The 1999–2000 Pro Tour season was the fifth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It began on 3 September 1999 with Pro Tour

Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)

The Pro Tour is the highest form of competitive play for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. It consists of a series of payout tournaments held throughout the world, each requiring an invitation to participate. Every PT awards a total of $230,000 in cash prizes, with $40,000 going to...

 Boston and ended on 6 August 2000 with the conclusion of 2000 World Championship in Brussels. The season consisted of twenty Grand Prixs, and six Pro Tours, located in Washington D.C., London, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Brussels. At the end of the season Bob Maher, Jr. was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.

Pro Tour – Washington D.C. (3–5 September 1999)

Washington D.C. was the first team Pro Tour. In a high-profile Top 8 featuring five players, who were later inducted into the Hall of Fame

Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame

The Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame was started in 2005 to honor the most successful Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour players. The first inductions came on the tenth anniversary of the first Pro Tour event, and new Hall of Famers will be determined annually...

, all team Your Move Games (YMG) came out on top. YMG consisted of 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 :...

, 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...

, and 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 :...

, all eventual members of the Hall of Fame.

Tournament data

Players: 243 (81 teams)

Format: Urza's Saga Team Sealed (Urza's Saga

Urza's Saga

Urza's Saga is the 15th expert level set, a 350-card Magic: The Gathering expansion set that debuted in October 1998. Some employees of Wizards consider it one of the most powerful sets ever released, with many cards now banned in tournament formats...

, Urza's Legacy

Urza's Legacy

Urza's Legacy is a Magic: The Gathering set, second in the Urza Block. Urza's Legacy was released in February 1999.-Set history:This set is the first set to feature premium cards also known as foil cards, inserted randomly into boosters and taking the place of a card in the common slot.- Storyline...

, Urza's Destiny

Urza's Destiny

Urza's Destiny is a Magic: The Gathering set, third in the Urza Block. Urza's Destiny was released on June 23, 1999. It was released in digital form on Magic Online on April 13, 2011.- Storyline :...

) – first day, Urza's Saga Team Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny) – final two days

Head Judge: Mike Guptil

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Comment
1	Your Move Games	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...	$30,000	2nd Final day
		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 :...		2nd Final day
		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 :...		4th Final day
2	Game Empire	Kurt Burgner		2nd Final day
		Alan Comer Alan Comer Alan Comer is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was elected to the Magic Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2005. He was the only member of the class never to have won a Pro Tour...		3rd Final day
		Brian Selden Brian Selden Brian Selden was the winner of the 1998 Magic: The Gathering World Championship.His strategy in the tournament was to use two cards, called Survival of the Fittest and Recurring Nightmare repeatedly...		2nd Final day
3	Antarctica	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:...		6th Final day
		Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. At the height of his career in the late 1990s, he was considered one of the best players. He is well known as a friend and teammate to Jon Finkel.-Career:...		3rd Final day
		Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
4	THL	Marc Aquino
		Richard Jones
		Drew McLean

Grand Prixs – Tohoku, Memphis, Lisbon

GP Tohoku (11–12 September)

1.   Higashino Masayuki
2.   Kazuyuki Momose
3.   Satoshi Nakamura
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.   Toshiki Tsukamoto
6.   Ayumi Hidaka
7.   Hiroshi Harada
8.   Yuichi Taguchi

GP Memphis (18–19 September)

1.   Michael Pustilnik
   Michael Pustilnik
   -References:...
   
   
2. Mike Heffern
3. Kyle Kloeckner
4. Matthew Norton
5.   Adrian Sullivan
6. David Jafari
7. Ric Watts
8. Matt Rauseo

GP Lisbon (25–26 September)

1. Helder Coelho
2. Paolo Cruz
3.   Stephane Gentric
4.   Rui Mariani
5. Pedro Marcos
6.   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...
   
   
7.   Kuniyoshi Ishii
8.   Hector Fuentes

Pro Tour – London (15–17 October 1999)

Kyle Rose won Pro Tour London, defeating Austrian Thomas Preyer in the finals. 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 :...

