Reid Duke

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Reid Duke
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Duke with young competitive Magic player Dana Fischer in 2019
Nicknamesreiderrabbit [1]

Reid "the Bones" Duke

The Dukeler [2]
Born (1989-09-08) September 8, 1989 (age 33)
Residence Sugar Loaf, New York, USA [3]
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Pro Tour debut 2010 Pro Tour Amsterdam
Winnings US$278,875 [4]
Pro Tour wins (Top 8)1 (4) [5]
Grand Prix wins (Top 8)6 (23) [6]
Lifetime Pro Points285 [7]
Planeswalker Level 50 (Archmage)

Reid Duke is an American Magic: The Gathering player from Sugar Loaf, New York. He won the Magic: The Gathering Online Championship in 2011. [8] His best finishes include three Pro Tour Top 8s, at Pro Tour Journey Into Nyx, [9] Pro Tour Eldritch Moon, [10] and Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan, [11] a runner-up finish at the 2013 World Championships, [12] and wins at Grand Prix Nashville 2012, Grand Prix Miami 2013, Grand Prix Portland 2014, Grand Prix Oakland 2016, Grand Prix Louisville 2017, Grand Prix Cleveland and Pro Tour Phyrexia.

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Magic: The Gathering career

Commonly referred to as "The gentleman of the Magic world", Reid Duke started playing in 1995, at age five, with his brother Ian Duke, [13] who is now a member of the Magic: The Gathering R&D team at Wizards of the Coast. For a time, he was primarily a Magic: The Gathering Online player, but made the transition to in-person competitive play. He qualified for Pro Tour Amsterdam 2010 via rating, [14] and won a Magic Online Championship Series (MOCS) event to qualify for the 2010 Magic Online World Championship, where he finished 5th, [15] as well as the 2010 Magic: The Gathering World Championships in Chiba, Japan. Although his finishes in his first Pro Tour were unspectacular, he has not missed a Pro Tour since Amsterdam 2010.

Duke first experienced success at paper Magic in 2011, when he reached the top eight of two Grand Prix events: Grand Prix Providence, where he finished fourth, and Grand Prix Montreal, where he finished fifth. He also won another MOCS event to requalify him for the Magic Online Championship, this year held in San Francisco concurrently with the 2011 World Championships. Duke ended up winning the event, defeating Florian Pils in the final. [8] This qualified him for the inaugural Players Championship event (later renamed the Magic World Championship). At Pro Tour Dark Ascension in Honolulu, Duke finished in the money at a Pro Tour for the first time, placing 38th. [16] From here, he would go on to finish in the money in eight consecutive Pro Tours. He also won his first Grand Prix when he defeated Todd Anderson in the final of Grand Prix Nashville. [17] He has since 2012 been a part of the team now known as 'The Pantheon', alongside players such as Jon Finkel, Kai Budde and Gabriel Nassif. [18]

The 2012 Magic Players Championship did not go well for Duke; he finished the event with a 2–10 record, taking last place. [19] Following this failure, Duke made it his mission to redeem himself by qualifying for next year's event and putting up a better performance, [3] even going so far as to write down the mistakes he made in the tournament. [20] Thanks to three Grand Prix top eight finishes, in Charleston, San Antonio and Quebec City, as well as stellar performance on the Pro Tour, he succeeded in requalifying for the World Championship when he finished 9th at Pro Tour Dragon's Maze in San Diego. [21] He finished the 2012–13 season on 52 Pro Points, which was also sufficient for Platinum membership in the Pro Players Club.

