Magic: the gathering history

  • Period: 200,000 BCE to 20,000 BCE

    Pre-history

  • 100,000 BCE

    Equilorians

    The Equilorians begin their search for enlightenment
  • 20,000 BCE

    Birth of the Elder Dragons

    The Ur-Dragon spawns the first dragons on Dominaria. They collectively become known as the Elder Dragons. Merrevia Sal is killed by human dragon hunters
  • Period: 20,000 BCE to 15,000 BCE

    Mythohistory

  • 19,950 BCE

    The Dragon-killers' War

    Ugin's spark ignites, becoming the first known planeswalker
  • Period: 19,000 BCE to 17,000 BCE

    The Elder Dragon War

    The victors of the war are Nicol Bolas (who ascended), Arcades Sabboth, Palladia-Mors and Chromium, and his cousins Vaevictis Asmadi and Piru. Those who lose the war are beaten to the ground, stripped of their title, never to fly again, becoming Wurms.
    Ugin, not present for the war, shapes Tarkir.
  • 17,000 BCE

    Fall of the Primevals

    On Dominaria, the Numena defeat the Primeval Dragons and take their powers.
    Rokin of Mitrokin is sacrificed to the dragon lords and enslaved in the Obsidian Well, but he leads a revolt to overthrow them when their magic fails after the Primevals' fall.
  • 16,000 BCE

    Fall of the Numena

    On Dominaria, the Numena fall after ruling for 1,000 years
  • 15,000 BCE

    Shattering of Madara

    On the Meditation Plane, Nicol Bolas kills Ugin for the first time. Nicol Bolas battles the Demonic Leviathan. The fight reduces Madara to a third of its former size and creates the first rift of the world. What remains of the leviathan come to be known as the Talon Gates.
  • 12,208 BCE

    Niv-mizzet

    Niv-Mizzet, the last great dragon on Ravnica, hatches
  • 6740 BCE

    Nascita di Azor

  • 5564 BCE

    Azor arriva a Ravinica

  • 5517 BCE

    Sigla del Patto delle Gilde

    The Guildpact is created on the plane of Ravnica after a long war led by the opposing Cisarzim and Razia. Ravnican guilds divide duties across nine guilds for the betterment of the plane as a whole. Ravnica begins its long evolution into a predominantly urban plane.
  • 5419 BCE

    Azor lascia Ravnica

  • 5117 BCE

    Titani di Ravnica

    Commander-General Ferrous Rokiric erects the ten stone Titans of Ravnica in each district of the city to quell rebellion and maintain peace.
  • Period: 5114 BCE to 5014 BCE

    Guerra civile Thran

    The Thran Civil War happens in Terisiare, ending when the eugenicists including Yawgmoth are exiled.
  • 5000 BCE

    Fine era dei Thran

  • 5000 BCE

    City of Brass

    Fatima breaks up with al-Abin, becomes a planeswalker, builds the City of Brass, and creates the Brass Men.
  • Period: 5000 BCE to 1 BCE

    Era delle Leggende

  • 2440 BCE

    Nascita di Sorin Markov

    Piano di Innistrad
  • 2438 BCE

    Arcavios

    Humanoids emerge on Arcavios, ending the Dawning Age. Conflicts between these groups begin the Blood Age.
  • 2424 BCE

    Shilgengar's Ritual

    Edgar Markov creates the curse of vampirism on Innistrad with the assistance of the demon Shilgengar while Sorin Markov is a teenager. Turning into a vampire causes Sorin's spark to ignite. Olivia Voldaren also partakes of the ritual.
  • Period: 2140 BCE to 840 BCE

    Sivitri's War

    Sivitri Scarzam conquers south-eastern Corondor with the help of her dragons, until they are destroyed with a special potion made from Sol'Kanar's poppies. Sivitri flees Dominaria on her last remaining dragon.
    The kingdom of Zhalfir takes shape on Jamuraa.
  • 1850 BCE

    Nasce Tev Loneglade

  • Period: 1840 BCE to 540 BCE

    Forging the Blackblade

    • Dakkon forges the Blackblade for Geyadrone Dihada, who in exchange triggers his spark. Geyadrone Dihada conquers the south of Corondor and turns the nature spirit of Khone into Sol'Kanar the Swamp King.
  • Period: 1840 BCE to 540 BCE

    Enslavement of Trine

    • Xarl turns the Serra Angel Trine into a Fallen Angel using the Horned Halo and conquers the north of Corondor, ruling for three centuries
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 200 BCE

    Blackblade–Dihada War

    • Dihada tricks a young boy from the destroyed village Carth into summoning Dakkon Blackblade and binding them to each other. Dakkon slays Dihada's minion, the Elder Piru, but Dihada absorbs her power. Dihada marks Dakkon as one of her champions but gets back his shadow. The boy from Carth and Dakkon travel to Terisiare. The boy starts the lineage of the Carthalions
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 200 BCE

    Date of Tribute

    • Left by his mistress, Sol'Kanar seeks to increase his power through annual tributes over several years.[37]
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 200 BCE

    Dragon War

    • The two women Chondaeh and Gydolien Mor try to summon the last of the Scarzam Dragons for Sol'Kanar. They succeed, but Sivitri Scarzam also appears and turns against the Swamp King. In the aftermath, the city of Khone is destroyed.[37
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 200 BCE