's back to back Top 8 appearances in Washington and London brought him to five final day appearance in his career.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $151,635

Format: Urza's Saga Booster Draft (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny)

Head Judge: Carl Crook

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Comment
1	Kyle Rose	$25,000	3rd Final day
2	Thomas Preyer	$15,000
3	Mike Bregoli	$10,000
4	Ben Rubin	$8,000	3rd Final day
5	Gunnar Refsdal	$6,500
6	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...	$5,500
7	Marc Hernandez	$4,800
8	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 :...	$4,300	5th Final day

Grand Prixs – Kyushu, Sao Paulo, Milan, San Diego, Tours

GP Kyushu (30–31 October)

1.   Tadayoshi Komiya
2.   Eisaku Itadani
3.   Katsuhiro Mori
   Katsuhiro Mori
   is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is the most successful player in the individual portion of World Championships, winning one tournament and making the top eight of two others.-Career:...
   
   
4.   Fumihiko Sano
5.   Masashiro Kuroda
6.   Masayuki Higashino
7.   Takuichi Harino
8.   Toshiki Tsukamoto

GP San Diego (20–21 November)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   Gary Krakower
3.   David Williams
   David Williams (card player)
   David Anthony Williams is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player.-Personal life:Williams was born in Arlington, Texas. He briefly attended Princeton University before switching to study economics at Southern Methodist University...
   
   
4.   Charles Kornblith
5.   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 :...
   
   
6.   John Yoo
7.   Trevor Blackwell
8. Eric James

GP São Paulo (6–7 November)

1.   Rafael Assafi Alvarengi
2.   Douglas Maioli
3.   Carlos Mao
4.   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...
   
   
5.   Carlos Romão
   Carlos Romão
   Carlos Eduardo Romão is a Brazilian Magic: The Gathering player. He is best known for his win at the 2002 World Championships. Along with Diego Ostrovich, he is widely regarded as the first South American to achieve success on the Pro Tour, and was the first South American to win a Pro...
   
   
6.   Eduardo Simao Teixeira
7.   F. Moreira Bandeira
8.   Rodrigo Jose Constanza

GP Tours (27–28 November)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   Nicolas Labarre
3.   Eric Vinh
4.   Franck Canu
5.   Christer Ljones
6.   Camille Gleizes
7.   Thomas F. Gunderson
8.   Svend Geertsen

GP Milan (6–7 November)

1.   Ziga Fritz
2.   Raphael Gennari
3.   William Cavaglieri
4.   Mario Delucis
5.   Ivan Solaja
6.   Micha Schulte-Middelich
7.   Ivan Curina
8.   Sasa Zorc

Pro Tour – Chicago (3–5 December 1999)

Bob Maher, Jr. won Pro Tour Chicago playing a blue-green-white control deck. He defeated Brian Davis in the finals 3–2. First time Pro Tour attendant Davis reportedly played so horribly, that around spectators the joke went, that Davis was the first to have played 5–0 in the finals and lost, referring to their perception that he could and should have won every single game.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $151,635

Players: 344

Format: Extended

Head Judge: Nat Fairbanks

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Comment
1	Bob Maher, Jr.	$25,000
2	Brian Davis	$15,000	Pro Tour debut
3	Christian Lührs	$10,000	2nd Final day
4	Raphaël 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...	$8,000	2nd Final day
5	Alan Comer Alan Comer Alan Comer is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was elected to the Magic Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2005. He was the only member of the class never to have won a Pro Tour...	$6,500	4th Final day
6	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...	$5,500	2nd Final day
7	Tony Dobson	$4,800
8	Hector Fuentes	$4,300	1st Spaniard in a Top 8

Grand Prixs – Manila, Seattle, Madrid

GP Manila (4–5 December)

1.   Christopher Parreñas
2.   Frederick Salazar
3.   Francis Robert Profeta
4. Lawrence Lagman
5. Au Yeung Hon Ming
6. Andrew Buchanan
7. Dino Eric Yu
8. Ramon Allan Oca, Jr.

