Starting in 1997, once in a year, 16 of the best Magic players in the world are invited to a special tournament by Wizards of the Coast, competing in five different, sometimes unofficial formats. The Magic Invitational started life as the Duelist Invitational, but when Duelist Magazine stopped existing, the name got changed. The winner of each Magic Invitational is granted to create a Magic card which is included in a future Magic set. One of the formats played at the Invitational is "Duplicate Sealed"—100-odd cards specifically chosen by Mark Rosewater, and including a number of special cards of his creation. This format was played at the 1999, 99/00 (Spring), and 2001 Invitationals. The first tournaments in 1997 and 1998 did not have any custom cards, and the 2000 (Autumn) Invitational used regular Magic cards with modified casting costs. These "cards" are printed onto stickers, and have no artwork. If they were made anywhere else, they would not be included, but since they are created by Maro himself, and they are used in an official tournament, they can truly be classified as Magic Rarities. At least 16 of each exist, but not many more. Magic Invitational Banner. Magic Invitational Logo. EVENT - LOCATION - DATE - WINNER - CARD - SET Duelist Invitational. Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 14 Feb - 16 Feb 1997. Winner Olle Råde (Sweden). Created card: Sylvan Safekeeper Judgment. No custom cards. Duelist Invitational. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 29 Jan - 02 Feb 1998. Winner Darwin Kastle (USA). Created card: Avalanche Riders Urza's Legacy. No custom cards. Duelist Invitational. Barcelona, Spain. 04 Feb - 07 Feb 1999. Winner Mike Long (USA). Created card: Rootwater Thief Nemesis. Magic Invitational. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 02 Mar - 05 Mar 2000. Winner Chris Pikula (USA). Created card: Meddling Mage Planeshift. Magic Invitational. Sydney, Australia. 16 Nov - 19 Nov 2000. Winner Jon Finkel (USA). Created card: Shadowmage Infiltrator Odyssey. Standard cards with changed casting costs. Magic Invitational. Capetown, South Africa. 05 Oct - 07 Oct 2001. Winner Kai Budde (Germany). Created card: Voidmage Prodigy Onslaught. Magic Invitational. Seattle, Washington, USA. 18 Oct - 20 Oct 2002. Winner Jens Thoren (Sweden). Created card: Solemn Simulacrum Mirrodin. No custom cards. Magic Invitational. Los Angeles, California, USA. 11 May - 13 May 2004. Winner Bob Maher (USA). Created card: Dark Confidant Ravnica. Magic Invitational. Los Angeles, California, USA. 17 May - 20 May 2005. Winner Terry Soh (Malaysia). Created card: Rakdos Augermage Dissension. Magic Invitational. Los Angeles, California, USA. 10 May - 12 May 2006. Winner Antoine Ruel (France). Created card: Ranger of Eos Shards of Alara. [/img] Magic Invitational. Spiel Essen, Germany. 18 October - 21 October 2007. Winner Tiago Chan (Portugal). Created card: Snapcaster Mage Innistrad. Public voted Invitational cards In addition, during the 2005 Tournament Wizards of the Coast held a public vote among the users of their website for the most popular card among the submissions which would also be printed after going through the usual R&D process but without featuring the winner in the art. The winning card was submitted by Tsuyoshi Fujita (Japan) and was eventually turned into Gemstone Caverns. For several years the Invitational then has been held using Magic Online. Any player who has downloaded the Magic Online software can replay the completed matches. In 2007 the Invitational returned to being a regular face to face Magic tournament, before being dropped from schedule altogether in 2008. 72 cards out of the 90 from the Autumn Magic Invitational, Sydney, Australia 16 Nov - 19 Nov 2000 Magic Invitational cards Capetown, South Africa 05 Oct - 07 Oct 2001. Set from Chris Benafel. 16 Sets of the 10 cards are known to exist and were given to the participants of the 2001 Invitational. 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SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Banding Licid | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
002 | Charge! | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
003 | Dark Transformation | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
004 | Dauthi Knight | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
005 | Dauthi Shade | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
006 | Enchanted Steeds | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
007 | Flanking Knight | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
008 | Flanking Licid | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
009 | Fuming Giant | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
010 | Healing Soil | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
011 | Hippo Compatriot | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
012 | Mogg Bomb Squad | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
013 | Phasing Licid | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
014 | Ripple | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
015 | Shadow Licid | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
016 | Skyknight | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
017 | Slippery Licid | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
018 | Soltari Sergeant | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
019 | Speedy Zombie | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
020 | Spirit Leech | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
021 | Suq'Ata Cavalier | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
022 | Teacher | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
023 | Teferi's Thalakos | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
024 | Thalakos Lancer | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
025 | Verdant Guardian | Duelist Invitational sealed deck card | 1998-02-04 | YES | ||||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Æther Fart | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
002 | Avalanche of Squirrels | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
003 | Being an Evil Minion Sucks | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
004 | Bunch of Elephants | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
005 | Cloudchaser Monk | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
006 | Finicky Mob | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
007 | Goblin Apprentice | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
008 | I don't think so | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
009 | Leave my Stuff Alone | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
010 | Mutated Cockroach | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
011 | Never Trust a Blue Mage | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
012 | Share my Pain | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
013 | That Stings | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
014 | Too... Many... Words... | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
015 | Undercover Disguise | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
016 | Very Strict Tutor | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
017 | Wall of Schizophrenia | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 1999-03-02 | YES | ||||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Aladdin | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
