Mike Turian

Mike Turian
Mike Turian
Residence Seattle, WA (USA)
Nationality United States American
Pro Tour debut 1997 Pro Tour Chicago
Winnings US$118,053[1]
Pro Tour wins (Top 8) 1 (5)[2]
Grand Prix wins (Top 8) 2 (6)[3]
Lifetime Pro Points 234[4]
Planeswalker Level 46 (Archmage)

Michael Turian is a successful professional player of Magic: The Gathering. He won Pro Tour New York with Team Potato Nation. Turian also won two Grand Prixs. In 2008 Mike Turian was voted in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted during the World championship in Memphis.

Career

Mike Turian qualified for Pro Tour (PT) Chicago 1997 at a PTQ in Akron, Ohio. He finished 27th at PT Chicago, winning money and automatically qualifying for the next PT in Mainz.[5] An 11th place at Mainz was followed by several Pro Tour money finishes (Top 64 at the time). Eventually he won Pro Tour New York 2000 with teammates Gary Wise and Scott Johns. A 5th place at the World championship in Toronto in the season followed.

The next season started off well with a win Grand Prix Montreal 2001, but other than that some less successful seasons followed for Turian. Eventually the 200304 season became his most successful with final day appearance at PT Boston, Amsterdam, and San Diego. He also managed to win another Grand Prix at Columbus.

He left the Pro Tour in 2004, to take a job as developer at Wizards of the Coast.

Accomplishments

Season Event type Location Format Date Place
199900 Nationals Orlando Special 8-11 June 2000 5
200001 Pro Tour New York City Team Limited 27 September1 October 2000 1
200001 Worlds Toronto Special 812 August 2001 5
200102 Grand Prix Montreal Limited 1314 October 2001 1
200203 Nationals Special 2729 June 2003 8
200304 Pro Tour Boston Team Limited 1214 September 2003 3
200304 Pro Tour Amsterdam Limited 1618 January 2004 8
200304 Grand Prix Columbus, Ohio Limited 2728 March 2004 1
200304 Pro Tour San Diego Limited 1416 May 2004 3

Last updated: 7 November 2011
Source: Wizards.com

Other accomplishments:

  • Member of the 2008 Hall of Fame

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