Luis Scott-Vargas
Magic : The Gathering career -- Achievements
Table:
Season

Event type

Location

Format

Date

Rank

2006

Nationals

Atlanta

Special

July 28–30, 2006

3

2007

Nationals

Baltimore

Special

July 26–29, 2007

1

2007

Grand Prix

San Francisco

Block Constructed

August 25–26, 2007

1

2008

Grand Prix

Philadelphia

Extended

March 15–16, 2008

3

2008

Pro Tour

Berlin

Extended

October 31–November 2, 2008

1

2008

Grand Prix

Atlanta

Limited

November 15–16, 2008

1

2009

Grand Prix

Los Angeles

Extended

January 17–18, 2009

1

2009

Pro Tour

Kyoto

Standard and Booster Draft

February 27–March 1, 2009

2

2009

Grand Prix

Seattle/Tacoma

Standard

May 30–31, 2009

5

2010

Pro Tour

San Diego

Standard and Booster Draft

February 19–21, 2010

3

2010

Grand Prix

Sydney

Sealed and Booster Draft

October 9–10, 2010

2

2011

Pro Tour

Nagoya

Block Constructed and Booster Draft

June 10–12, 2011

7

2011

Grand Prix

Kansas City, Missouri

Sealed and Booster Draft

June 18–19, 2011

1

2011

Nationals

Indianapolis

Standard and Booster Draft

August 5–7, 2011

5

2011

Worlds

San Francisco

Special

November 17–20, 2011

6

2012

Grand Prix

Lincoln, Nebraska

Modern

February 18–19, 2012

3

2012–13

Grand Prix

Philadelphia

Sealed and Booster Draft

October 27–28, 2012

7

2012–13

Grand Prix

Indianapolis

Sealed and Booster Draft

December 22–23, 2012

3

2013–14

Grand Prix

Richmond

Modern

March 8–9, 2014

8

2014–15

Grand Prix

Portland

Team Limited

August 9–10, 2014

4

Drawing on the accompanying table and the relevant paragraphs listed below.

