2002–03 Pro Tour season| Pro Player of the Year |
 Kai Budde |
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| Rookie of the Year |
 Masashi Oiso |
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| World Champion |
Daniel Zink |
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| Pro Tours |
6 |
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| Grands Prix |
21 |
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| Masters |
4 |
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| Start of season |
24 August 2002 |
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| End of season |
10 August 2003 |
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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.
Grand Prixs – Sapporo, London, Cleveland
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
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| |
| 3
| Slay Pillage Gerard
| 0
| |
|
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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 |
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Pro Player of the year standings
Grand Prixs – Hamburg, Utsonomiya, Copenhagen, Philadelphia
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
| |
| 5
| John Larkin
| 3
| |
| |
| 4
| 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 and sideboard 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
| Round of 32
| | | Round of 16
| | | 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
Grand Prixs – Melbourne, Los Angeles, Reims, New Orleans
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 matched only by Kai Budde after his pro tour Amsterdam top 8 in 2010.[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[10]
Top 8
| Quarter-finals
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Finals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | |
| 1
| Eugene Harvey
| 2
| |
|
| 8
| Dustin Stern
| 3
| |
| | Dustin Stern
| 1
| |
|
|
| | Nicolai Herzog
| 3
| |
| 5
| Bram Snepvangers
| 2
| |
| |
| 4
| 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
| Round of 32
| | | Round of 16
| | | 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
Grand Prixs – Hiroshima, Sevilla, Boston
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.[11] The Masters was won by the Japanese team "PS2".[12]
Tournament data
Players: 310[13]
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Onslaught Block Constructed (Onslaught, Legions)
Head Judge: Collin Jackson[14]
Top 8
| Quarter-finals
| | | Semi-finals
| | | Finals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | |
| 1
| Gabriel Nassif
| 1
| |
|
| 8
| William Jensen
| 3
| |
| | William Jensen
| 2
| |
|
|
| | Osyp Lebedowicz
| 3
| |
| 5
| Osyp Lebedowicz
| 3
| |
| |
| 4
| Akihiro Kashima
| 0
| |
| | Osyp Lebedowicz
| 3
| |
|
|
| | Tomi Walamies
| 0
| |
| 3
| Tomi Walamies
| 3
| | |
| |
| 6
| Mattias Jorstedt
| 1
| |
| | Tomi Walamies
| 3
| |
|
|
| | Jordan Berkowitz
| 0
| |
| 7
| Darwin Kastle
| 1
| |
| |
| 2
| 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[11] |
| 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
|
| |
| 5
| Panzer Hunters
| 2
| |
| |
| 4
| Phoenix Foundation
|
| |
| | PS2
| 2
| |
|
|
| | 2020
| 1
| |
| 3
| Outland
|
| | |
| |
| 6
| 2020
| 2
| |
| | 2020
| 2
| |
|
|
| | Courtney's Boys
|
| |
| 7
| Courtney's Boys
| 2
| |
| |
| 2
| Illuminati
|
| |
|
|
Pro Player of the year standings
Grand Prixs – Kyoto, Singapore, Prague
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.[15] In the final of the last Masters tournament Bob Maher, Jr. defeated Gabriel Nassif.[16]
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
| |
| 5
| Jon Finkel
| 3
| |
| |
| 4
| Benjamin Caumes
| 1
| |
| | Mattias Jorstedt
| 3
| |
|
|
| | Masashi Oiso
| 0
| |
| 3
| Tsuyoshi Ikeda
| 3
| | |
| |
| 6
| Ben Seck
| 2
| |
| | Tsuyoshi Ikeda
| 0
| |
|
|
| | Masashi Oiso
| 3
| |
| 7
| Masashi Oiso
| 3
| |
| |
| 2
| 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
| Round of 32
| | | Round of 16
| | | 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
Grand Prixs – Pittsburgh, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Detroit
2003 World Championships – Berlin (6–10 August 2003)
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.[17]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $208,130 (individual) + $213,000 (national teams)
Players: 309
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
| |
| 5
| Jin Okamoto
| 3
| |
| |
| 4
| 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
- United States (Justin Gary, Gabe Walls, Joshua Wagner)
- 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.
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