Magic: The Gathering pro tour was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on the Feb 15 to 17 this year ,sending waves of frenzy fever across Malaysia and placing Kuala Lumpur in the spotlight to millions players and fans worldwide.It is the first leg of five round 2008 Pro series and is the highest profiled tournament to the millions of Magic players.Malaysia is the first country in Asia outside of Japan to host this world 's leading trading card game tournament.Introduced by Wizards of the Coast,,Inc,a subsidiary of Hasbro.Magic: The Gathering card game is played by two or more players.Each player has a deck of Magic cards ,representing their library and starts out with 20 life points.The aim of the game is to reduce an opponent's life total to zero using their magic skills before they do the same to you. Over 340 world-class players from 41 countries ,including six from Malaysia pitted their skills against one another in the US$230,000(aboutRM750,000) prize money tournament.The first place of Pro Tour leg in KL was won by Jon Finkel of USA receiving US40,000 prize money.The 2nd to 65 placings was also awarded with lucrative amount of prize monies as well. visit http://www.wizards.com/ for more information on the Magic card game.
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