Shahar Shenhar
| Shahar Shenhar | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Jerusalem, Israel and Sacramento, California, United States |
| Nationality |
 Israeli American |
| Pro Tour debut | Pro Tour Paris 2011 |
| Winnings | US$179,650 |
| Pro Tour wins (Top 8) | 0 (0) |
| Grand Prix wins (Top 8) | 3 (8) |
| Lifetime Pro Points | 209 |
Shahar Shenhar is an Israeli-American Magic: The Gathering player. In the twenty-one years since the first Magic: The Gathering World Championship, he is the only person to have won the competition more than once, winning the tournament in 2013 and 2014.
Introduced to Magic: The Gathering in 2007 at age 14, Shenhar quickly picked up the game at a competitive level, and played his first Pro Tour in 2011, Pro Tour Paris. A 38th-place finish qualified him for the next Pro Tour, and later that season, in San Diego, he reached the top eight of a Grand Prix event for the first time. He ended up winning the event, beating Richard Bland in the final. Less than six months later, at Grand Prix Salt Lake City, Shenhar won his second Grand Prix title. Thanks to his performances, he reached Platinum status in the Pro Players Club at the end of the 2011–12 season.
In the 2012–13 season, Shahar posted his best Pro Tour finish to date, a 22nd-place finish at Pro Tour Gatecrash in Montreal. He made an additional two Grand Prix top eights, at Colombus and Verona, and was at the end of the season rewarded with an invitation to the 2013 World Championship, as well as the 2013 World Magic Cup as the captain of the Israeli national team. Despite being the youngest participant in the event, Shenhar made it all the way to the top four, where he defeated Ben Stark in the semifinal before facing Reid Duke in the final. Duke's Hexproof deck was considered a heavy favorite against Shenhar's Blue-White-Red Control deck. Duke took a 2–0 lead in the best-of-five match, but Shenhar won the next three games to win the match 3–2. As such, Shenhar was crowned the 2013 World Champion. At the World Magic Cup, Shenhar finished 16th with the Israeli team, losing to eventual champions France in the last round to miss the top eight.
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