GP Seattle (15–16 January)

1.   Bob Maher, Jr.
2. Jeremy Brower
3. Tim Kariel
4.   David Price
5.   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...
   
   
6.   Jasar Elarar
7.   Mike Hron
8. David Weitz

GP Madrid (29–30 January)

1.   Carlos Barrado
2. Xavi Gonzales
3.   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.   Tony Dobson
5.   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...
   
   
6. Alex Dominguez Ramos
7.   Rui Mariani
8.   Patrick Mello

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (4–6 February 2000)

Trevor Blackwell defeated Chris Benafel in the finals to become Pro Tour Los Angeles champion.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $151,635

Players: 337

Format: Mercadian Masques Booster Draft (Mercadian Masques

Mercadian Masques

Mercadian Masques is the nineteenth Magic: The Gathering expansion and was released in October 1999 as the first set in the Masques block. It is notable for being the first set not protected by Wizards of the Coast's "Reprint Policy"...

)

Head Judge: Dan Gray

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Comment
1	Trevor Blackwell	$25,000
2	Chris Benafel	$15,000
3	Kurt Burgner	$10,000	3rd Final day
4	Mike Long Mike Long Michael Long is a former professional Magic: The Gathering card game player. He was a highly influential and controversial Pro Tour mainstay for a number of years in the late 1990s. Despite making four Pro Tour top eights and winning Pro Tour Paris in 1997, Long's legacy is the subject of much...	$8,000	4th Final day
5	Erno Ekebom	$6,500
6	Bruce Cowley	$5,500
7	Andrew Nishioka	$4,800
8	Brian Selden Brian Selden Brian Selden was the winner of the 1998 Magic: The Gathering World Championship.His strategy in the tournament was to use two cards, called Survival of the Fittest and Recurring Nightmare repeatedly...	$4,300	3rd Final day

Grand Prix – Taipei, Philadelphia, Cannes, Kuala Lumpur, Frankfurt

GP Taipei (12–13 February)

1.   Tadayoshi Komiya
2.   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...
   
   
3.   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.   Jim Len
5.   Lucifar Sun
6.   Chi Jin Guo
7.   Satoshi Nakamura
8.   Tobey Tamber

GP Philadelphia (19–20 February)

1.   Trey Van Cleave
2. Britt Fitch
3.   Scott McCord
4. John Marks
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. David Roderer
7.   Brad Swan
8. Michael Bernat

GP Cannes (26–27 February)
1. Black Ops

  Florent Jeudon

  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...

  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...

2. New Wave

  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...

  Bram Snepvangers

Bram Snepvangers

Bram Snepvangers is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is now considered retired, but has been on and off the Pro Tour for twelve years. In addition to his success playing Magic, he is known as a community builder both as a judge and a tournament organiser. Each year he hosts an invitational...

  Thomas Preyer

3. Legion of Rabbits

  Nicolas Labarre

  Manuel Bevand

  Marie Laure Saulnier

4. The Tightans

  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz

  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...

  David Williams

David Williams (card player)

David Anthony Williams is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player.-Personal life:Williams was born in Arlington, Texas. He briefly attended Princeton University before switching to study economics at Southern Methodist University...

GP Kuala Lumpur (4–5 March)

1.   Ryan Soh
2.   Tishen Tham
3.   Wai Kin Au Yong
4.   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:...
   
   
5.   Jun Nobushita
6.   Tsutomu Yamada
7.   Albertus Law
8.   Wei Ren Khoo

GP Frankfurt (8–9 April)
1. III Heroes

  Jim Herold

  Sebastian Moises

  Gunnar Refsdal

2. Hammer of Brno

  Martin Laznovsky

  Ivan Stanoev

  Libor Marek

3. Trash A

  Jakub Slemr

  Ondrej Baurys

  Tomas Kosicka

4. Absolute Samuels

  Daniel Steinsdorfer

  Demir Sejdiu

  Patrick Jansen

Pro Tour – New York (14–16 April 2000)

Sigurd Eskeland won Pro Tour New York, defeating Warren Marsh in the finals. Eskeland played a blue control-deck with the centerpiece of the deck being . His opponent played the deck most present at this tournament, Rebels. PT New York is considered to be the first time where there was a dominant deck at a Pro Tour, the deck did not win the tournament.

