Ben Rubin (Magic: The Gathering player)
{{short description|American Magic: The Gathering player}}
{{About|the professional Magic player|the inventor of the bifurcated needle|Benjamin Rubin}}
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{{Infobox Magic: The Gathering Player
| name = Ben Rubin
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| residence = San Diego, California, USA
| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American
| debut = 1998 Pro Tour Los Angeles
| winnings = US$187,920{{cite web|title=Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2014-12-16|archive-date=2014-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003521/http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime|url-status=dead}}
| pw_level = 47 (Archmage)
| pt_median_finish = 77
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Ben Rubin is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Rubin played his first Pro Tour in Los Angeles at the age of 15, making it to the finals of the tournament, where he lost to David Price. He is the only player who has won two Masters tournaments. Ben Rubin also made the Top 8 of four Pro Tours and six Grand Prixs, winning two of the Grand Prix. In 2008 he was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame. Despite having not attended many Pro Tours for several years, in 2015 Rubin returned to the game by playing at Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir.
Accomplishments
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 1997–98
|d = {{sort|1998-03-08|6–8 March 1998}}
|l = Los Angeles
|et= pt
|f = blc
|p = 2
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 1997–98
|d = {{sort|1998-08-16|12–16 August 1998}}
|l = Seattle
|et= w
|f = s
|p = 2
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 1999–00
|d = {{sort|1999-10-17|15–17 October 1999}}
|l = London
|et= pt
|f = l
|p = 4
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 1999–00
|d = {{sort|2000-04-16|14–16 April 2000}}
|l = New York
|et= pt
|f = blc
|p = 3
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 1999–00
|d = {{sort|2000-06-25|24–25 June 2000}}
|l = Pittsburgh
|et= gp
|f = tl
|p = 1
}}
{{MTG pth event
|s = 2000–01
|d = {{sort|2000-10-01|29 September–1 October 2000}}
|l = New York
|et= m
|f = e
|p = 5
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2000–01
|d = {{sort|2000-11-16|16–19 November 2000}}
|l = Sydney
|et= i
|f = sp
|p = 2
}}
{{MTG pth event
|s = 2000–01
|d = {{sort|2000-12-03|1–3 December 2000}}
|l = Chicago
|et= m
|f = l
|p = 1
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2000–01
|d = {{sort|2001-05-06|4–6 May 2001}}
|l = Barcelona
|et= m
|f = blc
|p = 1
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2000–01
|d = {{sort|2001-07-29|28–29 July 2001}}
|l = Columbus, Ohio
|et= gp
|f = tl
|p = 3
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2001–02
|d = {{sort|2002-01-06|5–6 January 2002}}
|l = Houston
|et= gp
|f = e
|p = 4
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2002–03
|d = {{sort|2003-02-23|22–23 February 2003}}
|l = Boston
|et= gp
|f = l
|p = 5
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2003–04
|d = {{sort|2003-12-14|13–14 December 2003}}
|l = Anaheim
|et= gp
|f = e
|p = 1
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2003–04
|d = {{sort|2004-02-08|7–8 February 2004}}
|l = Oakland
|et= gp
|f = l
|p = 6
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2015–16
|d = {{sort|2016-01-10|9–10 January 2016}}
|l = Oakland
|et= gp
|f = s
|p = 2
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{{MTG pth event
|s = 2016–17
|d = {{sort|2016-09-10|10–11 September 2016}}
|l = Louisville
|et= gp
|f = tl
|p = 2
}}
{{MTG pth footer
|u = 15 October 2016
|s = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080905235617/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtg/eventcoverage/main Wizards.com]
|date=July 2011}}
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Category:American Magic: The Gathering players