Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2006

2006 Pro Tour season
Pro Player of the Year Shouta Yasooka
Rookie of the Year Sebastian Thaler
World Champion Makihito Mihara
Pro Tours 5
Grands Prix 22
Hall of Fame inductions Bob Maher, Jr.
Dave Humpherys
Raphaël Lévy
Gary Wise
Rob Dougherty
Start of season 10 December 2005
End of season 3 December 2006
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Pro Tour season was the eleventh season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 18 December 2005 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs in Lille and Charlotte. It ended on 3 December 2006 with the conclusion of the 2006 World Championship in Paris. The season consisted of 22 Grand Prixs and 5 Pro Tours, held in Honolulu, Prague, Charleston, Kobe, and Paris. At the end of the season Shouta Yasooka from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year. At the Worlds in Paris the second class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys, Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty.

Contents

Grand Prixs – Lille, Charlotte, Hasselt, Richmond, Dortmund

GP Lille (18–19 December)
  1. Helmut Summersberger
  2. Daniel Krutil
  3. Nicholas Labarre
  4. Luca Verdiani
  5. Martin Brenner
  6. Loïc Le Briand
  7. Max Bracht
  8. Nicolas Francois
GP Charlotte (18–19 December)
  1. Michael Krumb
  2. Alex Majlaton
  3. Kyle Goodman
  4. David Shiels
  5. Antonino De Rosa
  6. Alan Hubbard
  7. Chris Boozer
  8. Thomas LaPille
GP Hasselt (28–29 January)
  1. Sam Gomersall
  2. Julien Goron
  3. Maurice Palijama
  4. Ziga Fritz
  5. Helge Nelson
  6. Dimitri Reinderman
  7. Quentin Martin
  8. Francois Moreau
GP Richmond (4–5 February)
  1. Richard Hoaen
  2. Jonathan Sonne
  3. Adam Chambers
  4. John Fiorillo
  5. Eugene Harvey
  6. Taylor Webb
  7. Gerry Thompson
  8. Michael Pinnegar
GP Dortmund (18–19 February)
  1. David Brucker
  2. Julien Goron
  3. Mathias Wigge
  4. Marco Rothaupt
  5. Dennis Grudowski
  6. Julien Nuijten
  7. Olivier Ruel
  8. Stefan Rentzsch

Pro Tour – Honolulu (3–5 March 2006)

Mark Herberholz won Pro Tour Honolulu piloting a green/red aggro-deck. He defeated Craig Jones in the finals. The final eight included both Ruel brothers, Antoine and Olivier. Notably absent from the Top 8 were the Japanese players after thirteen consecutive final day appearances.[1]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 410
Format: Standard
Head Judge: John Shannon[2]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Craig Jones 3  
8  Antoine Ruel 0  
   Craig Jones 3  
   Olivier Ruel 2  
4  Max Bracht 2
  5  Olivier Ruel 3  
     Craig Jones 2
   Mark Herberholz 3
  2  Osyp Lebedowicz 1  
7  Mark Herberholz 3  
   Mark Herberholz 3
   Tiago Chan 1  
3  Tiago Chan 3
  6  Ruud Warmenhoven 0  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Mark Herberholz $40,000 25 3rd Final day
2 Craig Jones $22,000 20
3 Tiago Chan $15,000 16
4 Olivier Ruel $14,000 16 5th Final day
5 Osyp Lebedowicz $11,500 12 3rd Final day
6 Max Bracht $11,000 12
7 Ruud Warmenhoven $10,500 12
8 Antoine Ruel $10,000 12 4th Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Mark Herberholz 28
2 Olivier Ruel 22
3 Craig Jones 20
4 Tiago Chan 18
5 Max Bracht 15

