List of storyline sources

This article contains a list of sources about the Magic the Gathering storyline.

When Tempest was released, Wizards of the Coast started to get more involved with the story then they had been before, and declared that from that moment on there was a new continuity: older books where still canon as long as newer books didn't contradict them. In this list sources released before the revision are marked with an asterisk (*). For more information about this see the article about prerevisionist continuity.

Books

The novels are the main source of storyline knowledge. The first books where printed by Harper Prism. These are part of prerevisionist continuity, although most fit in the post-revisionist continuity quite easily as well. From Tempest onward, Wizards of the Coast has been publishing its own novels, most of which have been structured in cycles of 3 or 4 books.

Harper Prism

• The Garth/Greensleeves Cycle*
  • Arena
  • Whispering Woods
  • Shattered Chains
  • Final Sacrifice

• Other Novels*
  • The Cursed Land
  • The Prodigal Sorcerer
  • Ashes of the Sun
  • Song of Time
  • And Peace Shall Sleep
  • Dark Legacy

• Anthologies*
  • Tapestries
  • Distant Planes

Wizards of the Coast

• Artifacts Cycle
  • The Brothers' War
  • Planeswalker
  • Time Streams
  • Bloodlines

• Masquerade Cycle
  • Mercadian Masques
  • Nemesis
  • Prophecy

• Invasion Cycle
  • The Thran (prequel)
  • Invasion
  • Planeshift
  • Apocalypse

• Ice Age Cycle
  • The Gathering Dark
  • The Eternal Ice
  • The Shattered Alliance

• Legends Cycle I
  • Johan
  • Jedit
  • Hazezon

• Legends Cycle II
  • Assassin's Blade
  • Emperor's Fist
  • Champion's Trial

• Odyssey Cycle
  • Odyssey
  • Chainer's Torment
  • Judgment

• Onslaught Cycle
  • Onslaught
  • Legions
  • Scourge

• Mirrodin Cycle
  • The Moons of Mirrodin
  • The Darksteel Eye
  • The Fifth Dawn

• Kamigawa Cycle
  • Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa
  • Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa
  • Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa

• Ravnica Cycle
  • Ravnica, City of Guilds
  • Guildpact
  • Dissension

• Time Spiral Cycle
  • Time Spiral
  • Planar Chaos
  • Future Sight

• Lorwyn Cycle
  • Lorwyn
  • Morningtide

• Shadowmoor Cycle
  • Shadowmoor
  • Eventide

• Alara block novel
  • Alara Unbroken

• Zendikar block novel
  • Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum

• Planeswalker novels
  • Agents of Artifice
  • The Purifying Fire
  • The Curse of the Chain Veil (unpublished)
  • Test of Metal

• Planeswalker's Guides
  • A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara

• Graphic novels
  • Path of the Planeswalker

• Anthologies
  • Rath and Storm — Rath Cycle
  • The Colors of Magic
  • The Myths of Magic
  • The Dragons of Magic
  • The Secrets of Magic
  • The Monsters of Magic
  • Shadowmoor (part of Shadowmoor Cycle)

• Art book
  • The Art of Magic: The Rath Cycle

• Game Guides
  • The Official Guide to Urza's Saga with the short story "A Time for Remembrance"
  • The Official Urza's Legacy Game Guide with the short story "Scars of the Legacy"
  • The Official Urza's Destiny Game Guide with the short story "Phyrexian Autopsy"

• Player's Guide
  • Coldsnap Player's Guide with the short story "Keeping the Cold"

• Other
  • Dragons: Worlds Afire with the story "Unnatural Predator"

Comics

Another media that contributed much to the Magic storyline in prerevisioned days were comics printed by ARMADA. Many plotlines of these comics where supposed to come together in a series called about the Planeswalker War of Corondor, but that series was canceled in favor of the Weatherlight Saga. Despite cancellation, information that would have been in these comics has been provided by Jeff Gómez, the editor of the Magic line at Armada. Since then only 4 comics have been printed, this time by Dark Horse Comics.

In the meantime, promotional comics appeared in Top Deck magazine and a short online comic was released on magicthegathering.com (see below).

ARMADA Comics

• Arabian Nights*
  • Arabian Nights #1-2

• Antiquities*
  • Antiquities War #1-4
  • Urza-Mishra War #1-2

• Legends*
  • Dakkon Blackblade #1
  • Elder Dragons #1-2
  • Fallen Angel #1
  • Legend of Jedit Ojanen #1-2

• Fallen Empires*
  • Fallen Empires #1-2

• Ice Age*
  • Ice Age #1-4
  • Shandalar #1-2

• Homelands*
  • Homelands #1

• Other*
  • Nightmare #1
  • Serra Angel #1
  • The Shadow Mage #1-4
  • Wayfarer #1-5

• Comics that were never published*
  • Alliances
  • Leshrac
  • The Planeswalker War

Dark Horse

• Rath Cycle
  • Gerrard's Quest #1-4

Gotta Comics

• Magic - Urza & Mishra

Magazines

Back in the days, before there were intrawebs, people read about Magic in magazines like Scry and InQuest. The most famous of these would be the Duelist, which was the 'official' magic magazine and thus also contained tibits about the storyline, or even some short stories.

