2016–17 Pro Tour season
Pro Player of the YearBrazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
World ChampionUnited States Brian Braun-Duin
Pro Tours4
Grands Prix49
Hall of Fame inductionsJapan Yuuya Watanabe
United States Owen Turtenwald
Start of season13 August 2016
End of season30 July 2017
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Pro Tour season was the twenty-second season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It started on 13 August 2016 with Grand Prix Portland and Rimini and ended on 30 July 2017 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Kyoto. The season consisted of 49 Grand Prix and 4 Pro Tours, located in Honolulu, Dublin, Nashville, and Kyoto.[1]

Grand Prix

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

Seattle[7] (1–4 September 2016)

Top 4 playoff

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Brian Braun-Duin 3
4 Shouta Yasooka 0
Brian Braun-Duin 3
Márcio Carvalho 1
2 Márcio Carvalho 3
3 Oliver Tiu 1

Final standings

The following twenty-four players received an invitation to the 2016 World Championship due to their performance in the 2015–16 season. They are ordered according to the final standings of the event.

# Player Prize Pro points Qualified due to
1 United States Brian Braun-Duin $70,000 14 2015–16 Grand Prix Player of the Year
2 Portugal Márcio Carvalho $40,000 11 Draft Master
3 United States Oliver Tiu $20,000 9 Constructed Master
4 Japan Shouta Yasooka $20,000 9 Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific
5 Czech Republic Lukas Blohon $10,000 9 Pro Tour Eldritch Moon winner
6 United States Luis Scott-Vargas $10,000 9 Outstanding Hall of Famer
7 United States Jiachen Tao $10,000 8 Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch winner
8 United States Seth Manfield $10,000 8 2015 World Champion
9 Brazil Thiago Saporito $5,000 8 2nd Most Pro Points Latin America
10 United States Steve Rubin $5,000 7 Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad winner
11 United States Mike Sigrist $5,000 7 5th Most Pro Points of otherwise unqalified
12 United States Reid Duke $5,000 7 4th Most Pro Points North America
13 United States Brad Nelson $5,000 7 4th Most Pro Points of otherwise unqalified
14 Sweden Joel Larsson $5,000 7 3rd Most Pro Points Europe
15 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $5,000 7 Most Pro Points Latin America
16 Japan Yuuya Watanabe $5,000 6 2nd Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific
17 United States Owen Turtenwald $2,500 6 2015–16 Player of the Year
18 Czech Republic Ondřej Stráský $2,500 6 2nd Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
19 United States Samuel Pardee $2,500 5 Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
20 Italy Andrea Mengucci $2,500 5 3rd Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
21 Netherlands Niels Noorlander $2,500 5 2015 Magic Online Champion
22 Japan Kazuyuki Takimura $2,500 5 Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar winner
23 Japan Ryoichi Tamada $2,500 4 3rd Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific
24 Denmark Martin Müller $2,500 3 2nd Most Pro Points Europe

Grand Prix

Pro Tour Kaladesh

Honolulu[12] (14–16 October 2016)
  • Prize pool: $250,000
  • Format: Standard, Booster Draft

Top 8

Quarterfinals Stage 1 Quarterfinals Stage 2 Semifinals Final
            
1 Makis Matsoukas
Bye
Makis Matsoukas
Bye
 
 
Makis Matsoukas 1
Carlos Romão 3
4 Matthew Nass
Bye
Matthew Nass 0
Carlos Romão 3
5 Carlos Romão 3
8 Joey Manner 1
Carlos Romão 1
Shouta Yasooka 3
6 Ben Hull 3
7 Lee Shi Tian 1
Ben Hull 3
Pierre Dagen 0
Bye
3 Pierre Dagen
Ben Hull 1
Shouta Yasooka 3
 
 
Bye
Shouta Yasooka
Bye
2 Shouta Yasooka

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Japan Shouta Yasooka $50,000 31 4th final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2 Brazil Carlos Romão $20,000 27 2nd final day
3 Greece Makis Matsoukas $15,000 23 Pro Tour debut
4 Canada Ben Hull $15,000 23 Pro Tour debut
5 France Pierre Dagen $10,000 19 2nd final day
6 United States Matthew Nass $10,000 19
7 Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian $5,000 15 5th final day
8 United States Joey Manner $5,000 15

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Japan Shouta Yasooka 44
2 Brazil Carlos Romão 35
3 United States Reid Duke 26
4 Portugal Márcio Carvalho 25
5 Greece Makis Matsoukas 23
Canada Ben Hull

Grand Prix

World Magic Cup

Rotterdam (18–20 November 2016)

