The 2000–01 Pro Tour season was the sixth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 23 September 2000 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs in Sapporo and Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

. It ended on 12 August 2001 with the conclusion of the 2001 World Championship in Toronto. The season consisted of 27 Grand Prixs and 6 Pro Tours, held in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, and Toronto. Also special Master Series tournaments were held at four Pro Tours. These tournaments featured huge cash prizes, but were open to only 32 players. At the end of the season 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"...

 was proclaimed Pro Player of the Year, making him the only player to win the title more than once.

Grand Prixs – Sapporo, Porto

GP Porto (23–24 September)

1.   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...
   
   
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.   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.   Michael Pustilnik
   Michael Pustilnik
   -References:...
   
   
5.   Ryan Fuller
6.   Paco Llopis
7.   Gromko Radoslaw
8.   Ru Mariani Rodrigues

GP Sapporo (23–24 September)

1.   Satoshi Nakamura
2.   Takamasa Fukata
3.   Tomohiro Maruyama
4.   Kazuyuki Momose
5.   Kiyoshi Sasanuma
6.   John Taro Kageyama
7.   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:...
   
   
8.   Yuji Otsubo

Pro Tour – New York (29 September – 1 October 2000)

New York was second team Pro Tour. Scott Johns

Scott Johns

Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...

 made his fifth final day appearance. His team, "Potato Nation", did not lose a match throughout the tournament. At PT New York the master series had its debut. This was a tournament series featuring huge cash prizes, but open only to the very best players in the world. The 25 players with the most Pro Points and the 5 Players with the highest rating in the format of the Masters were invited. Additionally a gateway tournament was held on the day before the Pro Tour. In that tournament each Pro Player with at least six Pro Points could compete for one of two additional slots.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $202,200

Players: 330 (110 teams)

Format: Team Sealed (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"...

, 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...

, 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...

) – first day, Team Rochester Draft (Mercadian Masques-Nemesis-Prophecy) – final two days

Head Judge: Dan Gray

Top 4

Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Potato Nation	Scott Johns Scott Johns Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...	$60,000	24	5th Final day
		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...		24
		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....		24	2nd Final day
2	Car Acrobatic Team	Andrew Cuneo	$30,000	12
		Aaron Forsythe		12
		Andrew Johnson		12
3	Rolled-Up Aces	Dan Clegg	$18,000	10
		Shawn Keller		10	2nd Final day
		Thomas Keller Thomas Keller (card player) Thomas Keller is an American professional poker player, residing in Scottsdale, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the brother of Shawn "Lightning" Keller....		10
4	Draften und Spielen	Christian Lührs	$15,000	10	3rd Final day
		Patrick Mello		10
		Stephan Valkyser		10

Masters – Extended

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Scott Johns Scott Johns Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...	24
	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...	24
	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....	24
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...	14
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...	13

Grand Prixs – Manchester, Helsinki, Dallas, Kyoto, Phoenix, Sydney, Florence, Buenos Aires

GP Manchester (7–8 October)

1.   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 :...
   
   
2.   John Ormerod
3.   Mark Le Pine
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.   Justin Gary
   Justin Gary
   Justin Gary is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His most notable Pro Tour finish is his win at Pro Tour Houston 2002. Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle who both tested with Gary finished second and third respectively at the same event.-Achievements:...
   
   
6.   Marc Hernandez
7.   Neil Rigby
8.   Zvi Mowshowitz
   Zvi Mowshowitz
   -External links:*...
   
   

GP Helsinki (28–29 October)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   Erno Ekebom
3.   Arto Hiltunen
4.   Rickard Österberg
5.   Messa Bouchaib
6.   Dominik Hothow
7.   Erik Leander
8.   Jens Thorén
   Jens Thoren
   Jens Thorén is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player from Sweden. He is best known for winning the 2002 Magic Invitational and finishing in the top 4 of two Pro Tours in a row in the 2001–02 season. That season, he also finished second in the Player of the Year race to Kai Budde. He...
   
   

GP Dallas (28–29 October)

1.   Matthew Vienneau
2.   Chris Benafel
3.   Dan Clegg
4.   Matt Linde
5.   Dustin Stern
6.   Ben Romig
7.   Peter Leiher
8.   Trevor Blackwell

GP Kyoto (11–12 November)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   Yuki Murakami
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.   Ryan Fuller
5.   Eisaku Itadani
6.   Tsuyoshi Doyama
7.   Tomohiro Maruyama
8.   Tobey Tamber

GP Phoenix (11–12 November)

1.   Sean Fitzgerald
2.   Sean Smith
3.   Thomas Keller
   Thomas Keller (card player)
   Thomas Keller is an American professional poker player, residing in Scottsdale, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the brother of Shawn "Lightning" Keller....
   
