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Aaron Forsythe is currently Director of Magic R&D and a former Magic: The Gathering pro-player.
Player
Aaron started playing Magic: The Gathering in 1994. His first cards were from Revised and were a gift from his mother.
He made appearances on Pro Tours between 1997 and 2001 and was a member of Team CMU.
He made 3rd place at 2000 US Nationals, losing to Jon Finkel but beating Mike Long and Michael Turian to join Finkel, Chris Benafel, and Frank Hernandez on the USA team for the 2000 World Championships. The Americans went on to win the Team portion of Worlds that year.
He has 2 Pro Tour Top 8s, both as part of Car Acrobatic Team: PT New York 2000 and PT New York 2001.
He has 69 lifetime Pro Points.
Wizards of the Coast Staff
Aaron became editor for magicthegathering.com when it opened in 2002.
After participating in the FFL, he was selected as part of the Fifth Dawn design team. This led to him becoming a full-time member of Magic R&D. He subsquently worked on 9th Edition, Ravnica block, Coldsnap, Time Spiral, and Lorwyn.
He became Head Developer after Brian Schneider left Wizards of the Coast. Shortly thereafter, he became [[Director of Magic R&D after Randy Buehler moved to the new Digital Gaming department.
Columnist
Aaron was contributing editor on Meridian Magic.
Aaron took over the Latest Developments column after Randy Buehler left it.
He wrote articles for Star City Games from 2000 to 2002.
Personal life
Aaron attended the University of Pittsburgh.[citation needed]
His wife's name is Anne.[citation needed]
References
- How I Got Here, Part 1
- How I Got Here, Part 2
- How I Got Here, Part 3
- Lifetime Pro Points
- 2000 US Nationals coverage
- 2000 Worlds coverage