# Antoine Ruel

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**Antoine Ruel** (born 31 October 1979)[1] is a French professional *[Magic: The Gathering](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering)* player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) in 2005. With eighteen Grand Prix top eights, he is among the most successful Grand Prix players of all time. In 2009, Ruel joined his brother [Olivier](/source/Olivier_Ruel) in the [Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering_Hall_of_Fame).

## Career

Born in Aubervilliers, France, Antoine and his brother [Olivier](/source/Olivier_Ruel) started playing Magic in 1994. In the [1999-2000 Pro Tour season](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering_Pro_Tour_season_1999%E2%80%932000), he first began to attract attention in the new teams format alongside his brother and Florent Jeudon. As Phenomène J, they finished eleventh at the first teams Pro Tour in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.), and followed with a win and Grand Prix Cannes under the name Black Ops. These two finishes qualified the three Frenchmen for a special event called the [Magic: The Gathering](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering) Team Challenge. The event featured some very prominent players, with seven of the twelve players involved being future members of the [Hall of Fame](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering_Hall_of_Fame). Black Ops won the event, with Antoine defeating [Jon Finkel](/source/Jon_Finkel) in the final.

Antoine's first major individual success followed soon after. In September 2000, he won Grand Prix Porto defeating his brother in final. At the 2001 World Championships, Antoine had his first breakthrough at the Pro Tour level with a third-place finish. Although, his next high finish at the Pro Tour would not come until 2004, Antoine would continue to make top eight appearances at the Grand Prix Level. In 2004, he made the finals of Pro Tour [San Diego](/source/San_Diego), losing to Nicolai Herzog for whom it was the second Pro Tour win that season. The following year, Antoine won Pro Tour [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) taking out [Japanese](/source/Japan) giants Tsuyoshi Fujita and [Kenji Tsumura](/source/Kenji_Tsumura) in the quarter- and semifinals respectively. The semifinal match is known for a well played bluff on the part Antoine. He would then go on to sweep American Billy Moreno in the finals in three games. In 2005, he reached the top eight of Pro Tour [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu) with his brother, making it the first time that brothers had reached the top eight of an individual Pro Tour together. Antoine would lose the quarterfinals to Craig Jones in what has been described as "the most lopsided match in the history of Pro Tour top eights."

In 2009, Antoine was inducted into the [Hall of Fame](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering_Hall_of_Fame), alongside Dutch players [Frank Karsten](/source/Frank_Karsten_(Magic:_The_Gathering_player)) and Kamiel Cornelissen.

## Accomplishments

### Other accomplishments

- Inducted into the [Hall of Fame](/source/Magic:_The_Gathering_Hall_of_Fame) in 2009

## References

1. Antoine Ruel 2007 Pro Player card (from the Magic: The Gathering [Lorwyn](/source/Lorwyn) expansion)

1. ["Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050545/http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/gptop8byplayer). Wizards of the Coast. Archived from [the original](http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/gptop8byplayer) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

1. ["Top 200 All-Time Money Leaders"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003521/http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime). Wizards of the Coast. Archived from [the original](http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime) on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

1. ["Lifetime Pro Tour Top 8s"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160416180813/http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/top8byplayer). Wizards of the Coast. Archived from [the original](http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/top8byplayer) on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2014-12-16.

1. ["Planeswalker Points (requires login)"](http://www.wizards.com/Magic/PlaneswalkerPoints/Leaderboard/Professional#season=alltime,region=all,nationality=all,residencecountry=all,residencestate=allstates). Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved 2014-12-16.[dead link]

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