Frank Karsten

Frank Karsten
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Demographics
Born	June 19, 1984
Residence	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Professional Career
Pro Tour debut	2000 World Championships (Brussels)
Top Finishes	3 (0 wins)
GP top 8s	8 (0 wins)
Awards
Hall of Fame

Frank Karsten is a former Pro Player from the Netherlands and a member of the Hall of Fame, inducted in 2009. He is best known as a very methodical and thorough strategist within the game, and using his doctorate in mathematics to write many articles on deckbuilding probabilities. Karsten has placed in the Top 8 of three different Pro Tours, including being the Runner-Up at the 2008 Magic World Championships. He has also reached the Top 8 of Grand Prix tournaments on seven different occasions.

Karsten is also a member of the European coverage team, providing color commentary at Grand Prix tournaments and text coverage in Grand Prix and Pro Tours.

In August 2022, Karsten started to write a new weekly article series on the revamped Magic.gg site: Metagame Mentor.

Accomplishments

Season	Event type	Location	Format	Date	Rank
1999–00	Nationals	Netherlands	Standard and Booster Draft	2000	5
2000–01	Grand Prix	Cologne	Limited	24–25 February 2001	6
2000–01	Nationals	Netherlands	Standard and Booster Draft	2001	3
2001–02	Masters	Osaka	Team Limited	14–17 March 2002	3
2002–03	Nationals	Utrecht	Standard and Booster Draft	25–27 April 2003	7
2003–04	Grand Prix	London	Block Constructed	22–24 August 2003	8
2003–04	Grand Prix	Birmingham	Booster Draft	27–28 March 2004	3
2003–04	Grand Prix	Zürich	Booster Draft	26–27 June 2004	4
2005	Pro Tour	Nagoya	Rochester Draft	28–30 January 2005	6
2005	Grand Prix	Salt Lake City	Block Constructed	27–28 August 2005	5
2005	Grand Prix	Mexico City	Block Constructed	3–4 September 2005	3
2005	Worlds	Yokohama	Standard and Booster Draft	30 November–4 December 2005	2
2006	Nationals	Netherlands	Standard and Booster Draft	8–10 September 2006	5
2008	Nationals	Utrecht	Standard and Booster Draft	15–17 August 2008	4
2008	Worlds	Memphis	Standard and Booster Draft	11–14 December 2008	7
2009	Nationals	Utrecht	Standard and Booster Draft	1–3 August 2009	7
2016–17	Grand Prix	Rotterdam	Team Limited	12–13 November 2016	2
2018–19	Grand Prix	Oklohoma City	Standard	14-15 December 2019	5

→ Source: Wizards.com

Pro Tour Results

List of the Pro Tour results and winnings of Frank Karsten

Season	Pro Tour	Format	Finish	Winnings
1999–00	Worlds (Brussels)	Special	17	$2,530
2000–01	New York	Team Limited	28
2000–01	Chicago	Standard	294
2000–01	Barcelona	Booster Draft	163
2000–01	Worlds (Toronto)	Special	19	$2,550
2001–02	New York	Team Limited	52
2001–02	New Orleans	Extended	89
2001–02	San Diego	Rochester Draft	235
2001–02	Osaka	Block Constructed	42	$825
2001–02	Nice	Booster Draft	310
2001–02	Worlds (Sydney)	Special	101
2002–03	Boston	Team Limited	5	$4,200
2002–03	Houston	Extended	339
2002–03	Chicago	Rochester Draft	126
2002–03	Venice	Block Constructed	16	$3,250
2002–03	Yokohama	Booster Draft	37	$1,000
2002–03	Worlds (Berlin)	Special	143
2003–04	Boston	Team Limited	55
2003–04	New Orleans	Extended	308
2003–04	Amsterdam	Rochester Draft	44	$775
2003–04	Kobe	Block Constructed	41	$850
2003–04	San Diego	Booster Draft	10	$5,500
2003–04	Seattle	Team Limited	17	$700
2003–04	Worlds (San Francisco)	Special	53	$615
2005	Colombus	Extended	46	$730
2005	Nagoya	Rochester Draft	6	$8,500
2005	Atlanta	Team Limited	47
2005	Philadelphia	Block Constructed	245	$100
2005	London	Booster Draft	17	$3,000
2005	Los Angeles	Extended	60	$540
2005	Worlds (Yokohama)	Special	2	$23,000
2006	Honolulu	Standard	140
2006	Prague	Booster Draft	25	$1,900
2006	Charleston	Team Constructed	28
2006	Kobe	Booster Draft	272
2006	Worlds (Paris)	Special	107
2007	Geneva	Booster Draft	38	$1,050
2007	Yokohama	Block Constructed	10	$6,500
2007	San Diego	Two-Headed Giant Booster Draft	131
2007	Valencia	Extended	30	$1,450
2007	Worlds (New York)	Special	30	$1,300
2008	Kuala Lumpur	Booster Draft	61	$540
2008	Hollywood	Standard	207
2008	Berlin	Extended	76
2008	Worlds (Memphis)	Special	7	$10,000
2009	Kyoto	Standard and Booster Draft	68
2009	Honolulu	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	42	$850
2009	Austin	Extended and Booster Draft	176
2009	Worlds (Rome)	Special	240
2010	San Juan	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	36	$1,150
2010	Amsterdam	Extended and Booster Draft	47	$710
2011	Paris	Standard and Booster Draft	47	$710
2011	Philadelphia	Modern and Booster Draft	350
2011	Worlds (San Francisco)	Special	19	$3,000
2012	Avacyn Restored in Barcelona	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	203
2012–13	Return to Ravnica in Seattle	Modern and Booster Draft	105
2013–14	Theros in Dublin	Standard and Booster Draft	75	$1,000
2013–14	Born of the Gods in Valencia	Modern and Booster Draft	41	$1,500
2013–14	Journey into Nyx in Atlanta	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	161
2013–14	Magic 2015 in Portland	Standard and Booster Draft	88
2014–15	Khans of Tarkir in Honolulu	Standard and Booster Draft	263
2014–15	Fate Reforged in Washington, D.C.	Modern and Booster Draft	49	$1,500
2014–15	Dragons of Tarkir in Brussels	Standard and Booster Draft	132
2014–15	Magic Origins in Vancouver	Standard and Booster Draft	17	$2,500
2015–16	Battle for Zendikar in Milwaukee	Standard and Booster Draft	277
2015–16	Oath of the Gatewatch in Atlanta	Modern and Booster Draft	45	$1,500
2015–16	Shadows over Innistrad in Madrid	Standard and Booster Draft	201
2015–16	Eldritch Moon in Sydney	Standard and Booster Draft	54	$1,000
2016–17	Kaladesh in Honolulu	Standard and Booster Draft	165
2016–17	Aether Revolt in Dublin	Standard and Booster Draft	79
2016–17	Hour of Devastation in Kyoto	Standard and Booster Draft	39	$1,500
2017–18	Ixalan in Albuquerque	Standard and Booster Draft	357
2018–19	Guilds of Ravnica in Atlanta	Standard and Booster Draft	316
2018–19	Mythic Championship Cleveland 2019	Standard and Booster Draft	164	$500

→ Source: Wizards.com

External links

• Lifetime Top Finishes
• Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s
• Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders