a second Player of the Year title. However, Seth Manfield's late-season performance would put him twenty points ahead of Turtenwald heading into PT Eldritch Moon. In the wake of his Hall of Fame induction alongside Yuuya Watanabe, Turtenwald secured his fourth PT Top 8, finishing in second place, which deposed Seth Manfield as Player of the Year and World Magic Cup captaincy. His finish with 98 points was the first for Player of the Year to finish above 90 points since Kai Budde in 2002; he became the third player to have two Player of the Year titles, after Budde and Watanabe. In 2019, Turtenwald became one of the original 32 members of the Magic Pro League (MPL) - an esports competition of professional Magic: The Gathering players contracted through Wizards of the Coast. On March 26, 2019, and just a day prior to the first Magic: The Gathering Mythic Invitational, the esports division of Wizards of the Coast announced on Twitter that Turtenwald would not participate in the tournament. He was replaced by Brian David-Marshall. Two days after the announcement, Kotaku published an article claiming that multiple people had come forward accusing Turtenwald of engaging in "inappropriate behavior toward female players and fans for years." To date, neither Turtenwald nor Wizards of the Coast have addressed these claims, and there have been no public statements by either party regarding Turtenwald's removal from the Mythic Invitational. A month after Turtenwald's sudden removal from the Mythic Invitational, Turtenwald's name was removed from the official Magic Pro League roster on Wizards of the Coast's website. Kotaku released an article stating that Turtenwald's now-vacant spot in the Magic Pro League would be filled by Autumn Burchett, the professional player who won Mythic Championship I in February 2019. Turtenwald has since deleted his public social media content and has not participated in any sanctioned Magic: The Gathering'' events. Achievements Personal life Turtenwald used to live with fellow Pro Tour Hall of Famer William "Huey" Jensen and fellow Magic player Shahar Shenhar. Notes Turtenwald finished third at Grand Prix San Jose 2012 with teammates Conley Woods and Eric Froehlich, 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. References American Magic: The Gathering players Living people People from