The 2003–04 Pro Tour season was the ninth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 23 August 2003 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs

Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering)

Grands Prix are professional Magic: The Gathering tournaments, awarding cash prizes, Pro Points and invitations to Pro Tours. They are open to all players and are usually the biggest Magic tournaments. The first Grand Prix was held on 22–23 March 1997 in Amsterdam...

 in Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

 and London. It ended on 5 September 2004 with the conclusion of the 2004 World Championship in San Francisco. Beginning with this season Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

 moved the Pro Tour schedule farther backwards in the year to synchronize it with the calendar year. The season consisted of 26 Grand Prixs and 7 Pro Tours, held in Boston, New Orleans, Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, Kobe

Kobe

, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

, San Diego, Seattle, and San Francisco. Also the Master Series tournaments were discontinued and replaced by payout at the end of the year based on the Pro Player of the year standings. At the end of the season Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...

 was proclaimed Pro Player of the year, the first player after Kai Budde

Kai Budde

Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...

's three-year-domination period, and also the first player to win the title without winning a Pro Tour in the same season.

Grand Prixs – Yokohama, London, Atlanta

GP Yokohama (23–24 August)

1.   Shu Komuro
2.   Kazuki Kato
3.   Masashiro Kuroda
4.   Yuichi Yamagishi
5.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
6.   Shuhei Nakamura
7.   Kazuyuki Momose
8.   Yusuke Osaka

GP London (23–24 August)

1.   Diego Ostrovich
2.   Yann Hamon
3.   Mario Pascoli
4.   Eivind Nitter
5.   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa is an Italian-American Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include three Grand Prix wins, a US Nationals title in 2005, and a top eight at Pro Tour Prague 2006.- Achievements:Other accomplishments...
   
   
6.   Jose Barbero
7.   Josh Rider
8.   Frank Karsten
   Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)
   Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...
   
   

GP Atlanta (30–31 August)

1.   Marco Blume
2.   Matt Linde
3.   Joshua Wagener
4.   Keith McLaughlin
5.   Zvi Mowshowitz
   Zvi Mowshowitz
   -External links:*...
   
   
6.   Keith Thompson
7.   Sean Buckley
8.   Tim Bonneville

Pro Tour – Boston (12–14 September 2003)

"Phoenix Foundation" had its third consecutive Pro Tour Top 4 appearance, but this time they were eliminated by eventual champions "The Brockafellars". The team consisting of William Jensen

William Jensen

William Jensen is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Boston 2003, he has earned three other Pro Tour top eight finishes, and eight Grand Prix top eights, including two wins. Jensen is one of the few players to have beaten Kai Budde in the elimination rounds of...

, Matt Linde, and Brock Parker had allegedly not done a single practice draft in the format.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,100

Players: 399 (133 teams)

Format: Team Sealed (Onslaught

Onslaught (Magic: The Gathering)

Onslaught is the 27th Magic: The Gathering expert-level expansion set. It was released in October 2002. The set's main theme is creature types , and much of the game play concerns interactions between these "tribes". The story continues the saga of the Mirari from the previous block of expansion sets...

, Legions

Legions (Magic: The Gathering)

Legions is the second set in the Onslaught block of cards of Magic: The Gathering, along with the expansions Onslaught and Scourge. It contained 145 cards which continued on the themes started in Onslaught. Its expansion symbol is two spears behind a shield.-Set history:Legions is the only...

, Scourge

Scourge (Magic: The Gathering)

Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set. It is the third set of the Onslaught block. There are 143 cards overall. The expansion symbol is a dragon's skull.-Mechanics:...

