Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2012–13
The 2012–13 Pro Tour season was the eighteenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It started on 19 May 2012 with Grand Prix Malmö, and ended on 19 May 2013 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Dragon's Maze in San Diego. The season consisted of 44 Grand Prix and three Pro Tours, which were held in Seattle, Montreal and San Diego.[1][2] At the end of the season Josh Utter-Leyton was proclaimed Pro Player of the Year.[3]
Grand Prix: Malmö, Minneapolis, Anaheim, Manila, Yokohama, Vancouver, Atlanta, São Paulo, Ghent, Columbus, Shanghai
World Magic Cup
- Indianapolis (16–19 August 2012)
Top 8
| Quarter-finals
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Finals
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| 1
| Croatia
| 1
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| 8
| Puerto Rico
| 2
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| | Puerto Rico
| 2
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| | Poland
| 0
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| 5
| Poland
| 2
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| 4
| Philippines
| 1
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| | Puerto Rico
| 0
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| | Chinese Taipei
| 2
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| 2
| Scotland
| 1
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| 7
| Hungary
| 2
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| | Hungary
| 0
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| | Chinese Taipei
| 2
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| 3
| Chinese Taipei
| 2
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| 6
| Slovak Republic
| 1
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Final standings
Grand Prix: Boston
- GP Boston (25–26 August 2012)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 1845
Brian Demars- Robert Victory
- Cedric Phillips
- Alex Lloyd
- Kevin Michael
- Jason Ford
Thomas Holzinger
Shouta Yasooka
2012 Magic Players Championship
- Seattle (29–31 August 2012)
Top 4 playoff
| Semifinals
| | | Finals
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| | | | | | | | | |
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| Shouta Yasooka
| 3
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| Jon Finkel
| 0
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| | Shouta Yasooka
| 2
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| | Yuuya Watanabe
| 3
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| Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
| 1
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| Yuuya Watanabe
| 3
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Final standings
The following sixteen players received an invitation to the 2012 Players Championship due to their performance in the 2012 season. They are ordered according to the final standings of the event.
| # |
Player |
Prize |
Pro points |
Qualified due to |
|---|
| 1 |
Yuuya Watanabe |
$40,000 |
11 |
Pro Point leader Japan |
| 2 |
Shouta Yasooka |
$20,000 |
13 |
3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 3 |
 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa |
$10,000 |
7 |
Pro Point leader South America |
| 4 |
Jon Finkel |
$10,000 |
7 |
Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 5 |
Shuhei Nakamura |
$5,000 |
7 |
5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 6 |
Brian Kibler |
$5,000 |
6 |
Pro Tour Dark Ascension winner |
| 7 |
 Samuele Estratti |
$5,000 |
6 |
Pro Tour Philadelphia winner |
| 8 |
 Alexander Hayne |
$5,000 |
6 |
Pro Tour Avacyn Restored winner |
| 9 |
 Martin Juza |
$1,000 |
6 |
Pro Point leader Europe |
| 10 |
Owen Turtenwald |
$1,000 |
6 |
2011 Player of the year |
| 11 |
Jun'ya Iyanaga |
$1,000 |
6 |
2011 World Champion |
| 12 |
Luis Scott-Vargas |
$1,000 |
5 |
2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 13 |
Josh Utter-Leyton |
$1,000 |
5 |
Pro Point leader North America |
| 14 |
David Ochoa |
$1,000 |
5 |
4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 15 |
 Kuo Tzu-Ching |
$1,000 |
4 |
Pro Point leader APAC region |
| 16 |
Reid Duke |
$1,000 |
2 |
2011 Magic Online Champion |
Grand Prix: San Jose (Costa Rica), Moscow, San Jose (USA)
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica
- Seattle (19–21 October 2012)
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica was the first major Modern event with Return to Ravnica in the format. It was also the first major tournament in which Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle was legal in Modern after being unbanned in the Modern format shortly before.
