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{{Infobox player
| name = Owen Turtenwald
| nickname = ORAT<ref>{{WebRef|title=Limited Resources 311 – Owen the Enchanter|url=http://lrcast.com/limited-resources-311-owen-the-enchanter/|publisher=Limited Resources}}</ref>
| image = Owen Turtenwald.jpg
| birth_date = April 16, 1989
| residence = Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
| nationality1 = USA
| debut = Pro Tour Valencia 2007
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| gp_top_8 = 25 (5 wins)
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| hof=1
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'''Owen Robert Alexander Turtenwald''' is a former American professional player. His greatest accomplishments include the 2011 and 2015–16 [[Player of the Year]] titles, five [[Pro Tour]] top eights, and five [[Grand Prix]] wins. In 2016, he was voted into the [[Hall of Fame]].

==Professional play==
Turtenwald started playing ''Magic'' at a young age, having been taught by the owner of the local card shop. He first gained prominence as a player of Eternal formats - [[Legacy]] and [[Vintage]] - and his first success at the professional scene was at Grand Prix Colombus 2007, where he piloted a Legacy Goblins deck to a second-place finish.<ref>{{WebRef|title=Sunday, May 20: 8:00 p.m. - Finals: Steve Sadin vs. Owen Turtenwald|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219101327/http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/gpcol07/welcome#7|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|date=2007-05-07|accessdate=2016-08-09|author=Brian David-Marshall}}</ref> He thus qualified for his first Pro Tour, PT Valencia, where he took an [[Extended]] version of the Goblin deck to an 18th-place finish.<ref>{{WebRef|title=Round 13 Standings|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919120201/http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/ptval07/stand13|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref> In the following Pro Tour seasons, Turtenwald played several Pro Tours without quite making it onto the [[Pro Players Club|gravy train]]. He later stated that he was about to quit during the [[2010 Pro Tour Season|2010 season]] due to performing poorly and not getting rewarded for the work he was putting in.<ref>{{WebRef|title=Player of the Year: Owen Turtenwald|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216012829/http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/playeroftheyear|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|author=Nate Price|date=2011-11-20|accessdate=2016-08-09}}</ref> But he joined [[ChannelFireball]], which helped elevate his game, and by the end of the season, he'd achieved level 5 in the Pro Players Club.<ref>{{WebRef|title=2010 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy2010|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref>

The [[2011 Pro Tour Season|2011 season]] started well for Turtenwald; he made the top eight of the season's first event, Grand Prix Atlanta, and followed it up with a 12th-place finish at Pro Tour Paris two weeks later. Turtenwald finished in the top eight of six additional Grand Prix events that year - at Denver, Dallas, Providence, Singapore, Santiago, and San Diego - equalling [[Ryan Fuller]]'s record of seven GP top eights in a single season. When he finished 33rd at the World Championships and [[Luis Scott-Vargas]] failed to win his quarterfinal match, Turtenwald became the 2011 [[Player of the Year]], the first to do so without making the top eight of at least one Pro Tour during the season they won. Turtenwald's title contributed to Platinum status in the [[Pro Players Club]] following the [[2012 Pro Tour Season|2012 season]], and qualified him for the inaugural [[2012 Players Championship]] (later renamed the World Championship), where he finished 10th.<ref>{{WebRef|title=Magic Players Championship 2012 Final Standings|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031201525/http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/tpc12/standfin|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref>

In early 2013, Turtenwald joined the team now known as [[The Pantheon]], and at [[Pro Tour Gatecrash|PT ''Gatecrash'']], he finally advanced to Sunday play at a Pro Tour, finishing 5th after losing to [[Eric Froehlich]] in the quarterfinals.<ref>{{WebRef|title=Quarterfinals: Planeswalking Perils|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103063304/http://archive.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/ptgtc13/qf2|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|author=Nate Price|date=2013-02-17|accessdate=2016-08-09}}</ref> Turtenwald renewed his Platinum membership, but came a few points short of qualifying for the [[2013 World Championship]].<ref>{{WebRef|title=2012-2013 PLAYER OF THE YEAR|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy201213|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref> The [[2013–14 Pro Tour Season|2013–14 season]] proved to be better, as Turtenwald won his first two Grand Prix tournaments, with back-to-back wins at Prix Washington, D.C. and Albuquerque, finished in the money at all four Pro Tour events; he finished 55th, 15th, and 29th at the first three, and then concluded the season with his second Pro Tour top eight appearance at [[Pro Tour Magic 2015|PT ''Magic 2015'']], where he placed fourth after beating [[Patrick Cox]] and losing in the semifinals to eventual champion [[Ivan Floch]]. He finished runner-up in the Player of the Year race behind [[Jérémy Dezani]]. This qualified him for the [[2014 World Championship]], where he ended up in 13th-place; and he captained the United States national team to a fourth-place finish at the [[2014 World Magic Cup]].

