Zvi Mowshowitz

Zvi Mowshowitz
Born	January 8, 1979
Residence	New York, NY, USA
Nationality	American
Pro Tour debut	1998 Pro Tour Los Angeles
Winnings	US$ 147,010[1]
Pro Tour wins (Top 8)	1 (4)[2]
Grand Prix wins (Top 8)	2 (9)[3]
Lifetime Pro Points	261[4]
Planeswalker Level	47 (Archmage)

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.^[5] In 2007, Mowshowitz was elected into the Magic Hall of Fame.^[6]

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 once believed to be unplayable but which was rapidly banned as "too powerful" after Zvi demonstrated its potential when fully exploited, and Dream Halls, the engine behind the now-legendary TurboZvi deck archetype.

He is also an avid internet writer, previously with The Dojo, Mindripper, Brainburst, StarCityGames, and then for the official Magic website MagicTheGathering.com.^[5] In April 2006, Zvi stopped writing for MagicTheGathering.com.

Mowshowitz was the CEO of MetaMed, a medical research analysis firm.^[7]

Zvi Mowshowitz is the son of American biochemist Deborah Mowshowitz.

Top 8 appearances

Season	Event type	Location	Format	Date	Rank
1998–99	Grand Prix	Boston	Block Constructed	5–6 September 1998	4
1998–99	Pro Tour	New York	Block Constructed	30 April–2 May 1999	3
1998–99	Grand Prix	Washington D.C.	Limited	19–20 June 1999	4
1998–99	Nationals		Special	2–4 July 1999	4
1998–99	Worlds	Yokohama	National team	4–8 August 1999	1
1999–00	Invitational	Kuala Lumpur	Special	2–5 March 2000	3
2000–01	Grand Prix	Manchester	Limited	7–8 October 2000	8
2000–01	Pro Tour	Chicago	Standard	1–3 December 2000	7
2000–01	Pro Tour	Tokyo	Block Constructed	16–18 March 2001	1
2000–01	Masters	Barcelona	Booster Draft	1–4 May 2001	4
2001–02	Masters	New Orleans	Booster Draft	31 October–3 November 2001	5
2001–02	Masters	Osaka	Team Limited	14–17 March 2002	5
2001–02	Grand Prix	New Jersey	Team Limited	29–30 June 2002	2
2002–03	Grand Prix	New Orleans	Extended	3–4 January 2003	1
2002–03	Grand Prix	Boston	Limited	22–23 February 2003	7
2002–03	Masters	Yokohama	Booster Draft	8–11 May 2003	5
2002–03	Grand Prix	Pittsburgh	Team Limited	31 May–1 June 2003	1
2003–04	Grand Prix	Atlanta	Standard	29–30 August 2003	5
2003–04	Invitational	Los Angeles	Special	11–13 May 2004	4
2012–13	Grand Prix	Portland	Modern	11–12 May 2013	3

Last updated: 12 May 2013
Source: Wizards.com

Other accomplishments

• Magic Hall of Fame class of 2007

References

1. "Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders". Wizards of the Coast. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
2. "Lifetime Pro Tour Top 8s". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
3. "Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
4. "Lifetime Pro Points". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
5. "Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame Profiles — Zvi Mowshowitz". Wizards of the Coast. 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
6. "The Class of 2007". Wizards of the Coast. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
7. "Our Scientists, Doctors & Researchers". Retrieved 2013-03-01.

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• Zvi Mowshowitz's Blog