- Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2005
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2005 Pro Tour season Pro Player of the Year Kenji Tsumura Rookie of the Year Pierre Canali World Champion Katsuhiro Mori Pro Tours 7 Grands Prix 31 Hall of Fame inductions Jon Finkel
Darwin Kastle
Alan Comer
Tommi Hovi
Olle RådeStart of season 10 September 2004 End of season 4 December 2005 ← 2003–04 2006 → The 2005 Pro Tour season was the tenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 10 September 2004 the season began with Grand Prix Rimini. It ended on 4 December 2005 with the conclusion of the 2005 World Championship in Yokohama and was thus the longest Pro Tour season ever. The season consisted of 31 Grand Prixs and 7 Pro Tours, held in Columbus, Nagoya, Atlanta, Philadelphia, London, Los Angeles, and Yokohama. At the end of the season Kenji Tsumura was proclaimed Pro Player of the year as the first Japanese player. Also the first class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Jon Finkel, Darwin Kastle, Tommi Hovi, Alan Comer, and Olle Råde.
Grand Prixs – Rimini, Vienna, Austin
- GP Rimini (10–11 September)
- GP Vienna (9–10 October)
- Nicolaus Eigner
- Antoine Ruel
- René Kraft
- Sasha Zorc
- Sebastian Aljiaj
- Daniele Canavesi
- Dario Minieri
- Stefan Jedlicka
- GP Austin (9–10 October)
Pro Tour – Columbus (29–31 October 2004)
Pierre Canali from France won the inaugural Pro Tour of the season, which was also the first Pro Tour he attended. His deck was an aggressive all-artifact deck called "Affinity". For the first time Japan had three players amongst the final eight while the USA had in the Top 8 for the first time in three Pro Tours.[1]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $200,130
Players: 286
Format: Extended
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Pierre Canali 3 8 Geoffrey Siron 1 Pierre Canali 3 Olivier Ruel 2 4 Masashi Oiso 0 5 Olivier Ruel 3 Pierre Canali 3 Shuhei Nakamura 0 2 Nicholas West 3 7 Ryuichi Arita 0 Nicholas West 0 Shuhei Nakamura 3 3 Gadiel Szleifer 1 6 Shuhei Nakamura 3 Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Pierre Canali $30,000 25 Pro Tour debut 2 Shuhei Nakamura $20,000 20 3 Nicholas West $15,000 16 Pro Tour debut 4 Olivier Ruel $13,000 16 3rd Final day 5 Gadiel Szleifer $9,000 12 6 Masashi Oiso $8,500 12 4th Final day 7 Ryuichi Arita $8,000 12 2nd Final day 8 Geoffrey Siron $7,500 12 Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Pierre Canali 25 2 Shuhei Nakamura 20 3 Olivier Ruel 18 4 Nicholas West 16 5 Ryuichi Arita 12 Masashi Oiso 12 Geoffrey Siron 12 Gadiel Szleifer 12 Grand Prixs – Helsinki, Brisbane, Yokohama, Porto Alegre, Paris, Chicago, Osaka
- GP Helsinki (6–7 November)
- Olivier Ruel
- Mikko Leiviskä
- Jean Charles Salvin
- Ulrik Tarp
- Anton Jonsson
- Wenzel Krautmann
- Pavlos Akritas
- Erkki Siira
- GP Brisbane (13–14 November)
- GP Yokohama (20–21 November)
- Kazuki Katou
- Tomohiro Kaji
- Akira Asahara
- Koutarou Ootsuka
- Masahiko Morita
- Rei Hashimoto
- Takashi Akiyama
- Ren Ishikawa
- GP Porto Alegre (20–21 November)
- GP Paris (27–28 November)
- Wilco Pinkster
- Bastien Perez
- Wessel Oomens
- Raphael Lévy
- Giuseppe Reale
- Arnost Zidek
- Stephan Meyer
- Jean-Baptiste Gouesse
- GP Chicago (18–19 December)
- 1. :B
- 2. Gindy's Sister's Fan Club
- 3. The Max Fischer Players
- Igor Frayman
- Joshua Ravitz
- Chris Pikula
- 4. Voracious Cobra
- GP Osaka (8–9 January)
- 1. P.S.2
- Masashiro Kuroda
- Katsuhiro Mori
- Masahiko Morita
- 2. FireBall.Pros
- 3. Gatas Brilhantes
- 4. One Spin
- Tomohiro Kaji
- Kenji Tsumura
- Tomoharu Saitou
Pro Tour – Nagoya (28–30 January 2005)