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Magic : The Gathering formats are various ways in which the Magic : The Gathering collectible card game can be played . Each format provides rules for deck construction and gameplay , with many confining the pool of permitted cards to those released in a specified group of Magic card sets . The DCI , the governing body that oversees official Magic competitive play , categorizes its tournament formats into Constructed and Limited . Constructed formats require decks to be made prior to participation , with players allowed to use any tournament-legal cards they possess . Sanctioned Constructed formats include Standard , Modern , Legacy , and Vintage . Limited formats , in contrast , utilize a restricted and unknown pool of cards , usually formed by opening Magic products . Limited competition require players to select cards and build decks on the fly within the tournament itself . The primary two sanctioned Limited formats are Sealed Deck and Booster Draft . A number of other formats have been designed by Wizards of the Coast or by players for custom gameplay or reduced investment cost ; these are known as casual formats . Some casual formats utilize rules or sets of cards that differ from those used in sanctioned tournament play .
A calendar date is a reference to a particular day represented within a calendar system . The calendar date allows the specific day to be identified . The number of days between two dates may be calculated . For example , 24 February 2020 is ten days after 14 February 2020 in the Gregorian calendar . The date of a particular event depends on the observed time zone . For example , the air attack on Pearl Harbor that began at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian time on 7 December 1941 took place at 3:18 a.m. Japan Standard Time , 8 December in Japan . A particular day may be represented by a different date in another calendar as in the Gregorian calendar and the Julian calendar , which have been used simultaneously in different places . In most calendar systems , the date consists of three parts : the day of the month , the month , and the year . There may also be additional parts , such as the day of the week . Years are usually counted from a particular starting point , usually called the epoch , with era referring to the particular period of time ( note the different use of the terms in geology ) . The most widely used epoch is a conventional birthdate of Jesus ( which was established by Dionysius Exiguus in the sixth century ) . A date without the year may also be referred to as a date or calendar date ( such as 20 February rather than 20 February 2020 ) .
The 2006 Pro Tour season was the eleventh season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . On 18 December 2005 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs in Lille and Charlotte . It ended on 3 December 2006 with the conclusion of the 2006 World Championship in Paris . The season consisted of 22 Grand Prixs and 5 Pro Tours , held in Honolulu , Prague , Charleston , Kobe , and Paris . At the end of the season Shouta Yasooka from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year . At the Worlds in Paris the second class of the Hall of Fame was inducted . The inductees were Bob Maher , Jr. , Dave Humpherys , Raphaël Lévy , Gary Wise , and Rob Dougherty .
The Magic : The Gathering national champions are the players who won National Championships ( Nationals ) that year . ( with the exception of champions between 2012-16 , which were awarded to players with the most Pro Points at the end of a Pro Tour season ) Nationals took place around the world usually in summer or autumn . Eligibility to play in a national championship was determined on residence instead of nationality . In addition , Nationals required eligible players to qualify . ( prior to 2011 , countries with smaller populations of Magic players open nationals were held , meaning that any eligible player could compete in this tournament ) After 2011 Nationals were discontinued by Wizards of the Coast when they restructured their Magic : The Gathering organized play program , abandoning national championships , and restructuring the World Championship . From 2012 to 2016 the title of National Champion was awarded to the player with the most Pro Points of any given country at the end of a Pro Tour season . At the end of 2018 Wizards of the Coast announced that in 2019 there would be no National Championships . As of April 2019 it is unclear whether Nationals are on hiatus or abandoned . The title National Champion will not be awarded in 2019 . In 2018 , National Champions were determined in 74 nations and regions . In most cases these regions line up with countries , but special exemptions were made in some cases , for example Puerto Rico and the countries of the United Kingdom .
The 2007 Pro Tour season was the twelfth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . On 9 February 2007 the season began with Pro Tour Geneva . It ended on 9 December 2007 with the conclusion of the 2007 World Championship in New York . The season consisted of 16 Grand Prixs and 5 Pro Tours , held in Geneva , Yokohama , San Diego , Valencia , and New York . At the end of the season Tomoharu Saitou from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year . At the Worlds in New York the third class of the Hall of Fame was inducted . The inductees were Kai Budde , Zvi Mowshowitz , Tsuyoshi Fujita , Nicolai Herzog , and Randy Buehler .
Grands Prix ( GPs ) are professional Magic : The Gathering tournaments , awarding cash prizes , Pro Points and invitations to Pro Tours . They are open to all players and are usually the biggest Magic tournaments . The first Grand Prix was held on 22-23 March 1997 in Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) . By the end of 2018 , 654 Grand Prix events have been held , the biggest being GP Las Vegas 2015 with 7,551 competitors , making it the biggest trading card game tournament ever held . Grand Prix tournaments are the main event of a minimum three-day mini-convention . The term Grand Prix can refer to either the tournament or to the entire weekend . Starting in 2019 , as part of a broader re-branding , the term MagicFest was introduced to refer to the overall event , which includes both the Grand Prix main event and a number of Side Events , which last for only a few hours and which have comparatively smaller prize pools .
The 2008 Pro Tour season was the thirteenth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . It began on 15 December 2007 , with Grand Prix Stuttgart , and ended on 14 December 2008 , with the 2008 World Championship in Memphis . The season consisted of twenty-one Grand Prixs , and four Pro Tours , located in Kuala Lumpur , Hollywood , Berlin , and Memphis . The Grand Prixs from June until August were designated Summer Series Grand Prixs , awarding more prizes and additional Pro Points . At the end of the season , Shuhei Nakamura became the fourth consecutive Japanese player to win Pro Player of the year . Dirk Baberowski , Michael Turian , Jelger Wiegersma , Olivier Ruel , and Ben Rubin were inducted into the Hall of Fame .
