Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	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...	$60,000	24	4th Final day, 3rd 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	7th Final day, 6th Pro Tour win
		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	2nd Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2	2020	Steven Wolfman	$30,000	18
		David Rood		18
		Elijah Pollock		18
3	Courtney's Boys	Gary Wise 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....	$18,000	12	3rd Final day
		Neil Reeves		12	2nd Final day
		Bob Maher, Jr.		12	3rd Final day
4	Slay Pillage Gerrard	Jonathan Sonne Jonathan Sonne Jonathan Sonne is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight of a Pro Tour once, and has won two Grand Prix. He was also part of the US national team that placed second at the World Championship in 2005.-Achievements:...	$15,000	12
		Gerard Fabiano Gerard Fabiano Gerard Fabiano is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His best finishes include a fourth place at Pro Tour Boston 2002, a win at Grand Prix Philadelphia 2008, and four other Grand Prix Top eights. He is famous in the community for rarely mulliganing and his outrageous...		12
		Scott McCord		12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	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
	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
4	David Rood	20
5	Elijah Pollock	18
	Steven Wolfman	18

Grand Prixs – Hamburg, Utsonomiya, Copenhagen, Philadelphia

GP Hamburg (28–29 September)

1.   Simon Hockwin
2.   Arndt Meier
3.   Jens Krause
4.   Patrick Plößer
5.   Nico Wendt
6.   Piotr Sienko
7.   Dennis Schmitz
8.   Jean Charles Salvin

GP Utsonomiya (12–13 October)

1.   Rei Hashimoto
2.   Shuhei Nakamura
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.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
5.   Eiji Nomura
6.   Masanori Kobayashi
7.   Jin Okamoto
8.   Junichi Kinoshita

GP Copenhagen (12–13 October)

1.   Bob Maher, Jr.
2.   Jens Krause
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.   Fredrik Boberg
5.   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...
   
   
6.   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...
   
   
7.   David Linder
8.   Fleurent Jeudon

GP Philadelphia (26–27 October)

1.   Jeff Cunningham
2.   Shaun Doran
3.   Eli Aden
4.   Morgan Douglass
5.   Nick Eisel
6.   Craig Krempels
7.   Patrick Sullivan
8.   Jacob Rabinowitz

Pro Tour – Houston (8–10 November 2002)

Pro Tour Houston featured the Extended format. The Ice Age

Ice age

An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...

and Mirage

Mirage

A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French mirage, from the Latin mirare, meaning "to look at, to wonder at"...

-blocks had just rotated out of the format along with 5th Edition

5th Edition (Magic: The Gathering)

The Fifth Edition was the seventeenth Magic: The Gathering set and fifth core set, a revision of the base set released in March 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history...

, thus removing several of the former key cards from the format. Also Onslaught

Onslaught

Onslaught may refer to:* Onslaught , a Marvel Comics supervillain* Onslaught , an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game* Onslaught , a 1989 Amiga beat'em up computer game...

had become legal for Extended play shortly before the tournament. The most played deck was a "Reanimator"-deck that aimed to get a big creature into the graveyard early via . Afterwards it would try to get that one into play with . Other much-played decks included a combo-deck revolving around and a green-black midrange control deck called "The Rock".

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:...

 won Pro Tour Houston with a deck revolving around . His teammates of "Your Move Games" (YMG), Rob Dougherty

Rob Dougherty

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

 and Darwin Kastle

Darwin Kastle

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

, came in second and third. Instead of breaking the format with one kind of deck the YMG players in the top 8 even played all different decks, thereby losing games exclusively to one another. It was Rob Dougherty's fifth final day appearance.

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...

 from Sweden won the final of the Master Series against 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....

.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130

Players: 351

Format: Extended

Head Judge: Rune Horvik

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	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:...	$30,000	32	3rd Final day
2	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...	$20,000	24	5th Final day
3	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 :...	$15,000	16	7th Final day
4	John Larkin	$13,000	16	3rd Final day
5	Peter Myrvig	$9,500	12
6	Mattias Jorstedt	$8,500	12
7	Bob Maher, Jr.	$7,500	12	4th Final day
8	Jeroen Remie	$6,500	12

Winner's deck

Justin Gary

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:...

