Seth Manfield

{{short description|American Magic: The Gathering player (born 1990)}}

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| caption = Manfield in 2025

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|09|14}}

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| residence = Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States{{Cite web |url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2015wc/top-4-players-2015-08-28#manfield |title=2015 World Championship: Top 4 Profiles |date=28 August 2015 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=7 November 2015}}

|debut = Pro Tour Geneva 2007

| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American

| winnings = US$294,455{{Cite web |url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime |title=Lifetime Winnings Leaders |date=25 September 2015 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=7 November 2015 |archive-date=13 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003521/http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime |url-status=dead }}

| gt_top_8 = 5 (10){{Cite web |url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/gptop8byplayer |title=Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s |date=2 November 2015 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=7 November 2015 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050545/http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/gptop8byplayer |url-status=dead }}

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| lifetime_pro_points = 344

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Seth Manfield (born September 14, 1990) is an American Magic: The Gathering player, perhaps best known for winning the 2015 World Championship. His other accomplishments include sixth-place finish at Pro Tour Fate Reforged earlier that same year, and five Grand Prix wins.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/noticias/magic-gathering-baraja-ganadora-pro-tour-madrid-2015-142510 |title=Magic: The Gathering - La baraja ganadora de Pro Tour Madrid 2015 |last=Delgado |first=Jesús |date=2016-05-03 |website=HobbyConsolas |language=es |access-date=2020-02-07}}{{Cite web |url=https://es.ign.com/magic-the-gathering/102725/feature/cronicas-magic-pro-tour-madrid-2016 |title=Crónicas Magic: Pro Tour Madrid 2016 |date=2016-04-27 |website=IGN España |language=es-es |access-date=2020-02-07}} In 2018, he was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/top-players/pthof/2018/voting-results |title=Hall of Fame 2018 Voting Results |website=Magic: The Gathering |language=en |access-date=2020-02-07}} In 2020, he was signed on by Team Envy.{{Cite tweet |number=1225478999784161281 |user=Envy |title=Pro Tour Champion ✔️ World Champion ✔️ Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame ✔️ We welcome @SethManfield for his next title: Team Envy Professional @MagicEsports Player ✔️ https://t.co/YdxcO0jnMo |date=2020-02-06}}

He is the son of bridge world champion Ed Manfield (1943–1999).{{Cite news |url=http://web2.acbl.org/nabc/nydup/bulletinshtml/bull4p2.html |title=Sunday Afternoon 49er Pairs |date=2004-07-12 |access-date=2016-05-24 |publisher=American Contract Bridge League |page=1}}

Achievements

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Family

His father is Ed Manfield, a champion bridge player.{{Cite web |url=http://web2.acbl.org/nabc/nydup/bulletinshtml/bull4p2.html |date=2004-07-12 |website=New York City Summer NABC 2004 |access-date=2020-02-07|title=Sunday Afternoon 49er Pairs}} He has a daughter born in 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2015wc |title=2015 World Championship |website=Magic: The Gathering |language=en |access-date=2020-02-07}}

References

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{{succession box | title=Magic World Champion | before={{flagicon|ISR}} Shahar Shenhar | years=2015| after= {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Braun-Duin }}

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Category:Living people

Category:American Magic: The Gathering players

Category:People from Chevy Chase, Maryland

Category:Magic: The Gathering world champions

Category:1991 births