Grand Prixs – Manila, Cardiff, Madison, Hamamatsu, Barcelona

GP Manila (18–19 March)
  1. James Porter
  2. Jiro Francisco
  3. Cynic Kim
  4. Bo Sun
  5. Jake Hart
  6. Felix Gonzales
  7. Takuya Osawa
  8. Dominic Ortega
GP Cardiff (25–26 March)
  1. Martin Dingler
  2. Wesimo Al-Bacha
  3. Roel van Heeswijk
  4. Julian Jardine
  5. Quentin Martin
  6. Bram Snepvangers
  7. Raphaël Lévy
  8. Antoine Ruel
GP Madison (25–26 March)
1. Faddy Josh
Brian Ziegler
Tim Bulger
Takanobu Sato
2. Free James Beeton
Kyle Goodman
Mark Ioli
Benjamin Lundquist
3. 4815162342
Richard Hoaen
Eric Froehlich
Bob Maher, Jr.
4. Cedric Philips Stole My Bike
John Pelcak
Chris McDaniel
Jonathan Sonne
GP Hamamatsu (8–9 April)
1. Tanii Monogatari
Kotatsu Saitou
Takahiro Katayama
Yuusuke Tanii
2. Stardust Crusader
Akira Asahara
Masaya Kitayama
Shouta Yasooka
3. Limit Break
Takuya Oosawa
Ryou Ogura
Itaru Ishida
4. Kiosk
Takashi Ishihara
Shuhei Itou
Daisuke Saitou
GP Barcelona (8–9 April)
  1. Helmut Summersberger
  2. Raphaël Lévy
  3. Jelger Wiegersma
  4. Johan Sadeghpour
  5. Olivier Ruel
  6. Aniol Alcaraz
  7. Jean Charles Salvin
  8. Sebastian Aljiaj

Pro Tour – Prague (5–7 May 2006)

Takuya Osawa won Pro Tour Prague, defeating Aaron Brackmann in the finals. In a Top 8 of rather unknown players Shuhei Nakamura was the only one to have made it to the final stage of a PT before.[3]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 415
Format: Booster Draft (Ravnica-Guildpact-Dissension)
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer[2]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Takuya Osawa 3  
8  Joe Crosby 0  
   Takuya Osawa 3  
   Shuhei Nakamura 1  
4  Shuhei Nakamura 3
  5  Antonino De Rosa 2  
     Takuya Osawa 3
   Aaron Brackmann 0
  2  Christian Hüttenberger 3  
7  Quentin Martin 2  
   Christian Hüttenberger 0
   Aaron Brackmann 3  
3  Aaron Brackmann 3
  6  Rasmus Sibast 2  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Takuya Osawa $40,000 25
2 Aaron Brackmann $22,000 20
3 Shuhei Nakamura $15,000 16 3rd Final day
4 Christian Hüttenberger $14,000 16
5 Rasmus Sibast $11,500 12
6 Antonino De Rosa $11,000 12
7 Joe Crosby $10,500 12
8 Quentin Martin $10,000 12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Mark Herberholz 32
Olivier Ruel 32
3 Takuya Osawa 30
4 Craig Jones 24
Quentin Martin 24

Grand Prixs – Torino, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur

GP Torino (3–4 June)
  1. Nico Bohny
  2. Antoine Ruel
  3. Bram Snepvangers
  4. Klaus Jöns
  5. Marco Lombardi
  6. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
  7. Giacomo Mallamaci
  8. Pierre Canali
GP Toronto (3–4 June)
  1. Antonino De Rosa
  2. Jonathan Sonne
  3. Kyle Sanchez
  4. Mark Lovin
  5. John Fiorillo
  6. Brad Taulbee
  7. Jay Jiang
  8. Jelger Wiegersma
GP Kuala Lumpur (3–4 June)
  1. Kenji Tsumura
  2. Osamu Fujita
  3. Quentin Martin
  4. Ruud Warmenhoven
  5. Terry Soh
  6. Shouta Yasooka
  7. Cynic Kim
  8. Itaru Ishida

Pro Tour – Charleston (16–18 June 2006)

The Japanese team "Kajiharu80" won Pro Tour Charleston, defeating the Brazlian team "Raaala Pumba" in the final. "Kajiharu80" consisted of Tomohiro Kaji, Shouta Yasooka, and Tomoharu Saitou. With 525 competitors in 175 teams Pro Tour Charleston was the biggest Pro Tour ever. It was also the only Team Constructed Pro Tour ever.[4]

