Brian Kibler
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Kibler at the 2009 Magic Worlds in Rome
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| Born |
September 7, 1980 Idaho, U.S |
| Residence | Carmel Valley, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Pro Tour debut |
Pro Tour New York 1996 (junior) Pro Tour Chicago 1997 (senior) |
| Winnings | $262,597 |
| Pro Tour wins (Top 8) | 2 (5) |
| Grand Prix wins (Top 8) | 3 (13) |
| Median Pro Tour Finish | 85 |
| Lifetime Pro Points | 377 |
| Planeswalker Level | 50 (Archmage) |
Brian McCormick Kibler (born September 7, 1980) is an American collectible card game player, game designer, and streamer. In 2016 Kibler helped design Drawing Dead. Previously, he designed Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer with Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty and John Fiorillo, and worked on Chaotic and Solforge and was the lead designer of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. He is currently a design consultant for Eternal.
Kibler is also a professional card player, and has had great success at Magic: The Gathering with five Pro Tour Top 8s, winning Pro Tour Austin in 2009 and Pro Tour Honolulu in 2012. He also has 13 Grand Prix Top 8s, winning three of them including the first one held in the 1997–98 season and most recently Grand Prix Sendai. In August 2004, he won the inaugural VS System Pro Circuit event taking home $40,000 and a spot in history as the game's first champion.
Kibler began his Magic: The Gathering career at the age of fifteen, placing 30th in the Junior Division of the first-ever Pro Tour, Pro Tour New York 1996. Kibler would not qualify for the senior Pro Tour until Pro Tour Chicago 1997, which he qualified for by winning Grand Prix Toronto 1997. Kibler noted that all his opponents in the Top 8 of Grand Prix Toronto went on to work at Wizards of the Coast, including Mike Turian, Matt Place and Erik Lauer. Kibler would also attend Pro Tour Los Angeles in the 1997–1998 season, placing within the Top 64, however he would not return to the Pro Tour until the 1999–2000 season.
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