's deck, named Turbo Oath, was designed to get a huge into play with quickly. The deck was mainly blue, but also included black and green.

Turbo Oath by Justin Gary – Pro Tour Houston 2002
Main Deck:		Sideboard:
4 Accumulated Knowledge 4 Brainstorm 2 Cognivore 4 Counterspell 3 Fact or Fiction 1 Foil 2 Forbid 3 Force Spike 2 Intuition 1 Krosan Reclamation 2 Living Wish 1 Mana Leak 4 Oath of Druids 3 Pernicious Deed	2 Forest 7 Island 4 Polluted Delta 1 Swamp 4 Treetop Village 2 Underground River 4 Yavimaya Coast	2 Dust Bowl 3 Engineered Plague 2 Gilded Drake 2 Masticore 2 Naturalize 2 Palinchron 2 Powder Keg

Masters – Booster Draft

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	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:...	36
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...	34
3	Bob Maher, Jr.	33
4	Kai Budde Kai Budde Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...	31
5	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...	29

Grand Prixs – Melbourne, Los Angeles, Reims, New Orleans

GP Melbourne (23–24 November)

1.   Ben Seck
2.   Tristan Gall
3.   Jarron Puszet
4.   Shun Jiang
5.   Richard Grace
6.   Milton Jian Xiong Lin
7.   Chris Allen
8.   Jake Hart

GP Los Angeles (23–24 November)

1.   Philip Freneau
2.   Bob Maher, Jr.
3.   Brian Hegstad
4.   Ken Krouner
5. Peter Swarowski
6. Allen Sun
7.   Nick Eisel
8.   Gerardo Gordinez Estrada

GP Reims (30 November – 1 December)

1.   Alex Mack
2.   Benjamin Caumes
3.   Patrick Mello
4.   Emmanuel Vernay
5.   Hans Joachim Hoeh
6.   Régis Lavoisier
7.   Christoph Lippert
8.   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...
   
   

GP New Orleans (3–4 January)

1.   Zvi Mowshowitz
   Zvi Mowshowitz
   -External links:*...
   
   
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Michael Pustilnik
   Michael Pustilnik
   -References:...
   
   
4.   Diego Ostrovich
5.   Jeff Cunningham
6.   Morgan Douglass
7.   Carl Lobato
8.   Trey Van Cleave

Pro Tour – Chicago (17–19 January 2003)

In Chicago 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 his seventh Pro Tour. On his way to the title he defeated, 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...

, 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:...

, and 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...

, some of the most accomplished players in the game. Finkel had his tenth Top 8 showing, a feat still not matched by any other player. In the Masters final Franck Canu defeated Ken Ho.

Tournament data

Players: 349

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Rochester Draft (Onslaught

Onslaught (Magic: The Gathering)

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

)

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	8th Final day, 7th Pro Tour win
2	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	$20,000	24	2nd Final day
3	Jon Finkel Jon Finkel Jon Finkel is an American Magic: The Gathering and poker player. In the year 2000, he became the world champion of Magic, as well as being on the team that became the team world champion.-Career:...	$15,000	16	10th Final day
4	Dustin Stern	$13,000	16
5	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...	$9,000	12
6	Fabio Reinhardt	$8,500	12
7	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...	$8,000	12
8	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...	$7,500	12	2nd Final day

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"...	64
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...	42
3	Bob Maher, Jr.	40
4	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:...	38
5	Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...	34

Grand Prixs – Hiroshima, Sevilla, Boston

GP Hiroshima (25–26 January)

1.   Motokiyo Azuma
2.   Osamu Fujita
   Osamu Fujita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...
   
   
3.   Takao Higaki
4.   Kang Jisang
5.   Junichi Kinoshita
6.   Yoshitaka Nakano
7.   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...
   
