The 1998–99 Pro Tour season was the fourth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It began on 5 September 1998 with Grand Prix Boston and ended on 8 August 1999 with the conclusion of 1999 World Championship in Tokyo. The season consisted of fourteen Grand Prix, and five Pro Tours, located in Chicago, Rome, Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo. At the end of the season Kai Budde from Germany was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.
As in the previous season a rookie won the inaugural Pro Tour. In the finals Dirk Baberowski defeated Casey McCarrel. Jon Finkel also had another final eight showing, his third in a row.[1]
Pro Tour Chicago also had Top 8 loser's bracket, that had matches held as best of three instead of five. The first round paired the quarter-finals losers against each other. Finkel defeated Coene 2–1 and Fuller defeated Cedercrantz 2–0. In the second and final round the winners of the first round were paired against the losers of the Top 8 semi-finals. Fung defeated Finkel 2–1 and Klauser defeated Fuller 2–1.[6]
Tommi Hovi won Pro Tour Rome, thus becoming the first player to win two Pro Tours. Reportedly Hovi was particularly happy to win another Pro Tour, because he won his first due to a disqualification, and thus felt it was not a proper victory. Olle Råde became the first player to have five Top 8 appearances.[1]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $151,635 Players: 266[7] Format: Extended Head Judge: Carl Crook[5]
Top 8
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
1
Erik Lauer
1
8
Nicolas Labarre
3
Nicolas Labarre
3
Federico Dato
1
4
Mark Le Pine
1
5
Federico Dato
2
Nicolas Labarre
1
Tommi Hovi
3
3
Tommi Hovi
3
6
Justin Gary
2
Tommi Hovi
3
Olle Råde
0
2
Olle Råde
3
7
André Konstanczer
2
Loser's Bracket
The first round of the loser's bracket paired the quarter-finals losers against each other. Le Pine defeated Lauer 2–0 and Gary defeated Konstanczer 2–1. In the second and final round of the loser's bracket the winners of the first round were paired against the losers of the Top 8 semi-finals. Dato defeated Gary 2–1 and Le Pine defeated Råde 2–1.[8]
Prize pool: $151,635 Players: 337 Format: Urza's Saga Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga) Head Judge: Charlie Catino[5]
Top 8
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
1
Lucien Bui
1
8
Jon Finkel
3
Jon Finkel
3
Worth Wollpert
1
4
Worth Wollpert
3
5
Svend Geertsen
2
Jon Finkel
1
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3
3
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3
6
Mike Long
1
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3*
Terry Lau
2*
2
Patrick Chapin
0
7
Terry Lau
3
* = The semi-final of O'Mahoney-Schwartz against Lau went over six games. One of the games had been a draw. After five games the score was 2–2 and a draw, thus the sixth game became necessary.
In the finals of Pro Tour New York Casey McCarrel defeated Shawn Keller,[1] both playing nearly identical decks, which was designed by Ben Rubin, Lan D. Ho, and Terry Tsang, who also made the Top 8 with the deck. The concept of their decks was to quickly generate huge amounts of mana to play big spells. Rob Dougherty and David Humpherys played nearly identical decks, designed by YMG.[9]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $151,635 Players: 308[10] Format: Urza's Saga Block Constructed (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy) Head Judge: Dan Gray[5]
