The 2012 Pro Tour season is the seventeenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. Due to major changes in the Pro Tour systems the 2012 season was retroactively made to overlap with the 2011 season. Originally the 2012 season was supposed to begin on 7 January 2012 with Grand PrixAustin, but retroactively the events from after Pro Tour Nagoya on 10–12 June 2011 were made to count towards the 2012 season as well as the 2011 season. The major changes included a shift of the season. Instead of Pro Tour seasons aligning with the calendar year, beginning with the 2012–13 season Pro Tour seasons will be going from spring to spring. Also a major overhaul of the ratings system was conducted. A new bye policy based upon the new ratings system and a new invitation policy for the Pro Tour were introduced. Finally the number of Grand Prix tournaments was greatly increased.
Four Pro Tours will be held in the 2012 season. The amount of Grand Prix is still unknown as only Grand Prix tournaments through March have been announced yet.[1] The prize purse of future Pro Tours is also unknown, however Wizards of the Coast announced, that future Grand Prix tournaments will have a total prize pool of $10,000 to $40,000 instead of a flat $30,000 pool that was awarded at each Grand Prix in 2011.
Pro Tour Dark Ascension – Honolulu (10–12 February 2012)edit
The first Pro Tour in the 2012 season is the first to have a proper name. Previously Pro Tours were referred to by their location and/or date. The name Dark Ascension refers to the Magic set with the same name that is to be released a week prior to the Pro Tour.
Grand Prix: Kobe, Lincoln, Madrid, Baltimore, Lille, Seattle, Indianapolis, Nashville, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City, Melbourne, Salt Lake City, Turin, Manchesteredit
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The 2012 Pro Tour season is the seventeenth season of the Magic The Gathering Pro Tour Due to major changes in the Pro Tour systems the 2012 season was retroactively made to overlap with the 2011 season Originally the 2012 season was supposed to begin on 7 January 2012 with Grand Prix Austin but retroactively the events from after Pro Tour Nagoya on 10 12 June 2011 were made to count towards the 2012 season as well as the 2011 season The major changes included a shift of the season Instead of Pro Tour seasons aligning with the calendar year beginning with the 2012 13 season Pro Tour seasons will be going from spring to spring Also a major overhaul of the ratings system was conducted A new bye policy based upon the new ratings system and a new invitation policy for the Pro Tour were introduced Finally the number of Grand Prix tournaments was greatly increased 2012 Pro Tour seasonPro Player of the YearYuuya WatanabeRookie of the YearAlexander HaynePro Tours2 4Grands Prix16 26Hall of Fame inductionsn aStart of season13 June 2011 7 January 2012End of season13 May 2012 2011 2012 13 Contents 1 Mode 2 Grand Prix Austin Orlando 3 Pro Tour Dark Ascension Honolulu 10 12 February 2012 3 1 Tournament data 3 2 Top 8 3 3 Final standings 4 Grand Prix Kobe Lincoln Madrid Baltimore Lille Seattle Indianapolis Nashville Kuala Lumpur Mexico City Melbourne Salt Lake City Turin Manchester 5 Pro Tour Avacyn Restored Barcelona 11 13 May 2012 5 1 Tournament data 5 2 Top 8 5 3 Final standings 6 Invitees to the 2012 Players Championship 7 ReferencesMode editFour Pro Tours will be held in the 2012 season The amount of Grand Prix is still unknown as only Grand Prix tournaments through March have been announced yet 1 The prize purse of future Pro Tours is also unknown however Wizards