   
8.   Atsushi Tabuchi

GP Sevilla (22–23 February)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Eivind Nitter
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.   Stan van der Velden
6.   Adriano Rohner
7.   David Brucker
8.   Javier Perez Fresnedo

GP Boston (22–23 February)

1.   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...
   
   
2. Matthew Cory
3.   Aaron Breider
4.   Mark Zajdner
5.   Ben Rubin
6. Joshua Wagener
7.   Zvi Mowshowitz
   Zvi Mowshowitz
   -External links:*...
   
   
8. Eric James

Pro Tour – Venice (21–23 March 2003)

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:...

 won Pro Tour Venice with a white and red deck revolving around the Cycling mechanic. It was the second-most popular deck at the tournament trailing only the deck played by his opponent Tomi Walamies in the final. Walamies played a red deck with a Goblin

Goblin

A goblin is a legendary evil or mischievous illiterate creature, a grotesquely evil or evil-like phantom.They are attributed with various abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin. In some cases, goblins have been classified as constantly annoying little...

 theme.. The Masters was won by the Japenese team "PS2".

Tournament data

Players: 310

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Onslaught Block Constructed (Onslaught, Legions

Legions (Magic: The Gathering)

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

)

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Osyp Lebedowicz Osyp Lebedowicz Osyp Lebedowicz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He won Pro Tour Venice 2003, and is also known for his involvement in developing the Aether Vial affinity archetype.-Achievements:-References:...	$30,000	32	2nd Final day
2	Tomi Walamies	$20,000	24	2nd Final day
3	Jordan Berkowitz	$15,000	16
4	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...	$13,000	16	3rd Final day
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...	$9,000	12	2nd Final day
6	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 :...	$8,500	12	8th Final day
7	Akihira Kashima	$8,000	12
8	Mattias Jorstedt	$7,500	12	2nd Final day

Winner's decklist

Osyp Lebedowicz

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:...

 won the tournament with the following red and white deck revolving around the Cycling mechanism:

Astral Slide by 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:...  – Pro Tour Venice 2003
Main Deck:		Sideboard:
4 Akroma's Blessing 4 Akroma's Vengeance 4 Astral Slide 2 Daru Sanctifier 2 Gempalm Incinerator 2 Jareth, Leonin Titan 4 Lightning Rift 3 Renewed Faith 4 Starstorm	4 Forgotten Cave 9 Mountain 10 Plains 4 Secluded Steppe	2 Akroma, Angel of Wrath 4 Avarax 3 Demystify 3 Disciple of Grace 2 Gempalm Incinerator 1 Oblation

Masters – Team Rochester Draft

Team	Player		Team	Player
2020	David Rood		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...
	Steve Wolfman			Eivind Nitter
	Elijah Pollock			Bjørn Jocumsen
Courtney's Boys	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....		Panzer Hunters	Reiji Andou
	Neil Reeves			Kazuyuki Momose
	Bob Maher, Jr.			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...
Illuminati	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...		Phoenix Foundation	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"...
	Zvi Mowshowitz Zvi Mowshowitz -External links:*...			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...
	Patrick Sullivan			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...
Jokas	Eric James		PS2	Masahiro Kuroda
	Kyle Rose			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:...
	Norman Woods			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...

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"...	69
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...	48
3	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:...	47
4	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:...	46
5	Bob Maher, Jr.	42

Grand Prixs – Kyoto, Singapore, Prague

GP Kyoto (29–30 March)

1.   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...
   
   
2.   Hisaya Tanaka
3.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
4.   Akihiro Takakuwa
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.   Shuhei Nakamura
7.   Ryouma Shiozu
8.   Yoshiaki Tashiro

GP Singapore (29–30 March)

1.   Mikael Polgary
2.   Terry Soh
3.   Kelvin Yew Teck Hoon
4.   Sam Lei Kang Lau
5.   Chang Chua
6.   Kai Cheong Tang
7.   Gary Talim
8.   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...
   
   

GP Prague (12–13 April)

1.   Stefan Jedlicka
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Thomas Gundersen
4.   David Jensen
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.   Gabriel Nassif
   Gabriel Nassif
   Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...
   
