Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2012–13

2012–13 Pro Tour season

Pro Player of the Year	Josh Utter-Leyton
Rookie of the Year	Felipe Tapia Becerra
World Champion	Yuuya Watanabe
Pro Tours	3
Grands Prix	44
Hall of Fame inductions	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Kenji Tsumura Masashi Oiso Patrick Chapin
Start of season	19 May 2012
End of season	19 May 2013
← 2012 2013–14 →

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. At the end of the season Josh Utter-Leyton was proclaimed Pro Player of the Year.

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

GP Malmö (19–20 May 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 922

1. Matteo Versari
2. Oscar Almgren
3. Søren Larsen
4. Pere Llimos Muntal
5. Jasper Grimmer
6. Jon Westberg
7. Samuele Estratti
8. David Hylander

GP Manila (16–17 June 2012)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 1108

1. Yuuya Watanabe
2. Rick Lee
3. Hironobu Sugaya
4. Richmond Tan
5. Jonathan Luces
6. Martin Juza
7. Weng Heng Soh
8. Jacklord Nerez

GP Atlanta (30 June–1 July 2012)

• Format: Legacy
• Attendance: 905

1. Gaudenis Vidugiris
2. Michael Majors
3. Daryl Ayers
4. Fred Edelkamp
5. Ben Stark
6. Sawyer Lucy
7. Gerardo Fedon
8. Samuel Black

GP Columbus (21–22 July 2012)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 1046

1. Jacob Maynard
2. Lucas Siow
3. Max Tietze
4. Aaron Estrin
5. Shahar Shenhar
6. Chris Piland
7. Orrin Beasley
8. Caleb Estrada

GP Minneapolis (19–20 May 2012)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 1052

1. Christian Calcano
2. Brad Nelson
3. Rick Stout
4. Stephen Bishop
5. Taylor Laehn
6. Josh Utter-Leyton
7. Ben Friedman
8. Jerret Schultz

GP Yokohoma (23–24 June 2012)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 1523

1. Jyun'ichi Miyajima
2. Kei Umehara
3. Satoshi Yamaguchi
4. Toshiyuki Kadooka
5. Hiroya Miyamoto
6. Yuki Yotsumoto
7. Youichi Nagami
8. Masaki Ushijima

GP São Paulo (21–22 July 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 738

1. Reinaldo Gomes da Silva Jr.
2. Rodrigo Gonçalves dos Santos
3. Thiago Oliveira
4. José Francisco Dantas Mangueira da Silva
5. Luiz Henrique Martine de Lima
6. Guido Quintana
7. Rafael Mendonca
8. Daniel Fior

GP Shanghai (28–29 July 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 836

1. Bo Li
2. Fengwen Gu
3. Nan Wu
4. Rei Satou
5. Yang Wang
6. Nicholas Jonathan Wong
7. Xiang Xue Song
8. Toshiya Kanegawa

GP Anaheim (26–27 May 2012)

• Format: Block Constructed
• Attendance: 938

1. Marc Lalague
2. Paul Rietzl
3. Noah Koessel
4. Eric Froehlich
5. Michael Hopkins
6. Brian Kibler
7. John Sittner
8. Jason Rosellini

GP Vancouver (23–24 June 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 849

1. David Stroud
2. Jeremey Schofield
3. Steven Riecken
4. Marcin Sciesinski
5. Colin Miller
6. Brian Wong
7. Sean Peterson
8. Morgan Chang

GP Ghent (21–22 July 2012)

• Format: Legacy
• Attendance: 1345

1. Timo Schünemann
2. Lukas Maurer
3. Emanuele Marcotti
4. Elias Watsfeldt
5. Max Sjoblom
6. Elias Klocker
7. Andreas Milillo
8. Tristan Polzl

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
	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

Place	Country	Player	Prize	Pro Points
1	Chinese Taipei	Kuo Tzu-Ching	$10,000	8
		Tung-Yi Cheng
		Yu Min Yang
		Paul Renie
2	Puerto Rico	Jorge Iramain	$5,000	7
		Gabriel Nieves
		Cesar Soto
		Jonathan Paez
3	Poland	Tomek Pedrakowski	$2,500	6
		Mateusz Kopec
		Adam Bubacz
		Jan Pruchniewicz
4	Hungary	Tamás Glied	$2,500	6
		Gabor Kocsis
		Tamas Nagy
		Máté Schrick

Place	Country	Player	Prize	Pro Points
5	Croatia	Grgur Petric Maretic	$1,500	5
		Toni Portolan
		Stjepan Sučić
		Goran Elez
6	Scotland	Stephen Murray	$1,500	5
		Bradley Barclay
		Andrew Morrison
		Chris Davie
7	Philippines	Andrew Cantillana	$1,500	5
		Gerald Camangon
		Zax Ozaki
		Jeremy Bryan Domocmat
8	Slovakia	Robert Jurkovic	$1,500	5
		Ivan Floch
		Filip Valis
		Patrik Surab