of the Coast announced that future Grand Prix tournaments will have a total prize pool of 10 000 to 40 000 instead of a flat 30 000 pool that was awarded at each Grand Prix in 2011 Grand Prix Austin Orlando editGP Austin 7 8 January Format Limited Attendance 1044 nbsp Raphael Levy nbsp Pat Cox nbsp Craig Edwards nbsp Eric Downing nbsp Jason Howden nbsp David Ochoa nbsp Austin Bursavich nbsp David Saylor GP Orlando 14 15 January Format Standard Attendance 926 nbsp Conley Woods nbsp Patrick Chapin nbsp Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa nbsp Stephen Mann nbsp Gabriel Nieves nbsp Ben Friedman nbsp Javier Adorno nbsp David OchoaPro Tour Dark Ascension Honolulu 10 12 February 2012 editThe first Pro Tour in the 2012 season is the first to have a proper name Previously Pro Tours were referred to by their location and or date The name Dark Ascension refers to the Magic set with the same name that is to be released a week prior to the Pro Tour Tournament data edit Prize pool 233 500 Format Standard Booster Draft Players 445 Top 8 edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals 1Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa38Jelger Wiegersma0Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa3Mamoru Nagai14Mamoru Nagai35Lukas Blohon1Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa2Brian Kibler32Denniz Rachid17Brian Kibler3Brian Kibler3Jon Finkel23Jon Finkel36Matthew Costa1 Final standings edit Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 nbsp Brian Kibler 40 000 30 5th Final day 2nd Pro Tour win 2 nbsp Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 20 000 24 9th Final day 3 nbsp Jon Finkel 12 500 22 13th Final day 4 nbsp Mamoru Nagai 12 500 22 5 nbsp Denniz Rachid 10 000 20 6 nbsp Matthew Costa 10 000 20 7 nbsp Lukas Blohon 10 000 20 8 nbsp Jelger Wiegersma 10 000 20 4th Final dayGrand Prix Kobe Lincoln Madrid Baltimore Lille Seattle Indianapolis Nashville Kuala Lumpur Mexico City Melbourne Salt Lake City Turin Manchester editGP Kobe 18 19 February Format Limited Attendance 1117 nbsp Masahiro Hiraga nbsp Ken Yukuhiro nbsp Kouji Takeishi nbsp Hiroaki Kitahara nbsp Katsuhiro Mori nbsp Hiroshi Ishida nbsp Yuuya Watanabe nbsp Takayuki Nagaoka GP Baltimore 25 26 February Format Standard Attendance 1545 nbsp Matthew Costa nbsp David Shiels nbsp Jackie Lee nbsp Matt Scott nbsp Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa nbsp Max Tietze nbsp Eric Meng nbsp Adam Snook GP Indianapolis 10 11 March Format Legacy Attendance 1214 nbsp Tom Martell nbsp Kenny Castor nbsp Dan Jordan nbsp Colin Chilbert nbsp Ando Ferguson nbsp Caleb Durward nbsp Pascal Maynard nbsp Adam Yurchick GP Mexico City 24 25 March Format Limited Attendance 685 nbsp Paul Rietzl nbsp Humberto Patarca nbsp Craig Wescoe nbsp Daniel Hernandez nbsp Pascal Maynard nbsp Mario Flores nbsp Gottlieb Yeh nbsp Gustavo Nunez Moreno GP Turin 31 March 1 April Format Modern Attendance 1063 nbsp Antonino De Rosa nbsp Michael Thiel nbsp Jose Velazquez nbsp Alessandro Lippi nbsp Marco Cammilluzzi nbsp Yann Blumer nbsp Alessandro Portaro nbsp David Progin GP Lincoln 18 19 February Format Modern Attendance 716 nbsp Bronson Magnan nbsp Andrew Cuneo nbsp Luis Scott Vargas nbsp Samuel Friedman nbsp Mary Jacobson nbsp Samuel Karls nbsp Matt Mercier nbsp Derrick Rutledge GP Lille 3 4 March Format Standard Attendance 1505 nbsp Richard Parker nbsp Simon Diaz nbsp Kristof Benaets nbsp Tom Valkeneers nbsp Manuel Mayer nbsp Jonas Kostler nbsp Grzegorz Kowalski nbsp Martin Zimmermann GP Nashville 17 18 March Format Limited Attendance 1037 nbsp Reid Duke nbsp Todd Anderson nbsp Kyle Babin nbsp Josh Utter Leyton