Randy Buehler
Randy Buehler was an employee of Wizards of the Coast (previously the Vice President of Digital Gaming) and a former Magic: The Gathering pro-player. He is currently active as a member of the Pro Tour and Grand Prix Coverage team, as well as one of the creators of and competitor in the Vintage Super League. He is the husband of Magic Head Editor Del Laugel.
Pro-player
Randy Buehler was Rookie of the Year for the 1997-1998 Pro Tour season. His twelfth place deck was featured in the 1998 World Championship Decks. Randy won Pro Tour Chicago 1997, which was his first Pro Tour event. [1] He made Top 8 at 7 Grand Prix tournaments, winning Grand Prix Atlanta 1998. [2] He has a total of 126 Pro Points.
Wizards of the Coast employee
Randy began working in Magic R&D during development for Invasion. He was Lead Developer for the Odyssey block. [3] In 2001, he was promoted to Director of Magic R&D. At the beginning of 2007, he became Vice President of Digital Gaming. One of his projects was Gleemax.com. He formerly served as a commentator for the Magic Pro Tour webcasts, along with Brian David-Marshall. He wrote the Latest Developments column on magicthegathering.com from January 2002 through January 2004. Aaron Forsythe replaced him. [4] In December 2008, he was laid off from his position at Wizards of the Coast, along with the majority of the Gleemax development team.
Designing
Developing
- Invasion
- Planeshift
- Apocalypse
- Odyssey (lead)
- Torment
- Judgement (co-lead)
- Onslaught (lead)
- Scourge (lead)
- Eighth Edition
- Mirrodin (lead)
- Fifth Dawn
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Coldsnap (lead)
Coverage
While being a member of R&D, Randy used to provide the play-by-play commentary on live video streams of Pro Tour Top 8s. He also provided audio coverage in the form of podcasts, interviewing pro players in between rounds which would be posted on the Wizards of the Coast website throughout the event.
After his exit from WOTC and years of absence, Randy rejoined the Coverage team providing play-by-play coverage as well as segments in between rounds on a rotation with other on-screen personalities.
Vintage
Due to Randy's wife, Del Laugel, being employed by Wizards of the Coast, Randy is barred from playing in DCI sanctioned tournaments. Due to this fact Randy has concentrated his Magic playing efforts primarily on the Vintage format, which is almost exclusively played in non DCI sanctioned tournaments. Among other tournemnts, Randy has participated in the Northwest Vintage Rotisserie Draft series created by Shotgun Lotus. Randy has also teamed up with Shotgun Lotus to create the Vintage Super League, a weekly series of Magic streams featuring an all-star group of competitors playing Vintage.
References
- ↑ Randy Buehler (December 06, 2002). "The Power of the Skull". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Randy Buehler (March 14, 2003). "Taking on Vapor Ops". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Randy Buehler (January 04, 2002). "Unbreaking Transcendence". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Randy Buehler (January 30, 2004). "Looking Forward, Looking Back". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
External links
- Lifetime Pro Points
- A New Addition to Team Buehler
- GP Atlanta 1998 coverage
- Randy Buehler author archive at magicthegathering.com
- Randy Buehler (August 01, 2003). "From Pestilence to Pro Tour". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.