Raphaël Lévy
Raphaël Lévy is a highly successful French Magic: The Gathering player.
Levy is most known for his long streak of over 50 Pro Tour appearances, beginning with the 1998 World Championships. His first Pro Tour appearance was at Pro Tour Paris 1997 at age 15.
He has also made Top 8 at over a dozen Grand Prix events, including 3 wins. Most noteably, he won 2 Extended Grand Prix events in early 2007 on back-to-back weeks (Dallas and Singapore) with the same deck.
On the back of those wins, Levy was voted to the 2007 Magic Invitational in the Road Warrior category.
Levy in amongst the Top 10 in most lifetime Pro Points.
In 2006, Levy was a first-ballot inductee into the Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame. He is the first active player to be inducted in the Hall of Fame. This success motivated him to set a goal of winning the 2007 Player of the Year award.
After Olivier Ruel was suspended by the DCI in August 2006, Levy was selected to replace him on the Ask The Pro column at www.magicthegathering.com. Levy took over in September 2006 and remains on the column. Levy has also been writing for Star City Games since 2005, currently as a Premium writer with the Pro Perspective column.
Levy is friends with fellow French Magic: The Gathering Pro Players Olivier Ruel and Antonie Ruel.
Levy is the second player in the history of Magic to receive 500 pro points after Pro Tour Dark Ascension in Honolulu, February 2012.