2008

The year 2008 was the sixteenth year of existence for Magic: The Gathering. 
== Events ==
Date 	Event
January 	Announcement of the ending of the Magic Scholarship Series.
February 1 	Release of Morningtide.
* "The Grand Creature Type Update Update".
February 15–17 	Pro Tour Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Won by Jon Finkel.
April 1 	Announcement of Duel Decks: Pirates vs. Ninjas.
* April Fools.
May 2 	Release of Shadowmoor.
* Large set, mirror to Lorwyn.
* Start of the second mini-block of the Lorwyn–Shadowmoor block.
* Extended use of -1/-1 counters and hybrid mana.
* Introduction of the untap symbol.
May 23–25 	Pro Tour Hollywood, USA. Won by Charles Gindy.
June 20 	Release of the 15th Anniversary 2-Player Starter Game.
July 25 	Release of Eventide.
* Mirror to Morningtide.
July 28 	Announcement of the closing down of the Gleemax social network.
August 29 	Release of From the Vault: Dragons.
* First set in the From the Vault series.
September 22 	Release of Masters Edition II on Magic Online.
October 	Creation of the Wizards Play Network.
October 3 	Release of Shards of Alara.
* Setting the new standard size for large sets.
* Introduction of mythic rares.
* Multicolored set, focusing on three-color combinations (Bant, Esper, Grixis, Jund and Naya)
* Introduction of colored artifacts.
* Introduction of the New World Order in design.
* Replacement of one of the commons in a booster pack with a basic land.
October 31 - November 2	Pro Tour Berlin, Germany. Won by Luis Scott-Vargas.
November 7 	Release of Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra.
* First planeswalker vs. planeswalker Duel Decks.
December 11–14 	2008 World Championships in Memphis, USA. Won by Antti Malin.
* Team champions: United States.
 	Player of the Year: Shuhei Nakamura.
 	Rookie of the Year: Aaron Nicastri.
 	Hall of Fame inductees:
* Dirk Baberowski
* Mike Turian
* Jelger Wiegersma
* Olivier Ruel
* Ben Rubin
== Publications ==
* Morningtide (January)
* Shadowmoor (April)
* Eventide (June)
* A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara (September)
==First involved==
===R&D===
* Sean Fletcher
* Mark Globus
* Graeme Hopkins
* Alexis Janson
* Jeremy Jarvis
* Tom LaPille
* Erik Lauer
* Michael Mikaelian
*Kenneth Nagle
* Mark Purvis
*Andrew Smith
* Jake Theis
* Ken Troop
===Artists===
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