43% of the players entering the tournament had chosen rebel decks. On the second day of the tournament rebels were even more present, comprising and unprecedented 57% of the field. These numbers were again topped by the final eight where six of eight decks were rebel decks. In contrast the winning Rising Waters deck comprised only 8.4% of the field on day one and 14.5% on day two. In the top eight the two non-rebel decks were both Rising Waters decks. Rising Waters on both days had the highest winning percantage of all decks played with 60% on day one and 53.8% on day two.

Tournament data

Players: 310

Prize pool: $151,635

Format: Mercadian Masques Block Constructed (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis

Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering)

Nemesis is the second set in the Mercadian Masques block of sets in the Magic: The Gathering game, along with the expansions Mercadian Masques and Prophecy. Its expansion symbol is an axe. The set consists of 143 cards and was released on February 14, 2000...

)

Location: New York State Armory

New York State Armory

There are New York State Armories in cities and towns all over the state, housing various units of the New York National Guard. Some are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These include:* Flushing Armory* New York State Armory...

Head Judge: Cyril Grillon

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Comment
1	Sigurd Eskeland	$25,000	1st Norwegian to win a Pro Tour
2	Warren Marsh	$15,000
3	Ben Rubin	$10,000	4th Final day
4	Mattias Kettil	$8,000
5	John Larkin	$6,500	1st Irish Player in a Top 8
6	Mike Bregoli	$5,500	2nd Final day
7	Travis Turning	$4,800
8	John Hunka	$4,300

Winner's deck

Sigurd Eskeland played a blue control-deck with the centerpiece of the deck being .

Sigurd Eskeland – 1999–2000 Pro Tour New York champion
Main Deck:		Sideboard:
4 Drake Hatchling 4 Stinging Barrier 4 Waterfront Bouncer 4 Eye of Ramos 3 Seal of Removal 4 Gush 4 Rising Waters 1 Brainstorm 3 Counterspell 4 Thwart 3 Daze	18 Island 4 Rishadan Port	2 Bribery 1 Counterspell 1 Hoodwink 2 Island 3 Misdirection 2 Rath's Edge 1 Seal of Removal 4 Stronghold Zeppelin

Team Challenge

The Team Challenge was a predecessor to the Masters Series

Master Series (Magic: The Gathering)

The Masters Series or simply Masters were single-elimination Magic: The Gathering tournaments open to the most accomplished players only. These tournaments awarded cash prizes upon entrance and were held at several Pro Tours each season. The first predecessor to the Masters Series, named Team...

 events that were held from 2000 to 2003. These events were open only to the most accomplished players and awarded cash prizes even for entering the tournament. The Team Challenge at Pro Tour New York 2000 awarded $3,000 for entering the tournament, $9,000 to the runners-up team, and $15,000 to the winners. Four teams were invited to enter the tournament. In a field composed of otherwise American teams the French team Black Ops defeated Game Empire and Antarctica to win the tournament.

Team	Player		Team	Player
Antarctica	Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz		Game Empire	Brian Selden Brian Selden Brian Selden was the winner of the 1998 Magic: The Gathering World Championship.His strategy in the tournament was to use two cards, called Survival of the Fittest and Recurring Nightmare repeatedly...
	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:...			Alan Comer Alan Comer Alan Comer is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was elected to the Magic Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2005. He was the only member of the class never to have won a Pro Tour...
	Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. At the height of his career in the late 1990s, he was considered one of the best players. He is well known as a friend and teammate to Jon Finkel.-Career:...			Kurt Burgner
Black Ops	Florent Jeudon		Your Move Games	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...
	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...			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 :...
	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...			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 :...

Grand Prixs – Nagoya, St. Louis, Copenhagen, Pittsburgh

GP Nagoya (22–23 April)
1. New Wave

  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...

