The 2001–02 Pro Tour season was the seventh season of the Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

 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...

. On 18 August 2001 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs in 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...

 and Denver. It ended on 18 August 2002 with the conclusion of the 2002 World Championship in Sydney. The season consisted of 33 Grand Prixs and 6 Pro Tours, held in New York, New Orleans, San Diego, Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Nice, and Sydney. Also Master Series tournaments were held at four Pro Tours. 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, winning the title by a record margin.

Grand Prixs – Kobe, Denver, Santiago, Singapore, London

GP Kobe (18–19 August)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   Shuhei Nakamura
3.   Kei Ikeda
4.   Takayuki Nagaoka
5.   Hiroshi Kawasaki
6.   Ryo Ogura
7.   Takumi Hasegawa
8.   Kenshiro Ito

GP Denver (18–19 August)

1.   Brett Shears
2.   Danny Mandel
3.   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...
   
   
4.   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 :...
   
   
5.   Sammy Batarseh
6.   Mike Abraham
7.   Aaron Knobloch
8.   Alex Borteh

GP Santiago (25–26 August)

1.   Matias Gabrenja
2.   Gerardo Godinez
3.   Jorge Rodriguez
4.   Jose Echeverria
5.   Rodrigo Sanchez
6.   Brock Parker
7.   Andres Hojman
8.   Juan Ruetter

GP Singapore (1–2 September)

1.   Albertus Law
2.   Kelvin Yew Teck Hoon
3.   Akuma Ding Yuen Leong
4.   Michihisa Onoda
5.   Royce Ming Huang Chai
6.   Lance Chin Wei Yeong
7.   David Kwan
8.   Chang Chua

GP London (1–2 September)

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.   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...
   
   
3.   Helmut Summersberger
4.   Matt Henstra
5.   Warren Marsh
6.   René Kraft
7.   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...
   
   
8.   Pierre Malherbaud

Pro Tour – New York (7–9 September 2001)

New York was third team Pro Tour. Car Acrobatic Team who had been amongst the Top 4 at the previous team Pro Tour returned for another Top 4. The event was won by team Phoenix Foundation consisting of 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"...

, 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...

, and 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...

. It was Baberowski's second win and Budde's fourth. The final was also a repeat to the final of Grand Prix London a week before, where Budde had already won against Nassif. Eventually Kai's renewed success led to some memorable quotes. Asked about their favorite amongst the final 4 several pros exclaimed something to the extent of the words 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....

 prononounced, "Kai doesn't lose on Sunday". Randy Buehler

Randy Buehler

Randolph E. Buehler, Jr. was the Vice President of Digital Gaming at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., as well as the commentator for the Magic Pro Tour...

's comment "if he wins New Orleans, I guess he is" on the discussion whether Kai is the best player in the history of the game also became a classic when Kai indeed won PT New Orleans.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $202,200

Players: 426 (142 teams)

Format: Invasion Team Sealed (Invasion, Planeshift, Apocalypse) – first day, Invasion Team Rochester Draft (Invasion-Planeshift-Apocalypse) – final two days

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 4

Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	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...	$60,000	24
		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...		24	3rd Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
		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"...		24	4th Final day, 4th Pro Tour win
2	Les Plus Class	Amiel Tenenbaum	$30,000	18	Pro Tour debut
		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...		18
		Nicolas Olivieri		18
3	Illuminati*	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:...	$18,000	12	2nd Final day
		Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz -External links:*...		12	4th Final day
		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...		12
4	Car Acrobatic Team	Aaron Forsythe	$15,000	12	2nd Final day
		Andrew Cuneo		12	2nd Final day
		Andrew Johnson		12	2nd Final day

^* The team entered the tournament as "My Team Part 17", but decided they wanted to have more serious name as a Top4 team and changed it to "Illuminati".

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"...	30
2	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...	24
	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...	24
4	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...	23
5	Nicholas Olivieri	18
	Amiel Tenenbaum	18

Grand Prixs – Warsaw, Minneapolis, Oslo, Vienna, Cape Town, Shizuoka, Montreal, Brisbane

GP Warsaw (8–9 September)

1.   Rickard Österberg
2.   Michal Marcik
3.   David Linder
4.   Mattias Kettil
5.   Przemek Oberbek
6.   Marcin Sados
7.   Felix Schneiders
8.   Roman Kubera

GP Oslo (22–23 September)

1.   Trey Van Cleave
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Johan Backfjärd
4.   Sigurd Eskeland
5.   Svante Landgraf
6.   Rickard Österberg
7.   Peter Laier
8.   Haakon Monsen

GP Minneapolis (29–30 September)

1.   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 :...
   
   
2.   Andrew Wolf
3.   Brian Hegstad
4.   Brian Davis
5.   Craig Wescor
6.   Cassius Weatherby
7.   Lee Curtis
8.   Jacob Janoska

GP Vienna (6–7 October)

1.   Stephan Meyer
2.   Eivind Nitter
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Gabor Papp
5.   Matthias Künzler
6.   Holger Meinecke
7.   Konrad Zawadzki
8.   Ladoslav Zupancic

GP Cape Town (6–7 October)

1.   Ben Seck
2.   Wagner Kruger
3.   Justin Polin
4.   Grant van Dyk
5.   Andrew Mitchell
6.   Pieter Loubser
7.   Robert Thompson
8.   Peter Klein

GP Shizuoka (13–14 October)

1.   Kohei Yamadaya
2.   Masahiko Morita
3.   Ryouma Shiozu
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...
   
   
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 Douyama
7.   Reiji Ando
8.   Eiho Kato

GP Montreal (13–14 October)

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.   Louis Boileau
3.   Timothy McKenna
4.   Brett Shears
5.   David Rood
6.   Bob Maher, Jr.
7.   Peter Szigeti
8.   Daniel Clegg

GP Brisbane (20–21 October)

1.   Richard Johnston
2.   Roger Miller
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.   Egidio De Gois
5.   Lenny Collins
6.   Dante Rosati
7.   Pang Ming Wee
8.   Daniel Romans

Pro Tour – New Orleans (2–4 November 2001)

After winning Pro Tour New York 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 New Orleans as well, making him the only player to win back to back Pro Tours. His fifth Pro Tour victory also made him the record money-earner and erased almost all doubt, that Budde is the best player in the history of the game.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130

Players: 355

Format: Extended

Head Judge: Mike Guptil

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	5th Final day, 5th Pro Tour win
2	Tomi Walamies	$20,000	24
3	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...	$15,000	16
4	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 :...	$13,000	16	3rd Final day
5	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...	$9,500	12
6	Raphaël Gennary	$8,500	12	1st Swiss Player in a Top 8
7	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 :...	$7,500	12	6th Final day
8	Benedikt Klauser	$6,500	12	4th Final day

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"...	62
2	Tomi Walamies	35
3	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...	32
4	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...	28
5	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 :...	26

Grand Prixs – Hong Kong, Atlanta, Biarritz, Curitiba, Las Vegas, Sendai, Houston

GP Hong Kong (17–18 November)

1.   Jeff Fung
2.   Frederick Salazar
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Shinsuke Hayashi
5.   Bayani Manansala, Jr.
6.   Steven Shears
7.   Brian Hegstad
8.   Ryan Fuller

GP Atlanta (17–18 November)

1.   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.   Andrew Johnson
3.   Brad Swan
4.   Matt Linde
5.   Bin Chen
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.   Craig Wescoe
8.   Alex Borteh

GP Biarritz (24–25 November)

1.   Nicolas Labarre
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.   Lucio Moratinos
4.   Joost Vollebregt
5.   Ferran Vila
6.   Alexander Witt
7.   Alexis Dumay
8.   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...
   
   

GP Curitiba (8–9 December)

1.   Guilherme Svaldi
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.   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...
   
   
4.   Leopoldo Martins
5.   Raphael Gunther
6.   Jose Barbero
7.   José Mangueira
8.   Eliton Enacio

GP Las Vegas (8–9 December)

1.   Michael Pustilnik
   Michael Pustilnik
   -References:...
   
   
2.   Adam Lane
3.   John Balla
4.   Sean Fitzgerald
5.   Kaare Anderson
6.   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...
   
   
7.   Shannon Krumick
8.   Scott Gerhardt
   Scott Gerhardt
   Benjamin Scott Gerhardt is an American Magic: The Gathering player.Besides playing Magic: The Gathering, he has also played in world and national-level tournaments for Pokémon TCG, The Spoils, VS System, World of Warcraft TCG, Battle Spirits Trading Card Game and Duelmasters...
   
   

GP Sendai (15–16 December)

1.   Kazuaki Arahori
2.   Kazuya Hirabayashi
3.   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.   Yuki Murakami
5.   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...
   
