- Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 1999–2000
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1999–2000 Pro Tour season Pro Player of the Year Bob Maher, Jr.
Rookie of the Year Brian Davis
World Champion Jon Finkel
Pro Tours 6 Grands Prix 20 Start of season 3 September 1999 End of season 6 August 2000 ← 1998–99 2000–01 → The 1999–2000 Pro Tour season was the fifth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It began on 3 September 1999 with Pro Tour Boston and ended on 6 August 2000 with the conclusion of 2000 World Championship in Brussels. The season consisted of twenty Grand Prixs, and six Pro Tours, located in Washington D.C., London, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Brussels. At the end of the season Bob Maher, Jr. was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.
Pro Tour – Washington D.C. (3–5 September 1999)
Washington D.C. was the first team Pro Tour. In a high-profile Top 8 featuring five players, who were later inducted into the Hall of Fame, all team Your Move Games (YMG) came out on top. YMG consisted of Dave Humpherys, Rob Dougherty, and Darwin Kastle, all eventual members of the Hall of Fame.[1]
Tournament data
Players: 243 (81 teams)
Format: Urza's Saga Team Sealed (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny) – first day, Urza's Saga Team Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny) – final two days
Head Judge: Mike Guptil[2]Top 8
Semi-finals Semi-finals 1 Game Empire 2 4 THL Game Empire Your Move Games 2 2 Your Move Games 2 3 Antarctica Final standings
Place Team Player Prize Comment 1 Your Move Games Rob Dougherty
$30,000 2nd Final day Dave Humpherys
2nd Final day Darwin Kastle
4th Final day 2 Game Empire Kurt Burgner
2nd Final day Alan Comer
3rd Final day Brian Selden
2nd Final day 3 Antarctica Jon Finkel
6th Final day Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
3rd Final day Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
4 THL Marc Aquino
Richard Jones
Drew McLean
Grand Prixs – Tohoku, Memphis, Lisbon
- GP Tohoku (11–12 September)
- GP Memphis (18–19 September)
Michael Pustilnik
Mike Heffern
Kyle Kloeckner
Matthew Norton
Adrian Sullivan
David Jafari
Ric Watts
Matt Rauseo
- GP Lisbon (25–26 September)
Pro Tour – London (15–17 October 1999)
Kyle Rose won Pro Tour London, defeating Austrian Thomas Preyer in the finals. Darwin Kastle's back to back Top 8 appearances in Washington and London brought him to five final day appearance in his career.[1]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $151,635
Format: Urza's Saga Booster Draft (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny)
Head Judge: Carl Crook[2]Final standings
Place Player Prize Comment 1 Kyle Rose
$25,000 3rd Final day 2 Thomas Preyer
$15,000 3 Mike Bregoli
$10,000 4 Ben Rubin
$8,000 3rd Final day 5 Gunnar Refsdal
$6,500 6 William Jensen
$5,500 7 Marc Hernandez
$4,800 8 Darwin Kastle
$4,300 5th Final day Grand Prixs – Kyushu, Sao Paulo, Milan, San Diego, Tours
- GP Kyushu (30–31 October)
Tadayoshi Komiya
Eisaku Itadani
Katsuhiro Mori
Fumihiko Sano
Masashiro Kuroda
Masayuki Higashino
Takuichi Harino
Toshiki Tsukamoto
- GP San Diego (20–21 November)
William Jensen
Gary Krakower
David Williams
Charles Kornblith
Darwin Kastle
John Yoo
Trevor Blackwell
Eric James
- GP São Paulo (6–7 November)
Rafael Assafi Alvarengi
Douglas Maioli
Carlos Mao
Alex Shvartsman
Carlos Romão
Eduardo Simao Teixeira
F. Moreira Bandeira
Rodrigo Jose Constanza
- GP Tours (27–28 November)
- GP Milan (6–7 November)
Pro Tour – Chicago (3–5 December 1999)
Bob Maher, Jr. won Pro Tour Chicago playing a blue-green-white control deck. He defeated Brian Davis in the finals 3–2. First time Pro Tour attendant Davis reportedly played so horribly, that around spectators the joke went, that Davis was the first to have played 5–0 in the finals and lost, referring to their perception that he could and should have won every single game.[1]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $151,635
Players: 344
Format: Extended
Head Judge: Nat Fairbanks[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Christian Lührs 3 8 Hector Fuentes 1 Christian Lührs 1 Bob Maher, Jr. 3 5 Bob Maher, Jr. 3 4 Dirk Baberowski 0 Bob Maher, Jr. 3 Brian Davis 2 3 Brian Davis 3 6 Tony Dobson 1 Brian Davis 3 Raphaël Lévy 0 7 Raphaël Lévy 3 2 Alan Comer 0 Final standings
Place Player Prize Comment 1 Bob Maher, Jr.
