André Coimbra is a professional Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

 and poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player from Coimbra

Coimbra

Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

, Portugal

Portugal

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. He is perhaps best known for winning the Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

 2009 World Championship.

Accomplishments

Decks

Much of the talk after the 2009 World Championship centred around André Coimbra's deck. The deck was designed by professional Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

 writer Mike Flores

Mike Flores

Michael J. Flores is an American author on the topic of games, Magic: The Gathering, deck construction and game theory.-Career:The Philippines-born Flores has published articles for The Duelist, The Sideboard, Usenet, The Magic Dojo, The Psylum Dojo, Neutral Ground, Brainburst and other major...

, who called the deck 'Naya Lightsaber'. The deck was designed to beat Jund, the dominant deck at the time, and did just that when Coimbra won the World Championships finals 3-0 against David Reitbauer's Jund deck.

André Coimbra - 2009 World Championship Naya Lightsaber
Main Deck:		Sideboard:
4 Baneslayer Angel 4 Bloodbraid Elf 4 Noble Hierarch 4 Ranger of Eos 1 Scute Mob 4 Wild Nacatl 4 Woolly Thoctar 3 Ajani Vengeant 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Path to Exile	4 Arid Mesa 4 Forest 3 Mountain 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood 4 Plains 4 Rootbound Crag 4 Sunpetal Grove	1 Ajani Vengeant 2 Burst Lightning 4 Celestial Purge 4 Goblin Ruinblaster 4 Great Sable Stag