) – first day, Team Rochester Draft (Onslaught-Legions-Scourge) – final two days

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 4

Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	The Brockafellars	Brock Parker Brock Parker John Brock Parker is a 27-year-old professional poker player from Silver Spring, Maryland. At the 2009 World Series of Poker he won two WSOP bracelets. First, he defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up to win a $2,500 limit Texas hold 'em short-handed event. Just four days later, he won his second...	$60,000	24
		William Jensen William Jensen William Jensen is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Boston 2003, he has earned three other Pro Tour top eight finishes, and eight Grand Prix top eights, including two wins. Jensen is one of the few players to have beaten Kai Budde in the elimination rounds of...		24	4th Final day
		Matt Linde		24	2nd Final day
2	Original Slackers	Lovre Crnobori	$30,000	18
		Jake Smith		18
		Rickard Österberg		18
3	Zabutan Nemonaut	Mike Turian Mike Turian Michael Turian is a successful professional player of Magic: The Gathering. He won Pro Tour New York with Team Potato Nation. Turian also won two Grand Prixs. In 2008 Mike Turian was voted in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted during the World championship in Memphis.- Career :Mike Turian qualified...	$18,000	12	3rd Final day
		Gary Wise Gary Wise Gary Wise is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Canada. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in November 2006. He also wrote the "Wise Words" and "Limited Skills" articles....		12	4th Final day
		Eugene Harvey Eugene Harvey (Magic: The Gathering player) Eugene Harvey is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His major successes include four Pro Tour top eights, and five Grand Prix top eights. Harvey was part of the US national team that won the World Championship in 2001, which was Harvey's first Pro Tour. He also won the 2002 US National...		12	2nd Final day
4	Phoenix Foundation	Marco Blume Marco Blume Marco Blume is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He has won two Pro Tours and one Masters as a member of team Phoenix Foundation, his teammates being Kai Budde and Dirk Baberowski. He also won a German national championship individually in 1999.- Top 8...	$15,000	12	3rd Final day
		Kai Budde Kai Budde Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...		12	9th Final day
		Dirk Baberowski Dirk Baberowski Dirk Baberowski is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He has won three Pro Tours, tying him in second place with Jon Finkel. Two of those victories were won at team Pro Tours with his teammates of Phoenix Foundation, Kai Budde and Marco Blume.In 2008, Barberowski...		12	5th Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Matt Linde	29
2	William Jensen William Jensen William Jensen is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Boston 2003, he has earned three other Pro Tour top eight finishes, and eight Grand Prix top eights, including two wins. Jensen is one of the few players to have beaten Kai Budde in the elimination rounds of...	24
	Brock Parker	24
4	Marco Blume Marco Blume Marco Blume is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He has won two Pro Tours and one Masters as a member of team Phoenix Foundation, his teammates being Kai Budde and Dirk Baberowski. He also won a German national championship individually in 1999.- Top 8...	18
	Lovre Crnobori	18
	Rickard Österberg	18
	Jake Smith	18

Grand Prixs – Genova, Sydney, Kansas City, Lyon

GP Genova (13–14 September)

1.   Reinhard Blech
2.   Jan Doise
3.   Stefano Fiore
4.   André Müller
5.   Simone Carboni
6.   Alessandro Vegna
7.   Marco Benifei
8.   Martin Heidemann

GP Sydney (4–5 October)

1.   Andrew Grain
2.   Andrew Gordon
3.   Lenny Collins
4.   Itaru Ishida
   Itaru Ishida
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. The bulk of his success has been on the Grand Prix circuit. With seventeen top eights, Ishida ranks fourth in this category behind Alex Shvartsman , and brothers Olivier and Antoine Ruel...
   
   
5.   Shun Jiang
6.   Jake Hart
7.   Daniel Turner
8.   Tim He

GP Kansas City (18–19 October)

1.   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa is an Italian-American Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include three Grand Prix wins, a US Nationals title in 2005, and a top eight at Pro Tour Prague 2006.- Achievements:Other accomplishments...
   
   
2.   Nathan Heiss
3.   Ben Stark
   Ben Stark
   Ben Stark is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His career accomplishments include back to back Pro Tour Top 8s in 2004 and winning Pro Tour Paris in 2011.-Magic: The Gathering:...
   
