2019

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The year 2019 is the twenty-seventh year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date Event
January 25 Release of Ravnica Allegiance
February 15 Release of the Ravnica Allegiance Guild Kits.
February 15 Announcement of the discontinuation of the Magic League.
February 24 Mythic Championship Cleveland 2019. Won by {GB-ENG} Autumn Burchett.
March 25 Soft launch of Valor's Reach
March 27 Release of the Legendary Collection Relic Tokens by UltraPro.
March 31 First Magic Invitational. Won by {ITA} Andrea Mengucci.
April 12 Release of the Challenger Decks 2019.
April 25 Mythic Championship London 2019. won by {USA} Eli Loveman.
May 3 Release of War of the Spark
May 17-19 Final of the 2018 Magic Online Championship. Won by {ITA} Mattia Oneto.
June 3 Netflix announces the production of an upcoming animated Magic: The Gathering TV series.
June 14 Release of Modern Horizons.
June 27 Reveal of the San Diego Comic-Con 2019 promos, featuring Nicol Bolas and his four God-Eternals.
June 27 Release of Ravnica Inquisition.
  • A social deduction game set on Ravnica.
June 27 Introduction of Historic, a constructed non-rotating format for Magic: The Gathering Arena.
June 28 Release of Signature Spellbook: Gideon.
June 28 The Pauper format gains official tabletop support.
July 20 Release of Core Set 2020.
July 25 Wizards of the Coast announce that going forward the Magic story will be told through e-books rather than weekly episodic stories.
July 27 The Judge Program is ending, to be replaced with a Judge Academy that will require a yearly subscription fee.
July 28 Mythic Championship IV in Barcelona, Spain. Won by {DEU} Thoralf Severin.
August 14 Elaine Chase announces several improvements to the Organized Play structure, including the creation of the Rivals League, the MPL Gauntlet, the Players Tour and Player Points for tabletop gaming.
August 19 Wizards of the Coast launches the open beta of the Magic: The Gathering Companion app, a home tournament organizer.
August 23 Release of Commander 2019.
  • Themes based on keyworded abilities
September 4 Announcement Day.[1]
September 27 Magic: The Gathering Arena is officially launched.
October 4 Release of Throne of Eldraine
October 18-20 Mythic Championship V on MTG Arena. Won by {ESP} Javier Dominguez.
October 29 Release of Ponies: The Galloping
November 7 Release of the Mystery Booster (Convention Edition)

Magic: The Gathering is inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.[2]

November 8 Release of Challenger Decks 2019 Japan.
  • Only available in Japan.
November 15 Release of the Throne of Eldraine Gift Edition.
November 15 Release of Game Night 2019.
  • Containing 5 exclusive cards.
November 8–10 Mythic Championship VI in Richmond, USA. Won by {CZE} Ondřej Stráský.
December 2 - 9 Release of the Secret Lair Drop Series.
December 6-8 Mythic Championship VII on MTG Arena. Won by {POL} Piotr Glogowski.
December 12 The 2019 Magic Pro League is won by {ESP} Javier Dominguez.
December 12 Introduction of the Magic Online Premier Play Program, replacing the Magic Online Championship Series.
December 12 Introduction of Magic: Legends, a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game).
Hall of Fame inductee:

Publications

First involved

R&D

Artists

Ravnica Allegiance
  • Colin Boyer
  • Ekatarina Burmak

War of the Spark

  • Chris Ostrowski
  • Clover.K
  • D-suzuki
  • Daisuke Izuka
  • Foo Midori
  • Fuzichoko
  • Hagiya Kaoru
  • Hisashi Momose
  • Hitowa
  • Hozan Shinomaru
  • Kaida Yuji
  • Lack
  • Maekwa Yuichi
  • Masuda Mikio
  • Mid
  • Miho Midorikawa
  • Nablange
  • Naochika Morishita
  • Sansyu
  • Tada
  • Toshiaki Takayama
  • Yamamoto Akifumi
  • Yoshitaka Amano
  • Yukie Tajima
  • Johan Grenier
  • Norikatsu Miyoshi
  • PINDURSKI
  • Piotr Dura
  • Raita Kazama
  • Ryota-H
  • Ryota Murayama

Modern Horizons 2019

  • Darren Tan
  • Forrest Imel
  • Mila Pesic
  • Nicholas Gregory

Core Set 2020

  • Anna Podedworna
  • Antonio José Manzanedo
  • Caio Monteiro
  • Cristi Balanescu
  • Lie Setiawan
  • Rudy Siswanto

Heroes of the Realm

  • Olena Richards

Commander 2019

  • GrafitArt

Throne of Eldraine

  • Alex Brock
  • Irina Nordsol
  • Iris Compiet
  • J.P. Targete
  • Maddy Julyk
  • Nick Southam
  • Miranda Meeks
  • Rebecca On
  • Shawn Wood

Ponies: The Galloping

  • Jennifer L. Meyer

Mystery Booster

Secret Lair: December 2019

  • Dan Mumford
  • DXTR
  • Erica Williams
  • Jaime A. Zuverza
  • Jakob Eirich
  • Justine Jones
  • Kristina Collantes
  • Lauren YS
  • Mike Uziel

References

  1. ↑ David McCoy (September 4, 2019). "Magic’s 2020 Sets Revealed—Theros: Beyond Death, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, Core Set 2021, and Zendikar Rising". Hipsters of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Shannon Symonds (November 8, 2019). "A Magical Gathering in the National Toy Hall of Fame". The Strong National Museum of Play.
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