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

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
         
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

Grand Prix: Boston

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

2012 Magic Players Championship

Seattle (29–31 August 2012)

Top 4 playoff

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

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 Japan Yuuya Watanabe $40,000 11 Pro Point leader Japan
2 Japan Shouta Yasooka $20,000 13 3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
3 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $10,000 7 Pro Point leader South America
4 United States Jon Finkel $10,000 7 Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
5 Japan Shuhei Nakamura $5,000 7 5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
6 United States Brian Kibler $5,000 6 Pro Tour Dark Ascension winner
7 Italy Samuele Estratti $5,000 6 Pro Tour Philadelphia winner
8 Canada Alexander Hayne $5,000 6 Pro Tour Avacyn Restored winner
9 Czech Republic Martin Juza $1,000 6 Pro Point leader Europe
10 United States Owen Turtenwald $1,000 6 2011 Player of the year
11 Japan Jun'ya Iyanaga $1,000 6 2011 World Champion
12 United States Luis Scott-Vargas $1,000 5 2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
13 United States Josh Utter-Leyton $1,000 5 Pro Point leader North America
14 United States David Ochoa $1,000 5 4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
15 Taiwan Kuo Tzu-Ching $1,000 4 Pro Point leader APAC region
16 United States 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
         
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

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Czech Republic Stanislav Cifka $40,000 30
2 Japan Yuuya Watanabe $20,000 24 2nd final day
3 United States David Ochoa $12,500 22
4 Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian $12,500 22 1st Hong Konger in a Top 8
5 Singapore Kelvin Chew $10,000 20
6 England Eduardo Sajgalik $10,000 20
7 Brazil Willy Edel $10,000 20 4th final day
8 Brazil 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

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
         
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

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

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
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

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 United States Craig Wescoe $40,000 30 3rd final day
2 United States Dustin Ochoa $20,000 24
3 Japan Makihito Mihara $12,500 22 4th final day
4 United States Josh Utter-Leyton $12,500 22 4th final day
5 United States Rob Castellon $10,000 20 Pro Tour debut
6 United States Andrew Shrout $10,000 20 Pro Tour debut
7 Slovakia Matej Zatlkaj $10,000 20 2nd final day
8 Latvia 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.

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

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.

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

References

  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. 1 2 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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