Kai Budde won the 1999 World Championship, defeating Mark Le Pine in the finals. The match went into the books as the shortest individual Pro Tour final ever, taking about 20 minutes. The title allowed Budde to take the Pro Player of the year title as well.[1]
The United States defeated Germany in the team finals to win the national team title.[1]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $250,000[11] Players: 208 Individual formats: Urza's Saga Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny), Standard, Extended Team formats: Team Sealed (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny) – Swiss; Standard – Finals Head Judge: Charlie Catino[5]
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The 1998 99 Pro Tour season was the fourth season of the Magic The Gathering Pro Tour It began on 5 September 1998 with Grand Prix Boston and ended on 8 August 1999 with the conclusion of 1999 World Championship in Tokyo The season consisted of fourteen Grand Prix and five Pro Tours located in Chicago Rome Los Angeles New York and Tokyo At the end of the season Kai Budde from Germany was awarded the Pro Player of the year title 1998 99 Pro Tour seasonPro Player of the YearKai BuddeRookie of the YearDirk BaberowskiWorld ChampionKai BuddePro Tours5Grands Prix14Start of season5 September 1998End of season8 August 1999 1997 98 1999 00 Contents 1 Grand Prix Boston Lisbon 2 Pro Tour Chicago 25 27 September 1998 2 1 Tournament data 2 2 Top 8 2 3 Final standings 3 Grand Prix Austin Birmingham 4 Pro Tour Rome 13 15 November 1998 4 1 Tournament data 4 2 Top 8 4 3 Final standings 5 Grand Prix Manila Kyoto San Francisco Barcelona 6 Pro Tour Los Angeles 26 28 February 1999 6 1 Tournament data 6 2 Top 8 6 3 Final standings 7 Grand Prix Vienna Kansas City Oslo Taipei 8 Pro Tour New York 30 April 2 May 1999 8 1 Tournament data 8 2 Top 8 8 3 Final standings 9 Grand Prix Amsterdam Washington D C 10 1999 World Championships Yokohama 4 8 August 1999 10 1 Tournament data 10 2 Top 8 10 3 Final standings 10 4 National team competition 11 Pro Player of the year final standings 12 ReferencesGrand Prix Boston Lisbon EditGP Boston 5 6 September Jon Finkel Randy Buehler Steven O Mahoney Schwartz Zvi Mowshowitz Darwin Kastle Mike Bregoli Dave Beury Ben Farkas GP Lisbon 12 13 September Bruno Cardoso Brian Hacker Randy Buehler Helder Coelho Jean Louis D Hondt Laurent Pagorek Alexis Dumay Jorge MartinsPro Tour Chicago 25 27 September 1998 EditAs in the previous season a rookie won the inaugural Pro Tour In the finals Dirk Baberowski defeated Casey McCarrel Jon Finkel also had another final eight showing his third in a row 1 Tournament data Edit Prize pool 151 635 Players 324 2 Format Tempest Booster Draft Tempest Stronghold Exodus 3 4 Head Judge Charlie Catino 5 Top 8 Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals 1Dirk Baberowski38Dominique Coena1Dirk Baberowski3Benedikt Klauser04Benedikt Klauser35Jon Finkel2Dirk Baberowski3Casey McCarrel13Jeff Fung36Ryan Fuller1Jeff Fung0Casey McCarrel32Casey McCarrel37Martin Cedercrantz2Loser s BracketPro Tour Chicago also had Top 8 loser s bracket that had matches held as best of three instead of five The first round paired the quarter finals losers against each other Finkel defeated Coene 2 1 and Fuller defeated Cedercrantz 2 0 In the second and final round the winners of the first round were paired against the losers of the Top 8 semi finals Fung defeated Finkel 2 1 and Klauser defeated Fuller 2 1 6 Final standings Edit Place Player Prize Comment1 Dirk Baberowski 25 000 Pro Tour debut2 Casey McCarrel 15 000 2nd Final day3 Jeff Fung 10 0004 Benedikt Klauser 8 000 1st Austrian in a Top 85 