A good start to the [[2014–15 Pro Tour Season|2014–15 season]], where he won Grand Prix Portland alongside [[Peach Garden Oath]] teammates [[Reid Duke]] and [[William Jensen]], and finished 11th at [[Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir|Pro Tour ''Khans of Tarkir'']], saw him take an early lead in the Player of the Year race. He would eventually be surpassed by multiple players, ending the season in 13th-place, but qualified for the [[2015 World Championship]].<ref>{{WebRef|title=PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS: 2014-15|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy201415|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref> This would be the start of a great season for Turtenwald. He finished second behind [[Seth Manfield]] at Worlds, and then made his third Pro Tour top eight at [[Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar|PT ''Battle for Zendikar'']]. He took his fourth Grand Prix title at GP Houston 2016, and scored four additional GP top eights. Despite his performances, he came into the last Pro Tour of the season, [[Pro Tour Eldritch Moon|PT ''Eldritch Moon'']], trailing Seth Manfield in the Player of the Year race by 13 points, needing a top eight finish to have a shot at the title. Turtenwald started the event 11–1, but lost the next three matches, needing to win the last to clinch top eight and the PotY title. After being down a game against Daniel Cathro, Turtenwald came back and won, claiming both a top eight berth and his second Player of the Year title, becoming only the second player to win two, after [[Kai Budde]] and [[Yuuya Watanabe]]. Turtenwald eventually finished second in the event after dispatching [[Yuuta Takahashi]] in the quarterfinals and [[Luis Scott-Vargas]] in the semifinals, but losing the final match to [[Lukas Blohon]]. Turtenwald was also revealed to have been voted into the [[Hall of Fame]] as a member of the 2016 class alongside Yuuya Watanabe, having won 70.9% of the votes.

[[2016–17 Pro Tour Season|2016–17]] was a comparatively quiet season for Turtenwald, although two Grand Prix top eights with the [[Peach Garden Oath]], including a win at GP Cleveland 2017, along with a couple of solid Pro Tour finishes (18th and 32nd), were sufficient for Platinum membership in the [[Pro Players Club]] for the sixth season running, as well as qualification for the [[2017 World Championship]], where he finished eighth. In [[2017–18 Pro Tour Season|2017–18]], although he was never very deep in the [[Player of the Year]] race, Owen reached the top eight of a Pro Tour for a fifth time, at [[Pro Tour Dominaria|PT ''Dominaria'']], and thanks to overall stellar, if not flashy, finishes, renewed Platinum membership and qualification for the [[2018 World Championship]]. This tied Turtenwald with [[Yuuya Watanabe]] and [[Reid Duke]] when it comes to number of post-2012 World Championship events played in, with six. Turtenwald finished at a very disappointing 21st-place at that tournament; however, Turtenwald's team's performance at the season's Pro Tours was good enough to qualify them for the [[Pro Tour Team Series|Team Series]] taking place simultaneously, where they ended up taking down the Hareruya Latin team to claim the title. In December 2018, it was announced that Turtenwald would be one of the 32 players joining the upcoming 2019 [[Magic Pro League]].

