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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]

2012–13 Pro Tour season
Pro Player of the YearUnited States Josh Utter-Leyton
Rookie of the YearChile Felipe Tapia Becerra
World ChampionJapan Yuuya Watanabe
Pro Tours3
Grands Prix44
Hall of Fame inductionsBrazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
Japan Kenji Tsumura
Japan Masashi Oiso
United States Patrick Chapin
Start of season19 May 2012
End of season19 May 2013
← 2012 2013–14 →

Grand Prix: Malmö, Minneapolis, Anaheim, Manila, Yokohama, Vancouver, Atlanta, São Paulo, Ghent, Columbus, Shanghai edit

World Magic Cup edit

Indianapolis (16–19 August 2012)

Top 8 edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Croatia 1
8 Puerto Rico 2
Puerto Rico 2
Poland 0
4 Poland 2
5 Philippines 1
Puerto Rico 0
Chinese Taipei 2
2 Scotland 1
7 Hungary 2
Hungary 0
Chinese Taipei 2
3 Chinese Taipei 2
6 Slovak Republic 1

Final standings edit

Grand Prix: Boston edit

GP Boston (25–26 August 2012)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1845
  1.   Brian Demars
  2.   Robert Victory
  3.   Cedric Phillips
  4.   Alex Lloyd
  5.   Kevin Michael
  6.   Jason Ford
  7.   Thomas Holzinger
  8.   Shouta Yasooka

2012 Magic Players Championship edit

Seattle (29–31 August 2012)

Top 4 playoff edit

Semifinals Finals
      
Shouta Yasooka 3
Jon Finkel 0
Shouta Yasooka 2
Yuuya Watanabe 3
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 1
Yuuya Watanabe 3

Final standings edit

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) edit

Pro Tour Return to Ravnica edit

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 edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Stanislav Cifka 3
8 Pedro Carvalho 1
Stanislav Cifka 3
Lee Shi Tian 1
4 Lee Shi Tian 3
5 Eduardo Sajgalik 2
Stanislav Cifka 3
Yuuya Watanabe 2
2 David Ochoa 3
7 Willy Edel 2
David Ochoa 2
Yuuya Watanabe 3
3 Kelvin Chew 2
6 Yuuya Watanabe 3

Final standings edit

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
4   Lee Shi Tian $12,500 22 1st Hong Konger in a Top 8
5   Kelvin Chew $10,000 20
6   Eduardo Sajgalik $10,000 20
7   Willy Edel $10,000 20 4th final day
8   Pedro Carvalho $10,000 20

Grand Prix: Philadelphia, Lyon, Auckland, Chicago, Bochum, Charleston, Taipei, San Antonio, Lisbon, Toronto, Nagoya, Indianapolis, Denver, Atlantic City, Singapore, Bilbao, Sydney, London edit

Pro Tour Gatecrash edit

Montreal (15–17 February 2013)
  • Prize pool: $250,000[4]
  • Format: Standard, Booster Draft
  • Attendance: 329

Top 8 edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Ben Stark 3
8 Stephen Mann 1
Ben Stark 2
Joel Larsson 3
4 Joel Larsson 3
5 Gerry Thompson 1
Joel Larsson 1
Tom Martell 3
2 Owen Turtenwald 1
7 Eric Froehlich 3
Eric Froehlich 2
Tom Martell 3
3 Melissa DeTora 1
6 Tom Martell 3

Final standings edit

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1   Tom Martell $40,000 30 2nd final day
2   Joel Larsson $20,000 24
3   Ben Stark $12,500 22 4th final day
4   Eric Froehlich $12,500 22 3rd final day
5   Owen Turtenwald $10,000 20
6   Melissa DeTora $10,000 20 1st woman in a Top 8
7   Gerry Thompson $10,000 20
8   Stephen Mann $10,000 20

Grand Prix: Quebec City, Charlotte, Yokohama, Verona, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, Utrecht, Pittsburgh, Strasbourg, Portland, Beijing edit

Pro Tour Dragon's Maze edit

San Diego (17–19 May 2013)
  • Prize pool: $250,000[4]
  • Format: Block Constructed, Booster Draft
  • Attendance: 388

Top 8 edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Craig Wescoe 3
8 Andrejs Prost 2
Craig Wescoe 3
Josh Utter-Leyton 1
4 Andrew Shrout 1
5 Josh Utter-Leyton 3
Craig Wescoe 3
Dustin Ochoa 0
2 Rob Castellon 2
7 Dustin Ochoa 3
Dustin Ochoa 3
Makihito Mihara 2
3 Makihito Mihara 3
6 Matej Zatlkaj 2

Final standings edit

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 edit

The following sixteen players received an invitation to the 2013 World Championship due to their performance in the 2012–13 season.

Player Qualification seat
  Josh Utter-Leyton 2012–13 Player of the Year
  Yuuya Watanabe 2012 Players’ Championship winner
  Dimitriy Butakov 2012 Magic Online champion
  Stanislav Cifka Pro Tour Return to Ravnica champion
  Tom Martell Pro Tour Gatecrash champion
  Craig Wescoe Pro Tour Dragon's Maze champion
  Willy Edel Pro Points leader, Latin America
  Lee Shi Tian Pro Points leader, Asia-Pacific
  Eric Froehlich At-large seat #1
  Ben Stark At-large seat #2
  Shuhei Nakamura At-large seat #3
  Brian Kibler At-large seat #4
  Shahar Shenhar At-large seat #5
  Martin Jůza At-large seat #6
  David Ochoa At-large seat #7
  Reid Duke At-large seat #8

Pro Player of the Year final standings edit

After Pro Tour Dragon's Maze Josh Utter-Leyton was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.

Rank Player Pro Points
1   Josh Utter-Leyton 77
2   Tom Martell 67
3   Eric Froehlich 65
  Yuuya Watanabe 65
5   Ben Stark 61

References edit

  1. ^ "Spring/Summer Schedule Features Barcelona Pro Tour, Thirteen Grand Prix". Wizards of the Coast. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Autumn Schedule Features Seattle Pro Tour, Fourteen Grand Prix". Wizards of the Coast. 10 February 2012. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Player of the Year Standings: 2012-13". Wizards of the Coast. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b Helene Bergeot (10 December 2012). "Completing the Premier Play Picture for 2013". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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