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Rob Dougherty | Cornerstone and founder of Your Move Games ... Five Pro Tour Top 8s, with a team win at D.C. 1999 with YMG's Darwin Kastle and Dave Humpherys ... One of the game's top deck designers ... Instrumental in New England Magic scene as player, store owner, and tournament organizer. |
| Class of: 2006 | ||
| Hometown: Framingham, Massachusetts | ||
| Debut: Pro Tour-New York 1996 | ||
| Career winnings: $123,502 | ||
| Lifetime Pro Points: 226 |
Rob's induction covers all three players from Your Move Games, the winners of the first team Pro Tour in Washington, D.C. Rob has not only been playing the game since before the beginning of the Pro Tour, he has been nurturing and growing it as a store owner and tournament organizer. Somehow he still found the time to make five Pro Tour Top 8s, be one of the top Constructed deck designers in the game, and be part of one of the most dominating finishes in a Constructed Pro Tour ever by a single team.
Perhaps splitting votes with teammate Dave Humpherys from committee members who did not want to vote for all three YMG members on the same ballot, Rob found himself just missing the class in Year One. He was nervous but optimistic about his chances for this season, and will certainly be playing in Paris in addition to accepting his ring.
"I did very well in the voting last year, so I was hopeful... nervous, but hopeful," Rob said. "Being inducted into the Hall of Fame is such a great honor, I can't imagine not being there."
The tour has come a long way since that first stop in New York. Dougherty thought back on that process and the luck he had in making it into the field.
"They didn't have qualifiers for the first Pro Tour," he said. "You had to call Wizards on the phone and sign up. I dialed the phone and was lucky enough not to get a busy signal. I kid you not.
"I had done quite well in Nationals that year (my Constructed deck went undefeated) so I was relatively confident going into the first PT," Rob recalled of his high hopes for that tournament after a tantalizing but frustrating experience at Nationals.
"U.S. Nationals was the start of my long struggle with Limited formats," explained the Constructed guru. "The event had been advertised as entirely Constructed. I was armed with a metagame-crushing deck that got me through a meat grinder, but during the Nationals itself they took a show of hands vote on whether they should do half the rounds with this new Sealed Deck format (no, seriously, a show of hands vote). I did great in Constructed and okay in Sealed and just missed the cut to Top 8."
Your Move Games has been at times both a specific three-man team and a larger entity made up of great players who all made each other better. Rob struggled between those two incarnations when searching for his favorite Pro Tour moment. "God, that's a hard question. Making my first Top 8 was great, as was the Team YMG win in D.C., but the best has to be YMG's absolute dominance in Pro Tour-Houston.
"I've loved playing Magic since I first tried it way back in the 'Alpha' days. Being publicly recognized as one of the greatest players in the game's history is an incredibly gratifying honor," Rob prefaced before thanking the players who helped him achieve that honor. "Darwin, Dave, Justin, Zvi, Alex and the rest of team Your Move Games. Practicing with them gave me the skills to excel on the Pro Tour and their company and camaraderie made it fun."