The Duelist

• #0 (Supplement) Antiquities War*
• #1 [1]
• #2 The Dark, Mezzlock's Challenge #1*
• #3 Fallen Empires, Mezzlock's Challenge #2*
• #4 Animal Trap*
• #5 Ice Age, fold-out map, short story "Feast of Kjeld" by John Tynes*
• #7 Homelands, The Slowing of His Heart*
• #8 Eron the Rentless*
• #9 Autumn Willow*
• #10 Baron Sengir*
• #11 Alliances, Lord of Tresserhorn*
• #12 Verduran Enchantress*
• #13 Mirage*
• #14 Serra Angel*
• #15 Visions, Goblins*
• #16 Dominaria #1*
• #17 Weatherlight #1, Maelstrom
• #18 Weatherlight #2 Torrent
• #19 Dominia FAQ #1, Dominaria #2
• #20 Dominia FAQ #2, Rath #1, Tempest
• #21 Dominia FAQ #3, Rath #2, Sisay's Quest #1
• #22 Dominia FAQ #4
• #23 Dominia FAQ #5, Rath #3, Sisay's Quest #2
• #24 Dominia FAQ #6, Stronghold
• #25 Dominia FAQ #7, Sisay's Quest #3
• #26 Dominia FAQ #8
• #27 Dominia FAQ #9
• #28 Exodus
• #29 Born to Greatness #1
• #31 Sleeper Agents
• #32 Urza's Saga, Born to Greatness #2
• #34 Dominia FAQ #10, Born to Greatness #3
• #35 Urza's Legacy #1
• #36 Jhoira, Urza's Legacy #2
• #38 Dominia FAQ #11
• #40 Yavimaya, Urza's Destiny

Top Deck

• #? Mercadian Masques
• #4 The Dark Ambassador, Nemesis
• #8 Prophecy
• #12 Invasion

Scans have been posted here

Digital

Wizards of the Coast sites

The Multiverse

• Planeswalkers
• Planes of Existence

Webcomics

• Jenna Helland, Brady Dommermuth, Doug Beyer et al. (Thursday, April 23, 2009). "Honor Bound, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Jenna Helland, Brady Dommermuth, Doug Beyer et al. (February 04, 2009). "The Seeker's Fall, Part 3". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Jenna Helland, Brady Dommermuth, Doug Beyer et al. (January 27, 2009). "The Seeker's Fall, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Jenna Helland, Brady Dommermuth, Doug Beyer et al. (January 20, 2009). "The Seeker's Fall, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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Savor the Flavor short stories

• Doug Beyer (Wednesday, May 06, 2009). "The Day a Vedalken Exploded". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Jenna Helland (Wednesday, April 15, 2009). "The Face of War". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
• Doug Beyer (March 04, 2009). "An Etherium Tale". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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Other online stories

• Planar Chaos
  • "Destiny", by Michael G. Ryan (currently down, try [2])
• Coldsnap
  • "The Horror from Ronom Glacier", by Doug Beyer
  • "The Battle Of Kjeldor", by Monty Ashley
  • "Vannemir's Choice", by Adam Lee
• Dissension
  • "The Hussar's Last Mission", by Doug Beyer
  • "Life is Beautiful", by Rei Nakazawa
  • "The Merrytown Massacre", by Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar
• Kamigawa block
  • The Kamigawa Vignettes
• Visions
  • Visions: The Backstory*
• Mirage
  • The Story of Jamuraa*
• Features
  • Template:Featref*

Reposts of older stories

• The Nature of Dominia*
• Magic: the Gathering Pocket Players' Guide contained a story called "Roreca's Tale"* and "Dominia and Its Walkers"*
• The Alpha Rule Book contained a very short story simply called "Introduction"*

Older articles

These pages where launched in the days of the Weatherlight Saga, and thus post-revisionist, but they are not updated anymore and are often down.

• The Magic Multiverse
• The Multiverse of Dominaria
• Magic Invasion
• Magic Odyssey
• Wizards of the Coast Magic book Archives

Third Party Sites

Archived sites

Duelist is not being printed anymore. Internet has taken the place of many magazines, also on storyline territory. But even before the decline of printed magazines there was information about the magic storyline to be found on the World Wide Web.

• Encyclopedia Dominia* (In case it is down the stories can be read here.)
• Library of Leng*
• Exodus: Ertai's Struggle*
• Stronghold: The Darkness Within*
• Tempest: Into the Storm*
• Weatherlight: Legacy*
• Visions: The Oracle*
• Mirage: Oasis* (Part of it has been reposted here.)

Acclaim

Acclaim produced a computer game called Battlemage that centred around the Planeswalker War. On its site Acclaim posted a long history of the conflict. Most of it is a recap of the ARMADA comics, although it does include some stuff not mentioned anywhere else.

• the Story of the Battlemage Ravidel*

Computer Games

There are also some computer games based on Magic that reveal parts of the storyline. The recent Battlegrounds game did have a storyline, but it was never in-continuity.

Acclaim

• Battlemage*

Microprose

• Magic the Gathering*
• Spells of the Ancients*
• Duels of the Planeswalkers*

Sega

• Magic: The Gathering

See also

• List of storyline authors