Owen Turtenwald
| Owen Turtenwald | |
|---|---|
| Born | West Allis, WI |
| Nationality |
 American
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| Pro Tour debut | Pro Tour Valencia 2007 |
| Winnings | US$221,820 |
| Pro Tour wins (Top 8) | 0 (4) |
| Grand Prix wins (Top 8) | 4 (21) |
| Lifetime Pro Points | 418 |
Owen Turtenwald is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has achieved a number of accolades during his career, including the 2010 Vintage World Championship, the 2011 and 2015/2016 Player of the Year.
Owen Turtenwald first came to prominence playing the eternal formats, Vintage and Legacy. In the 2007 season, Turtenwald made his first Top 8 and reached the finals of Grand Prix Columbus, which was contested in the Legacy format. In 2008, Turtenwald would make the Top 8 of the Vintage World Championship. At Gen Con 2010, Turtenwald won the 2010 Vintage World Championship defeating Bob Maher, Jr. in the finals.
Despite reaching the finals of Grand Prix Washington DC in the 2010 season, Turtenwald claims he considered quitting, as he did not feel he was receiving enough reward for his effort. However, he was persuaded to keep playing the game by an offer to join Team ChannelFireball. As of 2015, Turtenwald writes articles and makes videos for ChannelFireball.com.
In the 2011 season, Turtenwald would make seven Grand Prix Top 8s, an at the time unprecedented number for a single season, in a wide variety of formats, including Standard, Extended, Legacy and Limited. However, Turtenwald failed to win any of the Grand Prix events that he made the Top 8 of, a fact that was very disappointing to him. Turtenwald 's success would cause him to hold the lead in the 2011 Player of the Year race for the majority of the season and going into the final event of the year, the 2011 World Championship. On the final day of the World Championship, three players were in the position to take the Player of the Year title from Turtenwald . These players were Luis Scott-Vargas, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa and Josh Utter-Leyton, all of whom were also Turtenwald 's teammates as part of the ChannelFireball team. Turtenwald noted a sense of conflict in wanting his friends to do well, but also needing them to lose if he was to take the Player of the Year title. Fortunately for Turtenwald , those three players would lose their quarterfinal matchups and Turtenwald would win the 2011 Player of the Year title. In doing so Turtenwald became the first Player of the Year to not have made a Pro Tour Top 8 in the season they won the title.
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