Tom LaPille played Magic: The Gathering professionally throughout his time in college, making top 8 at Grand Prix Charlotte in 2005[3] and playing in four Pro Tours.[4]
In 2007, Tom created the website http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com with the stated goal of obtaining a job with Wizards of the Coast, the company which makes Magic: The Gathering within one year. The website and its extensive focus on the "Cube" format garnered Wizards' attention, eventually leading to his hiring within a year. Tom believes that showing Wizards how he could construct a set through his Cube design was crucial for obtaining the job, stating, "Carefully crafting a cube means taking cards as given and using them to build a coherent and fun play experience so it's about as close as you can get to actual Magic development without being able to adjust the actual cards."[5]
Tom also wrote the Dailymtg.com weekly Column on Magic Development, Latest Developments, from January 9, 2009[14] through December 2, 2012,[15] leaving to pursue more work on Dungeons & Dragons.[15] He still writes Latest Developments on occasion.
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External linksedit
All Tom LaPille articles on StarCityGames.com
Tom LaPille's Blog prior to joining Wizards of the Coast
Tom LaPille's Magic-focused Twitter account
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lapille, born, august, 1985, former, magic, gathering, developer, wizards, coast, development, magic, 2012, dark, ascension, masters, edition, modern, masters, 2015, eternal, masters, also, wrote, dailymtg, development, column, latest, developments, nearly, fo. Tom LaPille born August 27 1985 is a former Magic The Gathering developer at Wizards of the Coast He led the development on Magic 2012 Dark Ascension and Masters Edition III Modern Masters 2015 and Eternal Masters He also wrote the Dailymtg com Development column Latest Developments for nearly four years 1 Mark Rosewater considers him part of the fifth generation of Magic designers 2 Tom LaPilleBorn 1985 08 27 August 27 1985 age 38 NationalityAmericanOccupationMagic Developer Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 2 1 Magic The Gathering 3 References 4 External linksBiography editLapille grew up in Ohio where he attended Ohio State University Career editMagic The Gathering edit Tom LaPille played Magic The Gathering professionally throughout his time in college making top 8 at Grand Prix Charlotte in 2005 3 and playing in four Pro Tours 4 In 2007 Tom created the website http playmagicwith tomlapille com with the stated goal of obtaining a job with Wizards of the Coast the company which makes Magic The Gathering within one year The website and its extensive focus on the Cube format garnered Wizards attention eventually leading to his hiring within a year Tom believes that showing Wizards how he could construct a set through his Cube design was crucial for obtaining the job stating Carefully crafting a cube means taking cards as given and using them to build a coherent and fun play experience so it s about as close as you can get to actual Magic development without being able to adjust the actual cards 5 While employed at Wizards of the Coast Tom worked on Magic 2011 Innistrad 6 Masters Edition III Masters Edition IV New Phyrexia 7 Worldwake 8 Mirrodin Besieged 9 Magic 2010 10 Return to Ravnica 11 Magic 2012 12 and Dark Ascension 13 Tom also wrote the Dailymtg com weekly Column on Magic Development Latest Developments from January 9 2009 14 through December 2 2012 15 leaving to pursue more work on Dungeons amp Dragons 15 He still writes Latest Developments on occasion References edit Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 02 20 Retrieved 2013 02 11 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Wizards of the Coast Archived from the original on November 30 2011 Events Magic The Gathering Wizards com Archived from the original on October 11 2008 Retrieved 2016 12 03 TomLaPille StarCityGames com Retrieved 2016 12 03 Arcane Teachings Wizards School StarCityGames com 10 June 2008 Retrieved 2016 12 03 1 Archived 2012 01 12 at the Wayback Machine New Phyrexia MTG Salvation Wiki Wiki mtgsalvation com Retrieved 2016 12 03 Articles Archived from the original on August 6 2009 Articles Archived from the original on August 5 2010 Kaladesh Magic The Gathering Wizards com Archived from the original on June 25 2010 Retrieved 2016 12 03 Return to Ravnica MTG Salvation Wiki Wiki mtgsalvation com Retrieved 2016 12 03 Magic 2012 MTG Salvation Wiki Wiki mtgsalvation com Retrieved 2016 12 03 Dark Ascension MTG Salvation Wiki Wiki mtgsalvation com Retrieved 2016 12 03 To Kill a Planeswalker Archived from the original on January 15 2009 a b Zone Change Archived from the original on December 4 2011 External links editAll Tom LaPille articles on magicthegathering com All Tom LaPille articles on StarCityGames com Tom LaPille s Blog prior to joining Wizards of the Coast Tom LaPille s Magic focused Twitter account Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom LaPille amp oldid 1167717663, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
