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]
| Pro Player of the Year |  | ||
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| Rookie of the Year |  | ||
| World Champion |  | ||
| Pro Tours | 3 | ||
| Grands Prix | 44 | ||
| Hall of Fame inductions |  | ||
| Start of season | 19 May 2012 | ||
| End of season | 19 May 2013 | ||
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Grand Prix: Malmö, Minneapolis, Anaheim, Manila, Yokohama, Vancouver, Atlanta, São Paulo, Ghent, Columbus, Shanghai
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World Magic Cup
- Indianapolis (16–19 August 2012)
- Prize pool: $136,000
- Format: Standard, Booster Draft, Team Constructed, Team Limited
- Attendance: 283 players representing 71 countries/regions
Top 8
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Croatia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Poland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 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
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Grand Prix: Boston
- GP Boston (25–26 August 2012)
- Format: Limited
- Attendance: 1845
2012 Magic Players Championship
- Seattle (29–31 August 2012)
- Prize pool: $108,000
- Format: Modern, Cube Draft, Booster Draft
- Attendance: 16
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 |
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$40,000 | 11 | Pro Point leader Japan |
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$20,000 | 13 | 3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
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$10,000 | 7 | Pro Point leader South America |
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$10,000 | 7 | Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
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$5,000 | 7 | 5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
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$5,000 | 6 | Pro Tour Dark Ascension winner |
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$5,000 | 6 | Pro Tour Philadelphia winner |
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$5,000 | 6 | Pro Tour Avacyn Restored winner |
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$1,000 | 6 | Pro Point leader Europe |
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$1,000 | 6 | 2011 Player of the year |
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$1,000 | 6 | 2011 World Champion |
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$1,000 | 5 | 2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
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$1,000 | 5 | Pro Point leader North America |
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$1,000 | 5 | 4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
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$1,000 | 4 | Pro Point leader APAC region |
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$1,000 | 2 | 2011 Magic Online Champion |
Grand Prix: San Jose (Costa Rica), Moscow, San Jose (USA)
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Pro Tour Return to Ravnica
- Seattle (19–21 October 2012)
- Prize pool: $233,500
- Format: Modern, Booster Draft
- Attendance: 383
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 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Lee Shi Tian | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 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 |
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$40,000 | 30 | |
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$20,000 | 24 | 2nd final day |
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$12,500 | 22 | |
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$12,500 | 22 | 1st Hong Konger in a Top 8 |
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$10,000 | 20 | |
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$10,000 | 20 | |
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$10,000 | 20 | 4th final day |
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$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
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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 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Joel Larsson | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 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 |
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$40,000 | 30 | 2nd final day |
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$20,000 | 24 | |
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$12,500 | 22 | 4th final day |
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$12,500 | 22 | 3rd final day |
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$10,000 | 20 | |
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$10,000 | 20 | 1st woman in a Top 8 |
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$10,000 | 20 | |
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$10,000 | 20 |
Grand Prix: Quebec City, Charlotte, Yokohama, Verona, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, Utrecht, Pittsburgh, Strasbourg, Portland, Beijing
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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 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Andrew Shrout | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 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 |
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$40,000 | 30 | 3rd final day |
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$20,000 | 24 | |
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$12,500 | 22 | 4th final day |
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$12,500 | 22 | 4th final day |
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$10,000 | 20 | Pro Tour debut |
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$10,000 | 20 | Pro Tour debut |
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$10,000 | 20 | 2nd final day |
| 8 |  |
$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 |
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2012–13 Player of the Year |
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2012 Players’ Championship winner |
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2012 Magic Online champion |
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Pro Tour Return to Ravnica champion |
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Pro Tour Gatecrash champion |
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Pro Tour Dragon's Maze champion |
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Pro Points leader, Latin America |
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Pro Points leader, Asia-Pacific |
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At-large seat #1 |
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At-large seat #2 |
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At-large seat #3 |
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At-large seat #4 |
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At-large seat #6 |
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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 |
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| 2 | |
67 |
| 3 | |
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References
- "Spring/Summer Schedule Features Barcelona Pro Tour, Thirteen Grand Prix". Wizards of the Coast. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- "Autumn Schedule Features Seattle Pro Tour, Fourteen Grand Prix". Wizards of the Coast. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- "Player of the Year Standings: 2012-13". Wizards of the Coast. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- Helene Bergeot (10 December 2012). "Completing the Premier Play Picture for 2013". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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