Pro Tour Nagoya was the last Pro Tour employing the Rochester Draft format. Shu Komuro from Japan defeated Anton Jonsson in the finals to win the tournament.[3]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $200,130
Players: 236
Format: Rochester Draft (Champions of Kamigawa)
Head Judge: Collin Jackson[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Masashiro Kuroda 1 8 Anton Jonsson 3 Anton Jonsson 3 Terry Soh 1 4 Frank Karsten 1 5 Terry Soh 3 Anton Jonsson 1 Shu Komuro 3 2 Jarno Harkonen 1 7 Murray Evans 3 Murray Evans 1 Shu Komuro 3 3 Vasilis Fatouros 1 6 Shu Komuro 3 Final standings
Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Shu Komuro 31 2 Shuhei Nakamura 30 3 Pierre Canali 28 4 Olivier Ruel 27 5 Anton Jonsson 23 Grand Prixs – Boston, Eindhoven, Seattle
- GP Boston (5–6 February)
- Masashi Oiso
- Lucas Glavin
- Keith McLaughlin
- Benjamin Dempsey
- Osyp Lebedowicz
- Masahiko Morita
- Anthony Impellizzierei
- Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
- GP Eindhoven (26–27 February)
- GP Seattle (5–6 March)
- Ernie Marchesano
- Taylor Putnam
- Shuhei Nakamura
- Max McCall
- Grant Struck
- John Ripley
- Tsuyoshi Fujita
- Ryan Cimera
Pro Tour – Atlanta (11–13 March 2005)
The Canadian French cooperation team "Nova" won Pro Tour Atlanta, defeating the American team "We Add" in the final. "Nova" consisted of Gabriel Tsang, David Rood, and Gabriel Nassif. For Nassif it was the first Pro Tour victory after five previous final day appareances including three second places.[4] Atlanta was the last Pro Tour using the three person team Limited format, although it was still used for the team competition at the World Championship that year and the next.
Tournament data
Players: 357 (119 teams)
Prize Pool: $200,100
Format: Team Kamigawa Block Sealed (Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa) – first day, Team Kamigawa Block Rochester Draft (Champions of Kamigawa-Betrayers of Kamigawa) – final two days
Head Judge: Sheldon Menery[2]Top 4
Semi-finals Semi-finals Les baltringues de Ludipia 0 We Add 2 We add 0 Nova 2 One Spin 1 Nova 2 Final standings
Place Team Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Nova Gabriel Tsang $60,000 20 3rd Final day David Rood 20 2nd Final day Gabriel Nassif 20 6th Final day 2 We Add Don Smith $30,000 16 Pro Tour debut Andrew Pacifico 16 Adam Chambers 16 3 Les baltringues de Ludipia Benjamin Caumes $18,000 12 2nd Final day Nicolas Bornarel 12 Camille Fenet 12 4 One Spin Tomohiro Kaji $15,000 12 Kenji Tsumura 12 Tomoharu Saitou 12 Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Shu Komuro 39 2 Shuhei Nakamura 32 3 Pierre Canali 31 Olivier Ruel 31 5 Masashi Oiso 29 Grand Prixs – Singapore, Leipzig, Lisbon, Detroit
- GP Singapore (19–20 March)
- GP Leipzig (26–27 March)
- GP Lisbon (23–24 April)
- GP Detroit (23–24 April)
- Jordan Berkowitz
- Richard Hoaen
- Michael Krumb
- Jeroen Remie
- Osyp Lebedowicz
- William Postlethwait
- Sam Gomersall
- Patrick Sullivan
Pro Tour – Philadelphia (6–8 May 2005)
Pro Tour Philadelphia featured a tournament system different from those of other Pro Tours. While Swiss system was still used all players with three or more losses and/or draws were automatically dropped from the tournament. Prizes were given out not in relation to the final standings, but for the individual matches won, where matches in later rounds of the tournament were worth more than those in the earlier rounds.[5] It was also announced in the week prior to Pro Tour Philadelphia, that the end of the year payout based on Pro Points would be dropped after the season in favor of the Pro Club. Under the new system a player would receive special benefits based on the total amount of Pro Points he had acquired in a season.[6]