nbsp Caleb Durward nbsp Robbie Cordell nbsp Lissa Jensen nbsp Shuhei Nakamura GP Melbourne 31 March 1 April Format Limited Attendance 558 nbsp David Crewe nbsp Geoff Zhao nbsp Oliver Oks nbsp Simon Harnden nbsp Thomas Rafferty nbsp Daniel Unwin nbsp Jeremy Neeman nbsp Hao Wu GP Manchester 21 22 April Format Limited Attendance 1028 nbsp Alexandre Darras nbsp Mario Pascoli nbsp Joel Larsson nbsp Lasse Norgaard nbsp Andre Muller nbsp Marijn Lybaert nbsp Ciro Bonaventura nbsp Adam Katz GP Madrid 25 26 February Format Limited Attendance 1314 nbsp Ivo Grossholz nbsp David Garcia Copete nbsp Guido Sondag nbsp Fabio Rodrigues nbsp Christian von Kalkstein nbsp Florian Koch nbsp Marco Frantuma nbsp Martin Juza GP Seattle Tacoma 3 4 March Format Limited Attendance 1160 nbsp Robert Smith nbsp Iain Bartolomei nbsp Jason Huang nbsp James Nguyen nbsp Andrejs Prost nbsp Paul Rietzl nbsp Henry Romero nbsp Owen Turtenwald GP Kuala Lumpur 24 25 March Format Standard Attendance 612 nbsp Yuuya Watanabe nbsp Xin Sui nbsp Sutti Lee nbsp Chao Lu nbsp Sukhum Kiwanont nbsp Kuo Tzu Ching nbsp Kingston Tong King Yim nbsp Jason Yap GP Salt Lake City 31 March 1 April Format Standard Attendance 1137 nbsp Shahar Shenhar nbsp Michael Peterson nbsp Tom Martell nbsp James Cooper nbsp Michael Hetrick nbsp Bryan Olvera nbsp David Gleicher nbsp Marcel Angelo ZafraPro Tour Avacyn Restored Barcelona 11 13 May 2012 editTournament data edit Prize pool 233 500 Format Block Constructed Booster Draft Players 379 Top 8 edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinals 1Gaudenis Vidugiris38Naoki Shimizu2Gaudenis Vidugiris3Ken Yukuhiro24Ken Yukuhiro35Denniz Rachid2Gaudenis Vidugiris2Alexander Hayne32Jon Finkel27Alexander Hayne3Alexander Hayne3Joshua Cho23Joshua Cho36Thomas Holzinger0 Final standings edit Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 nbsp Alexander Hayne 40 000 30 2 nbsp Gaudenis Vidugiris 20 000 24 2nd final day 3 nbsp Joshua Cho 12 500 22 Pro Tour debut 4 nbsp Ken Yukuhiro 12 500 22 5 nbsp Jon Finkel 10 000 20 14th final day 6 nbsp Denniz Rachid 10 000 20 2nd final day 7 nbsp Thomas Holzinger 10 000 20 8 nbsp Naoki Shimizu 10 000 20 2nd final dayInvitees to the 2012 Players Championship editThe following sixteen players received an invitation to the 2012 Players Championship due to their performance in the 2012 season Player Qualified due to nbsp Owen Turtenwald 2011 Player of the year nbsp Jun ya Iyanaga 2011 World Champion nbsp Reid Duke 2011 Magic Online Champion nbsp Samuele Estratti Pro Tour Philadelphia winner nbsp Brian Kibler Pro Tour Dark Ascension winner nbsp Alexander Hayne Pro Tour Avacyn Restored winner nbsp Josh Utter Leyton Pro Point leader North America nbsp Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Pro Point leader Latin America nbsp Martin Juza Pro Point leader Europe nbsp Yuuya Watanabe Pro Point leader Japan nbsp Kuo Tzu Ching Pro Point leader APAC region nbsp Jon Finkel Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified nbsp Luis Scott Vargas 2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified nbsp Shouta Yasooka 3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified nbsp David Ochoa 4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified nbsp Shuhei Nakamura 5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualifiedReferences edit 15 Grand Prix Highlight Early 2012 Schedule Wizards of the Coast August 23 2011 Archived from the original on September 16 2011 Retrieved September 14 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Magic The Gathering Pro Tour season 2012 amp oldid 1191235849, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