Top 8
| Quarter-finals
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Finals
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| 1
| Stanislav Cifka
| 3
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| 8
| Pedro Carvalho
| 1
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| | Stanislav Cifka
| 3
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| | Lee Shi Tian
| 1
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| 5
| Lee Shi Tian
| 3
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| 4
| Eduardo Sajgalik
| 2
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| | Stanislav Cifka
| 3
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| | Yuuya Watanabe
| 2
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| 2
| David Ochoa
| 3
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| 7
| Willy Edel
| 2
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| | David Ochoa
| 2
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| | Yuuya Watanabe
| 3
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| 3
| Kelvin Chew
| 2
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| 6
| Yuuya Watanabe
| 3
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Final standings
| Place |
Player |
Prize |
Pro Points |
Comment |
|---|
| 1 |
Stanislav Cifka |
$40,000 |
30 |
|
| 2 |
Yuuya Watanabe |
$20,000 |
24 |
2nd final day |
| 3 |
David Ochoa |
$12,500 |
22 |
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| 4 |
 Lee Shi Tian |
$12,500 |
22 |
1st Hong Konger in a Top 8 |
| 5 |
 Kelvin Chew |
$10,000 |
20 |
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| 6 |
 Eduardo Sajgalik |
$10,000 |
20 |
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| 7 |
Willy Edel |
$10,000 |
20 |
4th final day |
| 8 |
Pedro Carvalho |
$10,000 |
20 |
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Grand Prix: Philadelphia, Lyon, Auckland, Chicago, Bochum, Charleston, Taipei, San Antonio, Lisbon, Toronto, Nagoya, Indianapolis, Denver, Atlantic City, Singapore, Bilbao, Sydney, London
Pro Tour Gatecrash
- Montreal (15–17 February 2013)
- Prize pool: $250,000[4]
- Format: Standard, Booster Draft
- Attendance: 329
Top 8
| Quarter-finals
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Finals
| |
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| | |
| 1
| Ben Stark
| 3
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| 8
| Stephen Mann
| 1
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| | Ben Stark
| 2
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| | Joel Larsson
| 3
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| 5
| Joel Larsson
| 3
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| 4
| Gerry Thompson
| 1
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| | Joel Larsson
| 1
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| | Tom Martell
| 3
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| 2
| Owen Turtenwald
| 1
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| 7
| Eric Froehlich
| 3
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| | Eric Froehlich
| 2
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| | Tom Martell
| 3
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| 3
| Melissa DeTora
| 1
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| 6
| Tom Martell
| 3
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Final standings
Grand Prix: Quebec City, Charlotte, Yokohama, Verona, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, Utrecht, Pittsburgh, Strasbourg, Portland, Beijing
Pro Tour Dragon's Maze
- San Diego (17–19 May 2013)
- Prize pool: $250,000[4]
- Format: Block Constructed, Booster Draft
- Attendance: 388
Top 8
| Quarter-finals
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Finals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | |
| 1
| Craig Wescoe
| 3
| |
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| 8
| Andrejs Prost
| 2
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| | Craig Wescoe
| 3
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| | Josh Utter-Leyton
| 1
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| 5
| Andrew Shrout
| 1
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| 4
| Josh Utter-Leyton
| 3
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| | Craig Wescoe
| 3
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| | Dustin Ochoa
| 0
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| 2
| Rob Castellon
| 2
| | |
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| 7
| Dustin Ochoa
| 3
| |
| | Dustin Ochoa
| 3
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| | Makihito Mihara
| 2
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| 3
| Makihito Mihara
| 3
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| 6
| Matej Zatlkaj
| 2
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Final standings
| Place |
Player |
Prize |
Pro Points |
Comment |
|---|
| 1 |
Craig Wescoe |
$40,000 |
30 |
3rd final day |
| 2 |
Dustin Ochoa |
$20,000 |
24 |
|
| 3 |
Makihito Mihara |
$12,500 |
22 |
4th final day |
| 4 |
Josh Utter-Leyton |
$12,500 |
22 |
4th final day |
| 5 |
Rob Castellon |
$10,000 |
20 |
Pro Tour debut |
| 6 |
Andrew Shrout |
$10,000 |
20 |
Pro Tour debut |
| 7 |
 Matej Zatlkaj |
$10,000 |
20 |
2nd final day |
| 8 |
 Andrejs Prost |
$10,000 |
20 |
2nd final day |
Invitees to the 2013 World Championship
The following sixteen players received an invitation to the 2013 World Championship due to their performance in the 2012–13 season.
Pro Player of the Year final standings
After Pro Tour Dragon's Maze Josh Utter-Leyton was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.
References
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