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Nicknames
  
The Great One

Grand Prix wins (Top 8)
  
3 (10)

Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Bob Jr.

Winnings
  
US$157,452

Lifetime pro points
  
267

Pro Tour wins (Top 8)
  
1 (4)


Bob Maher, Jr. Sideboard Online

Born
  
July 10, 1978 (age 45) (
1978-07-10
)

Pro Tour debut
  
Pro Tour New York 1996 (junior) 1997 Pro Tour Los Angeles (senior)

Residence
  
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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Robert Maher, Jr. (born July 10, 1978 in Wisconsin), is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He picked up the Magic game after sustaining a football injury in high school, and has gone on to become one of the most celebrated players in the game's history, earning the nickname "The Great One".

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Maher played in the junior division of the very first Pro Tour in 1996. His first senior Pro Tour would be in Los Angeles in 1997. The 1999–2000 Pro Tour season would be Maher's most successful season. He would win Pro Tour Chicago and Grand Prix Seattle, make the Top 8 of Grand Prix Nagoya and take second place at the 2000 World Championship. Maher's success throughout the season earned him the Pro Player of the Year title.

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In 2002, Maher was suspended from the DCI for 6 months for committing tournament fraud. He participated in false tournaments with Jason Moungey and Chad Butterfield and used the rating points gained to qualify for the World Championships.

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Maher won the Masters Series in Yokohama in 2003 and the 2004 Magic Invitational, thus becoming the third player to win a Pro Tour, a Grand Prix, a Masters, and an Invitational. Dark Confidant, the card-design he submitted for winning the Invitational, appeared in the Ravnica: City of Guilds set, bearing his likeness. The card has been well received and has seen considerable play in nearly every sanctioned format it has been legal in. In 2010, ChannelFireball.com ranked Dark Confidant as the best Invitational card. In 2006, Maher was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame as the vote leader in the Class of 2006.

From 2005 to 2014 Maher played only very infrequently on the Pro Tour. He played Pro Tour Journey Into Nyx and Pro Tour Magic 2015, and participated in Pro Tour Fate Reforged as a member of a new team.

Accomplishments

Last updated: 20 April 2009
Source: Wizards.com

Other accomplishments:

  • Pro Player of the Year 1999–2000
  • Magic Hall of Fame class of 2006
  • References

    Bob Maher, Jr. Wikipedia