Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2002–03

2002–03 Pro Tour season
Pro Player of the Year Kai Budde
Rookie of the Year Masashi Oiso
World Champion Daniel Zink
Pro Tours 6
Grands Prix 21
Masters 4
Start of season 24 August 2002
End of season 10 August 2003
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Pro Tour season was the eighth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 24 August 2002 the season began with Grand Prix Sapporo. It ended on 10 August 2003 with the conclusion of the 2003 World Championship in Berlin. The season consisted of 21 Grand Prixs and 6 Pro Tours, held in Boston, Houston, Chicago, Venice, Yokohama, and Berlin. Also Master Series tournaments were held at four Pro Tours. At the end of the season Kai Budde was proclaimed Pro Player of the Year for the third time in a row.

Contents

Grand Prixs – Sapporo, London, Cleveland

GP Sapporo (24–25 August)
  1. Shinichi Kumagai
  2. Masahiko Morita
  3. Satoshi Nakamura
  4. Itaru Ishida
  5. Kenji Kimoto
  6. Junichi Kinoshita
  7. Yuta Hirosawa
  8. Nobuaki Shikata
GP London (31 August – 1 September)
  1. Jakub Slemr
  2. Christoph Hölzl
  3. Bram Snepvangers
  4. Craig Stevenson
  5. Pedro Velhinho
  6. Christophe Haim
  7. Dario Minieri
  8. Gérard Garcia
GP Cleveland (7–8 August)
  1. Valentin Moskovich
  2. Gabriel Tsang
  3. Jeremy Pinter
  4. Matthew Schrempp
  5. Adam Prosak
  6. Dave Williams
  7. Brian Davis
  8. Rob Dougherty

Pro Tour – Boston (27–29 September 2002)

Boston saw Phoenix Foundation win once again. This put all team members on top in regards to overall Pro Tour victories as no other player had then won more than two Pro Tours. The victory was dryly commented as not surprising anyone anymore.[1]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,100
Players: 363 (121 teams)
Format: Team Sealed (Odyssey, Torment, Judgment) – first day, Team Rochester Draft (Odyssey-Torment-Judgment) – final two days
Head Judge: Nat Fairbanks[2]

Top 4

  Semi-finals Finals
                 
1  Courtney's Boys 1  
4  2020 2  
     2020 1
   Phoenix Foundation 2
2  Phoenix Foundation 2
3  Slay Pillage Gerard 0  

Final standings

Place Team Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Phoenix Foundation Dirk Baberowski $60,000 24 4th Final day, 3rd Pro Tour win
Kai Budde 24 7th Final day, 6th Pro Tour win
Marco Blume 24 2nd Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2 2020 Steven Wolfman $30,000 18
David Rood 18
Elijah Pollock 18
3 Courtney's Boys Gary Wise $18,000 12 3rd Final day
Neil Reeves 12 2nd Final day
Bob Maher, Jr. 12 3rd Final day
4 Slay Pillage Gerrard Jonathan Sonne $15,000 12
Gerard Fabiano 12
Scott McCord 12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Dirk Baberowski 24
Marco Blume 24
Kai Budde 24
4 David Rood 20
5 Elijah Pollock 18
Steven Wolfman 18

Grand Prixs – Hamburg, Utsonomiya, Copenhagen, Philadelphia

GP Hamburg (28–29 September)
  1. Simon Hockwin
  2. Arndt Meier
  3. Jens Krause
  4. Patrick Plößer
  5. Nico Wendt
  6. Piotr Sienko
  7. Dennis Schmitz
  8. Jean Charles Salvin
GP Utsonomiya (12–13 October)
  1. Rei Hashimoto
  2. Shuhei Nakamura
  3. Tsuyoshi Fujita
  4. Masashi Oiso
  5. Eiji Nomura
  6. Masanori Kobayashi
  7. Jin Okamoto
  8. Junichi Kinoshita
GP Copenhagen (12–13 October)
  1. Bob Maher, Jr.
  2. Jens Krause
  3. Kai Budde
  4. Fredrik Boberg
  5. Dirk Baberowski
  6. Jens Thorén
  7. David Linder
  8. Fleurent Jeudon
GP Philadelphia (26–27 October)
  1. Jeff Cunningham
  2. Shaun Doran
  3. Eli Aden
  4. Morgan Douglass
  5. Nick Eisel
  6. Craig Krempels
  7. Patrick Sullivan
  8. Jacob Rabinowitz

