Mike Turian

Michael Turian is Pro Tour Hall of Famer and a former Magic developer and an employee of Wizards of the Coast.

Wizards of the Coast
Turian was invited to become part of Magic R&D by his former teammate Randy Buehler, then Director of Magic.

Mike then moved from R&D to Organized Play, where put his several years of experience playing in Magic tournaments to good use. He worked on projects such as Wizards Event Reporter and the Store & Event Locator. Being in Organized Play meats he got to work with all of the OP offerings such as Friday Night Magic, Pro Play, and Magic Celebration.

In 2013, Turian became the Organized Play Digital Manager (Magic Online) and in November 2015 the Magic Duels Business Manager. In December 2017, he changed roles again and became part of the product design team.

Designing
• Tenth Edition

• Shards of Alara

• Premium Deck Series: Slivers

• Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition

• Mirrodin Besieged

• Signature Spellbook: Gideon (contributions)

Developing
• Guildpact

• Coldsnap

• Planar Chaos

• Future Sight (lead)

• Tenth Edition

• Lorwyn

• Morningtide (lead)

• Eventide

• Shards of Alara

• Conflux (lead)

• Alara Reborn

• Magic 2010

• Planechase (lead)

• Zendikar

• Premium Deck Series: Slivers

• Worldwake (lead)

• Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition

• Archenemy

• Scars of Mirrodin (lead)

• Mirrodin Besieged

• Magic 2012

• Modern Horizons

• Commander 2019