Guillaume Matignon
| Guillaume Matignon | |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | The Unstoppable |
| Born | Bordeaux, France |
| Nationality |
 French
|
| Pro Tour wins (Top 8) | 1 (2) |
| Grand Prix wins (Top 8) | 0 (0) |
| Lifetime Pro Points | 115 |
| Planeswalker Level | 45 (Battlemage) |
Guillaume Matignon is a professional trading card game player from Bordeaux, France. He has earned numerous accolades during his career including the World of Warcraft TCG 2007 World Championship and the Magic: The Gathering 2010 World Championship.
Guillaume Matignon started playing Magic: The Gathering in 1994. Guillaume claims to have received the 34th DCI number issued in France and to have played in France's very first sanctioned event.
In 2002, Matignon would meet fellow French player Guillaume Wafo-Tapa at the European Championship. Later that year Matignon moved to Wafo-Tapa's hometown of Nantes to study for three years. From there the two built a strong friendship, often preparing for events together. Matignon credits this friendship as a major source of his later personal success and considers Wafo-Tapa to be his favorite player.
Matignon's name first came to the attention of the Magic: The Gathering community as one of the men credited with designing Pierre Canali's Affinity deck, which he used to win Pro Tour Columbus 2005. In particular, Matignon was credited with the addition of Meddling Mage to the deck, a card Canali said 'made all the difference'. At this point Matignon had not met Canali, with Wafo-Tapa being the one to pass the decklist on to Canali.
Matignon's personal breakout performance came at the 2006 France National Championship where he made the Top 8, losing to Selim Creiche in the quarterfinals. Matignon claims that this result made him more serious about Magic and he started to attend every Pro Tour. Matignon would continue to have great success at the France National Championships going on to win the 2007 event, take 3rd place in the 2009 event, and take 2nd in the 2010 event. The French National teams that Guillaume has featured on in the Team World Championship have placed 43rd (2007), 8th (2009) and 6th (2010).
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