Nationality Dutch Pro Tour wins (Top 8) 1 (6) Planeswalker Level 47 (Archmage) Residence Enschede, Netherlands | Winnings US$207,792 Grand Prix wins (Top 8) 2 (6) Name Kamiel Cornelissen Lifetime pro points 344 | |
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Born December 14, 1980 (age 43) ( 1980-12-14 ) | ||
2009 worlds hall of fame profile of kamiel cornelissen
Kamiel Cornelissen (born 14 December 1980) is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eight players with six or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes and a win at Pro Tour Seattle 2004 with teammates Jelger Wiegersma and Jeroen Remie. Most recently, he won Grand Prix Brussels 2008. In 2009, he was voted into the Hall of Fame.
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Career
Kamiel Cornelissen first appeared on the Pro Tour with an extremely strong finish. At Pro Tour New York 2000, affectionately known as Pro Tour Rebels, he finished 11th and was just a single point off making the top eight in his Pro Tour debut. After missing the World Championship, Cornelissen returned to the Pro Tour when it returned to New York, forming Fearless Hurloonies with his brothers Jesse and Stijn at the team event.
Over the next two Pro Tours, Cornelissen did what would later become known as "pulling a Kamiel", which was to make the finals of two consecutive events, but lose both. At Pro Tour Chicago, he made what is widely regarded as one of the best top eights in history. As of Pro Tour Austin 2009, every player in that top eight except Jasar Elarar has won a Pro Tour. After taking out Jon Finkel and Rob Dougherty, Cornelissen lost the final match to Kai Budde. At the next event, in Los Angeles, Cornelissen defeated Jon Finkel in the elmination rounds for a second time, before losing the finals to Mike Pustilnik. To finish out the 2000-01 season, he made the top four of the team Grand Prix in Turin, with Jelger Wiegersma and Tom van de Logt as his teammates.
2001-02 and 2002-03 were, by comparison, much weaker seasons for Cornelissen. His only notable finishes were a win at Grand Prix Heidelberg in 2001, and a runner-up at Grand Prix Amsterdam with Jon Finkel and Eric Froehlich in 2003.
In 2003-04 Cornelissen returned to prominence. When the Pro Tour came to his home country, he made his third Pro Tour top eight. He finished fifth at Pro Tour Amsterdam, losing the quarterfinals to Osamu Fujita. Six months later, Conrelissen would make the elimination rounds a fourth time. As a member of Von Dutch, he won Pro Tour Seattle, defeating Jin Okomoto, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, and Itaru Ishida in the finals. At the next Pro Tour event, the World Championship in San Francisco, Cornelissen made his fifth Pro Tour top eight and third that season. A quarterfinal loss to Manuel Bevand would see him finish fifth.
Over the years that followed, Cornelissen continued to perform well, but not with the same high degree of success. In 2005, he made two more Grand Prix top eights in Eindhoven, and Malmo. In 2006, he attracted some attention again when he won both the Dutch national championship, and the team competition at the World Championship in Paris. Two years later, he won Grand Prix Brussels.
More than nine years after his previous Pro Tour top 8, and several years after he quit regular Pro Tour play, Cornelissen made his sixth top 8 at Pro Tour Theros, losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Jeremy Dezani.
Top 8 appearances
Last updated: 13 October 2013
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