Gerry Thompson

Gerry Thompson
Demographics
Nickname	GerryT
Residence	Renton, Washington, United States
Nationality	American
Professional Career
Pro Tour debut	Pro Tour Boston 2002
Top Finishes	3 (1 win)
GP top 8s	12 (2 wins)
Awards
PT Champion

Gerry Thompson is an American professional Magic player.

Career

His most significant accomplishment is winning Pro Tour Amonkhet in 2017. He also has two other top eight finishes at the Pro Tour level: at PT Gatecrash in 2013, where he finished 7th, and at PT Rivals of Ixalan in 2018, where he finished 2nd. He is also known for his repeated success at the StarCityGames tournament series, and for writing strategy articles for that site and for ChannelFireball. Thompson was a six month developer intern for the game at Wizards of the Coast (2013-2014).

In January-April 2018 Thompson worked another stint at WotC. He was able to contribute to the development of Modern Horizons without giving up any of the tournaments or content creation, which were his main priorities at the time. To avoid confusion, he was not credited for te set.

Later that year, less than an hour prior to the start of the 2018 World Championship, Thompson posted on Reddit that he would refuse to participate in the tournament in protest against the state of professional Magic. Thompson cited WotC's failure to promote the event and its players, poor communication leading to among other things Worlds competitors' significant others being denied entry to the tournament hall (though this was ultimately fixed), poor coverage, lack of reward for professional players and aspiring professional players, and failure to adequately punish cheating. Three months later, in December 2018, it was announced that Thompson would be one of the 32 players joining the upcoming 2019 Magic Pro League.

In May, 2019, Thompson stated that he had joined the MPL in the first place because it seemed easier to make a difference from the inside. He was disappointed however, and resigned from the MPL because of the lack of transparency in the organisation and the unwillingness of Wizards of the Coast to listen to feedback.

Professional play

Accomplishments

Season	Event type	Location	Format	Date	Rank
2003–04	Grand Prix	Kansas City	Rochester Draft	18–19 October 2003	6
2005	Grand Prix	Austin	Limited	9–10 October 2004	4
2005	Grand Prix	Minneapolis	Block Constructed	16–17 July 2005	7
2006	Grand Prix	Richmond	Limited	4–5 February 2006	7
2006	Grand Prix	New Jersey	Limited	11–12 November 2006	5
2008	Grand Prix	Denver	Block Constructed	9–10 August 2008	1
2008	Grand Prix	Atlanta	Limited	15–16 November 2008	2
2010	Grand Prix	Nashville	Limited	20–21 November 2010	1
2012	Grand Prix	Charleston	Standard	17–18 November 2012	8
2012–13	Pro Tour	Montreal	Standard and Booster Draft	15–17 February 2013	7
2015–16	Grand Prix	Detroit	Modern	5–6 March 2016	5
2015–16	Magic Online Championship	Seattle	Special	13–15 May 2016	4
2016–17	Grand Prix	Vancouver	Modern	18–19 February 2017	3
2016–17	Pro Tour	Nashville	Standard and Booster Draft	12–14 May 2017	1
2017–18	Nationals	Richmond	Standard and Booster Draft	14–15 October 2017	2
2017–18	Nationals	Richmond	Standard and Booster Draft	14–15 October 2017	2
2017–18	Pro Tour	Bilbao	Modern and Booster Draft	2–4 February 2018	2
2017–18	Grand Prix	Seattle	Standard	7–8 April 2018	4

→ Source: Wizards.com

Pro Tour results

List of the Pro Tour results and winnings of Gerry Thompson

Season	Pro Tour	Format	Finish	Winnings
2002–03	Boston	Team Limited	35
2002–03	Houston	Extended	268
2002–03	Venice	Block Constructed	119
2003–04	Amsterdam	Rochester Draft	80
2003–04	San Diego	Booster Draft	32	$1,250
2003–04	Seattle	Team Limited	43
2003–04	Worlds (San Francisco)	Special	252
2005	Colombus	Extended	110
2005	Atlanta	Team Limited	13	$1,100
2005	Philadelphia	Block Constructed	180	$200
2005	Los Angeles	Extended	165
2005	Worlds (Yokohama)	Special	54	$600
2006	Honolulu	Standard	287
2006	Prague	Booster Draft	265
2006	Charleston	Team Constructed	77
2006	Worlds (Paris)	Special	176
2007	Valencia	Extended	40	$950
2007	Worlds (New York)	Special	338
2008	Hollywood	Standard	280
2008	Berlin	Extended	237
2008	Worlds (Memphis)	Special	49	$675
2009	Kyoto	Standard and Booster Draft	366
2009	Honolulu	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	234
2009	Austin	Extended and Booster Draft	293
2009	Worlds (Rome)	Special	400
2010	San Juan	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	79
2010	Worlds (Chiba)	Special	41	$900
2011	Philadelphia	Modern and Booster Draft	135
2011	Worlds (San Francisco)	Special	55	$600
2012	Dark Ascension in Honolulu	Standard and Booster Draft	21	$2,000
2012	Avacyn Restored in Barcelona	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	343
2012–13	Return to Ravnica in Seattle	Modern and Booster Draft	130
2012–13	Gatecrash in Montreal	Standard and Booster Draft	7	$10,000
2012–13	Dragon's Maze in San Diego	Block Constructed and Booster Draft	177
2013–14	Theros in Dublin	Standard and Booster Draft	281
2014–15	Magic Origins in Vancouver	Standard and Booster Draft	26	$1,500
2015–16	Battle for Zendikar in Milwaukee	Standard and Booster Draft	47	$1,500
2015–16	Oath of the Gatewatch in Atlanta	Modern and Booster Draft	343
2015–16	Shadows over Innistrad in Madrid	Standard and Booster Draft	269
2016–17	Kaladesh in Honolulu	Standard and Booster Draft	465
2016–17	Aether Revolt in Dublin	Standard and Booster Draft	128
2016–17	Amonkhet in Nashville	Standard and Booster Draft	1	$50,000
2016–17	Hour of Devastation in Kyoto	Standard and Booster Draft	116
2017–18	Ixalan in Albuquerque	Standard and Booster Draft	431
2017–18	Rivals of Ixalan in Bilbao	Modern and Booster Draft	2	$20,000
2017–18	Dominaria in Richmond	Standard and Booster Draft	287
2017–18	25th Anniversary in Minneapolis	Team Constructed	164
2018–19	Guilds of Ravnica in Atlanta	Standard and Booster Draft	296
2018–19	Mythic Championship Cleveland 2019	Standard and Booster Draft	261	$500

→ Source: Wizards.com

Wizards of the Coast R&D

Developing

• Dragons of Tarkir

External links

• Lifetime Top Finishes
• Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s
• Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders
• Gerry Thompson's Twitch channel