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
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 <c>Nalathni Dragon</c>, 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 	<c>Black Lotus</c> 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===
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