Tournament data

Players: 525 (175 teams)
Prize Pool: $234,000
Format: 3-Person Team Block Constructed (Ravnica, Guildpact, Dissension)
Head Judge: Sheldon Menery[2]

Top 4

  Semi-finals Semi-finals
                 
 Raaala Pumba 2  
 Big Timing With Big Oots 1  
     Raaala Pumba 1
   Kajiharu80 2
 Kajiharu80 2
 D-25 1  

Final standings

Place Team Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Kajiharu80 Tomohiro Kaji $75,000 20 3rd Final day
Shouta Yasooka 20
Tomoharu Saitou 20 2nd Final day
2 Raaala Pumba Celso Zampere $36,000 16
Willy Edel 16
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 16
3 D-25 Chikura Nakajima $21,000 12
Ryuichi Arita 12 4th Final day
Kazuya Mitamura 12
4 Big Timing With Big Oots Chris McDaniel $18,000 12 2nd Final day
Gadiel Szleifer 12 3rd Final day
John Pelcak 12

Grand Prixs – Toulouse, St. Louis, Malmo, Hiroshima, Phoenix, Sydney, Athens

GP Toulouse (24–25 June)
  1. Kenji Tsumura
  2. Marijn Lybaert
  3. Shuhei Nakamura
  4. Adrian Olivera
  5. Julien Soum
  6. Olivier Ruel
  7. Shouta Yasooka
  8. Thomas Didierjean
GP St. Louis (22–23 July)
  1. Shuhei Nakamura
  2. Zac Hill
  3. Kenji Tsumura
  4. Chris Fennell
  5. Alex Kim
  6. Pierre Mondon
  7. Dalton King
  8. Jeremy Kunkel
GP Malmo (22–23 July)
  1. Wessel Oomens
  2. Vasilis Fatouros
  3. Wilco Pinkster
  4. Axel Berglund
  5. Jelger Wiegersma
  6. Kamiel Cornelissen
  7. André Coimbra
  8. Asbjørn Fallesen
GP Hiroshima (19–20 August)
  1. Shuhei Nakamura
  2. André Coimbra
  3. Takahiro Suzuki
  4. Basam Tebet
  5. Julien Nuijten
  6. Kentarou Nonaka
  7. Ichirou Shimura
  8. Yuusuke Wakisaka
GP Phoenix (2–3 September)
  1. Carlos Romão
  2. Sean Inoue
  3. Raphaël Lévy
  4. Sam Stein
  5. Geoffrey Siron
  6. Gadiel Szleifer
  7. André Coimbra
  8. Shu Kumuro
GP Sydney (7–8 October)
  1. James Zhang
  2. Anatoli Lightfoot
  3. Tomoharu Saitou
  4. Jeremy Neeman
  5. Steven Aplin
  6. Takuya Oosawa
  7. Shouta Yasooka
  8. Hugh Glanville
GP Athens (14–15 October)
  1. Sebastian Aljiaj
  2. Vincent Lemoine
  3. Marcio Carvalho
  4. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
  5. David Brucker
  6. Antoine Ruel
  7. Evangelos Papatsarouchas
  8. Aaron Brackmann

Pro Tour – Kobe (20–22 October 2006)

German Jan-Moritz Merkel won Pro Tour Kobe. It was his first appearance at a Pro Tour.[5]

Tournament data

Players: 388
Prize Pool: $240,245
Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral)
Head Judge: John Shannon[2]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
   Bastien Perez 3  
 Kenji Tsumura 1  
   Bastien Perez 1  
   Jan-Moritz Merkel 3  
 Tomoharu Saitou 2
   Jan-Moritz Merkel 3  
    1  Jan-Moritz Merkel 3
   Willy Edel 1
   Thomas Didierjean 3  
 Bram Snepvangers 2  
   Thomas Didierjean 1
   Willy Edel 3  
 Takahiro Suzuki 2
   Willy Edel 3  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Jan-Moritz Merkel $40,000 25 Pro Tour debut
2 Willy Edel $22,000 20 2nd Final day
3 Bastien Perez $15,000 16
4 Thomas Didierjean $14,000 16 Pro Tour debut
5 Kenji Tsumura $11,500 12 4th Final day
6 Bram Snepvangers $11,000 12 3rd Final day
7 Tomoharu Saitou $10,500 12 3rd Final day
8 Takahiro Suzuki $10,000 12