By Format
| Format | W | L | D | BYE | Matches | Win % |
| Limited | 151 | 116 | 22 | 43 | 332 | 52.25% |
| Constructed | 226 | 150 | 32 | 49 | 457 | 55.39% |
| Total | 377 | 266 | 54 | 92 | 789 | 54.09% |
By Event Type
| Event | W | L | D | BYE | Matches | Win % |
| Worlds | 51 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 56.67% |
| Pro Tour | 135 | 88 | 17 | 1 | 241 | 56.25% |
| Nationals | 44 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 84 | 53.66% |
| Grand Prix | 142 | 102 | 28 | 89 | 361 | 52.21% |
| Masters Series | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 38.46% |
| Total | 377 | 266 | 54 | 92 | 789 | 54.09% |
By Event
| Event | Date | Finish | W | L | D | BYE | Matches | Win % |
| Pro Tour-1 | 2/16/1996 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-II (Masters) | 5/3/1996 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995-96 Season | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 40.00% | ||
| Pro Tour-Dallas | 11/23/1996 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-Los Angeles | 2/28/1997 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-Paris | 4/11/1997 | 190 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-New York | 5/30/1997 | 192 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996-97 Season | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 43.48% | ||
| Grand Prix-Toronto | 8/30/1997 | n/a | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Indianapolis | 6/27/1998 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997-98 Season | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 60.00% | ||
| Grand Prix-Boston | 9/5/1998 | n/a | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Grand Prix-Texas | 10/11/1998 | 95 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Grand Prix-Kansas City | 3/27/1999 | n/a | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-New York | 4/30/1999 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Washington D.C. | 6/18/1999 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1999 U.S. Nationals | 7/3/1999 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999 World Championships | 8/13/1999 | 111 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998-99 Season | 44 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 81 | 57.89% | ||
| Pro Tour-Washington D.C. (Team) | 9/3/1999 | 1 | ||||||
| Pro Tour-London | 10/15/1999 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-San Diego | 11/20/1999 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Chicago | 12/3/1999 | 264 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Seattle | 1/15/2000 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Los Angeles | 2/4/2000 | 143 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Philadelphia | 2/19/2000 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Frankfurt (Team) | 4/7/2000 | n/a | ||||||
| Pro Tour-New York | 4/14/2000 | 163 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-St Louis (Team) | 5/13/2000 | 3 | ||||||
| 2000 U.S. Nationals | 6/10/2000 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Pittsburgh (Team) | 6/24/2000 | 4 | ||||||
| 2000 World Championships | 8/4/2000 | 64 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1999-2000 Season | 46 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 95 | 53.49% | ||
| Pro Tour-New York (Team) | 9/28/2000 | 11 | ||||||
| Masters-New York | 9/28/2000 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Manchester | 10/7/2000 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Dallas | 10/28/2000 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Phoenix | 11/11/2000 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Sydney | 11/18/2000 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Chicago | 12/1/2000 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-New Orleans | 1/6/2001 | 218 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Amsterdam | 1/13/2001 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Los Angeles | 2/2/2001 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Valencia | 2/10/2001 | 195 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Tokyo | 3/16/2001 | 138 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Detroit | 3/31/2001 | 56 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Masters-Barcelona | 5/3/2001 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-Barcelona | 5/4/2001 | 63 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Yokohama (Team) | 5/12/2001 | 14 | ||||||
| 2001 U.S. Nationals | 6/2/2001 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Columbus (Team) | 7/28/2001 | 1 | ||||||
| 2001 World Championships | 8/10/2001 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01 Season | 75 | 55 | 10 | 24 | 164 | 53.57% | ||
| Grand Prix-Denver | 8/18/2001 | 127 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-New York (Team) | 9/7/2001 | 125 | ||||||
| Grand Prix-Minneapolis | 9/29/2001 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Montreal | 10/13/2001 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Masters-New Orleans | 11/1/2001 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-New Orleans | 11/2/2001 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Atlanta | 11/17/2001 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Las Vegas | 12/8/2001 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Houston | 1/5/2002 | 95 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Masters-San Diego | 1/10/2002 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-San Diego | 1/11/2002 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Tampa | 2/23/2002 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Osaka | 3/15/2002 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Masters-Nice | 5/3/2002 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-Nice | 5/3/2002 | 244 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Milwaukee | 5/11/2002 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2002 U.S. Nationals | 6/1/2002 | 105 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-New Jersey (Team) | 6/29/2002 | 6 | ||||||
