Zvi Mowshowitz

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Zvi Mowshowitz

Born
Residence New York, USA
Nationality Flag of the United States American
Winnings US$ 141,460[1]
Pro Tour Top 8 Finishes 4[2]
Grand Prix Top 8 Finishes 8[3]
Lifetime Pro Points 236[4]

Zvi Mowshowitz is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player who also held a developer intern position at Wizards of the Coast Magic R&D. He is known for having created innovative and sometimes game-breaking decks like TurboZvi and My Fires, as well as many other notable decks that put up respectable finishes at highly competitive Magic: The Gathering tournaments. His first place finishes include a Pro Tour and a Grand Prix. He has placed in the top eight of four Pro Tours, and earned over $140,000 playing Magic competitively.

Mowshowitz was particularly noted for exploiting previously undiscovered card interactions and demonstrating that cards once believed to be quite poor were in fact "broken", meaning sufficiently powerful as to be game-dominating, when fully understood. Examples include "Yawgmoth's Bargain",[5] once believed to be unplayable but which was rapidly banned as "too powerful" after Zvi demonstrated its potential when fully exploited [1], and "Dream Halls",[6] the card-drawing engine behind the now-legendary TurboZvi deck archetype.

He is also a popular internet writer, previously with Brainburst, StarCityGames.com, and then for the official Magic website MagicTheGathering.com. In April 2006, Zvi stopped writing for MagicTheGathering.com.

In 2007, Mowshowitz was elected into the 2007 class of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame with induction scheduled for December 5, 2007[7]

[edit] Accomplishments

  • Magic: The Gathering Hall of Famer
  • Top 8 at Grand Prix-Boston (1998)
  • Top 8 at Pro Tour-New York (1999)
  • Top 8 at Grand Prix-Washington D.C. (1999)
  • Top 8 at U.S. Nationals (1999)
  • Top 8 at Grand Prix-Manchester (2000)
  • Top 8 at Pro Tour-Chicago (2000)
  • Champion at Pro Tour-Tokyo (2001)
  • Top 4 at Pro Tour-New York (2001)
  • Top 4 at Grand Prix-New Jersey (2002)
  • Champion at Grand Prix-New Orleans (2002)
  • Top 8 at Grand Prix-Boston (2003)
  • Champion at Grand Prix-Pittsburgh (2003)
  • Top 8 at Grand Prix-Atlanta (2003)[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lifetime Winnings Leaders. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
  2. ^ Lifetime Pro Tour Top 8s. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
  3. ^ Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
  4. ^ Lifetime Pro Points. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
  5. ^ Yawgmoth's BargainCard Details
  6. ^ Dream HallsCard Details
  7. ^ "The Class of 2007", Wizards of the Coast, 2007-09-07. Retrieved on 2007-09-09. 
  8. ^ Zvi Mowshowitz — Hall of Fame Profile. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
  • Kushner, David (2005). Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids : how a gang of geeks beat the odds and stormed Las Vegas. Random House. ISBN 1-4000-6407-4.