Impact Joins Team ManaLight

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Team ManaLight is proud to announce that Josh “Impact” Graham is joining the team. An ex Yu-Gi-Oh professional player, Impact has transitioned well into Hearthstone since he began in beta. He has multiple top tournament finishes, including 5-8th at DreamHack Bucharest 2015 PGL Spring Tavern Tales. As a strong deckbuilder, he will be a key component of Team ManaLight. Impact is credited with the Violet Teacher Miracle Rogue, as well as the refined Double Doomhammer Shaman, among others. He is from Ontario, Canada, and has spent time traveling outside the country with his family. Impact’s unique perspective on card games will no doubt be an asset to the team.

Josh "Impact" Graham Source: ManaLight.gg
Josh “Impact” Graham | Source: ManaLight.gg

Impact comes to ManaLight from Luminosity Gaming, the organization he has been with since June. During that time, he made it to the Quarterfinals of the 2015 PGL Spring Tavern Tales at Dreamhack Bucharest. At the Sunshine Open, he defeated MTG legend Brian Kiber to win the tournament, and he often places highly in Open tournaments such as Tuesday Night Hype, and the now defunct DKMR Cup. He has reached Rank 1 Legend 3 times since he began Hearthstone in beta, and maintains a spot on the ladder of top 10 NA, in both August, and September. With 3 NESL King of the Hill championships under his belt, as well, he isn’t one to be stopped easily.

During his time playing Yu-Gi-Oh, Impact was the YCS Toronto 2012 Champion. He retired from the game in 2013, after achieving multiple top level tournament wins. Impact’s deckbuilding skills served him well in Yu-Gi-Oh, and he is well known among the high level Hearthstone community for it, as well. Variations of his decks are seen all the time in the top 100 ladder ranks, and in tournaments. He has also done a bit of casting: Heroes of the Cards 2 with Kripparrian, and the HearthStats League Invitational with Frodan.

Team ManaLight now sports a competitive roster of 5 players. Impact joins Powder, Frezzar, ModernLeper, and Ersee on the newest Hearthstone team to hit the scene. The team recently began a monthly Open tournament series, ManaFight, and crowned their first winner. ManaLight will soon debut on the major tournament circuit, when they appear at the upcoming DreamHack held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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The General Manager of Team ManaLight, Louis Corps made the announcement on the 3rd of October, on their site. He had this to say about Impact:

Impact has been a player that I have great respect for, and has been one of our key transfer targets since forming the organisation. …He is also well-known to our existing roster which should help him settle into our practice and analysis processes, and he will be streaming regularly on the ManaLight Twitch Channel.”

You can read over the full announcement here. With a well rounded roster, the new team will surely become a force to be reckoned with in professional Hearthstone. Don’t forget to watch ManaLight compete at DreamHack Cluj, during the end of October! Be sure to keep up with Impact on his Twitch channel.

Dave Eaton

An avid Hearthstone player after the game released. When he isn't writing, he can be found sipping on coffee, enjoying some EDM, and gaming with his girlfriend. Don't let him fool you, she's better than he is.

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