Grand Prix: Boston

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

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
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)

GP San Jose, Costa Rica (15–16 September 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 364

1. Shuhei Nakamura
2. David Sharfman
3. Ben Stark
4. Willy Edel
5. Josh Utter-Leyton
6. David Ochoa
7. A.J. Sacher
8. Pascal Maynard

GP Moscow (15–16 September 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 869

1. Luca Casadei
2. Wenzel Krautmann
3. Petr Kuznetsov
4. Roman Masaladzhiu
5. Anatoly Chuhwichev
6. Hannes Kerem
7. Konstantin Yarosh
8. Dmitriy Tolkatchov

GP San Jose, USA (13–14 October 2012)

• Format: Team limited
• Attendance: 1713 (571 teams)

1.

Matthew Sperling

David Williams

Paul Rietzl

2.

Maksym Gryn

Lucas Siow

Jamie Naylor

3.

Conley Woods

Eric Froehlich

Owen Turtenwald

4.

Ivan Floch

Lukas Jaklovsky

Stanislav Cifka

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
	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	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

GP Philadelphia (27–28 October 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 1986

1. Shuhei Nakamura
2. Lukas Jaklovsky
3. Martin Juza
4. Greg Smith
5. Jake Gans
6. Harry Corvese
7. Luis Scott-Vargas
8. Yuuya Watanabe

GP Chicago (10–11 November 2012)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 1113

1. Jacob Wilson
2. Josh Utter-Leyton
3. Alex Majlaton
4. Edgar Flores
5. Shane McDermott
6. Ryan Hovis
7. David Gleicher
8. Michael Simon

GP Taipei (24–25 November 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 727

1. Makihito Mihara
2. Akimasa Yamamoto
3. Weng Heng Soh
4. Motoki Abe
5. Derek Tsang
6. Yuuya Watanabe
7. Toshiaki Murata
8. Lee Shi Tian

GP Toronto (8–9 December 2012)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 1051

1. Willy Edel
2. Sam Pardee
3. Alon Chitiz
4. Alex Majlaton
5. James Vance
6. Collin Morton
7. Jon Stern
8. Dan Jordan

GP Denver (5–6 January 2013)

• Format: Legacy
• Attendance: 700

1. Vidianto Wijaya
2. Pat Cox
3. Ryan Pesch
4. Joshua Ravitz
5. Matt Nass
6. Daniel Signorini
7. Andrew Ohlschwager
8. Donnie Peck

GP Bilbao (19–20 January 2013)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 988

1. Mitchell Manders
2. Lukas Jaklovsky
3. Louis Deltour
4. Vasco Bonifacio
5. Lorenzo Calzolari
6. Martin Scheinin
7. Mathieu Deloly
8. Francisco Camacho

GP Lyon (3–4 November 2012)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 1326

1. Jérémy Dezani
2. Emanuel Sutor
3. Mathieu Hautot
4. Davide Colla
5. Peter Dun
6. Olivier Ruel
7. Clement Sarton
8. Jonas Köstler

GP Bochum (17–18 November 2012)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 1723

1. Martin Juza
2. Fabian Dickmann
3. Tomas Vanek
4. Kamil Napierski
5. Enrico Van Eijsden
6. Pierre Dagen
7. Lukas Tajak
8. Sascha Stein

GP San Antonio (24–25 November 2012)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 807

1. Tyler Lytle
2. Matthew Pratser
3. Conley Woods
4. Reid Duke
5. Harry Corvese
6. Ben Rasmussen
7. Joel De Santos Jasso
8. Matthew Thurber

GP Nagoya (8–9 December 2012)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 1689

1. Yuuji Okita
2. Rahman Aryabhima
3. Mamoru Nagai
4. Ryuji Murae
5. Kyouhei Kawaguchi
6. Kenji Tsumura
7. Kazumasa Satou
8. Kazuaki Shinohara

GP Atlantic City (12–13 January 2013)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 1648

1. Jon Stern
2. Josh Utter-Leyton
3. Brad Nelson
4. Ari Lax
5. Matt Costa
6. Ryan Leverone
7. Lloyd Kurth
8. Seneca Hobler

GP Sydney (19–20 January 2013)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 686

1. Allen Zhang
2. Justin Cheung
3. Tomoharu Saito
4. Zen Takahashi
5. Daniel Unwin
6. Martin Juza
7. Stanislav Cifka
8. Adam Witton

GP Auckland (3–4 November 2012)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 264

1. Walker MacMurdo
2. Adam Witton
3. Yoshitoki Sakai
4. Dylan Brown
5. Justin Cheung
6. John Denz
7. Robert Liu
8. Anthony Purdom

GP Charleston (17–18 November 2012)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 661

