Luis Scott-Vargas

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.He won Grand Prix Kansas City and advanced to the Top 8 of US Nationals, Pro Tour Nagoya and the 2011 World Championship.He lost 2-3 to Bland, leading to Owen Turtenwald winning the Player of the Year title and LSV taking second place.[22] LSV was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Pro Tour Theros alongside Ben Stark and William Jensen.Eventually LSV managed another Top 8 at Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch in 2016 alongside two of his ChannelFireball teammates.In what was LSV's sixth Pro Tour Top 8 he lost to eventual champion Jiachen Tao in the semi-finals, ultimately finishing in third place.LSV followed this up with a top 8 at the next Pro Tour for Shadows Over Innistrad, piloting a BG Aristocrats deck for the standard portion of the event.However, Wizards of the Coast has allowed him to defer the platinum status he had earned, and he has stated he intends to play on the Pro Tour again at some point in the future.[24] LSV is known to favor control decks in Limited, and often comments on his love for drawn out games involving mana-intensive cards.[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.They named her Naya Scott Vargas Sarcedo,[30] after the Magic nickname for the color combination of red, green, and white.
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