
Call him Remi Fortier, Magic Savant. The 16-year-old student from Mortree, France defeated Andre Mueller 3-2 in the finals of Pro Tour-Valencia on the back of Venser, Shaper Savant. That card's unique timing derailed Mueller's Enduring Ideal deck, allowing Fortier to take home the $40,000 first prize.
Fortier, who came in to Valencia with four lifetime Pro Points, prepared with Resident Genius and Pro Tour-Yokohama champion Guillaume Wafo-Tapa for two weeks leading up to the event. Fortier's CounterTopGoyf deck took the Counterbalance-Sensei's Divining Top control engine and strapped it to everyone's favorite creature, Tarmogoyf. His victory made it three straight Extended Pro Tour wins for France, following up on Antoine Ruel (Los Angeles 2005) and Pierre Canali (Columbus 2004).
Fortier's triumph was one of many memories that will be taken from Valencia. The show opened a day late due to flooding at the event site, the first time a Pro Tour has been significantly delayed. But the event staff and crew at the venue worked overtime to get the hall ready to re-open in time to run 13 rounds across two days. The Extended metagame proved as varied as expected, with approximately 20 archetypes making the cut. The Player of the Year race remains tight as none of the front-runners put up big finishes. That means the Sprint to the Title will continue across the five Grand Prix over the next five weeks, culminating at the 2007 World Championships in New York City on December 6-9.
Congratulations to Remi Fortier, Pro Tour-Valencia 2007 champion!
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EVENT COVERAGE
- Finals: Epic
Andre Müller vs. Remi Fortierby Nate Price - Semifinal: In the Balance
Giulio Barra vs. Remi Fortierby Bill Stark - Semifinal: Pedal to the Metal
Andre Müller vs. Shuhei Nakamuraby Hanno Terbuyken - Quarterfinal: Living Off the Land
Makihito Mihara vs. Giulio Barraby Dave Sutcliffe - Quarterfinal: Right Off the Top
Remi Fortier vs. Tine Rusby Craig Jones - Quarterfinal: Something to Mull Over
Shuhei Nakamura vs. Takayuki Koikeby Nate Price - Quarterfinal: "I Have the Nuts"
Andre Müller vs. Sam Steinby Hanno Terbuyken - Feature: Top 8 Profiles
by Event Coverage Staff
- Feature: Top 8 Decklists
by Event Coverage Staff
- Feature: Day Two Decklists
by Event Coverage Staff
- Feature: Video Deck Techs
Enduring Ideal, Rock and Nail, and Cephalid Lifeby Randy Buehler and Brian David-Marshall - Round 13: Sphere of What?
Makihito Mihara vs. Sean Connorby Dave Sutcliffe - Round 12: Quick on the Draw
Shuhei Nakamura vs. Thomas Refsdalby Nate Price - Feature: Extended Metagame Breakdown and Rogue Decks
by Bill Stark
- Round 11: Elephants Ante Portas
Shuu Komuro vs. Masashiro Kurodaby Hanno Terbuyken - Feature: Metagame Impressions of a Tired Reporter
by Nate Price
- Feature: Day 2 Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
- Feature: Day 2 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
- Live from Gleemax: Buehler's Blog
by Randy Buehler
- Round 10: Complete Awkwardness
Antoine Ruel vs. Roel van Heeswijkby Hanno Terbuyken - Round 9: Stick to Your Sideboard
Kenji Tsumura vs. Tsuyoshi Ikedaby Dave Sutcliffe - Round 8: Shortcut to Nowhere
Melissa DeTora vs. Quentin Martinby Nate Price - Round 7: "Looks like Tog"
Marijn Lybaert vs. Mark Herberholzby Hanno Terbuyken - News: Two Players Disqualified in Valencia
by Hanno Terbuyken
- Round 6: If You Could Play Just One Spell This Match...
Frank Karsten vs. Arnost Zidekby David Sutcliffe - Round 5: Clash (Not That Clash) of the Titans
Paul Cheon vs. Masashiro Kurodaby Nate Price - Round 4: Disco Inferno
Raphael Levy vs. Osamu Fujitaby Hanno Terbuyken - Feature: Killer Combos
by Nate Price
- Round 3: Vintage Extended
Steve Menendian vs. Tsuyoshi Fujitaby David Sutcliffe - Round 2: Making a Breakthrough
Chris Lachmann vs. Masahiko Moritaby Nate Price - Round 1: Tii-iii-iii-ime... Is on my Side...
Gabriel Nassif vs. Guillaume Wafo-Tapaby Hanno Terbuyken - News: Flooding Postpones Start of Pro Tour
by Greg Collins and Hanno Terbuyken
- Feature: Impact of Compressed Schedule
by Nate Price
- Feature: How to Cut Three Rounds
by Hanno Terbuyken
- Feature: Spreading the News
by Dave Sutcliffe
- Feature: One Man's Journey
by Nate Price
- Info: Day One Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
- Info: Day One Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
- Info: Fact Sheet
by Event Coverage Staff