   
4.   Brian Kibler
   Brian Kibler
   Brian M. Kibler is an American game designer currently working with Gamer Entertainment, a gaming consultancy. In 2010 Kibler designed Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer with Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty, and John Fiorillo. Previously he worked on Chaotic and was the lead designer of the World of...
   
   
5.   Michael Krumb
6.   Gerry Thompson
7.   Justin Smith
8.   Jonathan Cassidy

GP Lyon (25–26 October)

1.   Yann Hamon
2.   Bruno Carvalho
3.   Daniel Madan
4.   Jeroen Remie
5.   Kevin Desprez
6.   Loïc Degrau
7.   Sebastien Bernaud
8.   Jelger Wiegersma
   Jelger Wiegersma
   Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Formerly a pro he is now considered to be retired, but shows up for a Pro Tour every once in a while. He has won one Pro Tours as a member of team Von Dutch with teammates being Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won a Grand Prix...
   
   

Pro Tour – New Orleans (31 October – 2 November 2003)

After finishing second with his team in Boston, Rickard Österberg returned to win Pro Tour New Orleans. The Extended format of New Orleans is considered to be one of the most powerful of all time and Österberg's deck was built around the soon to be banned card , too.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130

Players: 318

Format: Extended

Head Judge: Mike Guptil

Top 8

^* Hamon and Labarre both had to catch a flight on the morning of the Top 8 and did not want to book two new flights. They thus played an unofficial match at their hotel on the preceding evening to decide who would officially concede to the other. Hamon won 3–2.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Rickard Österberg	$30,000	32	2nd Final day
2	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	$20,000	24	3rd Final day
3	Yann Hamon	$15,000	16
4	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Hans Joachim Höh	$9,500	12
6	Eugene Harvey Eugene Harvey (Magic: The Gathering player) Eugene Harvey is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His major successes include four Pro Tour top eights, and five Grand Prix top eights. Harvey was part of the US national team that won the World Championship in 2001, which was Harvey's first Pro Tour. He also won the 2002 US National...	$8,500	12	3rd Final day
7	Tomohiro Yokosuka	$7,500	12
8	Nicolas Labarre	$6,500	12	4th Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Rickard Österberg	50
2	Matt Linde	31
3	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	30
4	Yann Hamon	27
5	Brock Parker	26
	William Jensen William Jensen William Jensen is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Boston 2003, he has earned three other Pro Tour top eight finishes, and eight Grand Prix top eights, including two wins. Jensen is one of the few players to have beaten Kai Budde in the elimination rounds of...	26

Grand Prixs – Shizuoka, Gothenburg, Munich, Anaheim

GP Shizuoka (8–9 November)

1.   Kazuki Katou
2.   Satoshi Harada
3.   Koichiro Maki
4.   Tomohide Sasagawa
5.   Kei Ikeda
6.   Ken'Ichi Fujita
7.   Ryouma Shiozu
8.   Yusuke Sasaki

GP Gothenburg (22–23 November)

1.   Jelger Wiegersma
   Jelger Wiegersma
   Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Formerly a pro he is now considered to be retired, but shows up for a Pro Tour every once in a while. He has won one Pro Tours as a member of team Von Dutch with teammates being Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won a Grand Prix...
   
   
2.   Tommi Hovi
   Tommi Hovi
   Tommi Hovi is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player from Finland. He was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in the inaugural class in 2005...
   
   
3.   Daniel Bertelsen
4.   Kai Budde
   Kai Budde
   Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...
   
   
5.   Sam Gomersall
6.   Daniel Zink
7.   David Linder
8.   Benjamin Lindqvist

GP Munich (6–7 December)

1.   Yann Hamon
2.   Reinhard Blech
3.   Georgios Kapalas
4.   Stefan Schwaiger
5.   Tobias Kroll
6.   Hannes Scholz
7.   Steven Gouin
8.   Dirk Hein

GP Anaheim (13–14 December)

1.   Ben Rubin
2.   Nathan Saunders
3.   Nick Meves
4.   Peter Szigeti
5.   Ben Stark
   Ben Stark
   Ben Stark is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His career accomplishments include back to back Pro Tour Top 8s in 2004 and winning Pro Tour Paris in 2011.-Magic: The Gathering:...
   
