Michael Long is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player who was a high-profile figure on the Pro Tour in its formative years.
By his retirement, Long had won a Pro Tour, a Grand Prix, and an Invitational and held the record for being on the most winning national teams and was in the top lifetime money winners.
[11] He was responsible for several technical innovations; he designed a Vintage format combo deck, named "Long.dec" for him, that used Burning Wish to fetch Yawgmoth's Will out of the sideboard and set up a kill with Tendrils of Agony.
[15][16] Last updated: 31 July 2009Source: Event Coverage at Wizards.com Long was born in Albany, New York and later lived in Gambrills, Maryland where he attended the Severn School.
[19] After graduation, Long owned a game store called "The End" in Charlottesville and wrote strategy articles in addition to working on the professional tour.
He began using Internet marketing for both his strategy articles and for card sales, and also started a search engine optimization business.