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Welcome back to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Today, we’re going to look at the release of Planechase, which had its release events from Sept. 4-6, 2009. Planechase isn’t especially well-known these days, but it marked a number of important Magic firsts: it was the first supplemental set, the first set focused on multiplayer, the first set …
Welcome back to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Today, we’re going to go back to 2014 and the announcement of the Two-Block Paradigm in MTG. This moment changed the way Magic sets were released, and we’re still feeling the ramifications of it today. This also seems like a particularly good time to discuss the ways that sets …
Welcome back to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Today, we’re going to take a look at the most important event in the history of competitive Magic. On Aug. 18, 1994 the very first Magic World Championship began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was not only the first time someone could claim the title of Magic world champion, it was …
Welcome back to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Twenty four years ago today, Unglued ” was released as Magic’s very first joke set. The cards created for the set were intentional references and jokes about the game of Magic itself. This premise proved fairly popular, and since the 1998 release of Unglued we have seen three more …
Welcome back to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” This time, we’re taking a look at the release of Coldsnap, which was released on July 21, 2006. Coldsnap is one of the weirder black-bordered releases we’ve ever seen. It was printed as the intended third and final set of the Ice Age Block. That might not sound strange …