    Absolution of Trine

    • Eskil, the adopted son of the magician Xarl, summons the angel Rahel to subdue Trine. Eskil is blinded in the final conflict but ascends as a planeswalker.[40
  • 1440 BCE

    L'imprigionamento degli Eldrazi

    Sorin, Ugin, and Nahiri meet on an unknown plane destroyed by the Eldrazi. They hatch a plan to imprison the Eldrazi.
    Imprisonment of the Eldrazi - The Eldrazi are imprisoned on Zendikar by Sorin, Ugin, and Nahiri
  • Period: 1300 BCE to 28

    The Battle at Mors Ridge

    In questi periodo si svolge The Battle at Mors Ridge takes place. Chromium Rhuell battles and defeats Vaevictis Asmadi and Palladia-Mors
  • 912 BCE

    Fondazione di Penregon, capitale di Archivia, a Dominaria

  • Period: 300 BCE to 20

    Lord windgrace

    The Panther Warriors of Lord Windgrace's tribe rule Urborg until the Brothers' War
  • 57 BCE

    Whispering war

    The Whispering War ends in Ixalan's Core and the Age of the Sun begins.
  • 1 CE

    Nascita di Urza e Mishra

    Start of Argivian Reckoning - Urza and Mishra are born on the first and last day of the Dominarian year, respectively. This marks the beginning of a new calendar, retroactively counting from this year as year 0, effectively replacing the Penregon Founding dating system completely
  • Period: 20 to 64

    Guerra dei fratelli

  • 64

    The cooling begins

  • Period: 64 to 540

    Dark age

  • 65

    Creazione di Xantcha

    Xantcha is created from Mishra's flesh, her pod of newts being prepared to invade Dominaria as sleeper agents.
  • 69

    Siege of penregon

  • 70

    Annise and Dumoss

    Annise breaks up with her boyfriend. He steals her magical pendant and goes to duel her boss, Dumoss, but she shows up and distracts him, making him lose the duel.[51
  • 73

    Morte di Loran

    Loran dies of an illness. Feldon tries to resurrect her with different types of magic.[52
  • 75

    Fondazione del Conclave dei Maghi

  • 79

    Caduta di Penregon

  • 80

    Jarsyl joins the Conclave of Mages

  • 80

    Xantcha

    Xantcha's pod is launched onto Dominaria. Before she can be assigned, however, the strangely identical-looking and too-small newts are slaughtered by the plane's inhabitants. As a replacement, a new batch of more individual-looking newts starts being created.[12
  • 100

    The Thousandfold Refraction of Rabiah

  • 100

    Marooned on an island of sea dragons, Agrippa escapes with gold and a story to clear his family’s name

  • 130

    Unification of Taysir -

    Taysir of Rabiah becomes a planeswalker and leaves Rabiah.
  • 164

    Gwenna sacrifices her life to save Temken's elves from a malevolent swamp spirit. The Survivors head west to found Yavimaya

  • 170

    Fall of sarpadian empire

    The Fall of the Sarpadian Empires occurs, wiping out civilization on Sarpadia. Galina is transported 3000 years into the future.
  • 180

    Urza incontra Xantcha

    Urza meets the defective Phyrexian newt Xantcha. He thinks she's a human turned Phyrexian and takes her along with him in his crusade against Yawgmoth
  • 300

    Nevinyrral's disk

    Nevinyrral activates his disk on Urborg, ending the war between Urborg and Bogardan, but destroying Urborg's capital in the process.[60][61
  • 300

    The Iwset-Jehesic War takes place on the west coast of Terisiare

  • 300

    Mita becomes the first female Rag Man, granting her the power to travel the world through dreams

  • 380

    Jarsyl discovers a portal to Phyrexia[64] while living in his tower in Giva Province. He writes about his experiences from the metal plane, before vanishing without a trace

  • 400

    Taysir comes to Dominaria and falls in love with Kristina of the Woods. They are both trapped when the Shard closes not much later.

  • 400

    Formation of the Shard of Twelve Worlds -

    the Shard forms, trapping all planeswalkers in a section of the multiverse including Dominaria and eleven other planes.[14
  • 413

    Nascita di Jodah

  • 415

    Lord Ith is imprisoned by Mairsil

  • 417

    Tivadar of Thorn is born.[65

  • 425

    Torya Longshanks lifts the blood-curse of king Rogan of Angremur

  • 427

    The magic of Barl's Cage starts to weaken

  • 430

    ?

    Lord Ith manages to cast a spell through Barl's Cage, summoning the Rag Man to get aid.[65]
    Jodah receives his mirror from Voska.[65]
    The Battle of Pitdown - Jodah gains near-immortality after hiding from Goblins in a Fountain of Youth.[65]
    The Fall of the Conclave of Mages - Jodah frees Lord Ith, and Ith destroys the Conclave of Mages.[65]
    Jodah journeys with Sima to the City of Shadows where he eventually becomes the Archmage Eternal
  • Period: 430 to 450

    Tivadar's Crusade

    • Tivadar of Thorn and Rasputin Dreamweaver lead a successful crusade against the goblin hordes of Terisiare. Almaaz is taken over by the Rigida
  • Period: 450 to

    Ice age