   
6.   Paul Rietzl
7.   Blake Quelle
8.   Gerard Fabiano
   Gerard Fabiano
   Gerard Fabiano is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His best finishes include a fourth place at Pro Tour Boston 2002, a win at Grand Prix Philadelphia 2008, and four other Grand Prix Top eights. He is famous in the community for rarely mulliganing and his outrageous...
   
   

Pro Tour – Amsterdam (16–18 January 2004)

Norwegian Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...

 defeated Osamu Fujita

Osamu Fujita

is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...

 in the finals to win Pro Tour Amsterdam. Other than Fujita and Herzog the final eight included only accomplished players with at least one other lifetime Pro Tour final day appearance.

Tournament data

Players: 347

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Rochester Draft (Mirrodin

Mirrodin

Mirrodin was the 50th Magic: The Gathering set, the 30th expert level set, and the first set in the Mirrodin Block, released in October 2003. It is a 306-card expansion set. It is also the name of the block containing the Mirrodin, Darksteel and Fifth Dawn expansion sets...

)

Head Judge: Gijsbert Hoogendijk

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	$30,000	32	3rd Final day
2	Osamu Fujita Osamu Fujita is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...	$20,000	24
3	Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...	$15,000	16	3rd Final day
4	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Kamiel Cornelissen Kamiel Cornelissen Kamiel Cornelissen is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eighteen players with five or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes, and a win with teammates Jelger...	$9,000	12	3rd Final day
6	Aeo Paquette	$8,500	12	Pro Tour debut
7	Farid Meraghni	$8,000	12	2nd Final day
8	Mike Turian Mike Turian Michael Turian is a successful professional player of Magic: The Gathering. He won Pro Tour New York with Team Potato Nation. Turian also won two Grand Prixs. In 2008 Mike Turian was voted in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted during the World championship in Memphis.- Career :Mike Turian qualified...	$7,500	12	4th Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Rickard Österberg	52
2	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	38
3	Yann Hamon	36
4	Osamu Fujita Osamu Fujita is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...	34
	Matt Linde	34
	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	34

Grand Prixs – Okayama, Oakland, Madrid

GP Okayama (24–25 January)

1.   Kazuya Shiki
2.   Itaru Ishida
   Itaru Ishida
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. The bulk of his success has been on the Grand Prix circuit. With seventeen top eights, Ishida ranks fourth in this category behind Alex Shvartsman , and brothers Olivier and Antoine Ruel...
   
   
3.   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...
   
   
4.   SangRyeol Lee
5.   Shinsuke Hayashi
6.   Asuka Doi
7.   Chikara Nakajima
8.   Kazura Hirabayashi

GP Oakland (7–8 February)

1.   Ken Ho
2.   Dave Humpherys
   Dave Humpherys
   David Humpherys is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player from the United States. Humpherys now works for the company that produced Magic, Wizards of the Coast. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in November 2006.- Top 8 appearances :- References :...
   
   
3.   Mike Turian
   Mike Turian
   Michael Turian is a successful professional player of Magic: The Gathering. He won Pro Tour New York with Team Potato Nation. Turian also won two Grand Prixs. In 2008 Mike Turian was voted in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted during the World championship in Memphis.- Career :Mike Turian qualified...
   
   
4.   Ian Spaulding
5.   Mitchell Tamblyn
6.   Ben Rubin
7.   Paul Rietzl
8.   Gabe Walls

GP Madrid (21–22 February)

1.   Kai Budde
   Kai Budde
   Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...
   
   
2.   Bernardo Da Costa Cabral
3.   Dirk Hein
4.   Raphael Lévy
   Raphaël Lévy
   Raphaël Lévy is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in November 2006. He is the first player to have been inducted while active on the Pro Tour. He is one of only four players to have won Grand Prix on three different...
   
