1994

The year 1994 was the second year of existence for Magic: The Gathering.

Events

Date	Event
Early 1994	Carta Mundi presents Peter Adkison with a box of about 200 poker decks with regular Magic card backs.
January	Second print run of Arabian Nights, fixing some printing issues and leaving out the Mountain
January	Creation of the Duelists' Convocation. First official rules about the 60-card minimum deck size for constructed and the limit of 4 for each card in the deck. First sanctioned tournaments First Banned and Restricted List
January	First issue of The Duelist.
March	Wizards of the Coast outgrows Adkison's basement.
March 4	Release of the first bottom-up designed expansion: Antiquities, which has an artifact theme. First mention of the Brothers' War
Early April	Release of the Revised Edition. First changes to the Core Set.
May	Rumors abound about an ultra rare card: Throat Wolf
May / June	First Nationals in France, Belgium and the United States.
June 10	Release of Legends, introducing multicolored cards and legendary permanents.
July	July 1994, visitors of Dragon Con are given a postcard voucher which could redeemed for a Nalathni Dragon, the first promotional card.
Summer	A supposedly fixed version of the Revised Edition, code-named "Edgar" is recalled due to more mistakes. Some boxes get out.
Summer	Cease and Desist order of Wizards of the Coast against the producer of Middle Ages, an unofficial set
August	At the Origins Game Fair convention, WotC wins awards from the The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) for Magic: The Gathering and Legends.
August 8	Release of The Dark. First expansion that was simultaneously released in a foreign language (Italian).
August 18–21	GenCon convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Demonstrations given for the upcoming Microprose video game Zak Dolan beats Bertrand Lestree in the first Magic World Championships Mark Rosewater gets hired for The Duelist
November 15	Release of Fallen Empires. The first set to be overprinted.
December	Black Lotus reaches $50 on secondary market.

Publications

• Magic: The Gathering Pocket Players' Guide - April
• Arena - November
• Whispering Woods - November

First involved

Wizards of the Coast

• Sandra Everingham, art director
• Tom Wylie, rules manager

Design and Development

• Steve Conard
• Robin Herbert
• Steve Bishop

The Duelist

• Michael G. Ryan, editor
• Allen Varney, editor
• Mark Rosewater, puzzle maker

Artists

• Antiquities
  • Kerstin Kaman
  • Margaret Organ-Kean
  • NéNé Thomas
  • Pete Venters
  • Phil Foglio
  • Randy Asplund-Faith
• Legends
  • Anthony Waters
  • Bryon Wackwitz
  • Edward Beard Jr.
  • Harold McNeill
  • Heather Hudson
  • Liz Danforth
  • Mike Kimble
  • Nicola Leonard
  • Richard Kane Ferguson
  • Scott Kirschner
• The Dark
  • Dennis Detwiller
• Dragon Con media insert
  • Michael Whelan
• Fallen Empires
  • Pat Morrissey