===Controversy===
On March 27, 2019 [[Esports|Magic Esports]] [https://twitter.com/MagicEsports/status/1110954663501656064 Twitter] suddenly announced that Turtenwald wouldn't be participating in the [[Mythic Invitational Boston 2019|Mythic Invitational]] for which he previously had been invited, and that he was replaced with [[Brian David-Marshall]]. No reason was given. Three days later unconfirmed rumors surfaced that Turtlewald had been behaving in an inappropriate manner towards female players.<ref>Cecilia D'Anastasio (March 30, 2019) "[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/03/pro-removed-from-1-4-million-magic-tournament-accused-of-harassing-women/ Pro Removed From $1.4 Million Magic Tournament Accused Of Harassing Women]", Kotaku.com</ref>

On April 25, 2019, it became clear that Turtenwald was removed from the [[Magic Pro League]] altogether. He was replaced by [[Autumn Burchett]].<ref>{{TwitterRef|HipstersMTG|1121494022336368640|author=[[Hipsters of the Coast]]|title=Breaking News|date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>

===Accomplishments===
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|s = 2007
|et= gp
|l = Columbus
|f = leg
|d = 19–20 May 2007
|p = 2
}}
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|s = 2009
|et= gp
|l = Minneapolis
|f = s+b
|d = 13–14 November 2009
|p = 5
}}
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|s = 2010
|et= gp
|l = Washington, D.C.
|f = s
|d = 22–23 May 2010
|p = 2
}}
{{PTAchievementsTable
|s = 2011
|et= gp
|l = Atlanta
|f = e
|d = 22–23 January 2011
|p = 8
}}
{{PTAchievementsTable
|s = 2011
|et= gp
|l = Denver
|f = s+b
|d = 19–20 February 2011
|p = 3
}}
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|s = 2011
|et= gp
|l = Dallas/Fort Worth
|f = s
|d = 9–10 April 2011
|p = 3
}}
{{PTAchievementsTable
|s = 2011
|et= gp
|l = Providence
|f = leg
|d = 28–29 May 2011
|p = 5
}}
{{PTAchievementsTable
|s = 2011
|et= gp
|l = Singapore
|f = s
|d = 4–5 June 2011
|p = 4
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|s = 2011
|et= gp
|l = Santiago
|f = s+b
|d = 22–23 October 2011
|p = 3
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|s = 2011
|et= gp
|l = San Diego
|f = s+b
|d = 12–13 November 2011
|p = 6
}}
{{PTAchievementsTable
|s = 2012
|et= gp
|l = Seattle
|f = s+b
|d = 3–4 March 2012
|p = 8
}}
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|s = 2012–13
|d = 9–10 October 2012
|et = gp
|l = San Jose
|f = tl
|p = 3 {{ref label|GP San Jose|I|}}
}}
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|s = 2012–13
|et= pt
|l = Montreal
|f = s+bd
|d = 15–17 February 2013
|p = 5
}}
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|s = 2013–14
|et= gp
|l = Washington, D.C.
|f = leg
|d = 16–17 November 2013
|p = 1
}}
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|s = 2013–14
|et= gp
|l = Albuquerque
|f = s
|d = 23–24 November 2013
|p = 1
}}
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|s = 2013–14
|et= gp
|l = Barcelona
|f = tl
|d = 1–2 March 2014
|p = 3
}}
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|s = 2013–14
|et= pt
|l = Portland
|f = s+bd
|d = 1–3 August 2014
|p = 4
}}
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|s = 2014–15
|et= gp
|l = Portland
|f = tl
|d = 9–10 August 2014
|p = 1
}}
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|s = 2014–15
|et = wmc
|l = Nice
|f = nt
|d = 5–7 December 2014
|p = 4
}}
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|s = 2015–16
|et= gp
|l = Detroit
|f = tl
|d = 15–16 August 2015
|p = 3
}}
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|s = 2015–16
|et= w
|l = Seattle
|f = sp
|d = 27–30 August 2015
|p = 2
}}
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|s = 2015–16
|et= pt
|l = Milwaukee
|f = s+bd
|d = 16–18 October 2015
|p = 5
}}
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|s = 2015–16
|et= gp
|l = Atlanta
|f = l
|d = 14–15 November 2015
|p = 2
}}
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|s = 2015–16
|et= gp
|l = Houston
|f = s
|d = 27–28 February 2016
|p = 1
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|s = 2015–16
|et= gp
|l = Washington, D.C.
|f = tl
|d = 12–13 March 2016
|p = 3
}}
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|s = 2015–16
|et= gp
|l = Minneapolis
|f = s
|d = 28–29 May 2016
|p = 6
}}
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|s = 2015–16
|et= pt
|l = Sydney
|f = s+bd
|d = 5–7 August 2016
|p = 2
}}
{{PTAchievementsTable
|s = 2016–17
|et = gp
|l = San Antonio
|f = tm
|d = 1–2 April 2017
|p = 2
}}
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|s = 2016–17
|et = gp
|l = Cleveland
|f = tl
|d = 24–25 June 2017
|p = 1
}}
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|s = 2017–18
|d = 30 September–1 October 2017
|l = Providence
|et= gp
|f = tl
|p = 2
}}
{{PTAchievementsTable
|s = 2017–18
|d = 1–3 June 2018
|l = Richmond
|et= pt
|f = s+bd
|p = 3
}}
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|s = 2017–18
|d = 30 June–1 July 2018
|l = Colombus
|et= n
|f = s+bd
|p = 7
}}
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|s = 2017–18
|d = 23 September 2018
|l = Las Vegas
|et= pts
|f = tl
|p = 1
}}
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|s = 2018–19
|d = 17–18 November 2018
|l = Milwaukee
|et= gp
|f = s
|p = 8
}}
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===Other achievements===
*Class of 2016 [[Hall of Fame]] member
*[[2011 Pro Tour Season|2011]] [[Player of the Year]]
*[[2015–16 Pro Tour Season|2015–16]] [[Player of the Year]]
*2010 Vintage World Champion<ref>{{WebRef|title=X AND OWEN – WINNING VINTAGE WORLDS 2010|date=2010-10-29|accessdate=2016-08-09|publisher=Eternal Central|url=http://www.eternalcentral.com/x-and-owen-winning-vintage-worlds-2010/}}</ref>
*2014 United States national champion
*2016 United States national champion

