2004
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The year 2004 was the twelfth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.
Events
Date | Event |
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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
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February, 27-29 | Pro Tour Kobe, Japan. Won by Masashiro Kuroda. |
April 1 | Announcement of name change to Magique: the Gathering due to a trademark challenge by the Orlando Magic ™.
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May, 11-13 | Magic Invitational in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by Bob Maher.
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May, 14-16 | Pro Tour San Diego. Won by Nicolai Herzog. |
June | Banning of Skullclamp. |
June, 4 | Release of Fifth Dawn.
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July, 9-11 | Pro Tour Seattle, won by team Von Dutch (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.
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September, 1 | Split of the banlists for the Vintage and Legacy formats. |
October, 1 | Release of the Japanese themed Champions of Kamigawa.
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October, 29-31 | Pro Tour Columbus, won by Pierre Canali. |
November, 20 | Release of Unhinged, the second Un-set.
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December | Release of the 2004 World Championship Decks.
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Player of the Year: Gabriel Nassif. | |
Rookie of the Year: Julien Nuijten. |
Publications
- The Darksteel Eye (January)
- The Fifth Dawn (May)
- Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa (September)
First involved
Wizards of the Coast
- Matt Cavotta (Creative)
- John Carter (Rules Developer and Technical Writer)
R&D
Artists
Darksteel
- Ittoku
- Jim Murray
- Nottsuo
- Vance Kovacs
Fifth Dawn
- Cyril van der Haegen
- Francis Tsai
- Tomas Giorello
Champions of Kamigawa
- Aleksi Briclot
- Chris Appelhans
- Dan Scott
- Dave Alssop
- Hideaki Takamura
- Hiro Izawa
- Jim Pavelec
- Joel Thomas
- Kensuke Okabayashi
- Khang Le
- Mitch Cotie
- Pat Lee
- Ralph Horsley
- Shishizaru
- Tsutomu Kawade
- Wayne Reynolds
Unhinged
- Eric Deschamps
- Ron Lemen
- Thomas Manning