The Pro Tour ( often abbreviated as PT ) is the second-highest form of competitive play ( after the World Championship ) for the Magic : The Gathering collectible card game . It consists of a series of tournaments held throughout the world , each requiring an invitation to participate . Every Pro Tour awards a total of $ 240,000 in cash prizes , with $ 50,000 going to the winner . Pro Tour competitors also receive Pro Points , the amount depending on their results . Pro Points award special benefits to players , including automatic qualification and travel awards for subsequent Pro Tours . Currently , four Pro Tours are held during a twelve-month season also known colloquially as a year . The Pro Tour was introduced in 1996 with the first event being held in New York . Over 100 such tournaments have been held since . Finishing within the Top 8 of a Pro Tour is considered to be one of the greatest accomplishments a competitive Magic player can achieve . Professional players are thus often compared by the number of Pro Tour Top 8 finishes they have made throughout their career . The most successful players on the Pro Tour are Kai Budde , who won seven Pro Tours out of ten Top 8 finishes , and Jon Finkel , who won three Pro Tours , while making it to the Top 8 sixteen times .
The 2009 Pro Tour season was the fourteenth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . It began on 17 January 2009 with Grand Prix Los Angeles , and ended on 22 November 2009 with the conclusion of the 2009 World Championship in Rome . The season consisted of nineteen Grand Prixs , and four Pro Tours , located in Kyoto , Honolulu , Austin , and Rome . At the end of the season , Yuuya Watanabe was awarded the Pro Player of the Year , making him the first player to win both that title and the Rookie of the Year title which he had won two years prior . Frank Karsten , Kamiel Cornelissen , and Antoine Ruel were inducted into the Hall of Fame at the world championships in Rome .
The 2010 Pro Tour season was the fifteenth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . It began on 13 February 2010 with Grand Prix Oakland , and ended on 12 December 2010 with the conclusion of the 2010 World Championship in Chiba , Japan . The season consisted of eighteen Grand Prixs , and four Pro Tours , located in San Diego , San Juan , Amsterdam , and Chiba . Gabriel Nassif , Brian Kibler , and Bram Snepvangers were inducted into the Hall of Fame at the World Championship in Chiba . Although the season formally ended with the conclusion of the World Championship , the final title of season was not awarded until three months later . Guillaume Matignon and Brad Nelson tied for Player of the Year . The title was decided by a single match between the two at the 2011 Pro Tour in Paris , which Nelson won by four games to two .
The 2011 Pro Tour season was the sixteenth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . It began on 22 January 2011 with Grand Prix Atlanta , and ended on 20 November 2011 with the conclusion of the 2011 World Championship in San Francisco . The season consisted of twenty Grands Prix , and four Pro Tours , located in Paris , Nagoya , Philadelphia , and San Francisco .
The Magic : The Gathering World Championships ( Worlds ) have been held annually since 1994 . It is the most important tournament in the game of Magic : The Gathering , offering cash prizes of up to $ 100,000 to the winners . With the exception of the first edition , Worlds is an invitation-only event , and from 1996 to 2011 World was the last event of each Pro Tour season . The invitees were mostly top finishers from the National championships , the top-ranked players of the DCI and high-level pro players . Since 2012 the World Championships are held after the season and the most successful 16 or 24 players have been invited to the tournament . After the first five World Championships were all held in the United States , Worlds have since been held in Japan , Australia and various countries in Europe . Besides the main event Worlds were always a huge gathering of Magic players , who came to watch the pros and compete in side events . After the 2011 season , the World Championship was briefly replaced by the Magic Players Championship . The top 16 pro players selected due to various criteria were invited to the Players Championship . In 2013 the tournament was renamed to 'World Championship ' once again . From 2014 to 2018 the tournament was expanded to 24 competitors , but is going back to 16 players for the 2019 Worlds . The large World Championships , held until 2011 , also included a national team portion where the top players from each National Championship engaged in a separate competition .
The 2012 Pro Tour season is the seventeenth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . Due to major changes in the Pro Tour systems the 2012 season was retroactively made to overlap with the 2011 season . Originally the 2012 season was supposed to begin on 7 January 2012 with Grand Prix Austin , but retroactively the events from after Pro Tour Nagoya on 10-12 June 2011 were made to count towards the 2012 season as well as the 2011 season . The major changes included a shift of the season . Instead of Pro Tour seasons aligning with the calendar year , beginning with the 2012-13 season Pro Tour seasons will be going from spring to spring . Also a major overhaul of the ratings system was conducted . A new bye policy based upon the new ratings system and a new invitation policy for the Pro Tour were introduced . Finally the number of Grand Prix tournaments was greatly increased .
The 2012-13 Pro Tour season was the eighteenth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . It started on 19 May 2012 with Grand Prix Malmö , and ended on 19 May 2013 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Dragon 's Maze in San Diego . The season consisted of 44 Grand Prix and three Pro Tours , which were held in Seattle , Montreal and San Diego . At the end of the season Josh Utter-Leyton was proclaimed Pro Player of the Year .
The 2013-14 Pro Tour season was the nineteenth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . It started on 25 May with Grand Prix Guadalajara and ended on 3 August 2014 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Magic 2015 in Portland . The season consisted of 57 Grand Prix and four Pro Tours , located in Dublin , Valencia , Atlanta , and Portland .
The 2014-15 Pro Tour season was the twentieth season of the Magic : The Gathering Pro Tour . It started on 9 August 2014 with Grand Prix Portland and Utrecht and ended on 2 August 2015 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Vancouver . The season consisted of 51 Grand Prix and four Pro Tours , located in Honolulu , Washington , D.C. , Brussels , and Vancouver .