Nicolai Herzog 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...

 player from Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

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. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours

Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)

The Pro Tour is the highest form of competitive play for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. It consists of a series of payout tournaments held throughout the world, each requiring an invitation to participate. Every PT awards a total of $230,000 in cash prizes, with $40,000 going to...

 in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin

Mirrodin

Mirrodin was the 50th Magic: The Gathering set, the 30th expert level set, and the first set in the Mirrodin Block, released in October 2003. It is a 306-card expansion set. It is also the name of the block containing the Mirrodin, Darksteel and Fifth Dawn expansion sets...

-block. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame

Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame

The Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame was started in 2005 to honor the most successful Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour players. The first inductions came on the tenth anniversary of the first Pro Tour event, and new Hall of Famers will be determined annually...

 in December 2007.

Top 8 appearances

Other Accomplishments

• 2007 Hall of Fame
  Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame
  The Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame was started in 2005 to honor the most successful Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour players. The first inductions came on the tenth anniversary of the first Pro Tour event, and new Hall of Famers will be determined annually...
  
   Inductee

According to Ask Wizards, Herzog also possess the following records (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/askwizards/0408):

• Highest ever DCI Rating at 2351 during the Fifth Dawn
  Fifth Dawn
  Fifth Dawn is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set which was released in May 2004. It is the third and final set of the Mirrodin block. There are 165 cards overall, and like the rest of Mirrodin, an unusually large number of them are artifacts...
  
  prerelease in Oslo, Norway.
• Highest ever event-final DCI Rating at 2350 after Pro Tour San Diego on 5/14/2004.
• Second highest ever event-final DCI Rating at 2341 after the Fifth Dawn prerelease in Oslo, Norway on 5/23/2004.
• Third highest ever event-final DCI Rating at 2334 after a booster draft event in Oslo on 6/24/2004.
• Nicolai Herzog is also an accomplished translator, having translated such classics as "The Freedom writers" into Norwegian subtitles.