   
5.   Thomas Gundersen
6.   Aniol Alcaraz
7.   Jaime Marrero
8.   Tommi Lindgren

Pro Tour – Kobe (27–29 February 2004)

On home turf Masashiro Kuroda won the first Pro Tour title for Japan, defeating Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...

 in the finals.

Tournament data

Players: 239

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Mirrodin Block Constructed (Mirrodin, Darksteel

Darksteel

Darksteel is an expansion set for the game Magic: The Gathering, the second in the Mirrodin block of sets that also features Mirrodin and Fifth Dawn. It was released in February 2004, containing 165 cards. Darksteel continued the themes established in Mirrodin: Artifact cards, equipment and the...

)

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Masashiro Kuroda	$30,000	32	1st Japanese Player to win a Pro Tour
2	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	$20,000	24	4th Final day
3	Alexandre Peset	$15,000	16	1st Pro Tour
4	Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Formerly a pro he is now considered to be retired, but shows up for a Pro Tour every once in a while. He has won one Pro Tours as a member of team Von Dutch with teammates being Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won a Grand Prix...	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Luigi Sbrozzi	$9,000	12	Pro Tour debut
6	Raffaele Lo Moro	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	Ben Stark Ben Stark Ben Stark is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His career accomplishments include back to back Pro Tour Top 8s in 2004 and winning Pro Tour Paris in 2011.-Magic: The Gathering:...	$8,000	12
8	Stefano Fiori	$7,500	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Rickard Österberg	59
2	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	58
3	Kai Budde Kai Budde Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...	43
4	Osamu Fujita Osamu Fujita is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...	42
5	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	41

Grand Prixs – Hong Kong, Sendai, Columbus, Birmingham, Washington DC, Bochum

GP Hong Kong (6–7 March)

1.   Chuen Hwa Tan
2.   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...
   
   
3.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
4.   Gabe Walls
5.   Takuya Osawa
6.   Steven Tan
7.   Terry Soh
8.   Chi-Chung Hwang

GP Sendai (20–21 March)

1.   Ichiro Shimura
2.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
3.   Yusuke Sasaki
4.   Antoine Ruel
   Antoine Ruel
   Antoine Ruel is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005...
   
   
5.   Jin Okamoto
6.   Toshihisa Yamanaka
7.   Hiroto Yasutomi
8.   Ippei Sogabe

GP Columbus (27–28 March)

1.   Mike Turian
   Mike Turian
   Michael Turian is a successful professional player of Magic: The Gathering. He won Pro Tour New York with Team Potato Nation. Turian also won two Grand Prixs. In 2008 Mike Turian was voted in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted during the World championship in Memphis.- Career :Mike Turian qualified...
   
   
2.   Craig Krempels
3.   Aaron Lipcynski
4.   Cedric Phillips
5.   Kate Stavola
6.   Matt Larson
7.   Brandon Rickard
8.   Brock Parker
   Brock Parker
   John Brock Parker is a 27-year-old professional poker player from Silver Spring, Maryland. At the 2009 World Series of Poker he won two WSOP bracelets. First, he defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up to win a $2,500 limit Texas hold 'em short-handed event. Just four days later, he won his second...
   
   

GP Birmingham (27–28 March)

1.   Stefan Jedlicka
2.   René Kraft
3.   Frank Karsten
   Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)
   Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...
   
   
4.   David Grant
5.   Mattias Jorstedt
6.   Jose Barbero
7.   Kamman Janpiam
8.   Niki Jedlicka

GP Washington D.C. (17–18 April)

1. Thaaaat's me

  Chris Fennell

  Bill Stead

  Charles Gindy

2. Shenanigans

  Adam Horvath

  Osyp Lebedowicz

Osyp Lebedowicz

Osyp Lebedowicz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He won Pro Tour Venice 2003, and is also known for his involvement in developing the Aether Vial affinity archetype.-Achievements:-References:...

