Zvi Mowshowitz is a former professional
Magic: The Gathering
''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...
player who also held a developer intern position at Wizards of the Coast Magic R&D. He is known for having created innovative and sometimes game-breaking decks TurboZvi and My Fires. His first-place finishes include a Pro Tour and a Grand Prix. He has placed in the top eight of four Pro Tours, and earned over $140,000 playing Magic competitively.
In 2007, Mowshowitz was elected into the
Magic Hall of Fame.
Mowshowitz is also an avid internet writer, previously with ''The Dojo'', ''Mindripper'', ''Brainburst'', ''StarCityGames'', and then for the official Magic website MagicTheGathering.com.
In April 2006, he stopped writing for MagicTheGathering.com.
Mowshowitz was the CEO of
MetaMed
MetaMed Research was an American medical consulting firm aiming to provide personalized medical research services. It was founded in 2012 by Michael Vassar (previously of the Singularity Institute), Jaan Tallinn (co-founder of Skype and Kazaa ...
, a medical research analysis firm.
Mowshowitz is the son of American biochemist
Deborah Mowshowitz
Deborah Mowshowitz (''née'' Bernhardt) is an American biochemist and a Professor of Biology and Director of Undergraduate Programs and Lab Operations at Columbia University. Mowshowitz was trained in pure biochemistry and has done research in ...
.
Mowshowitz is an alumnus of Columbia University and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics.
Top 8 appearances
Other accomplishments
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Magic Hall of Fame class of 2007
References
Further reading
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A kind of ‘Magic’: One nerd’s quest to shake up video games and create a $1 billion market(Fortune, 2020)
External links
Zvi Mowshowitz’s blog, “Don’t Worry About the Vase”Zvi Mowshowitz’s old blog on LiveJournal
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20th-century American Jews
American Magic: The Gathering players
Living people
Businesspeople from New York City
1979 births
American health care businesspeople
Columbia University alumni
21st-century American Jews