Jon Finkel 6 500 4th Final day6 Ryan Fuller 5 5007 Martin Cedercrantz 4 8008 Dominique Coene 4 300Grand Prix Austin Birmingham EditGP Austin 10 11 October Gary Krakower Darwin Kastle Heath Kennel Richard Van Cleave Jeremy Baca Tony Tsai Sid Rao Jonathan Pechon GP Birmingham 17 18 October Craig Jones Kai Budde Darwin Kastle Neil Rigby Arho Toikka Warren Marsh Andreas Jonsson Jean Louis D HondtPro Tour Rome 13 15 November 1998 EditTommi Hovi won Pro Tour Rome thus becoming the first player to win two Pro Tours Reportedly Hovi was particularly happy to win another Pro Tour because he won his first due to a disqualification and thus felt it was not a proper victory Olle Rade became the first player to have five Top 8 appearances 1 Tournament data Edit Prize pool 151 635 Players 266 7 Format Extended Head Judge Carl Crook 5 Top 8 Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals 1Erik Lauer18Nicolas Labarre3Nicolas Labarre3Federico Dato14Mark Le Pine15Federico Dato2Nicolas Labarre1Tommi Hovi33Tommi Hovi36Justin Gary2Tommi Hovi3Olle Rade02Olle Rade37Andre Konstanczer2Loser s BracketThe first round of the loser s bracket paired the quarter finals losers against each other Le Pine defeated Lauer 2 0 and Gary defeated Konstanczer 2 1 In the second and final round of the loser s bracket the winners of the first round were paired against the losers of the Top 8 semi finals Dato defeated Gary 2 1 and Le Pine defeated Rade 2 1 8 Final standings Edit Place Player Prize Comment1 Tommi Hovi 25 000 3rd Final day First player to win two Pro Tours2 Nicolas Labarre 15 0003 Mark Le Pine 10 000 2nd Final day4 Federico Dato 8 0005 Olle Rade 6 500 5th Final day6 Justin Gary 5 5007 Erik Lauer 4 8008 Andre Konstanczer 4 300Grand Prix Manila Kyoto San Francisco Barcelona EditGP Manila 12 13 December Toshiki Tsukamoto Scion Raguindin Josua Rivera Leo Gonzales Rozano Yu Francis Robert Profeta GeeVee Vegara Itaru IshidaGP San Francisco 23 24 January Richard Van Cleave Mark Schick John Yoo Alan Comer Mike Craig Shawn Keller Hashim Bello Shawn Roush GP Kyoto 16 17 January Yoshikazu Ishii Hiroshi Watanabe Masami Ibamoto Tsuyoshi Fujita Tadayoshi Komiya Hirobumi Nakamura Hideaki Amano Eisaku SueyoshiGP Barcelona 6 7 February Kai Budde Alex Shvartsman Roc Herms Raphael Levy Daniel Nuttal Matt Henstra Laurent Laclavie Gordon BensonPro Tour Los Angeles 26 28 February 1999 EditSteven O Mahoney Schwartz won Pro Tour Los Angeles defeating his friend and fellow New Yorker Jon Finkel in the final 1 Tournament data Edit Prize pool 151 635 Players 337 Format Urza s Saga Rochester Draft Urza s Saga Head Judge Charlie Catino 5 Top 8 Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals 1Lucien Bui18Jon Finkel3Jon Finkel3Worth Wollpert14Worth Wollpert35Svend Geertsen2Jon Finkel1Steven O Mahoney Schwartz33Steven O Mahoney Schwartz36Mike Long1Steven O Mahoney Schwartz3 Terry Lau2 2Patrick Chapin07Terry Lau3 The semi final of O Mahoney Schwartz against Lau went over six games One of the games had been a draw After five games the score was 2 2 and a draw thus the sixth game became necessary Final standings Edit Place Player Prize Comment1 Steven O Mahoney Schwartz 25 000 2nd Final day2 Jon Finkel 15 000 5th Final day3 Worth Wollpert 10 0004 Terry Lau 8 0005 Lucien Bui 6 5006 Patrick Chapin 5 500 2nd Final day7 Svend Geertsen 4 800 3rd Final day8 Mike Long 4 300 3rd Final dayGrand Prix Vienna Kansas City Oslo Taipei EditGP Vienna 13 14 March Kai Budde Christian Gregorich Jon Finkel Erik Lauer Randy Buehler Jakub Slemr Dirk Hein Peer KrogerGP Oslo 10 11 April Jim