[14] In August 2004, he won the inaugural VS System Pro Circuit event taking home $40,000 and a spot in history as the game's first champion.

All his opponents in the Top 8 of Grand Prix Toronto went on to work at Wizards of the Coast, including Mike Turian, Matt Place and Erik Lauer.

This was also the tournament where Kibler would earn the nickname of The Dragonmaster, after beating Jon Finkel in the Swiss rounds and Zvi Mowshowitz in the quarterfinals with a combination of Rith, the Awakener and Armadillo Cloak.

[11] Kibler claims that a major motivating factor for his return was his desire to enter the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame, which was created the year following his retirement.

[22] In 2010, Kibler's high performance continued, granting him his third Grand Prix title, another Pro Tour Top 8, and finally induction into the Hall of Fame.

[4] Kibler also plays the digital card game Hearthstone, winning the ChallengeStone tournaments in May 2015 and November 2016, the latter taking place at BlizzCon 2016.

[26][27] Kibler has been regularly streaming his Hearthstone gameplay on Twitch, and has a reputation in the community of being diplomatic, level-headed and rarely becoming angry.

[29] In October 2019, Kibler announced that he would no longer be working with Blizzard as a commentator on their events, as a result of their controversial decision to ban esport competitor Ng Wai Chung for saying "liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times" in a post-game interview.