1. Jon Bolding
2. Brian Eason
3. Matt Keene
4. Peter Kelly
5. Reid Duke
6. Pat Cox
7. Gerry Thompson
8. Morgan Chang

GP Lisbon (1–2 December 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 1340

1. Ivan Floch
2. Elias Watsfeldt
3. Sveinung Bjørnerud
4. Johan Verhulst
5. Lasse Nørgaard
6. David Calås
7. Helder Coelho
8. Pedro Carvalho

GP Indianapolis (22–23 December 2012)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 817

1. Ben Stark
2. Chris Fennell
3. Luis Scott-Vargas
4. Brian Demars
5. Matthias Hunt
6. Adam Yurchick
7. Tom Martell
8. Tyler Lytle

GP Singapore (12–13 January 2013)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 894

1. Ken Yukuhiro
2. Chapman Sim
3. Andrew Cantillana
4. Lin Rui Zi
5. Jun'ya Nakamura
6. Toshiya Kanegawa
7. Gao Zhen Xing
8. Huang Hao-Shan

GP London (9–10 February 2013)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 1970

1. Timothée Simonot
2. Bartłomiej Tomiczek
3. Manuel Hauck
4. David Reitbauer
5. Andreas Nordahl
6. Per Carlsson
7. Fabrizio Anteri
8. Jamie Ross

Pro Tour Gatecrash

Montreal (15–17 February 2013)

• Prize pool: $250,000
• 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	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

GP Quebec City (23–24 February 2013)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 806

1. Nico Christiansen
2. Kuo Tzu-Ching
3. Felipe Tapia Becerra
4. Reid Duke
5. Thomas Holzinger
6. Wilson Wong
7. Maxime Cantin
8. Wenzel Krautmann

GP Verona (9–10 March 2013)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 1208

1. Mike Krasnitski
2. Andreas Nilsson
3. Jérémy Dezani
4. Samuele Estratti
5. Toni Ramis Pascual
6. Piotr Wald
7. Shahar Shenhar
8. Max Schultze

GP Utrecht (16–17 March 2013)

• Format: Team Limited
• Attendance: 2031 (677 teams)

1.

Fredrik Carlsson

Jonathan Bergström

Tomas Westling

2.

Joel Larsson

Elias Watsfeldt

Mikael Magnusson

3.

René Kraft

Tobias Radloff

Martin Zimmermann

4.

Matteo Versari

Alessandro Lippi

Samuele Estratti

GP Charlotte (23–24 February 2013)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 2693

1. Frank Skarren
2. Gerard Fabiano
3. Patrick Sullivan
4. Aaron Lewis
5. Richard Nguyen
6. Ben Isgur
7. Ben Stark
8. Antonino Baldasari

GP Rio de Janeiro (9–10 March 2013)

• Format: Standard
• Attendance: 709

1. José Francisco Dantas Mangueira da Silva
2. Arthur Villela
3. Andrés Monsalve
4. Walter Coquemala Filho
5. Wellington Cordeiro
6. Martín Quiroga
7. Jorge Henrique Siqueira
8. Matías Arvigo

GP Pittsburgh (23–24 March 2013)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 1628

1. Brock Parker
2. Alec Nezin
3. Gabby Izsak
4. Eric Froehlich
5. Matthew Falcioni
6. Adam Carrasco
7. Michael Derczo
8. Chase Kovac

GP Beijing (11–12 May 2013)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 894

1. Quan Zhou
2. Nonthakorn Kositaporn
3. Toshiya Kanegawa
4. Wei Quan Wong
5. Daniel Godfrey
6. Shuo Li
7. Nandi Zhang
8. Bo Li

GP Yokohama (2–3 March 2013)

• Format: Limited
• Attendance: 2297

1. Masaya Kitayama
2. Tian Yu Zhao
3. Samuel Black
4. Makihito Mihara
5. Yasutaka Hibino
6. Shintarou Ishimura
7. Tomomi Shiraishi
8. Tomoya Motomura

GP San Diego (16–17 March 2013)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 759

1. Nathan Holiday
2. Sammy Tuckeman
3. Eric Froehlich
4. David Sharfman
5. Bryan De La Torre
6. Brian Kibler
7. Ken Yukuhiro
8. Matt Ferrando

GP Strasbourg (13–14 April 2013)

• Format: Legacy
• Attendance: 1364

1. Thomas Enevoldsen
2. Jacob Wilson
3. Alexander Hayne
4. Michael Bonde
5. Alexey Romanchuk
6. Hove Thießen
7. Christopher Brunner
8. Fabian Görzgen

GP Portland (11–12 May 2013)

• Format: Modern
• Attendance: 979

1. Sam Pardee
2. Joe Demestrio
3. Zvi Mowshowitz
4. Dan MacDonald
5. Mattia Rizzi
6. Orie Guo
7. Matt Nass
8. Paul Rietzl

Pro Tour Dragon's Maze

San Diego (17–19 May 2013)

• Prize pool: $250,000
• 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	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

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

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