Herold Mikko Lintamo Christer Ljones Bjorn Ove Leknes Skogneth Seppo Toikka Steven O Mahoney Schwartz Andre Konstanczer Jonathan Brown GP Kansas City 27 28 March Mark Gordon Chris Pikula Bob Maher Jr Scott Seville Jon Finkel Lan D Ho Randy Buehler Vincent JohnsonGP Taipei 24 25 April Kenichi Fujita Iwao Takemasa Tobey Tamber Itaru Ishida Chi Fai Ng Kai Cheog Tang Alex Shvartsman Miller TsaiPro Tour New York 30 April 2 May 1999 EditIn the finals of Pro Tour New York Casey McCarrel defeated Shawn Keller 1 both playing nearly identical decks which was designed by Ben Rubin Lan D Ho and Terry Tsang who also made the Top 8 with the deck The concept of their decks was to quickly generate huge amounts of mana to play big spells Rob Dougherty and David Humpherys played nearly identical decks designed by YMG 9 Tournament data Edit Prize pool 151 635 Players 308 10 Format Urza s Saga Block Constructed Urza s Saga Urza s Legacy Head Judge Dan Gray 5 Top 8 Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals 1Zvi Mowshowitz38Terry Tsang2Zvi Mowshowitz2Casey McCarrel35Casey McCarrel34Christian Luhrs2Casey McCarrel3Shawn Keller13Shawn Keller36Nicolas Labarre1Shawn Keller3Dave Humpherys17Dave Humpherys32Rob Dougherty1Final standings Edit Place Player Prize Comment1 Casey McCarrel 25 000 3rd Final day2 Shawn Keller 15 0003 Zvi Mowshowitz 10 0004 Dave Humpherys 8 0005 Rob Dougherty 6 5006 Christian Luhrs 5 5007 Nicolas Labarre 4 800 2nd Final day8 Terry Tsang 4 300Grand Prix Amsterdam Washington D C EditGP Amsterdam 15 16 May Kai Budde Dirk Baberowski Andre Konstanczer Guido Pacifici Bram Snepvangers Janosch Kuhn Daniel Steinsdorfer Vincent Gieling GP Washington D C 19 20 June Ben Farkas Chris Pikula Noah Weil Zvi Mowshowitz Mike Turian Scott McCord Mark Le Pine Dennis Bentley1999 World Championships Yokohama 4 8 August 1999 EditMain article Magic The Gathering World Championship 1999 World Championship Kai Budde won the 1999 World Championship defeating Mark Le Pine in the finals The match went into the books as the shortest individual Pro Tour final ever taking about 20 minutes The title allowed Budde to take the Pro Player of the year title as well 1 The United States defeated Germany in the team finals to win the national team title 1 Tournament data Edit Prize pool 250 000 11 Players 208 Individual formats Urza s Saga Rochester Draft Urza s Saga Urza s Legacy Urza s Destiny Standard Extended Team formats Team Sealed Urza s Saga Urza s Legacy Urza s Destiny Swiss Standard Finals Head Judge Charlie Catino 5 Top 8 Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals 1Jakub Slemr28Matt Linde3Matt Linde2Mark Le Pine35Mark Le Pine34Gary Wise1Mark Le Pine0Kai Budde33Jamie Parke16Kai Budde3Kai Budde3Raffaele Lo Moro07Nicolai Herzog12Raffaele Lo Moro3Final standings Edit Place Player Prize Comment1 Kai Budde 34 0002 Mark Le Pine 22 000 3rd Final day3 Raffaele Lo Moro 16 0004 Matt Linde 13 0005 Jakub Slemr 11 000 3rd Final day6 Jamie Parke 9 5007 Gary Wise 8 2508 Nicolai Herzog 7 250National team competition Edit United States Kyle Rose John Hunka Zvi Mowshowitz Charles Kornblith Germany Marco Blume Patrick Mello David Brucker Rosario Maij Norway Nicolai Herzog Sturla Bingen Bjorn Joumsen Marius Johnsen Sweden Jimmy Oman Richard Soderberg Ken Asp Kristian Hellman 12 Pro Player of the year final standings EditAfter the World Championship Kai Budde was awarded the Pro Player of the year title 13 Rank Player Pro Points1 Kai Budde 752 Jon Finkel 653 Casey McCarrel 634 Steven O Mahoney Schwartz 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