  Patrick Sullivan

3. Your Move Games/Illuminati

  Darwin Kastle

Darwin Kastle

- Other accomplishments :* 2005 Hall of Fame inductee* Last player to have played all Pro Tours after 48 appearances from 1996 PT New York to 2004 PT Kobe- References :...

  Rob Dougherty

Rob Dougherty

Robert R. Dougherty is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Framingham, Massachusetts. He was inducted to the Magic Hall of Fame in November 2006. He is also a tournament organizer and the founder of Your Move Games...

  Alex Shvartsman

Alex Shvartsman

Alex Shvartsman is an American Magic: The Gathering player. While having enjoyed only a moderate degree of success on the Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful Grand Prix players ever. With 21 appearances, Shvartsman held the record for most Grand Prix top eights for a long time, and is now...

4. Re-Elect Gore

  Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel is an American Magic: The Gathering and poker player. In the year 2000, he became the world champion of Magic, as well as being on the team that became the team world champion.-Career:...

  Brian Kibler

Brian Kibler

Brian M. Kibler is an American game designer currently working with Gamer Entertainment, a gaming consultancy. In 2010 Kibler designed Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer with Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty, and John Fiorillo. Previously he worked on Chaotic and was the lead designer of the World of...

  Eric Froehlich

Eric Froehlich

Eric Froehlich is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of 2009, Froehlich's total live tournament winnings exceed $1,300,000. His 16 cashes at the WSOP account for $867,783 of those winnings....

GP Bochum (17–18 April)

1. Schietkoe

  Stijn Cornelissen

  Tom van de Logt

  Jesse Cornelissen

2. Team Burkas

  Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...

  Anton Jonsson

Anton Jonsson

Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...

  Tuomo Nieminen

3. The Unusual Suspects

  David Brucker

  Reinhard Blech

  Dirk Hein

4. NPC All Stars

  Sylvain Lehoux

  Alexandre Peset

  Loic Degrou

Pro Tour – San Diego (14–16 May 2004)

The second Mirrodin Draft Pro Tour saw three players amongst the final four, who had already finished in the Top 8 in the first Mirroding Draft Pro Tour. Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...

 even followed his Amsterdam win up with another win victory, thus taking home the title in both Mirrodin Draft Pro Tours.

Tournament data

Players: 312

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Mirrodin Booster Draft (Mirrodin-Darksteel)

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	$30,000	32	4th Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2	Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005...	$20,000	24	2nd Final day
3	Mike Turian Mike Turian Michael Turian is a successful professional player of Magic: The Gathering. He won Pro Tour New York with Team Potato Nation. Turian also won two Grand Prixs. In 2008 Mike Turian was voted in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted during the World championship in Memphis.- Career :Mike Turian qualified...	$15,000	16	5th Final day
4	Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...	$13,000	16	4th Final day
5	Mark Herberholz	$9,000	12
6	Ben Stark Ben Stark Ben Stark is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His career accomplishments include back to back Pro Tour Top 8s in 2004 and winning Pro Tour Paris in 2011.-Magic: The Gathering:...	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	Angel Perez del Pozo	$8,000	12	Pro Tour debut
8	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	$7,500	12	3rd Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	77
2	Rickard Österberg	65
3	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	63
4	Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005...	53
4	Kai Budde Kai Budde Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...	47

Grand Prixs – Brussels, Zurich

GP Brussels (29–30 May)

1.   Tobias Henke
2.   Kai Budde
   Kai Budde
   Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...
   
   
3.   Julien Nuijten
4.   Vasilis Fatouros
5.   Johannes Mitsios
6.   Xuan-Phi Nguyen
7.   Maxime Fays
8.   Stefano Fiore

GP Zurich (26–27 June)

1.   Manuel Bucher
2.   Matteo Cirigliano
3.   Sebastien Roux
4.   Frank Karsten
   Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)
   Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...
   
