Randy Buehler  Randolph E. "Randy" Buehler Jr. is an American game developer. He was the Vice President of Digital Gaming at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., as well as the commentator for the "Magic" . He was formerly a weekly writer for Magicthegathering.com's "Latest Developments" column and former "Magic" Pro Tour player. Buehler started playing "" just before the "" set came out. After initially playing "Magic" with roommates at Carnegie Mellon University, Buehler gained a fierce interest in tournament level "Magic". Many Pro Tour Qualifier and tournaments provided valuable experience that would lead to Buehler's first Pro Tour win (Pro Tour-Chicago 1997), which was also his first Pro Tour appearance. While working on his Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, Buehler's interest in school began to fade as his financial successes in "Magic: the Gathering" yielded a satisfactory lifestyle, so he took a two-year leave of absence from school to pursue his passion. A favorite style of play for him has always been card drawing. His famous decks include CMU Blue and Draw Go. When he won Pro Tour-Chicago '97 he used a Necropotence deck. He gained the attention of Wizards of the Coast with his skill on the "Magic" Pro Tour and was eventually offered a position at "Magic" Research and Development as a developer. Before he could return to college from his two-year leave, Buehler decided to take the job. As a developer, his responsibilities would include testing out cards before they were printed to adjust and tweak them for power level reasons and fairness. When Buehler arrived at "Magic" R&D, development for the "" set was just beginning. Since then, he was a developer in many sets. His first assignment as a lead developer was in the "" set, and in the summer of 2001 Randy Buehler was promoted to the position of lead developer of all "Magic". On January 4, 2002, Randy Buehler published the first Magicthegathering.com "Latest Developments" column, wherein a developer writes about a topic related to "Magic" development. On January 30, 2004 Buehler announced that he would leave "Latest Developments" and be succeeded by Aaron Forsythe. For several years, Buehler served as a commentator for the "Magic" Pro Tour webcasts, joined by co-hosts such as Mike Flores.