Pro Tour – Houston (8–10 November 2002)

Pro Tour Houston featured the Extended format. The Ice Age and Mirage-blocks had just rotated out of the format along with 5th Edition, thus removing several of the former key cards from the format. Also Onslaught had become legal for Extended play shortly before the tournament. The most played deck was a "Reanimator"-deck that aimed to get a big creature into the graveyard early via Entomb. Afterwards it would try to get that one into play with Reanimate. Other much-played decks included a combo-deck revolving around Aluren and a green-black midrange control deck called "The Rock".[3]

Justin Gary won Pro Tour Houston with a deck revolving around Oath of Druids. His teammates of "Your Move Games" (YMG), Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle, came in second and third. Instead of breaking the format with one kind of deck the YMG players in the top 8 even played all different decks, thereby losing games exclusively to one another.[4] It was Rob Dougherty's fifth final day appearance.[5]

Jens Thorén from Sweden won the final of the Master Series against Gary Wise.[6]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130
Players: 351
Format: Extended
Head Judge: Rune Horvik[2]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Justin Gary 3  
8  Jeroen Remie 0  
   Justin Gary 3  
   John Larkin 0  
4  John Larkin 3
  5  Peter Myrvig 2  
     Justin Gary 3
   Rob Dougherty 2
  2  Rob Dougherty 3  
7  Bob Maher, Jr. 0  
   Rob Dougherty 3
   Darwin Kastle 0  
3  Darwin Kastle 3
  6  Mattias Jorstedt 0  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Justin Gary $30,000 32 3rd Final day
2 Rob Dougherty $20,000 24 5th Final day
3 Darwin Kastle $15,000 16 7th Final day
4 John Larkin $13,000 16 3rd Final day
5 Peter Myrvig $9,500 12
6 Mattias Jorstedt $8,500 12
7 Bob Maher, Jr. $7,500 12 4th Final day
8 Jeroen Remie $6,500 12

Winner's deck

Justin Gary's deck, named Turbo Oath, was designed to get a huge Cognivore into play with Oath of Druids quickly. The deck was mainly blue, but also included black and green.

Turbo Oath by Justin Gary – Pro Tour Houston 2002[7]
Main Deck: Sideboard:

4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
2 Cognivore
4 Counterspell
3 Fact or Fiction
1 Foil
2 Forbid
3 Force Spike
2 Intuition
1 Krosan Reclamation
2 Living Wish
1 Mana Leak
4 Oath of Druids
3 Pernicious Deed

2 Forest
7 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
2 Underground River
4 Yavimaya Coast

2 Dust Bowl
3 Engineered Plague
2 Gilded Drake
2 Masticore
2 Naturalize
2 Palinchron
2 Powder Keg

Masters – Booster Draft

  First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                                               
 Michael Pustilnik  
32  Tomi Walamies 2  
   Tomi Walamies  
   Eric Froehlich 2  
16  Eric Froehlich 2
17  Christophe Haim  
   Eric Froehlich 2  
   Jelger Wiegersma  
8  Jelger Wiegersma 2  
25  Antoine Ruel  
   Jelger Wiegersma 2
   Brian Davis  
9  Brian Davis 2
24  Eugene Harvey  
   Eric Froehlich  
   Jens Thorén 2  
4  Jens Thorén 2  
29  Marco Blume  
   Jens Thorén 2
   Brian Kibler  
13  Bram Snepvangers
20  Brian Kibler 2  
   Jens Thorén 2
   Alex Shvartsman  
5  Alex Shvartsman 2  
28  Neil Reeves  
   Alex Shvartsman 2
   Ferad Meraghni  
12  Ken Ho
21  Ferad Meraghni 2  
 Jens Thorén 2
 Gary Wise
2  Kai Budde  
31  Alan Shuldiner 2  
   Allan Shuldiner  
   Gary Wise 2  
15  Gary Wise 2
18  Patrick Mello  
   Gary Wise 2  
   Eivind Nitter  
7  Eivind Nitter 2  
26  Peter Szigeti  
   Eivind Nitter 2
   Pierre Malherbaud  
10  Rob Dougherty
23  Pierre Malherbaud 2  
   Gary Wise 2
   Raphaël Lévy  
3  Olivier Ruel 2  
30  Carlos Romão  
   Olivier Ruel
   Raphaël Lévy 2  
14  Dirk Baberowski
19  Raphaël Lévy 2  
   Raphaël Lévy 2
   Anton Jonsson  
6  David Humpherys 2  
27  Itaru Ishida  
   David Humpherys
   Anton Jonsson 2  
11  Anton Jonsson 2
22  Jin Okamoto  