| 2002 World Championships | 8/16/2002 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2001-02 Season | 87 | 56 | 11 | 24 | 178 | 56.49% | ||
| Grand Prix-London | 8/31/2002 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Cleveland | 9/7/2002 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Boston (Team) | 9/27/2002 | 84 | ||||||
| Pro Tour-Houston | 11/8/2002 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Masters-Houston | 11/10/2002 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-New Orleans | 1/4/2003 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Masters-Chicago | 1/17/2003 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-Chicago | 1/17/2003 | 319 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pro Tour-Venice | 3/21/2003 | 113 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-Yokohama | 5/9/2003 | 124 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Masters-Yokohama | 5/11/2003 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Pittsburgh (Team) | 5/31/2003 | 78 | ||||||
| 2003 US Nationals | 6/29/2003 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2003 World Championships | 8/8/2003 | 67 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002-03 Season | 51 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 103 | 55.43% | ||
| Grand Prix-Atlanta | 8/30/2003 | 117 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-Boston (Team) | 9/12/2003 | 54 | ||||||
| Grand Prix-Kansas City | 10/18/2003 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pro Tour-New Orleans | 10/31/2003 | 70 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grand Prix-Anaheim | 12/13/2003 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Columbus | 3/27/2004 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2004 US Nationals | 6/19/2004 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pro Tour-Seattle (Team) | 7/9/2004 | 52 | ||||||
| 2003-04 Season | 36 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 80 | 52.94% | ||
| Pro Tour-Columbus | 10/29/2004 | 169 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005 US Nationals | 8/11/2005 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2005 Season | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 50.00% | ||
| Grand Prix-Charlotte | 12/17/2005 | 246 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Grand Prix-Richmond | 2/5/2006 | 95 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pro Tour-Honolulu | 3/3/2006 | 88 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 Season | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 44.44% | ||
| RECORD VS. HALL OF FAME | W | L | D |
| vs. Jon Finkel | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| vs. Darwin Kastle | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| vs. Tommi Hovi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| vs. Alan Comer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| vs. Olle Råde | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| vs. Bob Maher | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| vs. Dave Humpherys | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| vs. Raphaël Lévy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| vs. Gary Wise | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Total | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Listed below are notable decklists from Rob Dougherty's Pro Tour career.
Creature (15)
4 Avalanche Riders 1 Crater Hellion 3 Goblin Welder 1 Karn, Silver Golem 2 Phyrexian Colossus 1 Raven Familiar 1 Ticking Gnomes 2 Wall of JunkArtifact (15)
1 Citanul Flute 4 Claws of Gix 4 Grim Monolith 1 Lifeline 1 Phyrexian Processor 4 Voltaic KeySideboard (15)
1 Crater Hellion 1 Goblin Welder 1 Arc Lightning 1 Phyrexian Processor 4 Arcane Laboratory 1 Rack and Ruin 2 Steam Blast 3 Viashino Heretic 1 Whetstone
Creature (9)
2 Faceless Butcher 1 Verdant Force 1 Petradon 1 Symbiotic Wurm 1 Visara the Dreadful 1 Phantom Nishoba 1 Stronghold Taskmaster 1 Nether SpiritSideboard (15)
2 Faceless Butcher 4 Diabolic Edict 1 Woodripper 2 Planar Void 1 Urborg Shambler 2 Engineered Plague 3 Phyrexian Negator
Sorcery (24)
4 Chainer's Edict 4 Diabolic Tutor 1 Haunting Echoes 3 Innocent Blood 4 Mind Sludge 4 Mutilate 4 Rancid EarthInstant (1)
1 Skeletal ScryingSideboard (15)
2 Skeletal Scrying 4 Braids, Cabal Minion 4 Faceless Butcher 2 Ghastly Demise 3 Mesmeric Fiend
Creature (19)
4 Blastoderm 4 River Boa 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Birds of Paradise 2 Jade Leech 1 Ancient HydraSorcery (2)
2 EarthquakeInstant (4)
4 Rhystic LightningArtifact (4)
4 Chimeric IdolVideo
Photo Gallery
A force as a player, store owner, and tournament organizer, Rob Dougherty has impacted many in his Magic career.
Dougherty made five Top 8 appearances, stretching from 1999 to 2003.
Rob Dougherty defeated fellow 2006 inductee Bob Maher in the quarterfinals of Pro Tour-Houston 2002.
Your Move Games' efforts at Pro Tour-Houston 2002 were staggering, placing three individuals (Justin Gary, Darwin Kastle, and Dougherty) into the Top 8 – all with different decks.
The core of Your Move Games, Hall of Famers Dougherty, Humpherys, and Kastle won team titles at Pro Tour-Washington, D.C. and Grand Prix-Columbus.