Career
He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in November 2006. He is the first player to have been inducted while active on the Pro Tour. He also currently holds the record for lifetime Pro Points.
Raphaël Lévy began his Pro Tour career in 1997 at Pro Tour Paris.
A 130th-place finish meant he did not qualify for the next Pro Tour. After missing Pro Tour New York, he qualified for the 1997 World Championship, and has not missed a Pro Tour since.
He was the only non-American in an impressive top eight whose players now have a combined 37 Pro Tour Sunday appearances. Before the turn of the millennium, Lévy put up his second Pro Tour Top eight.
A semifinal loss to Brian Davis saw Lévy put up yet another fourth-place finish.
Over the following six years, Lévy did well without standing out. He remained continuously qualified for the Pro Tour, and put up nine Grand Prix top eights. However, his third Pro Tour top eight would not come until seven years after his second.
In 2006, Lévy"s two Pro Tour Top eights and streak of then 47 consecutive Pro Tours attended were enough to get him inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame.
This honour served to reinvigourate Lévy"s game. He made his third Pro Tour Top eight in Yokohama, making him the first Hall of Famer to make it back to the Sunday stage.
Since then, Lévy has returned to putting up solid Pro Tour finishes without reaching the top eight, and has put up five more Grand Prix top eights, one of which was his fourth Grand Prix title. In 2012, at Pro Tour Dark Ascension Lévy earned 6 pro points equalling the 500 lifetime pro points record of Kai Budde.
Levy was in 2013 once again the highest ranking French player, and at the 2013 World Magic Cup he captained the French team to victory.
Top 8 appearances
Last updated: 31 October 2014
Source: Event Coverage at Wizards.com
Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame class of 2006
Most Lifetime Pro Points
Most Pro Tour appearances (87 as of Pro Tour Magic Origins).