Gavin Verhey

Gavin Verhey
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Demographics
Nickname	Lesurgo
Born	March 29, 1990
Residence	Seattle, Washington, United States
Nationality	American

Gavin Verhey is a game designer/developer for Wizards of the Coast; he is also a former Pro Tour player.

Biography

Gavin Verhey has numerous tournament accomplishments, and has played on the Pro Tour numerous times. Additionally, he was an early contributor on MTG Salvation, wrote weekly articles for Star City Games and had a blog on game design and development called Design Space.

Verhey became a Game and Product Designer for Wizards of the Coast in October 2011. Mark Rosewater considers him to be part of the fifth generation of Magic designers. As 'experience designer' he was for example responsible for prerelease activities for Magic 2015 and Khans of Tarkir. In 2016, he became part of the Product Architecture team.

Verhey is currently one of the main writers on magicthegathering.com. He can frequently be found on Twitter,.

Designing

• Fate Reforged
• Shadows over Innistrad
• Aether Revolt
• Modern Masters 2017
• Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (lead)
• Commander 2017 (lead)
• Ixalan
• Explorers of Ixalan
• Dominaria

Developing

• Gatecrash
• From the Vault: Twenty
• Conspiracy
• From the Vault: Annihilation
• From the Vault: Angels
• Oath of the Gatewatch
• Conspiracy: Take the Crown
• Kaladesh
• Ixalan
• Battlebond (lead)
• Commander 2018 (lead)
• War of the Spark