2022

The year 2022 is the thirtieth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date	Event
January 4	Release of the first basic land of Secret Lair Drop Series: The Astrology Lands.
January 5	Chris Cocks, president of Wizards of the Coast, is named the new CEO of Hasbro.^[1]
January 28	Release of Commander Collection: Black Only sold at WPN stores.
January 28	Release of Innistrad: Double Feature. Combines all cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Innistrad: Crimson Vow with black-and-white art treatment. Only sold at WPN stores.
February 17	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: February Superdrop. Including Universes Beyond: Street Fighter.
February 18	Release of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. Set in the current era on Kamigawa, more than 1200 years after conclusion of the original Kamigawa block.
March 13	Eli Kassis wins the Neon Dynasty Championship.
March 14	Release of the designed-for-digital Alchemy: Kamigawa set on MTG Arena. The Arena Base Set is moved to Alchemy.
March 30	Wizards of the Coast Organized Play announces the reinstatement of the tabletop Pro Tour.^[2] Players can work their way up through local qualifiers, Regional Championships and Pro Tours to the World Championship.
April 1	Release of Challenger Decks 2022.
April 11	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: April Superdrop 2022.
April 21	Introduction of the "true-to-tabletop" Explorer format on Magic: The Gathering Arena.
April 29	Release of Streets of New Capenna. Including Universes Within Stranger Things.
May 4	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Pride Across the Multiverse.
May 21	Start of the 2022–23 Pro Tour Season with the first Qualifier Play-In event on MTG Arena.
May 22	Jan-Moritz Merkel wins the New Capenna Championship.
June 2	Release of Alchemy: New Capenna on MTG Arena.
June 3	Release of the 2022 Starter Kit.
June 10	Release of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate.
June 13	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Here Be Dragons and June Superdrop 2022.
July 1	Prices are raised by 11% across the board for Booster products (eg. Draft Boosters, Set Boosters and Collector Boosters).^[3]
July 7	Release of Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate on MTG Arena.
July 8	Release of Double Masters 2022.
July 21	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Fortnite.
July 28	Release of Historic Anthology 6 and Explorer Anthology 1 on MTG Arena.
August 10	Without fanfare, the mobile game Magic SpellSlingers is finally fully implemented on iOS and Android.^[4]
August 11	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Li'l Giri Saves the Day.
August 18	Yearly Announcement Day.
August 28	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: August Superdrop 2022.
September 9	Release of Dominaria United. Includes Lost Legends and Legends Retold. Theme Boosters are replaced by Jumpstart Boosters. Standard Rotation: Zendikar Rising, Kaldheim, Strixhaven: School of Mages and Adventures in the Forgotten Realms leave the format.
September 25	Sam Rolph wins Arena Championship 1.
October 1	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: Li’l’ler Walkers.
October 6	Release of Alchemy: Dominaria on MTG Arena.
October 7	Release of Unfinity. The acorn stamp replaces silver borders. First Un-set to contain Eternal-legal cards. Introduction of Sticker technology.
October 7	Release of Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks.
October 14	Release of Game Night Free-for-All.
October 17	Release of Secret Lair Drop Series: October Superdrop 2022‎ (including the Warhammer 40K drops).
October 20	Magic Online officially transfers from Wizards of the Coast's servers to Daybreak's servers.^[5]
October 28-30	Magic 30 convention, the "ultimate celebration of three decades of Magic: The Gathering". Nathan Steuer defeats Eli Kassis in the 2022 World Championship and becomes the new World Champion. Dark Pact Cosplay wins Best in Show at the Cosplay Contest as Ashiok.^[6]
November 1	Release of the Secret Lair 30th Anniversary Countdown Kit.
November 4	Release of the Pioneer Challenger Decks 2022.
November 4	Release of the Secret Lair Drop Series: Extra Life 2022.
November 8	The DailyMTG.com website receives a major overhaul, obsoleting many older articles and causing massive link rot on this wiki.^[7]
November 14	The Bank of America warns that Hasbro is “destroying the long-term value” of Magic: The Gathering by overprinting cards.^[8]
November 17	Release of the Secret Lair Drop Series: Look at the Kitties.
November 18	Release of The Brothers' War. Includes Retro Frame Artifacts bonus sheet. Includes Universes Beyond: Transformers.
November 30	Release of the 30th Anniversary Edition of Beta. Priced at $999 for four randomized boosters of non-tournament legal commemorative cards.
December 2	Release of Jumpstart 2022.
December 2	Release of the first Starter Commander Decks.
December 5	Release of the first Secret Lair Drop Series: December Superdrop 2022.
December 13	Release of Alchemy: The Brothers' War and Explorer Anthology 2 on MTG Arena.