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Justin Gary 36
2 Dirk Baberowski 34
3 Bob Maher, Jr. 33
4 Kai Budde 31
5 Rob Dougherty 29

Grand Prixs – Melbourne, Los Angeles, Reims, New Orleans

GP Melbourne (23–24 November)
  1. Ben Seck
  2. Tristan Gall
  3. Jarron Puszet
  4. Shun Jiang
  5. Richard Grace
  6. Milton Jian Xiong Lin
  7. Chris Allen
  8. Jake Hart
GP Los Angeles (23–24 November)
  1. Philip Freneau
  2. Bob Maher, Jr.
  3. Brian Hegstad
  4. Ken Krouner
  5. Peter Swarowski
  6. Allen Sun
  7. Nick Eisel
  8. Gerardo Gordinez Estrada
GP Reims (30 November – 1 December)
  1. Alex Mack
  2. Benjamin Caumes
  3. Patrick Mello
  4. Emmanuel Vernay
  5. Hans Joachim Hoeh
  6. Régis Lavoisier
  7. Christoph Lippert
  8. Anton Jonsson
GP New Orleans (3–4 January)
  1. Zvi Mowshowitz
  2. Eugene Harvey
  3. Michael Pustilnik
  4. Diego Ostrovich
  5. Jeff Cunningham
  6. Morgan Douglass
  7. Carl Lobato
  8. Trey Van Cleave

Pro Tour – Chicago (17–19 January 2003)

In Chicago Kai Budde won his seventh Pro Tour. On his way to the title he defeated, William Jensen, Jon Finkel, and Nicolai Herzog, some of the most accomplished players in the game.[8] Finkel had his tenth Top 8 showing, a feat still not matched by any other player.[5] In the Masters final Franck Canu defeated Ken Ho.[9]

Tournament data

Players: 349[10]
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Rochester Draft (Onslaught)
Head Judge: Mike Guptil[11]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Eugene Harvey 2  
8  Dustin Stern 3  
   Dustin Stern 1  
   Nicolai Herzog 3  
4  Bram Snepvangers 2
  5  Nicolai Herzog 3  
     Nicolai Herzog 0
   Kai Budde 3
  2  Kai Budde 3  
7  William Jensen 1  
   Kai Budde 3
   Jon Finkel 1  
3  Fabio Reinhardt 2
  7  Jon Finkel 3  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Kai Budde $30,000 32 8th Final day, 7th Pro Tour win
2 Nicolai Herzog $20,000 24 2nd Final day
3 Jon Finkel $15,000 16 10th Final day
4 Dustin Stern $13,000 16
5 Eugene Harvey $9,000 12
6 Fabio Reinhardt $8,500 12
7 Bram Snepvangers $8,000 12
8 William Jensen $7,500 12 2nd Final day

Masters – Standard

  First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                                               
1  Dave Humpherys 2  
32  Ferad Meraghni 0  
   Dave Humpherys 2  
   Pierre Malherbaud 0  
17  Pierre Malherbaud 2
16  Jelger Wiegersma 1  
   Dave Humpherys 0  
   Franck Canu 2  
8  Dirk Baberowksi 1  
25  Noah Boeken 2  
   Noah Boeken 0
   Franck Canu 2  
24  Franck Canu 2
9  Alex Shvartsman 1  
   Franck Canu 2  
   Antoine Ruel 0  
5  Jens Thorén 0  
28  Jin Okamoto 2  
   Jin Okamoto 0
   Kamiel Cornelissen 2  
21  Kamiel Cornelissen 2
12  Bram Snepvangers 1  
   Kamiel Cornelissen 0
   Antoine Ruel 2  
13  Bob Maher, Jr. 1  
20  Antoine Ruel 2  
   Antoine Ruel 2
   Olivier Ruel 0  
29  Amiel Tenenbaum 1
4  Olivier Ruel 2  
 Franck Canu 2
 Ken Ho 0
3  Rob Dougherty 0  
30  Neil Reeves 2  
   Neil Reeves 2  
   Jeff Cunningham 1  
19  John Larkin 1
14  Jeff Cunningham 2  
   Neil Reeves 2  
   Gary Wise 0  
11  Gary Wise 2  
22  Brian Davis 1  
   Gary Wise 2
   Marco Blume 0  
27  Marco Blume 2
6  Justin Gary 0  
   Neil Reeves 0
   Ken Ho 2  
7  Eivind Nitter 2  
26  Ben Stark 0  
   Eivind Nitter 1
   Ken Ho 2  
23  Jeroen Remie 1
10  Ken Ho 2  
   Ken Ho 2
   Kai Budde 1  
15  Carlos Romão 2  
18  Frank Karsten 1  
   Carlos Romão 1
   Kai Budde 2  
31  Eric Froehlich 1
2  Kai Budde 2  

