Luis Scott-Vargas  Luis Scott-Vargas (born February 17, 1983), commonly known as LSV, is a professional "" player from Oakland, California, USA, currently living in Denver, Colorado. His accomplishments include fifteen Top 8s (five wins), and ten Top 8s (1 win). In 2013, he was inducted into the . As well as being a prominent player of the game, LSV is also known for writing about the game. He was a writer for StarCityGames.com before becoming the editor and vice president for ChannelFireball.com, a "Magic: The Gathering" shop and strategy website. LSV still writes for Channelfireball but ended his tenure as editor in 2012 to work as game designer at Dire Wolf Digital, specifically on Eternal. LSV first qualified for the in for Pro Tour San Diego and has been an active competitor in major "" events since. LSV's breakout performance came at the 2006 US Nationals, where he won a play-off to take third place and earn a place on the US Nationals team with Paul Cheon and Benjamin Lundquist. The US Nationals team would finish 13th in the team competition at the . He went on to win in 2007, leading a US Nationals team featuring Thomas Drake and Michael Bennett. The US National team finished in 25th place at the . He also won that season, his first Grand Prix title. The would bring even greater success for LSV. He made the Top 8 of before going on to make his first Pro Tour Top 8 at . LSV reached the finals of the Pro Tour where he defeated Matej Zatlkaj to win his first, and so far only, Pro Tour title. He would then continue his success by winning his second Grand Prix event at . By the end of the year, LSV had amassed 58 Pro points, placing him in joint second place in the standings alongside Olivier Ruel. The featured another strong set of results for LSV. He started the season by winning his third Grand Prix in as many years at . He then made his second career Pro Tour Top 8 at . Once again, he reached the finals, but this time lost to Gabriel Nassif. He would round out his year with another Grand Prix Top 8 at . He finished in seventh place for the 2009 standings with 52 Pro Points. The would be the first time since 2006 that LSV would not win a major event. However, despite not winning any events, LSV did manage to make a Grand Prix and a Pro Tour Top 8 at Grand Prix Sydney and .