Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2016–17

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

2016–17 Pro Tour season

Pro Player of the Year	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
World Champion	Brian Braun-Duin
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 →

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					Final
	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 Salvatto	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^[20] (10–11 December 2016) Format: Limited Attendance: 1331   Steven Carter   Brandon Fisher   Eric Severson   Evan Petre   Ari Lax   Toshiya Kanegawa   Benjamin Weitz   Corey Brukhart GP Prague^[21] (28–29 January 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 2005   Yusuf Kemal Vefa   Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa   Fabian Friedrich   Roope Metsä   Christoffer Larsen   Ivan Floch   Florian Koch   Fabrizio Campanino

GP Denver^[22] (3–4 December 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1568   Matt Severa   Steve Rubin   Jacob Nagro   Andrew Wolbers   Rob Pisano   Ben Hull   Michael Snyder   Seth Manfield GP Louisville^[23] (7–8 January 2017) Format: Legacy Attendance:1610   Reid Duke   Andrew Sullano   Brian Braun-Duin   Nate Barton   Charles Hinkle   Michael Majors   Cody Napier   Craig Wescoe

GP Madrid^[24] (3–4 December 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1456   Carmine D'Aniello   Nicolas Legendre   Callum Bousfield   Marco Cammilluzzi   Rafael Sarriegui Hidalgo   Adrian Ramiro Cano   Luis Gobern   Alexander Hottmann GP San Jose^[25] (28–29 January 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1908   John Asbach   Ari Hausman-Cohen   Roberto Berni   Avenash Pernankil   Jiachen Tao   Anand Khare   Adam Ragsdale   Richard Tan

Pro Tour Aether Revolt

Dublin^[26] (3–5 February 2017)

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

Top 8

	Quarterfinals Stage 1					Quarterfinals Stage 2					Semifinals					Final
						Bye
						Márcio Carvalho
		Bye
	1	Márcio Carvalho
											Márcio Carvalho		3
											Donald Smith		1
	4	Donald Smith
		Bye
						Donald Smith		3
						Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa		2
	5	Jan Ksandr	2
	8	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	3
																Márcio Carvalho		2
																Lucas Esper Berthoud		3
	6	Martin Jůza	0
	7	Eduardo Sajgalik	3
						Eduardo Sajgalik		3
						Liu Yuchen		2
		Bye
	3	Liu Yuchen
											Eduardo Sajgalik		2
											Lucas Esper Berthoud		3
	2	Lucas Esper Berthoud
		Bye
						Lucas Esper Berthoud
						Bye

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Team	Comment
1	Lucas Esper Berthoud	$50,000	31	DEXThird
2	Márcio Carvalho	$20,000	27	DEX Army	3rd Final day
3	Donald Smith	$15,000	23	Lingering Souls
4	Eduardo Sajgalik	$15,000	23	MTG Mint Card	2nd Final day
5	Liu Yuchen	$10,000	19
6	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$10,000	19	Channel Fireball Ice	11th Final day
7	Jan Ksandr	$5,000	15
8	Martin Jůza	$5,000	15	Channel Fireball Fire	3rd Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Márcio Carvalho	64
2	Shouta Yasooka	52
3	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	48
4	Reid Duke	40
5	Eduardo Sajgalik	39
	Carlos Romão

Team Series standing

Rank	Team	Members		Pro Points
1	MTG Mint Card	Lee Shi Tian	Jason Chung	49
		Huang Hao-Shan	Kelvin Chew
		Eduardo Sajgalik	Nam Sung-wook
2	Musashi	Kentaro Yamamoto	Yuuya Watanabe	49
		Ken Yukuhiro	Yuuki Ichikawa
		Teruya Kakumae	Shouta Yasooka
3	Face to Face Games	Alexander Hayne	Samuel Pardee	44
		Steve Rubin	Jacob Wilson
		Ivan Floch	Oliver Tiu
4	DEXThird	Felipe Valdivia	Patrick Fernandes	43
		Cristian Cespedes	Jose Luis Echeverria
		João Lucas Caparroz	Lucas Esper Berthoud
5	Lingering Souls	Shaheen Soorani	Chris Fennell	40
		Travis Woo	Andreas Ganz
		Ashraf Abou Omar	Donald Smith

Grand Prix

GP Pittsburgh^[27] (11–12 February 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1334   Ryan Hare   Bronson Gervasi   Matthew Long   Robert Beatty   Adam Van Fleet   Daniel Fournier   Anand Khare   Michael Cochran GP Utrecht^[28] (25–26 February 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1232   Samuel Vuillot   Fabrizio Campanino   Alexandre Habert   David Brucker   Charly Traarbach   Kasper Nielsen   Thuan Truong   Berk Akbulut GP Shizuoka^[29] (18–19 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 2719   Ryohei Kirino   Wentao Qi   Masayasu Tanahashi   Yusuke Sasabe   Sungeun Je   Takanori Watanabe   Akihiro Miyamoto   Motoaki Itou GP San Antonio^[30] (1–2 April 2017) Format: Team Unified Modern Attendance: 1668 (556 teams) 1.   Greg Orange   Adam Jansen   Andrejs Prost 2.   Reid Duke   William Jensen   Owen Turtenwald 3.   Gerard Fabiano   Eli Kassis   Ben Lundquist 4.   David Ochoa   Matt Severa   Andrew Baeckstrom GP Bologna^[31] (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1669   Corrado De Sio   Martin Jůza   Francesco Giorgiio   Pascal Vieren   Dario Veneri   Dario Parazzoli   Javier Dominguez   Simon Nielsen

