Gavin Verhey

Gavin Verhey
Born (1990-03-29) March 29, 1990
Nationality United States
Occupation Magic Developer

Gavin Verhey (born March 29, 1990) is a Magic: The Gathering Developer at Wizards of the Coast. He was on the development team for Gatecrash,[1] and part of the concept and development team for From the Vault: Twenty.[2] He also currently writes the weekly column ReConstructed on Dailymtg.com.[3] Mark Rosewater considers him part of the fifth generation of Magic designers.[4]

Biography

Verhey grew up in Washington, where he attended the University of Washington. He survived falling in a volcano on a cruise, and has a penchant for wearing hats.

Magic: The Gathering career

Gavin Verhey was formerly a professional Magic: The Gathering player.[5] He wrote strategy articles weekly for Starcitygames.com from February 20, 2009 through October 24th 2011[6] and also did commentary for SCGLive.[7] He was a host of the Monday Night Magic podcast from episode #9 on June 7, 2006,[8] through episode #281, on October 18, 2011.[9]

In 2010, Verhey claims to have created an entirely new Magic format called "Overextended".[10] After Magic R&D chose to adopt a similar format, Modern, for Pro Tour Philadelphia, the Magic R&D team noted that his work on Overextended was a factor in their decision and that they were "very happy to see the outpouring of support for [Verhey's] work and to have this data point of support for a nonrotating format."[11] Later that year, Verhey was hired by Wizards of the Coast to work on Magic. He was on the development team for Gatecrash.[1]

Since March 27, 2012,[12] Verhey has written the Dailymtg.com weekly Column ReConstructed, where he critiques readers' decks.

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg%2Fdaily%2Farcana%2F1016
  2. ↑ http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/1171
  3. ↑ http://www.wizards.com/MAGIC/Magazine/Archive.aspx?page=1&tag=ReConstructed&description=ReConstructed
  4. ↑ http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/171
  5. ↑ http://www.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/activity/1082
  6. ↑ http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/archive.php?Article=Gavin+Verhey
  7. ↑ http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/standard/22028-SCGLive-Season-Two-Announced.html
  8. ↑ http://www.mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/monday-night-magic/where-are-you-rosewater
  9. ↑ http://www.mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/monday-night-magic/monday-night-magic-281-this-ones-for-rocket
  10. ↑ http://mtgoverextended.com/
  11. ↑ http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg%2fdaily%2fld%2f155
  12. ↑ http://www.wizards.com/MAGIC/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/rc/188

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