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Magisk
Current team
TeamAstralis
RoleRifler, IGL
GamesCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Personal information
NameEmil Hoffman Reif
Nickname(s)Magiskb0y
BornMarch 5, 1998
NationalityDanish
Team history
2015-04-?? – 2015-07-??stfuNerd
2015-07-10 – 2015-08-11team123
2015-??-?? – 2015-07-21stfuNerd
2015-07-21 – 2015-??-??mTw
2015-10-19 – 2016-06-30SK Gaming
2017-01-03 – 2017-08-21North
2017-08-21 – 2018-02-07OpTic Gaming
2018-02-07 – PresentAstralis[2]

Emil Reif (born March 5, 1998), better known as Magisk (formerly Magiskb0y), [3] is a professional Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He currently plays as a rifler for Astralis.[3] Following the [StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019], Magisk won 3 majors in a row, a record tied with only his teamates, and also 3 in total.[4]

As of September 2019, Magisk has won $1,065,281.97, the 5th highest for CS:GO players. [1]

Career

2015/2016

Magisk started his career floating around low level Danish teams, before joining SK Gaming along with Andreas "MODDII" Fridh, Asger "AcilioN" Larsen, Michael "Friis" Jørgensen, and Casper "cadiaN" Møller. The team would find little success together, however, and the roster was soon dropped in favour of the Brazilian Luminosity Gaming. [5] Magisk eventually transferred to Dignitas, replacing Jesper "TENZKI" Plougmann, and joining Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen, Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke, René "cajunb" Borg, and Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel. The team found moderate success, culminating at a win at EPICENTER 2016.[6] Magisk would win an EVP at the event, and he ended up on the HLTV top 20 players of the year, being nominated for 14th place.[7]

2017

In early 2017, Dignitas was signed by F.C. Copenhagen in a new team known as North.[8] After signing aizy in place of RUBINO, the team would struggle to find success.[9] In July, North elected to replace Magisk with Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså as the former's form declined after the addition of aizy and ensuing change of roles within the team.[10][11] Magisk joined OpTic's new European roster, which was formed off of other benched players from European rosters.[12]

2018/2019

Optic found little success, and in early January, Magisk was signed by Denmark's #1 team at that time, Astralis.[13] Despite some question marks at first, Magisk turned out to be the player Astralis needed for success.[14][15][16] Astralis went on to win 12 events in 2018 and early 2019, including 2 majors and the Intel Grand Slam, and following this, many people described Astralis as the greatest CS:GO team of all time.[17][18][19] For Magisk, who was the 3rd best player on Astralis, 2018 was another very good individual year for Magisk, and he received the 7th spot on HLTV's top 20.[20] Magisk became the 14th major MVP from HLTV at the IEM Katowice 2019 Major.[21]

Indivdual Awards

  • MVP of BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018[22]
  • MVP of IEM Katowice Major 2019[23]
  • HLTV Top 20 Players: 14th (2016), 7th (2018)[24]

References

  1. ^ a b "Esports Earnings: Magisk". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Liquipedia- Magisk". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Astralis.gg- Magisk".
  4. ^ Petrosyan, Albert. "https://www.dexerto.com/csgo/csgo-berlin-major-2019-final-placements-prize-split-999611". Dexerto. Retrieved 8 September 2019. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ Švejda, Milan "Striker". "Magiskb0y Leaves Ex-SK". hltv.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ^ Aznar Miles, Lucas "LucasAM". "Magiskb0Y in, TENZKI out in Dignitas". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ Švejda, Milan "Striker". "Top 20 Players of 2016: Magiskboy (14)". hltv.org. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  8. ^ Bektaş, Bünyamin "BenjaCS". "F.C. Copenhagen sign ex-Dignitas *". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ Rosen, Daniel. "North sign aizy". The Score Esports. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ Lewis, Jarek "DeKay". "Valde to sign with North, replace Magisk". Slingshot Esports. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. ^ Delorme, Sam. "How MSL Set Up Magisk For Failure". Akshon Esports. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ^ Burazin, Zvonimir "Professeur". "OpTic forms international roster". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. ^ Burazin, Zvonimir "Professeur". "Astralis sign Magisk". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  14. ^ Nosinski, Raim. "CSGO 2018 Retrospective: The reign of Astralis". Daily Esports. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  15. ^ Chiu, Stephen. "To NA and Back Again. Reintegration, A Magisk Story". VPEsports. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  16. ^ Shields, Duncan "Thorin". "The Danish Shuffle". Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  17. ^ Kolev, Radoslav "Nydra". "The Astralis era in numbers: Just how dominant are the Danes?". VPEsports. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  18. ^ Chiu, Stephen. "Why Astralis are the Greatest of all Time". VPEsports. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Fallen: "Astralis is the best team that has ever existed in CS:GO"". Vie Esports. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  20. ^ Švejda, Milan "Striker. "Top 20 players of 2018: Magisk (7)". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  21. ^ Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "Magisk claims IEM Katowice MVP award". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  22. ^ Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "Magisk claims BLAST Pro Series Lisbon MVP award". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  23. ^ Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "Magisk claims IEM Katowice MVP award". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  24. ^ Švejda, Milan "Striker". "Top 20 players of 2018: Magisk (7)". HLTV. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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