   
5.   Leonard Barbou
6.   Bertrand Fagnoni
7.   Timo Groth
8.   Charles Delvaux

Pro Tour – Seattle (9–11 July 2004)

Team "Von Dutch" from the Netherlands defeated Japanese "www.shop-fireBall.com2" in the finals to become the 2004 Pro Tour Seattle champions. The team consisted of Jeroen Remie, Jelger Wiegersma

Jelger Wiegersma

Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Formerly a pro he is now considered to be retired, but shows up for a Pro Tour every once in a while. He has won one Pro Tours as a member of team Von Dutch with teammates being Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won a Grand Prix...

, and Kamiel Cornelissen

Kamiel Cornelissen

Kamiel Cornelissen is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eighteen players with five or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes, and a win with teammates Jelger...

.

Tournament data

Players: 321 (107 teams)

Prize Pool: $200,100

Format: Team Sealed (Mirrodin, Darksteel, Fifth Dawn

Fifth Dawn

Fifth Dawn is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set which was released in May 2004. It is the third and final set of the Mirrodin block. There are 165 cards overall, and like the rest of Mirrodin, an unusually large number of them are artifacts...

) – first day, Team Rochester Draft (Mirrodin-Darksteel-Fifth Dawn)

Head Judge: Gijsbert Hoogendijk

Top 4

Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Von Dutch	Jeroen Remie	$60,000	24	3rd Final day
		Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Formerly a pro he is now considered to be retired, but shows up for a Pro Tour every once in a while. He has won one Pro Tours as a member of team Von Dutch with teammates being Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won a Grand Prix...		24	3rd Final day
		Kamiel Cornelissen Kamiel Cornelissen Kamiel Cornelissen is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eighteen players with five or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes, and a win with teammates Jelger...		24	4th Final day
2	www.shop-fireball.com2	Itaru Ishida Itaru Ishida is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. The bulk of his success has been on the Grand Prix circuit. With seventeen top eights, Ishida ranks fourth in this category behind Alex Shvartsman , and brothers Olivier and Antoine Ruel...	$30,000	18
		Tsuyoshi Ikeda Tsuyoshi Ikeda is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His success include four top eights at the Pro Tour level, and six on the Grand Prix level, including one win. He is ranked 12th on lifetime pro points.-Career:...		18	2nd Final day
		Jin Okamoto		18	2nd Final day
3	S.A.I.	Ichirou Shimura	$18,000	12
		Masami Ibamoto		12
		Ryuuichi Arita		12
4	Pocket Rockets	Paul Russell	$16,200	12	Pro Tour debut
		Jeseph Derro		12	Pro Tour debut
		Matthew Wood		12	Pro Tour debut

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	80
2	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	71
	Rickard Österberg	71
4	Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Formerly a pro he is now considered to be retired, but shows up for a Pro Tour every once in a while. He has won one Pro Tours as a member of team Von Dutch with teammates being Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won a Grand Prix...	64
5	Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005...	61

Grand Prixs – Kuala Lumpur, Orlando, New Jersey, Nagoya

GP Kuala Lumpur (24–25 July)

1.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
2.   Kwan Ching Yuen
3.   Zhen Xing Gao
4.   Tsuyoshi Fujita
   Tsuyoshi Fujita
   Tsuyoshi Fujita is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Osaka, Japan. His most notable finishes include three Pro Tour top eights. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame on 5 December 2007...
   
   
5.   Sim Han How
6.   Cheng Wee Pek
7.   Bernard Chan
8.   Khang Jong Kuan

GP Orlando (24–25 July)

1.   Osyp Lebedowicz
   Osyp Lebedowicz
   Osyp Lebedowicz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He won Pro Tour Venice 2003, and is also known for his involvement in developing the Aether Vial affinity archetype.-Achievements:-References:...
   
