Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2016–17

2016–17 Pro Tour season

Pro Tours	4
Grands Prix	49
Hall of Fame inductions	Yuuya Watanabe Owen Turtenwald
Start of season	13 August 2016
End of season	30 July 2017
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

Grand Prix

GP Portland[2] (13–14 August 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1712 Robert Santana Travis Woo Tanner Von Difloe Max Mick Chris Botelho Oliver Tomajko Paul Rietzl Michael Hantz GP Indianapolis[3] (27–28 August 2016) Format: Modern Attendance: 1983 Brandon Burton Rob Pisano Scott Lipp Brandon Semerau Ryan Normandin Mason Linne Ryan Solave Brandon Pascal

GP Rimini[4] (13–14 August 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 878 Arne Huschenbeth Petr Sochurek Simon Enckels Marco Dolazza Lukas Blohon Shouta Yasooka Jaroslav Boucek Thomas Holzinger GP Guangzhou[5] (27–28 August 2016) Format Modern Attendance: 946 Albertus Law Wu Kon Fai Lim Zhong Yi Kelvin Chew Jia Hao Ryoichi Tamada Kentaro Yamamoto Keita Kawasaki

GP Lille[6] (27–28 August 2016) Attendance: 1818 Format: Modern Meciek Berger Thomas Hendriks Jiří Obraz Serafin Wellinger Mike Boulinguiez André Metzger Manuel Menges Danel Ballestin

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

Seattle^[7] (1–4 September 2016)

• Prize pool: $250,000
• Format: Booster Draft, Standard, Modern

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

Grand Prix

GP Louisville[8] (10–11 September 2016) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 1383 (461 teams) 1. Sam Black Matt Severa Justin Cohen 2. Ben Rubin Matthew Boccio Tillman Bragg 3. Steve Rubin Alexander Hayne Mike Sigrist 4 Paul Rietzl Matthew Sperling Jelger Wiegersma GP London[9] (8–9 October 2016) Format: Limited Attendance: 1663 Márcio Carvalho Gabor Kocsis Pip Griffiths Neil Rigby Bo Stentebjerg-Hansen Federico Del Basso Marcus Hensing Riccardo Picciafuochi

GP Kyoto[10] (10–11 September 2016) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 2334 (778 teams) 1. Yuki Matsumoto Yuuki Ichikawa Kazuyuki Takimura 2. Kitahara Hiroaki Ken Yukuhiro Kentaro Yamamoto 3. Kenta Harane Fumiya Matsumoto Tomonori Hirami 4 Tom Ristovsky Petr Sochurek Pavel Matousek

GP Atlanta[11] (8–9 October 2016) Format: Limited Attendance: 1663 Carlos Romão Cash Turner Noah Walker Raymond Perez Jr. Geddes Cooper Christopher Fennell Thien Nguyen Matt Frank

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					Finals
	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	Shouta Yasooka	$50,000	31	4th final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2	Carlos Romão	$20,000	27	2nd final day
3	Makis Matsoukas	$15,000	23	Pro Tour debut
4	Ben Hull	$15,000	23	Pro Tour debut
5	Pierre Dagen	$10,000	19	2nd final day
6	Matthew Nass	$10,000	19
7	Lee Shi Tian	$5,000	15	5th final day
8	Joey Manner	$5,000	15

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Shouta Yasooka	44
2	Carlos Romão	35
3	Reid Duke	26
4	Márcio Carvalho	25
5	Makis Matsoukas	23
	Ben Hull

Grand Prix

GP Providence[13] (22–23 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1180 Wang Yichen Seth Manfield Jacky Wang Osyp Lebedowicz Zachary Kiihne Maxim Belanger Dave Shiels Ian Bosley GP Santiago[14] (29–30 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1180 John Chavarria Jonathan Lobo Melamed Eduardo dos Santos Vieira Victor Fernando Silva Luis Salvatto Cristian Cespedes Ignacio Garcia Marcos Paulo De Jesus Freitas

GP Kuala Lumpur[15] (22–23 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 769 Fumiya Matsumoto Mark Lawrence Tubola Yuuki Ichikawa Anthony Lee Yuuta Takahashi Marcus Oh Au Yong Wai Kin Teruya Kakumae GP Dallas[16] (5–6 November 2016) Format: Modern Attendance: 2019 Kevin Mackie Corey Burkhart Michael Mei Alex Mitas Brian Braun-Duin Nicolas D'Ambrose Zach Voss Phillip Napoli