002 | Animate Dead | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
003 | Arctic Wolves | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
004 | Argivian Archeologist | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
005 | Avalanche Riders | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
006 | Bazaar of Wonders | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
007 | Berserk | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
008 | Black Lotus | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
009 | Bone Shredder | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
010 | Brand | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
011 | Breeding Pit | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
012 | Brine Seer | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
013 | Cadaverous Knight | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
014 | Caustic Wasps | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
015 | Cho-Arrim Alchemist | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
016 | Clone | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
017 | Cloudchaser Eagle | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
018 | Coat of Arms | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
019 | Consuming Ferocity | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
020 | Cooperation | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
021 | Crown of the Ages | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
022 | Curiosity | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
023 | Dark Banishing | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
024 | Deepwood Tantiv | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
025 | Demonic Tutor | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
026 | Devout Witness | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
027 | Emerald Charm | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
028 | Empyrial Armor | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
029 | Exclude | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
030 | Explosive Growth | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
031 | Fanning the Flames | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
032 | Fear | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
033 | Fit of Rage | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
034 | Forbid | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
035 | Fork | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
036 | Frankenstein's Monster | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
037 | Goblin Bombardment | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
038 | Groundskeeper | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
039 | Hell's Caretaker | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
040 | Herald of Serra | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
041 | Hunting Moa | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
042 | Hyperion Blacksmith | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
043 | Illicit Auction | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
044 | Iridescent Drake | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
045 | Jihad | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
046 | Juxtapose | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
047 | Keldon Firebombers | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
048 | Khabál Ghoul | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
049 | Knight of Valor | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
050 | Kris Mage | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
051 | Land's Edge | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
052 | Living Plane | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
053 | Mana Drain | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
054 | Maro | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
055 | Mishra's War Machine | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
056 | Nevinyrral's Disk | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
057 | Null Chamber | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
058 | Old Man of the Sea | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
059 | Pegasus Stampede | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
060 | Plague Witch | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
061 | Preacher | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
062 | Psychic Vortex | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
063 | Raven Familiar | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
064 | Revered Unicorn | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
065 | Rootwater Thief | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
066 | Rukh Egg | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
067 | Scarwood Bandits | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
068 | Scavenged Weaponry | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
069 | Spidersilk Armor | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
070 | Stampeding Wildebeests | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
071 | Stronghold Taskmaster | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
072 | Subterranean Spirit | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
073 | Survival of the Fittest | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
074 | Swords to Plowshares | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
075 | Taniwha | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
076 | Tawnos's Coffin | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
077 | Tetravus | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
078 | The Abyss | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
079 | Thran Forge | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
080 | Tombstone Stairwell | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
081 | Tracker | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
082 | Triskelion | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
083 | Varchild's War Riders R | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
084 | Venarian Gold | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
085 | Voice of Truth | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
086 | Waterfront Bouncer | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
087 | Wild Mammoth | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
088 | Winnow | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
089 | Winter Orb | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
090 | Xenic Poltergeist | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2000-11-16 | YES | ||||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Aura of Need | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
002 | Death Mage | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
003 | Elven Enchanter | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
004 | Flying Camel | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
005 | Goblin Thaumaturgist | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
006 | Nasty Spite | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
007 | Partial Recall | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
008 | Silkwood Armor | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
009 | Static Shield | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||
010 | Teferi's Pet Serpent | Magic Invitational sealed deck card | 2001-10-05 | YES | ||||