Luis Scott-Vargas
Year Pro Tour Members in Top 8 ( players in bold won )
2010 San Diego Luis Scott-Vargas
2010 San Juan Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa , Josh Utter-Leyton , Brad Nelson
2010 Amsterdam Brad Nelson , Brian Kibler
2010 Worlds Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa , Eric Froehlich
2011 Paris Ben Stark
2011 Nagoya Luis Scott-Vargas
2011 Philadelphia Josh Utter-Leyton
2011 Worlds Conley Woods , Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa , Luis Scott-Vargas , Josh Utter-Leyton
2012 Dark Ascension Brian Kibler , Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa , Lukas Blohon
2012-13 Return to Ravnica David Ochoa
2012-13 Gatecrash Ben Stark , Gerry Thompson , Eric Froehlich
2012-13 Dragon 's Maze Josh Utter-Leyton
2013-14 Journey into Nyx Josh Utter-Leyton
2013-14 Magic 2015 Patrick Cox
2014-15 Fate Reforged Eric Froehlich
2014-15 Oath of the Gatewatch Ivan Floch , Luis Scott-Vargas , Shuhei Nakamura
2018-19 Guilds of Ravnica
Magic : The Gathering career -- Team ChannelFireball
Team ChannelFireball is a team of professional Magic : The Gathering players , formed in 2010 . [ 26 ] The team is named after two Magic : the Gathering cards – Channel and Fireball , one of the most famous two-card combos from the early days of the game . Many of the members of the team write strategy articles for an eponymous website . LSV is considered to be the official leader of the team , as he is often responsible for organising the team meeting and practicing for events . [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Current and former Team Members [ 25 ] [ 26 ] .mw-parser-output div.columns-2 div.column { float : left ; width:50% ; min-width:300px } .mw-parser-output div.columns-3 div.column { float : left ; width:33.3% ; min-width:200px } .mw-parser-output div.columns-4 div.column { float : left ; width:25% ; min-width:150px } .mw-parser-output div.columns-5 div.column { float : left ; width:20% ; min-width:120px } Luis Scott-Vargas Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa David Ochoa Josh Utter-Leyton Owen Turtenwald Conley Woods Ben Stark Brian Kibler Brad Nelson Matt Nass Tom Martell Eric Froehlich Shuhei Nakamura Martin Juza Lukas Blohon Gerry Thompson Shahar Shenhar Frank Karsten Kenji Tsumura Pat Cox Ben Lundquist Brock Parker Paul Rietzl Paul Cheon David Williams Ivan Floch Mike Sigrist Pro Tour Achievements Team ChannelFireball has had considerable success on the Pro Tour , putting at least one player in the Top 8 of every Pro Tour from Pro Tour San Diego 2010 to Pro Tour Dragon 's Maze 2013 , with the exception of Pro Tour Avacyn Restored . Eight of the sixteen players participating in the inaugural 2012 Magic Players Championship were members of Team ChannelFireball . Three members of Team ChannelFireball have won Player of the Year titles since the creation of the team : Brad Nelson ( 2010 ) , though he left the team prior to winning the title ; Owen Turtenwald ( 2011 ) ; and Josh Utter-Leyton ( 2013 ) .
Luis Scott-Vargas (born February 17, 1983), commonly known as LSV, is a professional Magic: the Gathering player from Oakland, California, USA, currently living in Denver, Colorado. His accomplishments include fifteen Grand Prix Top 8s (five wins), and ten Pro Tour Top 8s (1 win). In 2013, he was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame. As well as being a prominent player of the game, LSV is also known for writing about the game. He was a writer for StarCityGames.com before becoming the editor and vice president for ChannelFireball.com, a Magic: The Gathering shop and strategy website. LSV still writes for Channelfireball but ended his tenure as editor in 2012 to work as game designer at Dire Wolf Digital, specifically on Eternal.