===Pro Tour Results===
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{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 07-4}}|18|$3,250}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 07-W}}|287|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 08-2}}|218|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 08-3}}|176|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 09-2}}|100|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 09-3}}|360|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 10-1}}|27|$1,700}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 10-2}}|265|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 10-3}}|225|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 10-W}}|53|$620}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 11-1}}|12|$5,500}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 11-2}}|85|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 11-3}}|106|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 11-W}}|33|$1,300}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 12-1}}|159|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 12-2}}|253|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 13-1}}|287|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 13-2}}|5|$10,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 13-3}}|340|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 14-1}}|55|$1,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 14-2}}|15|$5,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 14-3}}|29|$1,500}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 14-4}}|4|$12,500}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 15-1}}|11|$5,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 15-2}}|75|$1,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 15-3}}|105|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 15-4}}|144|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 16-1}}|5|$10,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 16-2}}|18|$2,500}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 16-3}}|123|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 16-4}}|2|$20,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 17-1}}|111|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 17-2}}|32|$2,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 17-3}}|18|$3,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 17-4}}|138|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 18-1}}|18|$3,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 18-2}}|354|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 18-3}}|3|$15,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 18-4}}|56|$1,000}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 19-1}}|86|}}
{{PTsPlayedTable|{{PTTable 19-2}}|67|$750}}
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==External links==
{{Pro Player external links}}
*[https://www.twitch.tv/owentmagic Owen Turtenwald's Twitch channel]
==Notes==
:{{note|GP San Jose|I|}} Turtenwald finished third at Grand Prix San Jose 2012 with teammates [[Conley Woods]] and [[Eric Froehlich]],<ref name="GPSJ12">{{WebRef|title=Grand Prix San Jose Round 17 Standings|date=2012-10-14|accessdate=2014-09-08|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|url=http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpsj12/stand17}}</ref> and although the cutoff was to the top 2 teams instead of the usual top 4 for team events, it has been recognized as a counting Grand Prix top 8 finish by Wizards of the Coast.<ref>{{WebRef|title=GRAND PRIX LIFETIME TOP 8S BY PLAYER|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/top-players/statistics/gp-top-8-by-player}}</ref>

==References==
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