Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

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Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
NicknamesPV
PVDDR
Pablo Doritos
Born (1987-09-29) September 29, 1987 (age 35)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Residence Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nationality Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Pro Tour debut 2003 World Championships – Berlin
Winnings$1,083,035 [1]
Pro Tour wins (Top 8)3 (17) [2]
Grand Prix wins (Top 8)2 (24) [3]
Lifetime Pro Points588 [4]
Planeswalker Level 50 (Archmage)

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa (born September 29, 1987) is a Brazilian Magic: The Gathering player. [5] In 2011, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa became the youngest player to ever reach 300 lifetime Pro Points. He was elected into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame in 2012 as the first player from South America, [6] and has seventeen Pro Tour Top 8 finishes (with three wins among them), which puts him second for the most Pro Tour Top 8s of all time, [2] [7] [5] and in 2020 Da Rosa won the world championship for the 2019 season. Da Rosa is the all-time leader in prize money won playing professional-level Magic. [8]

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Magic: The Gathering career

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa began his professional Magic: The Gathering career at the 2003 World Championship in Berlin. [9] A 55th-place finish put da Rosa at the bottom of the money winning places. A year later, he made his second Pro Tour appearance, again at the World Championship.

It was not until 2005 that he began to attract attention, when he reached the top 8 of Grand Prix Porto Alegre, his hometown. The following season da Rosa had his breakthrough. Alongside teammates Willy Edel and Celso Zampere, he made the finals of Pro Tour Charleston, before losing to Tomohiro Kaji, Tomoharu Saitou, and Shouta Yasooka. [10] Just two events later, da Rosa made the top eight again. At Worlds in Paris, he lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion, Makihito Mihara, who drew exactly the right card at the last possible moment to win the match. Da Rosa also captained the Brazilian national team to a fourth-place finish. [11] This finish earned him level six, then the highest level in the pro players club, qualified Carlos Romão for all Pro Tour events the following season, and earned invitations to Pro Tour Geneva for the other two members of the team.

2007 was a slower year for da Rosa. He failed to make the top eight of any Pro Tour, and failed to earn money at a Pro Tour for the first time at Pro Tour Yokohama. In 2008 he returned to the top eight. At Pro Tour Hollywood he reached the quarterfinal, losing to eventual player of the year Shuhei Nakamura. [12] Playing almost the same deck, he repeated this feat at the World Championship in Memphis. Despite being considered a heavy favourite, he lost his quarterfinal match to American player Jamie Parke. [13]

2009 started weakly for da Rosa, with day one exits at Pro Tours Kyoto, and Honolulu. However, da Rosa excelled off the Pro Tour, with two Grand Prix top eights and a win at the Brazilian national championship. At Pro Tour Austin, da Rosa made the top eight again, making him the first South American to reach the top eight of five Pro Tours. He made yet another quarterfinal exit, losing to Tsuyoshi Ikeda. [14]

In the 2010 season, da Rosa became only the seventh player to reach six Pro Tour top eights when he won Pro Tour San Juan. [15] At the World Championship that year, da Rosa reached his seventh top eight, losing to the eventual champion, Guillaume Matignon, in the semifinals. [16]

Another Grand Prix top eight followed in Providence in the 2011 season, and just a week later he won Grand Prix Singapore. [17] Da Rosa went on to make his eighth Pro Tour Top 8 at the 2011 World Championship. Paulo made a strong start to the 2012 season, placing 3rd at Grand Prix Orlando and reaching the finals of his ninth Pro Tour Top 8 at Pro Tour Dark Ascension in Honolulu. Da Rosa was invited to the first Players Championship as the highest ranked South American player, where he finished 3rd. [18] The same year, da Rosa was voted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame, receiving 85.65% of the votes. [6] His induction was conducted at Pro Tour Return to Ravnica in October 2012.

The following seasons were less successful for da Rosa. He made no further Pro Tour top 8s, and at the end of the 2012–13 Pro Tour season he only had 28 points, [19] resulting in Silver level status in the Pro Players Club, where he previously had Platinum status or the equivalent of Platinum since 2006. He maintained his Silver status after the 2013–14 Pro Tour season, collecting 33 points. [20] He did put up three Grand Prix top 8 finishes in 2014, however, after none in 2013, and qualified for the 2014 World Championships, where he finished 23rd. [21]

After two disappointing seasons, the 2014–15 season was a successful one for da Rosa. Although he didn't finish in the top 8 of any Pro Tours, he made the top 8 of three Grand Prix events, winning one, and put up a strong 13th-place finish at Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir. [22] Most of his top finishes during this season were with the deck called 'Esper Dragons'. [23] By the season's end, da Rosa had amassed 51 Pro Points, good enough for Platinum status in the Pro Players Club, captainship of the Brazilian National team, and an invitation to the 2015 World Championship.