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Kai Budde 64
2 Dirk Baberowski 42
3 Bob Maher, Jr. 40
4 Justin Gary 38
5 Nicolai Herzog 34

Grand Prixs – Hiroshima, Sevilla, Boston

GP Hiroshima (25–26 January)
  1. Motokiyo Azuma
  2. Osamu Fujita
  3. Takao Higaki
  4. Kang Jisang
  5. Junichi Kinoshita
  6. Yoshitaka Nakano
  7. Tsuyoshi Fujita
  8. Atsushi Tabuchi
GP Sevilla (22–23 February)
  1. Anton Jonsson
  2. Carlos Romão
  3. Eivind Nitter
  4. Antoine Ruel
  5. Stan van der Velden
  6. Adriano Rohner
  7. David Brucker
  8. Javier Perez Fresnedo
GP Boston (22–23 February)
  1. Brian Kibler
  2. Matthew Cory
  3. Aaron Breider
  4. Mark Zajdner
  5. Ben Rubin
  6. Joshua Wagener
  7. Zvi Mowshowitz
  8. Eric James

Pro Tour – Venice (21–23 March 2003)

Osyp Lebedowicz won Pro Tour Venice with a white and red deck revolving around the Cycling mechanic. It was the second-most popular deck at the tournament trailing only the deck played by his opponent Tomi Walamies in the final. Walamies played a red deck with a Goblin theme.[12]. The Masters was won by the Japenese team "PS2".[13]

Tournament data

Players: 310[14]
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Onslaught Block Constructed (Onslaught, Legions)
Head Judge: Collin Jackson[15]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Gabriel Nassif 1  
8  William Jensen 3  
   William Jensen 2  
   Osyp Lebedowicz 3  
4  Osyp Lebedowicz 3
  5  Akihiro Kashima 0  
     Osyp Lebedowicz 3
   Tomi Walamies 0
  3  Tomi Walamies 3  
6  Mattias Jorstedt 1  
   Tomi Walamies 3
   Jordan Berkowitz 0  
2  Darwin Kastle 1
  7  Jordan Berkowitz 3  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Osyp Lebedowicz $30,000 32 2nd Final day
2 Tomi Walamies $20,000 24 2nd Final day
3 Jordan Berkowitz $15,000 16
4 William Jensen $13,000 16 3rd Final day
5 Gabriel Nassif $9,000 12 2nd Final day
6 Darwin Kastle $8,500 12 8th Final day
7 Akihira Kashima $8,000 12
8 Mattias Jorstedt $7,500 12 2nd Final day

Winner's decklist

Osyp Lebedowicz won the tournament with the following red and white deck revolving around the Cycling mechanism:

Astral Slide by Osyp Lebedowicz – Pro Tour Venice 2003[12]
Main Deck: Sideboard:

4 Akroma's Blessing
4 Akroma's Vengeance
4 Astral Slide
2 Daru Sanctifier
2 Gempalm Incinerator
2 Jareth, Leonin Titan
4 Lightning Rift
3 Renewed Faith
4 Starstorm

4 Forgotten Cave
9 Mountain
10 Plains
4 Secluded Steppe

2 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
4 Avarax
3 Demystify
3 Disciple of Grace
2 Gempalm Incinerator
1 Oblation