   
6.   Kazufumi Abe
7.   Djinn Okamoto
8.   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:...
   
   

GP Houston (5–6 January)

1.   Joshua Smith
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.   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...
   
   
4.   Ben Rubin
5.   Bob Maher, Jr.
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.   Jonathan Pechon
8.   Jonathan Job

Pro Tour – San Diego (11–13 January 2002)

The 2002 was won by the French Farid Meraghni. It was the first time a French player won a major tournament after several French players coming in second at Worlds and Pro Tours. Also the tournament is known for Magic veteran Eric Taylor literally eating his hat due to losing a bet about 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"...

 winning Pro Tour New Orleans. Canadian player Ryan Fuller won the Masters.

Tournament data

Players: 348

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Odyssey Rochester Draft (Odyssey

Odyssey (Magic: The Gathering)

Odyssey is the 24th Magic: The Gathering expert-level expansion set. Released in September, 2001, Odyssey is the first set in the Odyssey Block. Its expansion symbol is a small image of the Mirari .-Storyline:...

)

Head Judge: Mike Donais

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Farid Meraghni	$30,000	32	1st Frenchmen to win a Pro Tour
2	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...	$20,000	24
3	Donnie Gallitz	$15,000	16
4	Andrew Wolf	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Jeff Cunningham	$9,000	12
6	Federico Bastos	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	Neil Reeves	$8,000	12
8	Eric Froehlich	$7,500	12

Masters – Standard

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"...	80
2	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...	40
3	Farid Meraghni	38
4	Tomi Walamies	34
5	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...	33

Grand Prixs – Lisbon, Heidelberg, Fukuoka, Tampa, Antwerp

GP Lisbon (19–20 January)

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.   Patrick Mello
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Marcio Carvalho
5.   Stefano Fiore
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.   Tom Van de Logt
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...
   
   

GP Heidelberg (9–10 February)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   Chris Benafel
3.   Franck Canu
4.   Thomas Preyer
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...
   
   
6.   Patrick Mello
7.   Yuri Kolomeyko
8.   Joost Vollebregt

GP Fukuoka (16–17 February)

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.   Masahiko Morita
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Jun Ishihara
5.   Masahiro Kuroda
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.   Yusuke Sasaki
8.   Shuhei Nakamura

GP Tampa (23–24 February)

1.   Sol Malka
2.   Jeff Cunningham
3.   Koby Kennison
4.   Mike Emmert
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.   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...
   
   
7.   Adam Racht
8.   Adam Prokopin

GP Antwerp (2–3 March)

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.   Florent Jeudon
3.   Matthias Jorstedt
4.   Wolfgang Eder
5.   Arjan van Leeuwen
6.   Christoph Lippert
7.   Jan Schreurs
8.   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...
   
   

Tournament data

Players: 277

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Odyssey Block Constructed (Odyssey, Torment

Torment (Magic: The Gathering)

Torment is the second set in the Odyssey Block for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This expansion set, which focused on black, is unique in that it is the first set to focus on a single color. It has 40 Black cards, 28 Blue cards, 28 Red cards, 21 Green Cards and 21 White cards...

)

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Ken Ho	$30,000	32
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...	$20,000	24
3	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...	$15,000	16	4th Final day
4	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...	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Sylvain Lauriol	$9,000	12
6	Nicholas Olivieri	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	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:...	$8,000	12
8	Christophe Haim	$7,500	12

Masters – Team Rochester Draft

Team	Player		Team	Player
Les Plus Class	Amiel Tenenbaum		Phoenix Foundation	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...
	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...			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"...
	Nicolas Olivieri			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...
Metagames	Wilfried Ranque		Slay-Pillage-Massacre	Scott McCord
	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...			Jon Sonne
	Franck Canu			Eric Ziegler
Outland	Bjørn Jocumsen		www.star-maker.nl/lap	Victor Van der Broek
	Eivind Nitter			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...
	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...			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...
Panzer Hunter	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...		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 :...
	Kazuyaki Momose			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...
	Reiji Andou			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	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"...	90
2	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...	58
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...	48
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...	45
5	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...	42

Grand Prixs – Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, Naples

GP Barcelona (23–24 March)

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.   Christoph Lippert
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Carlos Barrado
5.   Stan van der Velden
6.   Reinhard Blech
7.   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.   Franck Canu

GP Kuala Lumpur (30–31 March)

1.   Ding Yueng Leong
2.   Chang Chua
3.   Yujian Zhou
4.   Veerapat Sirilertvorakul
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.   Nicholas Jonatha Wong
7.   Tobey Tamber
8.   Edsel Alvarez

GP Naples (6–7 April)

1.   Pierre Malherbaud
2.   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...
   
   
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.   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...
   