Grand Prixs – New Jersey, Yamagata

GP New Jersey (11–12 November)
  1. Guillaume Cardin
  2. Richard Hoaen
  3. Timothy Aten
  4. Jason Imperiale
  5. Gerry Thompson
  6. John Pelcak
  7. Andrew Stokinger
  8. Shouta Yasooka
GP Yamagata (18–19 November)
  1. Takihiro Suzuki
  2. Takeshi Ozawa
  3. Jelger Wiegersma
  4. Katsuhiro Mori
  5. Richard Hoaen
  6. Antoine Ruel
  7. Ryo Ogura
  8. Yuu Murakami

2006 World Championships – Paris (29 November – 3 December 2006)

Main article: Magic: The Gathering World Championship#2006 World Championship

The tournament began with the Hall of Fame induction of Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty. In an all-Japanese final Makihito Mihara defeated Ryo Ogura. The Dutch team of Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, and Robert van Medevoort won the team finals against Japan.[6]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $255,245 (individual) + $210,000 (national teams)
Players: 356
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Time Spiral), Extended
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer, Jason Ness[2]

Top 8

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1  Paulo Carvalho 0  
8  Ryo Ogura 3  
   Ryo Ogura 3  
   Nicholas Lovett 2  
4  Nicholas Lovett 3
  5  Katsuhiro Mori 1  
     Ryo Ogura 0
   Makihito Mihara 3
  2  Paulo Vitor
Damo da Rosa		 2  
7  Makihito Mihara 3  
   Makihito Mihara 3
   Gabriel Nassif 2  
3  Tiago Chan 2
  6  Gabriel Nassif 3  

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Makihito Mihara $50,000 25
2 Ryo Ogura $25,000 20 2nd Final day
3 Nicholas Lovett $16,000 16 1st Welshmen in a Top 8, Pro Tour debut
4 Gabriel Nassif $15,000 16 7th Final day
5 Paulo Carvalho $11,500 12 Pro Tour debut
6 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $11,000 12 2nd Final day
7 Tiago Chan $10,500 12 2nd Final day
8 Katsuhiro Mori $10,000 12 2nd Final day

National team competition

  1. The Netherlands (Julien Nuijten, Kamiel Cornelissen, Robert van Medevoort)
  2. Japan (Hidenori Katayama, Katsuhiro Mori, Shuhei Yamamoto)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Shouta Yasooka was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.[7]

Rank Player Pro Points
1 Shouta Yasooka 60
2 Shuhei Nakamura 56
3 Tiago Chan 51
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 51
5 Tomoharu Saitou 50

References

  1. ^ "Living on Heezy Street". Wizards of the Coast. 5 March 2006. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/pthon06/welcome. Retrieved 27 March 2009. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "Head Judges of Pro Tours and World Championships". XS4ALL. 30 October 2009. http://magic.wiki.xs4all.nl/index.php?title=Head_Judges_of_Pro_Tours_and_World_Championships. Retrieved 16 November 2009. 
  3. ^ "Osawa's Wurms Flog Prague". Wizards of the Coast. 7 May 2006. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/ptpra06/welcome. Retrieved 27 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Kajiharu80 puts the Char in Charleston". Wizards of the Coast. 18 June 2006. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/ptcha06/welcome. Retrieved 27 March 2009. 
  5. ^ "Merkel's Time is Now". Wizards of the Coast. 22 October 2006. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/ptkob06/welcome. Retrieved 27 March 2009. 
  6. ^ "Mihara, Dutch Crowned World Champions!". Wizards of the Coast. 3 December 2006. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds06/welcome. Retrieved 27 March 2009. 
  7. ^ "2006 Player of the Year Race". Wizards of the Coast. 13 December 2006. http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=protour/standings/poy06. Retrieved 27 March 2009. 

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