The 2015–16 season, Paulo took 11th place at 2015 World Championship. He would go on to make his tenth Pro Tour Top 8 at Pro Tour Battle For Zendikar, the first Pro Tour of the season. As such, Paulo was at that point in joint second for the most Pro Tour Top 8s of all time alongside Kai Budde. Paulo would also be joined in the Top 8 by the man with the most Pro Tour Top 8s, Jon Finkel, who extended his own record to 16 Pro Tour Top 8s.

In the 2016–17 season, Paulo gained two more Grand Prix placements (Top 4 at Team GP Rotterdam, and finalist at GP Prague), before breaking from Kai Budde's record to gain his eleventh Pro Tour Top 8 at Pro Tour Aether Revolt. In the final Pro Tour of the season (Pro Tour Hour of Devastation) he gained his twelfth Pro Tour Top 8 and second Pro Tour win, with this last accomplishment also making him the Player of the Year.

Achievements

 Season  Event type  Location   Format    Date   Rank 
2005 Grand Prix Porto AlegreRochester Draft20–21 November 20056
2006 Pro Tour CharlestonTeam Constructed16–18 June 20062
2006 Nationals BrazilSpecial9–10 September 20061
2006 Worlds ParisSpecial29 November–3 December 20066
2007 Grand Prix San FranciscoBlock Constructed25–26 August 20073
2007 Invitational EssenSpecial18–21 October 20075
2007 Grand Prix Daytona BeachSealed and Booster Draft17–18 November 20072
2008 Pro Tour HollywoodStandard23–25 May 20088
2008 Worlds MemphisSpecial11–14 December 20085
2009 Grand Prix BarcelonaStandard23–24 May 20093
2009 Grand Prix SeattleStandard30–31 May 20093
2009 Nationals BrazilStandard and Booster Draft25–26 July 20091
2009 Pro Tour AustinExtended and Booster Draft16–18 October 20098
2010 Grand Prix HoustonExtended3–4 April 20106
2010 Pro Tour San JuanBlock Constructed and Booster Draft28–30 May 20101
2010 Grand Prix PortlandSealed and Booster Draft11–12 September 20108
2010 Worlds ChibaSpecial9–12 December 20103
2011 Grand Prix ProvidenceLegacy28–29 May 20114
2011 Grand Prix SingaporeStandard4–5 June 20111
2011 Grand Prix SantiagoSealed and Booster Draft22–23 October 20116
2011 Worlds San FranciscoSpecial17–20 November 20115
2012 Grand Prix OrlandoStandard14–15 January 20123
2012 Pro Tour HonoluluStandard and Booster Draft10–12 February 20122
2012 Grand Prix BaltimoreStandard25–26 February 20125
2012–13 Players Championship IndianapolisSpecial29–31 August 20123
2013–14 Grand Prix ParisLegacy15–16 February 20148
2013–14 Grand Prix Buenos AiresStandard15–16 March 20143
2014–15 Grand Prix NashvilleTeam Limited1–2 November 20142
2014–15 Grand Prix KrakówStandard18–19 April 20153
2014–15 Grand Prix São PauloStandard2–3 May 20151
2015–16 Pro Tour MilwaukeeStandard and Booster Draft16–18 October 20157
2016–17 Grand Prix RotterdamTeam Limited12–13 November 20164
2016–17 Grand Prix PragueSealed and Booster Draft28–29 January 20172
2016–17 Pro Tour DublinStandard and Booster Draft3–5 February 20176
2016–17 Pro Tour KyotoStandard and Booster Draft28-30 July 20171
2017–18 Grand Prix IndianapolisTeam Limited20-21 January 20182
2019-20 Worlds HonoluluStandard14-16 February 20201

Last updated: 5 February 2017
Source: Wizards.com

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Preceded by Pro Player of the Year
2017		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Pedro Henrique Uehara
 Magic Brazilian National Champion
2006		Succeeded by
Lucas Berthoud
Preceded by
Vagner Casatti
 Magic Brazilian National Champion
2009		Succeeded by
Eduardo Mendes Lopes
Preceded by
Marcus Camargo
 Magic Brazilian National Champion
2012		Succeeded by
Willy Edel
Preceded by
Willy Edel
 Magic Brazilian National Champion
2015–2017		Succeeded by
João Lucas Caparroz
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