   
7.   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.   Armin Birner

Pro Tour – Yokohama (9–11 May 2003)

Making the final eight for the third time this season Mattias Jorstedt won Pro Tour Yokohama. Jon Finkel

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:...

 also made another Top 8 appearance thus extending his lead in this category to eleven. In the final of the last Masters tournament Bob Maher, Jr. defeated 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...

.

Tournament data

Players: 243

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Booster Draft (Onslaught-Legions)

Head Judge: Rune Horvik

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Mattias Jorstedt	$30,000	32	3rd Final day
2	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	$20,000	24
3	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:...	$15,000	16
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	11th Final day
5	Benjamin Caumes	$9,000	12
6	Jose Barbero	$8,500	12
7	Ben Seck	$8,000	12
8	Richard Hoaen Richard Hoaen Richard Hoaen is a Canadian Magic: The Gathering player. Known for his skill in limited formats, Hoaen has reached the top eight of a Pro Tour just once...	$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"...	72
2	Mattias Jorstedt	60
3	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...	52
4	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:...	51
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:...	49

Grand Prixs – Pittsburgh, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Detroit

GP Pittsburgh (31 May – 1 June)

1. 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...

2. Prodigy

  James Duguid

  Charles Gindy

  Manny Orellana

3. Phoque Foundation

  Jean Charles Salvin

  Pasquale Ruggiero

  Jairo Liquidano

4. Northern Lights No. 5

  Justin Schneider

  Michael Krzywicki

  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...

GP Amsterdam (7–8 June)

1. Rankko Bongo Wheshiwheshi

  Wilfried Ranque

  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...

  Jose Barbero

2. Ace Ten Off

  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...

  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:...

  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....

3. Object of Affection

  Tomi Walamies

  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...

  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...

4. Boston Tea Party

  André Delere

  Rolf Ottovordemgentschenfelde

  René Kraft

GP Bangkok (12–13 July)

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.   Itaru Ishida
   Itaru Ishida
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. The bulk of his success has been on the Grand Prix circuit. With seventeen top eights, Ishida ranks fourth in this category behind Alex Shvartsman , and brothers Olivier and Antoine Ruel...
   
   
3.   Vincent Gan
4.   Osamu Fujita
   Osamu Fujita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...
   
   
5.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
6.   Tsutomu Yamada
7.   Peerapat Ekpoorthorn
8.   Noppadol Srirattana

GP Detroit (12–13 July)

1.   Bob Maher, Jr.
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Joshua Ravitz
4.   Alex Shvartsman
   Alex Shvartsman
   Alex Shvartsman is an American Magic: The Gathering player. While having enjoyed only a moderate degree of success on the Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful Grand Prix players ever. With 21 appearances, Shvartsman held the record for most Grand Prix top eights for a long time, and is now...
   
   
5.   Mark Herberholz
6.   Matt Severa
7.   Morgan Douglass
8.   Derek Starleaf

2003 World Championships – Berlin (6–10 August 2003)

German Daniel Zink won the 2003 World Championship, defeating Jin Okamoto from Japan in the finals. Both players played manaheavy control decks built around . 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 declared Pro Player of the year for the third time in a row as none of his pursuers made significant points at this tournament. The United States won the national team competition, defeating Finland in the finals.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $208,130 (individual) + $213,000 (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: Rune Horvik

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Daniel Zink	$35,000	32
2	Jin Okamoto	$23,000	24
3	Tuomo Nieminen	$15,000	16
4	Dave Humpherys 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	5th Final day
5	Jeroen Remie	$9,500	12	2nd Final day
6	Peer Kröger	$8,500	12	3rd Final day
7	Wolfgang Eder	$7,500	12
8	Gabe Walls	$6,500	12

National team competition

1.   United States (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:...
   
   , Gabe Walls, Joshua Wagner)
2.   Finland (Tomi Walamies, Tuomo Nieminen, Arho Toikka)

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 his fourth Pro Player of the year title.

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	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:...	64
	Mattias Jorstedt	64
4	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...	58
5	Bob Maher, Jr.	56