16-year-old Gadiel Szleifer defeated 18-year-old Kenji Tsumura in the final to win the tournament. Szleifer played a control deck built around Gifts Ungiven.[7] Former Pro Player of the year Kai Budde received a lot of attention for being undefeated after day one, but was eliminated after he picked up three losses in the first three rounds of day two.[8]
Tournament data
Players: 311
Prize Pool: $194,898
Format: Kamigawa Block Constructed (Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa)
Head Judge: Mike Guptil[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Steven Wolfman 3 8 André Müller 2 Steven Wolfman 0 Gadiel Szleifer 3 4 Jeff Novekoff 1 5 Gadiel Szleifer 3 Gadiel Szleifer 3 Kenji Tsumura 2 3 Ryan Cimera 2 6 Kenji Tsumura 3 Kenji Tsumura 3 Olivier Ruel 0 2 Olivier Ruel 3 7 Mark Herberholz 1 Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Gadiel Szleifer $21,725 25 2nd Final day 2 Kenji Tsumura $12,275 20 2nd Final day 3 Steven Wolfman $7,475 16 2nd Final day 4 Olivier Ruel $6,950 16 4th Final day 5 Ryan Cimera $2,825 12 Pro Tour debut 6 Jeff Novekoff $4,750 12 Pro Tour debut 7 Mark Herberholz $3,175 12 2nd Final day 8 André Müller $2,075 12 Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Olivier Ruel 49 2 Gadiel Szleifer 47 3 Shu Komuro 45 4 Kenji Tsumura 44 5 Shuhei Nakamura 40 Grand Prixs – Matsuyama, Bologna
- GP Matsuyama (14–15 May)
- Akira Asahara
- Masashi Oiso
- Kentarou Nonaka
- Takayuki Toochika
- Osamu Fujita
- Shuhei Nakamura
- Tomoharu Saitou
- Jun'ya Takahashi
- GP Bologna (11–12 June)
- Olivier Ruel
- David Brucker
- Giulio Barra
- Leonard Barbou
- Tomas Klimes
- Quentin Martin
- Bruno Panara
- Marco Castellano
Pro Tour – London (8–10 July 2005)
Geoffrey Siron from Belgium won Pro Tour London, defeating Tsuyoshi Fujita in the finals. In the Top 8 Siron lost not a single game.[9]
Tournament data
Players: 314
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Booster Draft (Champions of Kamigawa-Betrayers of Kamigawa-Saviors of Kamigawa)
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Antti Malin 3 8 Tomi Walamies 1 Antti Malin 1 Tsuyoshi Fujita 3 4 Arnost Zidek 2 5 Tsuyoshi Fujita 3 Tsuyoshi Fujita 0 Geoffrey Siron 3 2 David Larsson 1 7 Johan Sadeghpour 3 Johan Sadeghpour 0 Geoffrey Siron 3 3 Masashi Oiso 0 6 Geoffrey Siron 3 Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Geoffrey Siron $30,000 25 2nd Final day, 1st Belgian to win a Pro Tour 2 Tsuyoshi Fujita $20,000 20 2nd Final day 3 Johan Sadeghpour $15,000 16 4 Antti Malin $13,000 16 5 Masashi Oiso $9,000 12 5th Final day 6 Tomi Walamies $8,500 12 3rd Final day 7 Arnost Zidek $8,000 12 8 David Larsson $7,500 12 Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Olivier Ruel 59 2 Gadiel Szleifer 50 3 Shu Komuro 49 4 Shuhei Nakamura 47 Masashi Oiso 47 Kenji Tsumura 47 Grand Prixs – Minneapolis, Niigata, Taipei, Salt Lake City, Mexico City, Nottingham
- GP Minneapolis (16–17 July)
- GP Niigata (23–24 July)
- Katsuhiro Mori
- Tomohiro Aridome
- Akira Asahara
- Masashi Oiso
- Takuya Oosawa
- Kenji Tsumura
- Ryouma Shiozu
- Suhan Yun
- GP Taipei (6–7 August)
- Osamu Fujita
- Masahiko Morita
- Jun'ichirou Bandou
- Shu Komuro
- Tai Chi Huang
- Aik Seng Khoo
- Masashi Oiso
- Masahiro Kuroda
- GP Salt Lake City (27–28 August)
- Antonino De Rosa
- Karl Briem
- Kenji Tsumura
- Mark Ioli
- Frank Karsten
- Gadiel Szleifer
- Gabe Walls
- Rogier Maaten
- GP Mexico City (3–4 September)
- GP Nottingham (3–4 September)
Pro Tour – Los Angeles (28–30 October 2005)
Antoine Ruel defeated Billy Moreno in the finals to become champion of Pro Tour Los Angeles. He played a blue-black control deck, built around Psychatog.[10]