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Belgium 2
8 Panama 0
Belgium 2
Italy 0
4 Australia 1
5 Italy 2
Belgium 0
Greece 2
3 Greece 2
6 Ukraine 0
Greece 2
Belarus 0
2 Finland 1
7 Belarus 2

Final standings

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Japan Shouta Yasooka 47
2 Portugal Márcio Carvalho 37
3 Brazil Carlos Romão 36
3 Argentina Luis Salvatto 29
5 United States Reid Duke 26
United States Steve Rubin

Grand Prix

Pro Tour Aether Revolt

Dublin[26] (3–5 February 2017)
  • Prize pool: $250,000
  • Format: Standard, Booster Draft

Top 8

Quarterfinals Stage 1 Quarterfinals Stage 2 Semifinals Final
            
 
 
Bye
Márcio Carvalho
Bye
1 Márcio Carvalho
Márcio Carvalho 3
Donald Smith 1
4 Donald Smith
Bye
Donald Smith 3
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 2
5 Jan Ksandr 2
8 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 3
Márcio Carvalho 2
Lucas Esper Berthoud 3
6 Martin Jůza 0
7 Eduardo Sajgalik 3
Eduardo Sajgalik 3
Liu Yuchen 2
Bye
3 Liu Yuchen
Eduardo Sajgalik 2
Lucas Esper Berthoud 3
2 Lucas Esper Berthoud
Bye
Lucas Esper Berthoud
Bye
 
 

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Team Comment
1 Brazil Lucas Esper Berthoud $50,000 31 DEXThird
2 Portugal Márcio Carvalho $20,000 27 DEX Army 3rd Final day
3 United States Donald Smith $15,000 23 Lingering Souls
4 Canada Eduardo Sajgalik $15,000 23 MTG Mint Card 2nd Final day
5 China Liu Yuchen $10,000 19
6 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $10,000 19 Channel Fireball Ice 11th Final day
7 Czech Republic Jan Ksandr $5,000 15
8 Czech Republic Martin Jůza $5,000 15 Channel Fireball Fire 3rd Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Portugal Márcio Carvalho 64
2 Japan Shouta Yasooka 52
3 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 48
4 United States Reid Duke 40
5 Canada Eduardo Sajgalik 39
Brazil Carlos Romão

Team Series standing

Rank Team Members Pro Points
1 MTG Mint Card Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian New Zealand Jason Chung 49
Taiwan Huang Hao-Shan Singapore Kelvin Chew
Canada Eduardo Sajgalik South Korea Nam Sung-wook
2 Musashi Japan Kentaro Yamamoto Japan Yuuya Watanabe 49
Japan Ken Yukuhiro Japan Yuuki Ichikawa
Japan Teruya Kakumae Japan Shouta Yasooka
3 Face to Face Games Canada Alexander Hayne United States Samuel Pardee 44
United States Steve Rubin Canada Jacob Wilson
Slovakia Ivan Floch United States Oliver Tiu
4 DEXThird Chile Felipe Valdivia Brazil Patrick Fernandes 43
Chile Cristian Cespedes Chile Jose Luis Echeverria
Brazil João Lucas Caparroz Brazil Lucas Esper Berthoud
5 Lingering Souls United States Shaheen Soorani United States Chris Fennell 40
United States Travis Woo Switzerland Andreas Ganz
Germany Ashraf Abou Omar United States Donald Smith

Grand Prix

Pro Tour Amonkhet

Nashville (12–14 May 2017)
  • Prize pool: $250,000
  • Format: Standard, Booster Draft

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Chris Fennel 0
8 Yuuya Watanabe 3
Yuuya Watanabe 3
Martin Müller 0
4 Christian Calcano 0
5 Martin Müller 3
Yuuya Watanabe 1
Gerry Thompson 3
3 Marc Tobiasch 1
6 Gerry Thompson 3
Gerry Thompson 3
Ken Yukuhiro 1
2 Ken Yukuhiro 3
7 Eric Froehlich 0

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Team Comment
1 United States Gerry Thompson $50,000 30 Mutiny 2nd Final day
2 Japan Yuuya Watanabe $20,000 26 Musashi 4th Final day
3 Japan Ken Yukuhiro $15,000 24 Musashi 3rd Final day
4 Denmark Martin Müller $12,000 22 Genesis 2nd Final day
5 United States Chris Fennel $10,000 20 Lingering Souls 2nd Final day
6 Germany Marc Tobiasch $9,000 18 EUreka
7 United States Christian Calcano $7,500 17 MTG Bent Card
8 United States Eric Froehlich $6,000 16 Channel Fireball Ice 5th Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Portugal Márcio Carvalho 76
2 Japan Shouta Yasooka 64
3 Japan Yuuya Watanabe 58
4 United States Reid Duke 57
5 Singapore Kelvin Chew 54