   
4.   Scott Johns
   Scott Johns
   Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...
   
   
5.   Robert Swarowski
6.   Joel Frank
7.   Terry Welty
8.   Chris Demaci

GP Sydney (18–19 November)

1.   Gordon Lin
2.   Will Copeman
3.   Satoshi Nakamura
4.   Joe Connolly
5.   Royce Chai
6.   Chris Allen
7.   Anatoli Lightfoot
8.   Kim Brebach

GP Florence (25–26 November)

1.   Benedikt Klauser
2.   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...
   
   
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"...
   
   
4.   Martin Zürcher
5.   Ben Ronaldson
6.   Daniele Canavesi
7.   Mario Pascoli
8.   Lionel Benezech

GP Buenos Aires (25–26 November)

1.   Hugo Ariza
2.   Walter Witt
3.   Pablo Huerta
4.   Rafael Le Saux
5.   Diego Ostrovich
6.   José Barbero
7.   Emmanuel Duering
8.   Mathias Bollati

Pro Tour – Chicago (1–3 December 2000)

Chicago was the first Pro Tour featuring the Standard format since Dallas more than four years before. In a top eight which is considered to be one the best ever, 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"...

 won the title against 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...

. He thus became the third player to win two Pro Tours. With the exception of Jay Elarar, every player in the top eight now has at least three Pro Tour top eights, including a win. In the Masters event Ben Rubin defeated 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:...

 in the final.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130

Players: 332

Format: Standard

Head Judge: Mike Donais

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
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"...	$30,000	32	2nd Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2	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...	$20,000	24
3	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...	$15,000	16
4	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...	$13,000	16	3rd Final day
5	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:...	$9,000	12	8th Final day
6	Michael Pustilnik Michael Pustilnik -References:...	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz -External links:*...	$8,000	12	2nd Final day
8	Jay Elarar	$7,500	12

Masters – Booster Draft

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
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"...	40
2	Scott Johns Scott Johns Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...	35
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...	29
4	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...	28
	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....	28

Grand Prixs – Singapore, New Orleans, Amsterdam, Hiroshima

GP Singapore (9–10 December)

1.   Sam Lau
2.   Jonathan Chan
3.   Tzu-Ching Kuo
4.   Masayuki Higashino
5.   Yi Jie Vice Lin
6.   Tishem Tham
7.   Boon Tat Elvin Eng
8.   Nicholas Wong

GP New Orleans (6–7 January)

1.   Bill Stead
2.   Michelle Bush
3.   Gary Rush
4.   Steven O'Mahoney Schwartz
5.   Casey McCarrel
6.   Eric Kesselman
7.   Jamie Parke
8.   Dustin Stern

GP Amsterdam (13–14 January)

1.   Chris Benafel
2.   Xavier Curto Vives
3.   Brian Davis
4.   Daniel O'Mahoney Schwartz
5.   David Price
6.   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...
   
   
7.   Menno Dolstra
8.   Alexander Witt

GP Hiroshima (27–28 January)

1.   Masayuki Higashino
2.   Masaya Mori
3.   Nobuaki Shikata
4.   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...
   
   
5.   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:...
   
   
6.   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...
   
   
7.   Koby Okada
8.   Toshiki Tsukamoto

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (2–4 February 2001)

The 2001 Pro Tour Los Angeles was the last Pro Tour held on the Queen Mary

Queen Mary (ship)

The following ships are named Queen Mary:* HMS Queen Mary, a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy launched in 1912 and sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916...

, were all previous Pro Tours in Los Angeles had been held. In a final eight featuring three players, who had also been amongst the last eight in Chicago, Michael Pustilnik

Michael Pustilnik

-References:...

 took the title and thus the lead in the Pro Player of the year standings. 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...

 also made his second consecutive second place Pro Tour finish, the first person to do so in Pro Tour history.

Tournament data

Players: 327

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Rochester Draft (Invasion

Invasion (Magic: The Gathering)

Invasion is the 21st expert level set, and the first set in the Invasion block of cards of Magic: The Gathering. The rest of the block is Planeshift and Apocalypse. It contains 350 cards.-Set History:...

