Casey McCarrel
| Casey McCarrel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Demographics | |
| Nationality |
 American |
| Professional Career | |
| Top Finishes | 3 (1 win) |
| GP top 8s | 3 (1 win) |
| Median Pro Tour Finish | 61 |
| PTs Played | 16 |
| Lifetime Pro Points | 124 (as of 2018-08-14) |
| Awards | |
| PT Champion | |
Casey McCarrel is an American former professional player. His accomplishments include a Pro Tours win at PT New York 1999[1] and a Team Limited Grand Prix win at Pittsburgh 2000 together with "Huey" Jensen and Ben Rubin. He also participated in the 2000-01 Magic Invitational.[2]
In one of the most hotly debated and defended cases of cheating by a Pro player, McCarrell was accused and convicted of stacking opponent’s decks while shuffling at US Nationals 2001. When McCarrel shuffled Brian Hegstad's deck, he had manipulated the order of the cards. Upon closer inspection, the judges noted that the first eleven cards in Hegstad's deck were spells, which would have forced him into a poor situation, either drawing all spells and no lands, or running into large stretch of land. Head Judge Collin Jackson reviewed all the facts and, after a judges' conference, concluded McCarrel had indeed been stacking and branded him a three-year suspension from the game.[3][4][5][6][7]
For McCarrel, this marked his second disqualification at a Premier Event, the first coming at Pro Tour London 1999, where he had misrepresented critical information to a judge. That infraction had earned him a sixth month suspension.[3]
Accomplishments
| Season | Event type | Location | Format | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Grand Prix | San Francisco | Extended | 6–7 December 1997 | 8 |
| 1997-98 | Pro Tour | New York | Limited | 17–19 April 1998 | 8 |
| 1998-99 | Pro Tour | Chicago | Booster Draft | 25–27 September 1998 | 2 |
| 1998-99 | Pro Tour | New York | Block Constructed | 30 April–2 May 1999 | 1 |
| 1999-00 | Grand Prix | Pittsburgh | Team Limited | 24–25 June 2000 | 1 |
| 2000-01 | Grand Prix | New Orleans | Limited | 6–7 January 2001 | 5 |
→ Source: Wizards.com
External links
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 26, 2004). "On Tour, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 26, 2015). "Six Continents, Six Stories". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Omeed Dariani (June, 2001). "Casey McCarrel Disqualified". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015.
- ↑ Becky Hiebert (May 31, 2021). "US Nationals And A Bird's Eye View of The Casey McCarrel DQ: 5/31-6/3". starcitygames.com. StarCityGames. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010.
- ↑ John "Nev" Balla (June, 2001). "Cheating In Magic". Pojo.com.
- ↑ Daniel Crane (July 16, 2001). "Lost In The Darkness". StarCityGames.
- ↑ Ben Bleiweiss (September 14, 2010). "Ben's Ten: The 10 Most Memorable DQs of All Time!". StarCityGames.