2005

The year 2005 was the thirteenth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Card Statistics

1160 cards

7.8%

15.9%

15.2%

16.3%

15.3%

18.1%

11.4%

604 new cards

6.5%

15.2%

15.7%

15.4%

15.6%

15.1%

16.6%

64 new Commander cards

17.2%

15.6%

17.2%

15.6%

20.3%

14.1%

623 reprinted cards

8.7%

17%

14.9%

17.2%

14.9%

20.2%

7.1%

1217 cards with unique art

7.6%

16.1%

15.2%

16.4%

15.6%

18.2%

10.9%

741 cards with new art

6.3%

15.1%

16.5%

14.6%

15.2%

17%

15.2%

2135 unique prints of cards

6.5%

16.5%

15.7%

18.4%

15.8%

19.2%

8%

5 digital cards

20%

41 promotional cards

12.2%

9.8%

17.1%

19.5%

9.8%

Events

Date	Event
January 1	Walk out at MTGNews. Rise of MTG Salvation.
January 25	Launch of the third You Make the Card.
January 28–30	Pro Tour Nagoya, Japan. Won by Shu Komuro.
February 4	Release of Betrayers of Kamigawa
March 11–13	Pro Tour Atlanta, won by team Nova ( Gabriel Tsang, David Rood and Gabriel Nassif).
May 6–8	Pro Tour Philadelphia. Won by Gadiel Szleifer.
May 17–20	Magic Invitational in Los Angeles, California, USA. Won by Terry Soh. Hosted by Magic Online on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
June 3	Release of Saviors of Kamigawa.
June 6	Announcement of the creation of the Magic Hall of Fame.
July 8–10	Pro Tour London. Won by Geoffrey Siron. Start of the Pro Players Club.
July 29	Release of Ninth Edition. First set printed in the Russian language. The last white-bordered set. Introduction of Auras. Introduction of reminder text for basic keywords like Flying. Redesign of fat packs.
August	Release of Salvat 2005 in Spanish, French and Italian markets.
October 7	Release of Ravnica: City of Guilds. Start of the Fourth Stage of Design. Introduction of the first bicolored Ravnican guilds: Boros, Dimir, Golgari and Selesnya. First broad use of watermarks. Introduction of hybrid mana. Introduction of Pro Tour Player Cards.
October 22	Starter 1999, Starter 2000, Portal, Portal Second Age and Portal Three Kingdoms become legal in Legacy and Vintage.
October 28–30	Pro Tour Los Angeles. Won by Antoine Ruel.
November 30 - December 4	2005 World Championships in Yokahama, Japan. Won by Katsuhiro Mori. Team champions: Japan.
	Player of the Year: Kenji Tsumura
	Rookie of the Year: Pierre Canali
	Hall of Fame inductees Jon Finkel Darwin Kastle Tommi Hovi Alan Comer Olle Råde