Craig Jones

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"The Professor" Craig Jones is a British Magic: The Gathering pro player.

Noteable Tournament Success

  • Great Britain Nationals 2007 - 1st
  • PT Honolulu 2006 - 2nd
  • GP Birmingham 1998 - 1st

Including 2007, he has been on the Great Britain National Team three times. As of September 2006, he has 78 Pro Points.

Columist

Craig Jones GP coverage on magicthegathering.com, usually in the form of "The Professor's Field Journal".

He has also been writing for Star City Games since his PT Honolulu 2006 tournament report. He currently has a weekly Premium column called "From The Lab".

Topdeck of the Century

He is famous for his "$16,000 Lightning Helix" at PT Honolulu 2006. Against Olivier Ruel in the semi-finals, he had to topdeck a burn spell or lose the next turn to Ruel's creatures. At his draw step, he dramatically flipped the top card of his library onto the table.

He went on to lose the finals to Mark Herberholz.

Background

Craig is from Manchester, England and is currently a PHD student.

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