  Trevor Blackwell

  Nick Wong

2. Masato Club

  Goro Matsuo

  Jun Nobushita

  Tadayoshi Komiya

3. Godzilla

  Bob Maher, Jr.

  David Williams

David Williams (card player)

David Anthony Williams is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player.-Personal life:Williams was born in Arlington, Texas. He briefly attended Princeton University before switching to study economics at Southern Methodist University...

  Mike Long

Mike Long

Michael Long is a former professional Magic: The Gathering card game player. He was a highly influential and controversial Pro Tour mainstay for a number of years in the late 1990s. Despite making four Pro Tour top eights and winning Pro Tour Paris in 1997, Long's legacy is the subject of much...

4. Unluckys

  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:...

  Ayumi Hidaka

  Takayuki Nagaoka

GP Copenhagen (17–18 June)

1.   Niels Sanders Jensen
2.   Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3.   Franck Canu
4.   Noah Boeken
   Noah Boeken
   Noah Boeken is a Dutch professional poker and Magic: The Gathering player.-Magic:In the 1997 Pro Tour Chicago, Boeken finished in 15th place, and later 32nd at Pro Tour Mainz...
   
   
5.   Gottlieb Yeh
6.   Gunnar Refsdal
7.   Tom van de Logt
8.   Peter Gysemans

GP St. Louis (13–14 May)
1. Antarctica

  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz

  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:...

  Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz

Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz

Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. At the height of his career in the late 1990s, he was considered one of the best players. He is well known as a friend and teammate to Jon Finkel.-Career:...

2. Dogma

Rob Liszka

Mike Heffern

Aaron Estrin

3. Your Move Games

  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...

  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 :...

4. Hubbo

Ryan Carpenter

Bryan Hubble

Jason Opalka

GP Pittsburgh (24–25 June)
1. Huey, Ben, and Casey

  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...

  Ben Rubin

  Casey McCarrel

2. Dark Side of the Moon

  Ray Tautic

  Brian Lynch

  Ben Halpren

3. Antarctica

  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz

  Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz

Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz

Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. At the height of his career in the late 1990s, he was considered one of the best players. He is well known as a friend and teammate to Jon Finkel.-Career:...

  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:...

4. Your Move Games

  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...

  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 :...

2000 World Championships – Brussel (2–6 August 2000)

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:...

 won the 2000 World Championship, defeating teammate Bob Maher, Jr. in the finals. The second place allowed Maher to take the Pro Player of the year title, surpassing 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 :...

 in the final standings. Finkel became the second player to win two Pro Tours and the first with seven Top 8 appearances. The US team won the national team competition, also with Finkel as reigning national champion at its head.

Tournament data

Players: 273

Individual formats: Formats: Mercadian Masques Booster Draft (Mercadian Masques-Nemesis-Prophecy

Prophecy (Magic: The Gathering)

Prophecy is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set. It was the third set of the Masques block, along with the expansion Mercadian Masques and Nemesis. The Prophecy expansion consists of 143 cards. Its expansion symbol are three crystals...

), Mercadian Masques Block Constructed (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Prophecy), Standard

Team Format: Standard

Head Judge: Cyril Grillon

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Comment
1	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:...	$34,000	7th Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2	Bob Maher, Jr.	$22,000	2nd Final day
3	Dominik Hothow	$16,000
4	Benedikt Klauser	$13,000	2nd Final day
5	Tom van de Logt	$11,000
6	Helmut Summersberger	$9,500
7	Janosch Kühn	$8,250	2nd Final day
8	Nicolas Labarre	$7,250	3rd Final day

National team competition

1.   United States (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:...
   
   , Chris Benafel, Frank Hernandez, Aaron Forsythe)
2.   Canada (Ryan Fuller, Murray Evans, Gabriel Tsang, Sam Lau)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Bob Maher, Jr. was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Bob Maher, Jr.	72
2	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 :...	69
3	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:...	68
4	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...	58
5	Trevor Blackwell	50
	Ben Rubin	50