)

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Michael Pustilnik Michael Pustilnik -References:...	$30,000	32	3rd Final day
2	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...	$20,000	24	2nd Final day
3	Benedikt Klauser	$15,000	16	3rd Final day
4	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:...	$13,000	16	9th Final day
5	Kyle Rose	$9,000	12	4th Final day
6	Michael Gurney	$8,500	12
7	Erno Ekebom	$8,000	12	2nd Final day
8	Lawrence Creech	$7,500	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Michael Pustilnik Michael Pustilnik -References:...	55
2	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...	52
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"...	47
4	Scott Johns Scott Johns Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...	40
5	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....	37

Grand Prixs – Kaohsiung, Valencia, Cologne, Boston, Prague, Rio de Janeiro

GP Kaohsiung (10–11 February)

1.   Tobey Tamber
2.   Tzu-Ching Kuo
3.   King Yim Kingston Tong
4.   Nick Wong
5.   Fumio Hoshino
6.   Granger Petersen
7.   Toshiki Tsukamoto
8.   Hon Ming Au Yeung

GP Valencia (10–11 February)

1.   Ricard Tuduri
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.   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...
   
   
4.   Ryan Fuller
5.   Michael Pustilnik
   Michael Pustilnik
   -References:...
   
   
6.   Manuel Ramos
7.   Raul Mestre
8.   Raul Peret

GP Cologne (24–25 February)

1.   Jim Herold
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...
   
   
3.   Trey Van Cleave
4.   Joost Vollebregt
5.   Daniel Zink
6.   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...
   
   
7.   Christoph Lippert
8.   Jan Doise

GP Boston (24–25 February)

1.   Tom Swan
2.   Scott Johns
   Scott Johns
   Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...
   
   
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Matthew Vienneau
5.   Brian Hegstad
6.   Kurtis Hahn
7.   Kyle Rose
8.   Chris Benafel

GP Prague (10–11 March)

1.   Ryan Fuller
2.   Jens Thoren
3.   Jakub Slemr
4.   Trey Van Cleave
5.   Thomas Preyer
6.   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...
   
   
7.   Kristian Kockott
8.   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...
   
   

GP Rio de Janeiro (10–11 March)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Justin Schneider
4.   Rafael Alvarenga
5.   Rafael Le Saux
6.   Ernesto Mingorance
7.   Damian Brown-Santirso
8.   Daniel Brasil do Carmo

Pro Tour – Tokyo (16–18 March 2001)

The 2001 Pro Tour Tokyo saw a number of interesting firsts for the Pro Tour. Canadian player Ryan Fuller became the first player to go undefeated in the Swiss rounds of a Pro Tour, finishing with a 14-0 record. Also, 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...

 became the first Japanese player to make a Pro Tour Top 8. Ultimately it was future Hall of Fame member Zvi Mowshowitz

Zvi Mowshowitz

-External links:*...

 who would take the title, winning his first individual Pro Tour.

Tournament data

Players: 270

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Invasion Block Constructed (Invasion, Planeshift

Planeshift

Planeshift may refer to:*Planeshift , an expansion set for Magic: The Gathering*PlaneShift , a free to play massively multiplayer online role playing game...

)

Head Judge: Chris Zantides

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz -External links:*...	$30,000	32	3rd Final day
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...	$20,000	24	1st Japanese Player in a Top 8
3	Lucas Hager	$15,000	16
4	Chris Benafel	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Ryan Fuller	$9,000	12	2nd Final day
6	Philip Freneau	$8,500	12
7	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...	$8,000	12
8	Frederico Bastos	$7,500	12	1st Portuguese Player in a Top 8

Masters – Team Rochester Draft

Team	Player		Team	Player
AlphaBetaUnlimited.com	Ryan Fuller		Panzer Hunter	Momose Kazuyuki
	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...			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...
	Chris Benafel			Reiji Ando
Black-Ops	Florent Jeudon		Potato Nation	Scott Johns Scott Johns Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...
	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...			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....
	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...			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...
Car Acrobatic Team	Andrew Johnson		Team Outland	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...
	Andrew Cuneo			Eivind Nitter
	Aaron Forsythe			Bjorn Jocumsen
Game Empire	Kurt Burgner		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...
	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...			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 :...
	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...			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 :...

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Michael Pustilnik Michael Pustilnik -References:...	60
2	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...	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"...	50
4	Scott Johns Scott Johns Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...	49
	Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz -External links:*...	49

Grand Prixs – Gothenburg, Detroit, Moscow

GP Gothenburg (24–25 March)

1.   Jan Schreurs
2.   Josper Manne Thranne
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Scott Willis
5.   Eivind Nitter
6.   Marcus Angelin
7.   Sondre Ellingvåg
8.   Jimmy Öman

GP Detroit (31 March – 1 April)

1.   Matthew Vienneau
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Bob Maher, Jr.
4.   Dan Clegg
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.   Adam Prokopin
7.   Aaron Breider
8.   Louis Boileau

GP Moscow (21–22 April)

1.   Ryan Fuller
2.   Iwan Tan
3.   Yuri Markin
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.   Eugene Okin
6.   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...
   