   
5.   Patrick Mello
6.   Iwan Tan
7.   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.   Christoph Lippert

Pro Tour – Nice (3–5 May 2002)

In Nice

Nice

Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

 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"...

 lost his first match on a Pro Tour Sunday, after winning his previous five Top 8. His third final day appearance and ensuing 36-point-lead virtually secured him the Pro Player of the Year title, though. The Pro Tour was won by Norwegian Eivind Nitter, while the Masters Series title went to Alexander Witt from the Netherlands.

Tournament data

Players: 332

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Odyssey Block Boster Draft (Odyssey-Torment)

Head Judge: Cyril Grillon

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Eivind Nitter	$30,000	32
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...	$20,000	24
3	Svend Geertsen	$15,000	16	4th Final day
4	Brian Davis	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	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"...	$9,000	12	6th Final day
6	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...	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	Gary Talim	$8,000	12
8	Benjamin Niedrig	$7,500	12

Masters – Extended

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"...	96
2	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...	61
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...	56
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...	55
5	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...	47

Grand Prixs – Nagoya, Milwaukee, New Jersey, Sao Paulo, Taipei

GP Nagoya (11–12 May)

1. P.S.2

  Masahiro Kuroda

  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:...

  Masahiko Morita

2. S.S.D.

  Naoki Kubouchi

  Shuhei Nakamura

  Kimio Imai

3. NAGOYAN

  Ryo Ogura

  Ryoma Shiozu

  Koji Nose

4. N.G.O.K.

  Takayuki Nagaoka

  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...

  Masayuki Higashino

GP Milwaukee (11–12 May)

1.   Eric Taylor
2.   Patrick Chapin
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.   Neil Reeves
5.   David Petersen
6.   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...
   
   
7.   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...
   
   
8.   Steve Cassell

GP New Jersey (29–30 June)

1. The Jokas

  Eric James

  Kyle Rose

  Norman Woods

2. Illuminati

  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:...

  Zvi Mowshowitz

Zvi Mowshowitz

-External links:*...

  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. Team Cardshark

  Jason Huang

  Paul Sottosanti

  Adam Fischer

4. Lovespell

  Alex Borteh

  Chris Benafel

  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 São Paulo (13–14 July)

1.   Gabriel Caligaris
2.   Felipe Desiderati
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...
   
   
4.   Luis Sérgio Massaro
5. Raphael Fontana Günter
6.   André Barreto
7.   Michel Shirozono
8.   Rodrigo Castro

GP Taipei (13–14 July)

1.   Sheng Hsun Hsia
2.   Kang Nien Chiang
3.   Joe Yi Xiang Wang
4.   Albertus Law
5.   Morris Song
6.   Wen-Jien Hwang
7.   Chang Ming Tung
8.   Lucifar Sun

2002 World Championships – Sydney (14–18 August 2002)

As 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...

 had not scored any points since Nice and he was not on his national team the Pro Tour Player of the Year going to 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 already a sure thing before the tournament. While 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...

 from Brazil became World Champion by defeating Mark Ziegner from Germany in the final, the German team also starring Mark Ziegner won the team competition.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $210,200 (individual) + $162,000 (national teams)

Players: 245

Formats: Standard, Odyssey Booster Draft (Odyssey-Torment-Judgment

Judgment (Magic: The Gathering)

Judgment is the third set in the Odyssey Block for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.This is the second expansion set made that did not have an equal number cards from each color. The first expansion with such an imbalance was its predecessor, the Torment expansion set, which was...

), Odyssey Block Constructed (Odyssey, Torment, Judgment)

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
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...	$35,000	32	1st Brazilian to win a Pro Tour
2	Mark Ziegner	$23,000	24
3	Diego Ostrovich	$15,000	16	1st Argentinian in a Top 8
4	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 :...	$13,000	16	4th Final day
5	Sim Han How	$9,000	12	1st Malaysian in a Top 8
6	John Larkin	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	Tuomas Kotiranta	$8,000	12
8	Ken Krouner	$7,500	12

National team competition

1.   Germany (Mark Ziegner, 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"...
   
   , Felix Schneiders)
2.   United States (Andrew Ranks, 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...
   
   , Eric Franz)

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"...	117
2	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...	75
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...	62
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...	58
5	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 :...	52