GP Vancouver^[32] (18–19 February 2017) Format: Modern Attendance: 1552   Josh Utter-Leyton   Johnathan Zaczek   Gerry Thompson   Sam Black   Eric Severson   Jon Stern   Nathanial Knox   Jason Simard GP New Jersey^[33] (11–12 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1622   Corey Baumeister   Ben Friedman   Paul Rietzl   Ben Stark   Robert Lombardi   Jarvis Yu   Kyle Moran   Brandon Ayers GP Porto Alegre^[34] (18–19 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 570   Victor Silva   Vagner William Casati   Francisco Sifuentes   Rafael Bertolli Parra   Sebastian Pozzo   Luis Salvatto   Patricio Roman   Carlos Alexandre Dos Santos Esteves GP Mexico City^[35] (8–9 April 2017) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 444 (148 teams) 1.   Andrew Cuneo   Eric Froehlich   Ben Stark 2.   Matthew Nass   Jacob Wilson   Samuel Pardee 3.   Kazuyuki Takimura   Shota Takao   Toru Inoue 4.   Jon Stern   Greg Ogreenc   Stephen Neal GP Beijing^[36] (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1029   Kelvin Chew   Keita Kawasaki   Tomoharu Saito   Wu Xuan   Riku Kumagai   Takuma Morofuji   Yi Shimin   Riki Kamo

GP Brisbane ^[37] (18–19 February 2017) Format: Modern Attendance: 981   Oliver Oks   Zen Takahashi   Lee Shi Tian   Timothy Cheng   Chris Grimshaw   Tetsu Kawaguchi   Sean Hume   James Larsen-Scott GP Barcelona^[38] (11–12 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1265   Petr Sochůrek   Matthew Pope   Márcio Carvalho   Iñigo Vallejo Pascual   Michal Lipinski   Federico Del Basso   Miguel Castro   Yoann Sevaux GP Orlando^[39] (25–26 March 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1284   Joel Larsson   Noah Walker   Zile Yao   Chris Pikula   Alexander Hayne   Jack Dobbin   Patrick Tierney   Jorge Mantilla GP Richmond^[40] (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1595   Michael Baraniecki   Eli Kassis   Evan Esposito   Martin Dang   Brian Braun-Duin   Brad Carpenter   Thiago Saporito   Josh Jones

Pro Tour Amonkhet

Nashville (12–14 May 2017)

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

Top 8

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Chris Fennel	0
	8	Yuuya Watanabe	3
						Yuuya Watanabe		3
						Martin Müller		0
	4	Christian Calcano	0
	5	Martin Müller	3
											Yuuya Watanabe		1
											Gerry Thompson		3
	3	Marc Tobiasch	1
	6	Gerry Thompson	3
						Gerry Thompson		3
						Ken Yukuhiro		1
	2	Ken Yukuhiro	3
	7	Eric Froehlich	0

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Team	Comment
1	Gerry Thompson	$50,000	30	Mutiny	2nd Final day
2	Yuuya Watanabe	$20,000	26	Musashi	4th Final day
3	Ken Yukuhiro	$15,000	24	Musashi	3rd Final day
4	Martin Müller	$12,000	22	Genesis	2nd Final day
5	Chris Fennel	$10,000	20	Lingering Souls	2nd Final day
6	Marc Tobiasch	$9,000	18	EUreka
7	Christian Calcano	$7,500	17	MTG Bent Card
8	Eric Froehlich	$6,000	16	Channel Fireball Ice	5th Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Márcio Carvalho	76
2	Shouta Yasooka	64
3	Yuuya Watanabe	58
4	Reid Duke	57
5	Kelvin Chew	54

Team Series standing

Rank	Team	Members		Pro Points
1	Musashi	Kentaro Yamamoto	Yuuya Watanabe	119
		Ken Yukuhiro	Yuuki Ichikawa
		Teruya Kakumae	Shouta Yasooka
2	Genesis	Brad Nelson	Lukas Blohon	94
		Seth Manfield	Michael Majors
		Martin Dang	Martin Müller
3	MTG Mint Card	Lee Shi Tian	Jason Chung	88
		Huang Hao-Shan	Kelvin Chew
		Eduardo Sajgalik	Nam Sung-wook
4	Lingering Souls	Shaheen Soorani	Chris Fennell	74
		Travis Woo	Andreas Ganz
		Ashraf Abou Omar	Donald Smith
5	Puzzle Quest	Reid Duke	Owen Turtenwald	73
		William Jensen	Jon Finkel
		Andrew Cuneo	Paul Rietzl

Grand Prix

GP Montreal^[41] (20–21 May 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 850   Kevin Jones   Paul Dean   Maxime Aubin   Max McVety   Ethan Gaieski   Shaun McLaren   Daniel Fournier   Liam Kane Meilleur GP Kobe^[42] (27–28 May 2017) Format: Modern Attendance: 2802   Joe Soh   Terumasa Kojima   Park Bi-o   Fumiyasu Suzuike   Tomoya Tsubouchi   Takeshi Kagawa   Akio Chiba   Ryoichi Tamada GP Las Vegas 1^[43] (15–16 June 2017) Format: Legacy Attendance: 2656   Andrew Calderon   Jonathan Semeyn   Chris Iaali   Jody Keith   Patrick Tierney