   
7.   Sergey Norin
8.   Rustam Bakirov

Pro Tour – Barcelona (4–6 May 2001)

In Barcelona 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"...

 became the first player to win three Pro Tours overall and also the first to win two Pro Tours in a single season. Ben Rubin won the Masters and thus became the only player to win two Masters tournaments.

Tournament data

Players: 335

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Booster Draft (Invasion-Planeshift)

Head Judge: Thomas Bisballe

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
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"...	$30,000	32	3rd Final day, 3rd Pro Tour win
2	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...	$20,000	24	5th Final day
3	Dan Clegg	$15,000	16	2nd Final day
4	Patrick Mello	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Brad Swan	$9,000	12
6	Albertus Law	$8,500	12	1st Singaporean in a Top 8
7	Yuri Kolomeyko	$8,000	12	1st Ukrainian in a Top 8
8	Chad Ellis	$7,500	12

Masters – Invasion Block Constructed

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
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"...	83
2	Michael Pustilnik Michael Pustilnik -References:...	66
3	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...	64
4	Ryan Fuller	55
	Scott Johns Scott Johns Scott Johns is the former editor of , and a former Magic: The Gathering Pro player. During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato...	55

Grand Prixs – Yokohama, Turin, Taipei, Columbus

GP Yokohama (9–10 December)

1. AlphaBetaUnlimited.com

  Chris Benafel

  Ryan Fuller

  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...

2. Poor Shark

  Masashiro Kuroda

  Tomomi Otsuka

  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. Voice of Soul

  Tsuyoshi Douyama

  Tadayoshi Komiya

  Takao Higaki

4. Fire Beat

  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:...

  Toshiki Tsukamoto

  Jun Nobushita

GP Turin (6–7 January)

1. Team Clegg

  Peter Szigeti

  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...

  Daniel Clegg

2. AlphaBetaUnlimited.com

  Ryan Fuller

  Chris Benafel

  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...

3. Angstschreeuw

  Menno Dolstra

  Jan Schreurs

  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...

4. One Day Fly

  Tom Van de Logt

  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...

  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...

GP Taipei (13–14 January)

1. www.alphabetaunlimited.com/

  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...

  Chris Benafel

  Daniel Clegg

2. Anchans

  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:...

  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...

  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:...

3. Team T.T.T.

  Tzu-Ching Kuo

  Chen Yu Wang

  Dell Sun

4. Dr. no-right

  Jack Ho

  Yen Chang Lee

  Yang Bo Wang

GP Columbus (27–28 January)

1. 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 :...

  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...

2. The Ken Ho All-Stars

  Daniel Clegg

  Ken Ho

  Lan D. Ho

3. Dynasty

  Gabriel Tsang

  Brian Hacker

  Ben Rubin

4. The Ancient Kavus

  Gary Krakower

  Matthew Vienneau

  Michael Pustilnik

Michael Pustilnik

-References:...

2001 World Championships – Toronto (8–12 August 2001)

Tom Van de Logt won the World Championship while the United States took the team title. The final eight featured amongst several rather unknown players 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...

, 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...

, 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...

 and 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...

, who had the dubious honour of becoming the first player to be disqualified from a Top 8.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $210,200 (individual) + $189,000 (national teams)

Players: 296

Formats: Standard, Rochester Draft (Invasion-Planeshift-Apocalypse

Apocalypse (Magic: The Gathering)

Apocalypse is the name of a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released in June 2001. It is the third set of the Invasion Block.-Storyline:...

), Extended

Head Judge: Mike Donais

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Tom Van de Logt	$35,000	32	2nd Final day, 1st Dutch Player to win a Pro Tour
2	Alex Borteh Alexander Borteh Alex Borteh is a professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in a World Series of Poker event, the $3,000 Limit Hold'em event. Borteh has cashed in 4 WSOP events and made two final tables. In 2005, he finished in 3rd place in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event...	$23,000	24
3	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...	$15,000	16
4	Andrea Santin	$13,000	16
5	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...	$9,000	12	2nd Final day
6	Jan Tomcani	$8,500	12	1st Slovakian in a Top 8
7	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...	$8,000	12	4th Final day
8	John Ormerod	$7,500	12	2nd Final day*

^* John Ormerod did not actually play in the final eight. When 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...

 was disqualified he advanced to the eight place in the final standings, though.

National team competition

1.   United States (Trevor Blackwell, Brian Hegstad, 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...
   
   )
2.   Norway (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...
   
   , Oyvind Odegaard, Jan Pieter Groenhof)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship 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"...

 was awarded the Pro Player of the year title. He thus became the only player to win the title more than once.

Rank	Player	Pro Points
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"...	88
2	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...	75
3	Michael Pustilnik Michael Pustilnik -References:...	71
4	Chris Benafel	65
5	Ryan Fuller	64
	Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz -External links:*...	64