   
2. Michael Kuhmann
3. Adam Chernoff
4. Taylor Parnell
5.   William Jensen
   William Jensen
   William Jensen is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Boston 2003, he has earned three other Pro Tour top eight finishes, and eight Grand Prix top eights, including two wins. Jensen is one of the few players to have beaten Kai Budde in the elimination rounds of...
   
   
6.   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa is an Italian-American Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include three Grand Prix wins, a US Nationals title in 2005, and a top eight at Pro Tour Prague 2006.- Achievements:Other accomplishments...
   
   
7.   Jeff Garza
8. Harry Durnan

GP New Jersey (14–15 August)

1.   Jeff Garza
2.   Brian Kibler
   Brian Kibler
   Brian M. Kibler is an American game designer currently working with Gamer Entertainment, a gaming consultancy. In 2010 Kibler designed Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer with Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty, and John Fiorillo. Previously he worked on Chaotic and was the lead designer of the World of...
   
   
3.   Eugene Harvey
   Eugene Harvey (Magic: The Gathering player)
   Eugene Harvey is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His major successes include four Pro Tour top eights, and five Grand Prix top eights. Harvey was part of the US national team that won the World Championship in 2001, which was Harvey's first Pro Tour. He also won the 2002 US National...
   
   
4.   Jeroen Remie
5.   Jan Holland
6.   Adam Horvath
7.   Alexandre Peset
8.   Ty Dobbertin

GP Nagoya (28–29 August)

1.   Tatsunori Kishi
2.   Keisuke Hashimoto
3.   Masami Ibamoto
4.   Shun Iizuka
5.   Toru Takeshita
6.   Yuhi Kubota
7.   Masaki Yokoi
8.   Tomoharu Saitou
   Tomoharu Saitou
   is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players.-Career:Saitou debuted at Pro Tour Chicago 2000. An 83rd place finish meant he fell just short of making money. Later the same season, he made his first standout finish by reaching the top eight of the Asia Pacific...
   
   

2004 World Championships – San Francisco (1–5 September 2004)

15 year old Julien Nuijten from the Netherlands won the 2004 World Championship, defeating Aeo Paquette in the finals. Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...

 had his third final eight appearance within the season and thus claimed Pro Player of the year title. It was also his and Kamiel Cornelissen

Kamiel Cornelissen

Kamiel Cornelissen is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eighteen players with five or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes, and a win with teammates Jelger...

's fifth overall Top 8. Germany won the national team competition, defeating Belgium in the finals.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $208,130 (individual) + $208,000 (national teams)

Players: 304

Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Mirrodin-Darksteel-Fifth Dawn), Mirrodin Block Constructed (Mirrodin, Darksteel, Fifth Dawn)

Head Judge: Gijsbert Hoogendijk, Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Julien Nuijten	$35,000	32	Pro Tour debut
2	Aeo Paquette	$23,000	24	2nd Final day
3	Ryou Ogura	$15,000	16
4	Manuel Bevand	$13,000	16
5	Kamiel Cornelissen Kamiel Cornelissen Kamiel Cornelissen is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eighteen players with five or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes, and a win with teammates Jelger...	$9,500	12	5th Final day
6	Terry Soh	$8,500	12
7	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	$7,500	12	5th Final day
8	Murray Evans	$6,500	12

National team competition

1.   Germany (Sebastian Zink, Torben Twiefel, Roland Bode)
2.   Belgium (Dilson Ramos Da Fonseca, Vincent Lemoine, Geoffrey Siron)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...

 was awarded the Pro Player of the year title. He was the first player to win the title without winning a Pro Tour in the same season.

Rank	Player	Pro Points	Prize
1	Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...	86	$20,000
2	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	82	$19,800
3	Rickard Österberg	76	$19,600
4	Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005...	68	$19,400
5	Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Formerly a pro he is now considered to be retired, but shows up for a Pro Tour every once in a while. He has won one Pro Tours as a member of team Von Dutch with teammates being Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won a Grand Prix...	66	$19,200