Masters – Team Rochester Draft

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Jokas  
8  PS2 2  
   PS2 2  
   Panzer Hunters  
4  Panzer Hunters 2
  5  Phoenix Foundation  
     PS2 2
   2020 1
  3  Outland  
6  2020 2  
   2020 2
   Courtney's Boys  
2  Courtney's Boys 2
  7  Illuminati  
Team Player Team Player
2020 David Rood Outland Nicolai Herzog
Steve Wolfman Eivind Nitter
Elijah Pollock Bjørn Jocumsen
Courtney's Boys Gary Wise Panzer Hunters Reiji Andou
Neil Reeves Kazuyuki Momose
Bob Maher, Jr. Itaru Ishida
Illuminati Alex Shvartsman Phoenix Foundation Kai Budde
Zvi Mowshowitz Dirk Baberowski
Patrick Sullivan Marco Blume
Jokas Eric James PS2 Masahiro Kuroda
Kyle Rose Katsuhiro Mori
Norman Woods Masahiko Morita

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Kai Budde 69
2 Dirk Baberowski 48
3 Osyp Lebedowicz 47
4 Justin Gary 46
5 Bob Maher, Jr. 42

Grand Prixs – Kyoto, Singapore, Prague

GP Kyoto (29–30 March)
  1. Akira Asahara
  2. Hisaya Tanaka
  3. Masashi Oiso
  4. Akihiro Takakuwa
  5. Itaru Ishida
  6. Shuhei Nakamura
  7. Ryouma Shiozu
  8. Yoshiaki Tashiro
GP Singapore (29–30 March)
  1. Mikael Polgary
  2. Terry Soh
  3. Kelvin Yew Teck Hoon
  4. Sam Lei Kang Lau
  5. Chang Chua
  6. Kai Cheong Tang
  7. Gary Talim
  8. Antonino De Rosa
GP Prague (12–13 April)
  1. Stefan Jedlicka
  2. Raphaël Lévy
  3. Thomas Gundersen
  4. David Jensen
  5. Jelger Wiegersma
  6. Gabriel Nassif
  7. Anton Jonsson
  8. Armin Birner

Pro Tour – Yokohama (9–11 May 2003)

Making the final eight for the third time this season Mattias Jorstedt won Pro Tour Yokohama. Jon Finkel also made another Top 8 appearance thus extending his lead in this category to eleven.[16] In the final of the last Masters tournament Bob Maher, Jr. defeated Gabriel Nassif.[17]

Tournament data

Players: 243
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Booster Draft (Onslaught-Legions)
Head Judge: Rune Horvik[2]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Mattias Jorstedt 3  
8  Richard Hoaen 1  
   Mattias Jorstedt 3  
   Jon Finkel 0  
4  Jon Finkel 3
  5  Benjamin Caumes 1  
     Mattias Jorstedt 3
   Masashi Oiso 0
  3  Tsuyoshi Ikeda 3  
6  Ben Seck 2  
   Tsuyoshi Ikeda 0
   Masashi Oiso 3  
2  Masashi Oiso 3
  7  Jose Barbero 1  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Mattias Jorstedt $30,000 32 3rd Final day
2 Masashi Oiso $20,000 24
3 Tsuyoshi Ikeda $15,000 16
4 Jon Finkel $13,000 16 11th Final day
5 Benjamin Caumes $9,000 12
6 Jose Barbero $8,500 12
7 Ben Seck $8,000 12
8 Richard Hoaen $7,500 12

Masters – Extended

  First round Second round Quarter-final Semi-finals Finals
                                               
1  Alexander Witt  
32  Zvi Mowshowitz 2  
   Zvi Mowshowitz 2  
   Jeroen Remie  
17  Jeroen Remie 2
16  Mark Ziegner  
   Zvi Mowshowitz 0  
   Gabriel Nassif 2  
12  John Larkin  
21  Gabriel Nassif 2  
   Gabriel Nassif 2
   Dirk Baberowski  
28  Antoine Ruel
5  Dirk Baberowski 2  
   Gabriel Nassif 2  
   Tomi Walamies 1  
6  Osyp Lebedowicz  
27  Eugene Harvey 2  
   Eugene Harvey
   Tomi Walamies 2  
22  Tomi Walamies 2
11  Anton Jonsson  
   Tomi Walamies 2
   Diego Ostrovich 0  
15  Diego Ostrovich 2  
18  Mathias Veron  
   Diego Ostrovich 2
   Marco Blume  
31  Marco Blume 2
2  Kai Budde  
 Gabriel Nassif 0
 Bob Maher, Jr. 2
3  Eivind Nitter 2  
30  Brian Kibler  
   Brian Kibler 2  
   Rob Dougherty  
19  Jeff Cunningham
14  Rob Dougherty 2  
   Brian Kibler 0  
   Darwin Kastle 2  
10  Carlos Romão  
23  Darwin Kastle 2  
   Darwin Kastle 2
   Kamiel Cornelissen  
26  Kamiel Cornelissen 2
7  Bram Snepvangers  
   Darwin Kastle 0
   Bob Maher, Jr. 2  
8  Nicolai Herzog 2  
25  Mattias Jorstedt  
   Nicolai Herzog
   Pierre Malherbaud 2  
24  Pierre Malherbaud 2
9  William Jensen  
   Pierre Malherbaud 0
   Bob Maher, Jr. 2  
13  Bob Maher, Jr. 2  
20  Jelger Wiegersma  
   Bob Maher, Jr. 2
   Justin Gary  
29  Gary Wise
4  Justin Gary 2  