Duke started the 2013–14 season well, winning his second Grand Prix, at GP Miami. [22] Duke went on to dominate the Swiss rounds of the 2013 World Championship, finishing in first place before the knockout rounds. [23] Duke faced Josh Utter-Leyton in the semifinals, defeating him 3–2. He was considered a substantial favorite against his final opponent, Shahar Shenhar, and did indeed take a 2–0 lead in the best-of-five match, but Shenhar came all the way back to beat Duke 3–2 in an upset. [24] Duke thus took second place in the event. He put up three more Grand Prix top eight finishes during the season, in Detroit, Barcelona and Philadelphia, before finally posting a top eight performance at a Pro Tour. At Pro Tour Journey into Nyx in Atlanta, Duke finished fifth, losing in the quarterfinals to Yuuki Ichikawa. [9] At this point, he was in position to win the 2013–14 Player of the Year title, but ultimately this was won by Jérémy Dezani. He was also overtaken by teammate Owen Turtenwald for captainship of the United States national team at the 2014 World Magic Cup when the latter made the top eight of the final event of the season, Pro Tour Magic 2015.

The 2014–15 season started really well for Duke, with him and his teammates Owen Turtenwald and William Jensen winning the very first Grand Prix of the season, Grand Prix Portland. [25] At the 2014 World Championships, however, Duke posted a modest 14th-place finish, and his Pro Tour results throughout the season were average. He managed to reach two Grand Prix top eights, in Singapore and Montreal, towards the end of the season to retain Platinum status, but he did not qualify for the 2015 World Championships. In February 2015, Duke almost won a MOCS event for the third time, but lost in the final. [26]

In 2019, Duke was elected into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame. [27]

In 2023, Duke won the Pro Tour Phyrexia, held in Philadelphia February 17-19.

Achievements

 Season  Event type  Location   Format    Date   Rank 
2011 Grand Prix ProvidenceLegacyMay 28–29, 20113
2011 Grand Prix MontrealLimitedSeptember 17–18, 20115
2011 MOCS San FranciscoSpecialNovember 17–20, 20111
2012 Grand Prix NashvilleLimitedMarch 17–18, 20121
2012–13 Grand Prix CharlestonStandardNovember 17–18, 20125
2012–13 Grand Prix San AntonioStandardNovember 24–25, 20124
2012–13 Grand Prix Quebec CityStandardFebruary 22–23, 20134
2013–14 Grand Prix MiamiStandardJune 29–30, 20131
2013–14 Worlds AmsterdamSpecialJuly 31–August 4, 20132
2013–14 Grand Prix DetroitModernSeptember 14–15, 20132
2013–14 Grand Prix BarcelonaTeam LimitedMarch 1–2, 20143
2013–14 Grand Prix PhiladelphiaLimitedApril 12–13, 20142
2013–14 Pro Tour AtlantaBlock Constructed and Booster DraftMay 16–18, 20145
2014–15 Grand Prix PortlandTeam LimitedAugust 9–10, 20141
2014–15 Grand Prix SingaporeModernJune 27–28, 20154
2014–15 Grand Prix MontrealLimitedJuly 4–5, 20156
2015–16 Grand Prix DetroitTeam LimitedAugust 15–16, 20153
2015–16 Grand Prix Quebec CityStandardOctober 23–25, 20155
2015–16 Grand Prix OaklandStandardJanuary 9–10, 20161
2015–16 Grand Prix Washington, D.C.Team LimitedMarch 12–13, 20163
2015–16 Grand Prix BarcelonaLimitedApril 16–17, 20167
2015–16 Pro Tour SydneyStandard and Booster DraftAugust 5–7, 20167
2016–17 Grand Prix LouisvilleLegacyJanuary 7–8, 20171
2016–17 Grand Prix San AntonioTeam Unified ModernApril 1–2, 20172
2016–17 Grand Prix ClevelandTeam LimitedJune 24–25, 20171
2017–18 Grand Prix ProvidenceTeam LimitedSeptember 30 – October 1, 20172
2017–18 Grand Prix PhoenixLimitedOctober 28–29, 20172
2017–18 Pro Tour BilbaoModern and Booster DraftFebruary 2–4, 20186
2018–19 Mythic Championship ClevelandStandardFebruary 2–4, 20194
2023-24 Pro Tour PhiladelphiaPioneer and Booster DraftFebruary 17-19, 20231

Last updated: June 3, 2018
Source: Wizards.com

Personal life

Reid Duke is the brother of Ian Duke who is a developer at Wizards of the Coast and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2011. [28]

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