Jarreau Wimberly
• Karl Kopinski
• Mark Hyzer
• Michael Ryan
• Sal Villagran
• Steve Argyle
• Trevor Claxton