2014

The year 2014 was the twenty-second year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date	Event
February 7	Release of Born of the Gods. Featuring 5 allied-colored minor Gods
February 21–23	Pro Tour Born of the Gods at Valencia, Spain. Won by Shaun McLaren.
March 14	Release of Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska.
May 2	Release of Journey into Nyx. Featuring 5 enemy-colored minor Gods Exceptionally rare booster packs, nicknamed God Packs, contained all fifteen Theros Gods.
May 16–18	Pro Tour Journey into Nyx at Atalanta, Georgia, USA. Won by Patrick Chapin.
May 30	Release of the Modern Event Deck March of the Multitudes. One-off non set-specific Event deck. Containing rare, high-powered cards for Modern rather than for Standard.
June 6	Release of Conspiracy. First-ever multiplayer-focused Magic booster set. Introduction of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Draft.
June 16	Release of Vintage Masters. Magic Online-only reprint set. Double amount of rares and mythics.
July 18	Release of Magic 2015. Spotlightning Garruk Wildspeaker. Default change from 60 to 80 uncommons for large sets to facilitate limited play. Featuring the "You Make the Card"-card Waste Not. Featuring designs by multiple game world VIPs. Their designer credits appear below the flavor text, in smaller type. Introducing a new card face with a special Magic font ("Beleren"), a holofoil stamp, revamped collector info and a decreased border size. Introducing the term "base power and toughness. Introducing Clash packs.
July 24–27	San Diego Comic-Con. Release of a limited edition of "black-on-black" Planeswalker cards.
August 1–3	Pro Tour Magic 2015 in Portland, Oregon, USA. Won by Ivan Floch.
August 9	Start of the 2014–15 Pro Tour Season. Grand Prix Events in Portland, USA and Utrecht, The Netherlands.
August 22	Release of From the Vault: Annihilation.
August 25	Announcement of the Two-Block Paradigm. Two blocks each year. Blocks will no longer have a third set. Abolishment of Core Sets.
September 5	Release of Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning.
September 26	Release of Khans of Tarkir. Focused on Wedge colors (Abzan, Jeskai, Sultai]], Mardu and Temur). Return of morph.
October 10–12	Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Won by Ari Lax.
November	Release of Commander 2014. Featuring five planeswalkers that can be used as a commander. Featuring legendary creatures from Magic's past which didn't have a card before. Introducing double-sided tokens.
November 14	Release of the 2014 Holiday Gift Box.
December 2–7	2014 World Championship in Nice, France. Won by Shahar Shenhar.
December 5	Release of Duel Decks Anthology A compilation collector's set that combines the first four Duel Decks, all in post Magic 2015 card frames.
December 5–7	2014 World Magic Cup in Nice, France. Won by Denmark.
	Player of the Year: Jérémy Dezani.
	Rookie of the Year: Raymond Perez, Jr..
	Hall of Fame inductees: Makihito Mihara Paul Rietzl Guillaume Wafo-Tapa

Publications

• Theros: Godsend, Part I (April)
• Journey into Nyx: Godsend, Part II (May)
• Magic: The Gathering - Theros (May)
• Magic: The Gathering - The Complete Collection (September)

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

• Kimberly J. Kreines

R&D

• Ian Duke
• Chris Dupuis
• Ben Hayes
• Mike Gills
• Dan Helland
• Tom Jenkot
• Adam Prosak

Artists

Born of the Gods

• Ryan Alexander Lee
• Scott Murohy

Battle the Horde

• Filip Burburan
• Jason Rainville

Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska

• Craig J Spearing

Journey into Nyx

• Evan Shipard
• Jeff Simpson
• Yefim Kligerman
• Yohann Schepacz

Defeat a God

• Julie Dillon
• Ulrich Brunin

Conspiracy

• Florian de Gesincourt

Magic 2015

• Anastasia Ovchinnikova

Comic-Con 2014

• Jae Lee

Khans of Tarkir

• David Gaillet
• Titus Lunter
• Torstein Nordstrand
• Viktor Titov
• YW Wang

Commander 2014

• Lindsey Look