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Kai Budde 72
2 Mattias Jorstedt 60
3 Dirk Baberowski 52
4 Osyp Lebedowicz 51
5 Justin Gary 49

Grand Prixs – Pittsburgh, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Detroit

GP Pittsburgh (31 May – 1 June)
1. Illuminati
Justin Gary
Zvi Mowshowitz
Alex Shvartsman
2. Prodigy
James Duguid
Charles Gindy
Manny Orellana
3. Phoque Foundation
Jean Charles Salvin
Pasquale Ruggiero
Jairo Liquidano
4. Northern Lights No. 5
Justin Schneider
Michael Krzywicki
Mike Long
GP Amsterdam (7–8 June)
1. Rankko Bongo Wheshiwheshi
Wilfried Ranque
Carlos Romão
Jose Barbero
2. Ace Ten Off
Kamiel Cornelissen
Jon Finkel
Eric Froehlich
3. Object of Affection
Tomi Walamies
Jens Thorén
Anton Jonsson
4. Boston Tea Party
André Delere
Rolf Ottovordemgentschenfelde
René Kraft
GP Bangkok (12–13 July)
  1. Tsuyoshi Fujita
  2. Itaru Ishida
  3. Vincent Gan
  4. Osamu Fujita
  5. Masahiko Morita
  6. Tsutomu Yamada
  7. Peerapat Ekpoorthorn
  8. Noppadol Srirattana
GP Detroit (12–13 July)
  1. Bob Maher, Jr.
  2. Eugene Harvey
  3. Joshua Ravitz
  4. Alex Shvartsman
  5. Mark Herberholz
  6. Matt Severa
  7. Morgan Douglass
  8. Derek Starleaf

2003 World Championships – Berlin (6–10 August 2003)

Main article: Magic: The Gathering World Championship#2003 World Championship

German Daniel Zink won the 2003 World Championship, defeating Jin Okamoto from Japan in the finals. Both players played manaheavy control decks built around Mirari's Wake. Kai Budde was declared Pro Player of the year for the third time in a row as none of his pursuers made significant points at this tournament. The United States won the national team competition, defeating Finland in the finals.[18]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $208,130 (individual) + $213,000 (national teams)
Players: 245
Formats: Standard, Odyssey Booster Draft (Odyssey-Torment-Judgment), Odyssey Block Constructed (Odyssey, Torment, Judgment)
Head Judge: Rune Horvik[2]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Tuomo Nieminen 3  
8  Gabe Walls 2  
   Tuomo Nieminen 1  
   Jin Okamoto 3  
4  Jin Okamoto 3
  5  Peer Kröger 0  
     Jin Okamoto 0
   Daniel Zink 3
  2  Dave Humpherys 3  
7  Wolfgang Eder 2  
   Dave Humpherys 0
   Daniel Zink 3  
3  Jeroen Remie 1
  6  Daniel Zink 3  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Daniel Zink $35,000 32
2 Jin Okamoto $23,000 24
3 Tuomo Nieminen $15,000 16
4 Dave Humpherys $13,000 16 5th Final day
5 Jeroen Remie $9,500 12 2nd Final day
6 Peer Kröger $8,500 12 3rd Final day
7 Wolfgang Eder $7,500 12
8 Gabe Walls $6,500 12

National team competition

  1. United States (Justin Gary, Gabe Walls, Joshua Wagner)
  2. Finland (Tomi Walamies, Tuomo Nieminen, Arho Toikka)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Kai Budde was awarded his fourth Pro Player of the year title.

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Kai Budde 80
2 Justin Gary 64
Mattias Jorstedt 64
4 Dirk Baberowski 58
5 Bob Maher, Jr. 56

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