Tournament data
Players: 340
Prize Pool: $200,130
Format: Extended
Head Judge: Gijsbert Hoogendijk[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Kenji Tsumura 3 8 Ryuichi Arita 1 Kenji Tsumura 0 Antoine Ruel 3 4 Antoine Ruel 3 5 Tsuyoshi Fujita 1 Antoine Ruel 3 Billy Moreno 0 2 Billy Morena 3 7 Ervin Tormos 2 Billy Moreno 3 Chris McDaniel 2 3 Chris McDaniel 3 6 Chih-Hsian Chang 1 Final standings
Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment 1 Antoine Ruel $30,000 25 3rd Final day 2 Billy Moreno $20,000 20 3 Kenji Tsumura $15,000 16 3rd Final day 4 Chris McDaniel $13,000 16 5 Tsuyoshi Fujita $9,000 12 3rd Final day 6 Chih-Hsiang Chang $8,500 12 1st Taiwanese Player in a Top 8 7 Ervin Tormos $8,000 12 Pro Tour debut 8 Ryuichi Arita $7,500 12 3rd Final day Pro Player of the year standings
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Kenji Tsumura 72 2 Olivier Ruel 67 3 Masashi Oiso 62 4 Gadiel Szleifer 58 5 Shu Komuro 55 Grand Prixs – Melbourne, Copenhagen, Kitakyuushuu, Philadelphia, Bilbao, Beijing
- GP Melbourne (5–6 November)
- GP Copenhagen (5–6 November)
- Julien Nuijten
- Kim Valori
- Alexandre Rathcke
- Wessel Oomens
- Olivier Ruel
- Pasi Virtanen
- Bodo Rösner
- Nikolaos Lahanas
- GP Kitakyuushuu (5–6 November)
- Tomohiro Kaji
- Ryo Ogura
- Makihito Mihara
- Masashi Oiso
- Masahiko Morita
- Jin Okamoto
- Itaru Ishida
- Akira Asahara
- GP Philadelphia (12–13 November)
- Jonathan Sonne
- Chris Pikula
- Pasquale Ruggiero
- Tom Smart
- Paul Serignese
- Pat McGregor
- Ben Goodman
- Lam Phan
- GP Bilbao (19–20 November)
- Olivier Ruel
- Marcio Carvalho
- Geoffrey Siron
- Jacob Arias Garcia
- Rogier Maaten
- Jonathan Rispal
- Gonzalo Domingo
- Sergi Herrero
- GP Beijing (26–27 November)
- Dong Zhong
- Masashi Oiso
- Olivier Ruel
- Katsuhiro Mori
- Li Gong Wei
- Tomoharu Saitou
- Ming Da Tsai
- Kenji Tsumura
2005 World Championships – Yokohama (30 November – 4 December 2005)
Main article: Magic: The Gathering World Championship#2005 World ChampionshipThe tournament began with the first Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Jon Finkel, Darwin Kastle Tommi Hovi, Alan Comer, and Olle Råde were honored for their accomplishments and their determination to the game. In the final of the 2005 World Championship Katsuhiro Mori defeated Frank Karsten, thus completing an all-Japanese Worlds in Yokohama. The Top 4 also included Japanese players Akira Asahara and Tomohiro Kaji, shortly before Japan had won the team competition, and even the Pro Player of the year went to Japanese Kenji Tsumura.[11]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $208,130 (individual) + $195,000 (national teams)
Players: 287
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Ravnica), Extended
Head Judge: Collin Jackson, Sheldon Menery[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Marcio Carvalho 1 8 Akira Asahara 3 Akira Asahara 2 Frank Karsten 3 4 Ding Leong 2 5 Frank Karsten 3 Frank Karsten 1 Katsuhiro Mori 3 2 Tomohiro Kaji 3 7 André Coimbra 1 Tomohiro Kaji 1 Katsuhiro Mori 3 3 Katsuhiro Mori 3 6 Shuhei Nakamura 0 Final standings
National team competition
- Japan (Ichiro Shimura, Takuma Morifuji, Masashi Oiso)
- United States (Jonathan Sonne, Antonino De Rosa, Neil Reeves)
Pro Player of the year final standings
After the World Championship Kenji Tsumura was awarded the Pro Player of the year title as the first Japanese player.
Rank Player Pro Points Prize 1 Kenji Tsumura 84 $12,000 2 Olivier Ruel 83 $11,800 3 Masashi Oiso 80 $11,600 4 Shuhei Nakamura 66 $11,400 5 Gadiel Szleifer 62 $11,200 References
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