GP Warsaw[17] (29–30 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1112 Gabrielius Kaklauskas Niels Molle Andreas Ganz Matteo Moure Zbysek Panchartek Ben Stark Julien Stihle Oleksii Riabokon GP Rotterdam[18] (12–13 November 2016) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 2109 (703 teams) 1. Javier Dominguez Márcio Carvalho Luis Salvatto 2. Frank Karsten Brent Vos Bas Melis 3. Raphaël Lévy Tomoharu Saitou Jérémy Dezani 4. Ondřej Stráský Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Shahar Shenhar

World Magic Cup

Rotterdam (18–20 November 2016)

• Prize pool: $250,000
• Format: Team Constructed, Team Limited

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

Place Country Player Prize Pro Points 1 Greece Panagiotis Papadopoulos $12,000 8 Nikolaos Kaponis Tziotis Petros Bill Chronopoulos 2 Belgium Jerome Bastogne $6,500 7 Peter Vieren Branco Neirynck Pascal Vieren 3 Italy Alessandro Portaro $4,000 6 Andrea Mengucci Mattia Rizzi Alessandro Casamenti 4 Belarus Hleb Bantsevich $4,000 6 Pavel Miadzvedski Ihar Klionski Dmitry Andronchik

Place Country Player Prize Pro Points 5 Finland Matti Kuisma $2,000 5 Lauri Pispa Tuomas Tuominen Leo Lahonen 6 Australia David Mines $2,000 5 Garry Lau James Wilks Ryan Cubit 7 Ukraine Iurii Babych $2,000 5 Sergiy Sushalskyy Artem Fedorchenko Bogdan Sorozhynsky 8 Panama Saul Alvarado $2,000 5 César Segovia Sergio Bonilla Manuel Succari

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Shouta Yasooka	47
2	Márcio Carvalho	37
3	Carlos Romão	36
3	Luis Salvetto	29
5	Reid Duke	26
	Steve Rubin

Grand Prix

GP Chiba[19] (26–27 November 2016) Format: Legacy Attendance: 2503 Kentaro Yamamoto Atsuki Kihara Yuuya Watanabe Keisuke Sato Kouichi Miyabe Ryo Takahashi Akira Honma Liu Jin GP Milwaukee (10–11 December 2016) Format: Limited GP Prague (28–29 January 2017) Format Limited

GP Denver (3–4 December 2016) Format: Standard GP Louisville (7–8 January 2017) Format: Legacy

GP Madrid (3–4 December 2016) Format Standard GP San Jose (28–29 January 2017) Format: Limited

Pro Tour Aether Revolt

Dublin (3–5 February 2017)

• Prize pool: $250,000
• Format: Standard, Booster Draft

Grand Prix

GP Pittsburgh (11–12 February 2017) Format: Standard GP Utrecht (25–26 February 2017) Format: Standard GP Shizuoka (18–19 March 2017) Format: Standard GP San Antonio (1–2 April 2017) Format: Team Modern GP Bologna (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited

GP Vancouver (18–19 February 2017) Format: Modern GP New Jersey (11–12 March 2017) Format: Standard GP Porto Alegre (18–19 March 2017) Format: Standard GP Mexico City (8–9 April 2017) Format: Team Limited GP Beijing (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited

GP Brisbane (18–19 February 2017) Format: Modern GP Barcelona (11–12 March 2017) Format: Standard GP Orlando (25–26 March 2017) Format: Limited GP Richmond (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited

Pro Tour Nashville

Nashville (12–14 May 2017)

• Prize pool: $250,000
• Format: Standard, Booster Draft

Grand Prix

GP Montreal (20–21 May 2017) Format: Standard GP Kobe (27–28 May 2017) Format: Modern GP Las Vegas 1 (15–16 June 2017) Format: Legacy GP Columbus (24–25 June 2017) Format: Team Limited GP Kyoto (22–23 July 2017) Format: Limited

GP Santiago (20–21 May 2017) Format: Standard GP Amsterdam (3–4 June 2017) Format: Standard GP Las Vegas 2 (16–17 June 2017) Format: Standard GP Sydney (24–25 June 2017) Format: Team Limited

GP Copenhagen (27–28 May 2017) Format: Modern GP Manila (3–4 June 2017) Format: Modern GP Las Vegas 3 (17–18 June 2017) Format: Modern GP Toronto (22–23 July 2017) Format: Limited

Pro Tour Kyoto

Kyoto (27–30 July 2017)

• Prize pool: $250,000
• Format: Standard, Booster Draft

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