Gavin Verhey
| Gavin Verhey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 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, and part of the concept and development team for From the Vault: Twenty. He also currently writes the weekly column ReConstructed on Dailymtg.com.Mark Rosewater considers him part of the fifth generation of Magic designers.
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.
Gavin Verhey was formerly a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He wrote strategy articles weekly for Starcitygames.com from February 20, 2009 through October 24th 2011 and also did commentary for SCGLive. He was a host of the Monday Night Magic podcast from episode #9 on June 7, 2006, through episode #281, on October 18, 2011.
In 2010, Verhey claims to have created an entirely new Magic format called "Overextended". 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." Later that year, Verhey was hired by Wizards of the Coast to work on Magic. He was on the development team for Gatecrash.
Since March 27, 2012, Verhey has written the Dailymtg.com weekly Column ReConstructed, where he critiques readers' decks.
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