Team Series standing

Rank Team Members Pro Points
1 Musashi Japan Kentaro Yamamoto Japan Yuuya Watanabe 119
Japan Ken Yukuhiro Japan Yuuki Ichikawa
Japan Teruya Kakumae Japan Shouta Yasooka
2 Genesis United States Brad Nelson Czech Republic Lukas Blohon 94
United States Seth Manfield United States Michael Majors
Denmark Martin Dang Denmark Martin Müller
3 MTG Mint Card Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian New Zealand Jason Chung 88
Taiwan Huang Hao-Shan Singapore Kelvin Chew
Canada Eduardo Sajgalik South Korea Nam Sung-wook
4 Lingering Souls United States Shaheen Soorani United States Chris Fennell 74
United States Travis Woo Switzerland Andreas Ganz
Germany Ashraf Abou Omar United States Donald Smith
5 Puzzle Quest United States Reid Duke United States Owen Turtenwald 73
United States William Jensen United States Jon Finkel
United States Andrew Cuneo United States Paul Rietzl

Grand Prix

Pro Tour Hour of Devastation

Kyoto (27–30 July 2017)
  • Prize pool: $250,000
  • Format: Standard, Booster Draft

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 3
8 Seth Manfield 2
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 3
Wing Chun Yam 2
4 Wing Chun Yam 3
5 Shintaro Kurata 1
Paulo Vito Damo da Rosa 3
Samuel Pardee 2
3 Samuel Black 3
6 Felix Leong 2
Samuel Black 2
Samuel Pardee 3
2 Samuel Pardee 3
7 Yusuke Sasabe 2

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Team Comment
1 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $50,000 30 Channel Fireball Ice 12th Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2 United States Samuel Pardee $20,000 26 Face to Face Games 2nd Final day
3 United States Samuel Black $15,000 24 Mutiny 3rd Final day
4 Hong Kong Yam Wing Chun $12,500 22
5 Japan Shintaro Kurata $10,000 20 Pro Tour Debut
6 Singapore Felix Leong $9,000 18
7 Japan Yusuke Sasabe $7,500 17 Pro Tour Debut
8 United States Seth Manfield $6,000 16 Genesis 3rd Final day

Team Series standing

Rank Team Members Pro Points
1 Musashi Japan Kentaro Yamamoto Japan Yuuya Watanabe 141
Japan Ken Yukuhiro Japan Yuuki Ichikawa
Japan Teruya Kakumae Japan Shouta Yasooka
2 Genesis United States Brad Nelson Czech Republic Lukas Blohon 131
United States Seth Manfield United States Michael Majors
Denmark Martin Dang Denmark Martin Müller
3 MTG Mint Card Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian New Zealand Jason Chung 120
Taiwan Huang Hao-Shan Singapore Kelvin Chew
Canada Eduardo Sajgalik South Korea Nam Sung-wook
4 Channel Fireball Ice Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa United States Mike Sigrist 117
Sweden Joel Larsson United States Ben Stark
Czech Republic Ondřej Stráský United States Eric Froehlich
MTG Bent Card Italy Andrea Mengucci Australia Anthony Lee
Spain Javier Dominguez United States Christian Calcano
Denmark Michael Bonde United States Corey Baumeister

Source:[54]

Pro Player of the Year final standings

The 2016–17 Pro Tour season ended after Pro Tour Hour of Devastation. These are the final standings of the Player of the Year race, including every player who at the end of the season reached 52 points (Platinum-level, the highest Pro Club Level).[55]

Place Player Pro Points Place Player Pro Points Place Player Pro Points
1 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 85 10 United States Owen Turtenwald 62 19 United States Christian Calcano 54
2 Portugal Márcio Carvalho 81 11 Singapore Kelvin Chew 61 United States William Jensen
3 United States Reid Duke 74 12 Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian 59 21 United States Steve Rubin 53
4 United States Samuel Pardee 69 13 United States Samuel Black 56 Brazil Thiago Saporito
5 Japan Shouta Yasooka 68 Japan Ken Yukuhiro Canada Eduardo Sajgalik
Japan Yuuya Watanabe United States Donald Smith United States Eric Froehlich
7 United States Seth Manfield 65 16 Spain Javier Dominguez 55 25 Brazil Carlos Romão 52
8 Czech Republic Martin Jůza 64 United States Gerry Thompson
9 United States Brad Nelson 63 Denmark Martin Müller

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