$25,000 2 Brian Davis
$15,000 Pro Tour debut 3 Christian Lührs
$10,000 2nd Final day 4 Raphaël Lévy
$8,000 2nd Final day 5 Alan Comer
$6,500 4th Final day 6 Dirk Baberowski
$5,500 2nd Final day 7 Tony Dobson
$4,800 8 Hector Fuentes
$4,300 1st Spaniard in a Top 8 Grand Prixs – Manila, Seattle, Madrid
- GP Manila (4–5 December)
- GP Seattle (15–16 January)
- GP Madrid (29–30 January)
Carlos Barrado
Xavi Gonzales
Alex Shvartsman
Tony Dobson
Olivier Ruel
Alex Dominguez Ramos
Rui Mariani
Patrick Mello
Pro Tour – Los Angeles (4–6 February 2000)
Trevor Blackwell defeated Chris Benafel in the finals to become Pro Tour Los Angeles champion.[1]
Tournament data
Prize pool: $151,635
Players: 337
Format: Mercadian Masques Booster Draft (Mercadian Masques)
Head Judge: Dan Gray[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Kurt Burgner 3 8 Brian Selden 0 Kurt Burgner 0 Trevor Blackwell 3 4 Trevor Blackwell 3 5 Andrew Nishioka 0 Trevor Blackwell 3 Chris Benafel 1 3 Bruce Cowley 1 6 Mike Long 3 Mike Long 2 Chris Benafel 3 2 Erno Ekebom 0 7 Chris Benafel 3 Final standings
Place Player Prize Comment 1 Trevor Blackwell
$25,000 2 Chris Benafel
$15,000 3 Kurt Burgner
$10,000 3rd Final day 4 Mike Long
$8,000 4th Final day 5 Erno Ekebom
$6,500 6 Bruce Cowley
$5,500 7 Andrew Nishioka
$4,800 8 Brian Selden
$4,300 3rd Final day Grand Prix – Taipei, Philadelphia, Cannes, Kuala Lumpur, Frankfurt
- GP Taipei (12–13 February)
Tadayoshi Komiya
Tsuyoshi Fujita
Alex Shvartsman
Jim Len
Lucifar Sun
Chi Jin Guo
Satoshi Nakamura
Tobey Tamber
- GP Philadelphia (19–20 February)
- GP Cannes (26–27 February)
1. Black Ops
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Florent Jeudon
Antoine Ruel
Olivier Ruel
2. New Wave
3. Legion of Rabbits
4. The Tightans
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Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
William Jensen
David Williams
- GP Kuala Lumpur (4–5 March)
- GP Frankfurt (8–9 April)
1. III Heroes
2. Hammer of Brno
3. Trash A
4. Absolute Samuels
Pro Tour – New York (14–16 April 2000)
Sigurd Eskeland won Pro Tour New York, defeating Warren Marsh in the finals.[1] Eskeland played a blue control-deck with the centerpiece of the deck being Rising Waters.[3] His opponent played the deck most present at this tournament, Rebels.[4] PT New York is considered to be the first time where there was a dominant deck at a Pro Tour, the deck did not win the tournament.
43% of the players entering the tournament had chosen rebel decks. On the second day of the tournament rebels were even more present, comprising and unprecedented 57% of the field. These numbers were again topped by the final eight where six of eight decks were rebel decks.[5] In contrast the winning Rising Waters deck comprised only 8.4% of the field on day one and 14.5% on day two. In the top eight the two non-rebel decks were both Rising Waters decks. Rising Waters on both days had the highest winning percantage of all decks played with 60% on day one and 53.8% on day two.[6]
Tournament data
Players: 310
Prize pool: $151,635
Format: Mercadian Masques Block Constructed (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis)
Location: New York State Armory
Head Judge: Cyril Grillon[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 John Larkin 1 8 Mattias Kettil 3 Mattias Kettil 2 Sigurd Eskeland 3 5 Sigurd Eskeland 3 4 Travis Turning 1 Sigurd Eskeland 3 Warren Marsh 1 3 Mike Bregoli 0 6 Warren Marsh 3 Warren Marsh 3 Ben Rubin 1 7 John Hunka 1 2 Ben Rubin 3 Final standings
Winner's deck
Sigurd Eskeland played a blue control-deck with the centerpiece of the deck being Rising Waters.
Sigurd Eskeland – 1999–2000 Pro Tour New York champion Main Deck: Sideboard: 4 Drake Hatchling
4 Stinging Barrier
4 Waterfront Bouncer
4 Eye of Ramos
3 Seal of Removal
4 Gush
4 Rising Waters
1 Brainstorm
3 Counterspell
4 Thwart
3 Daze18 Island
4 Rishadan Port2 Bribery
1 Counterspell
1 Hoodwink
2 Island
3 Misdirection
2 Rath's Edge
1 Seal of Removal
4 Stronghold ZeppelinTeam Challenge
The Team Challenge was a predecessor to the Masters Series events that were held from 2000 to 2003. These events were open only to the most accomplished players and awarded cash prizes even for entering the tournament. The Team Challenge at Pro Tour New York 2000 awarded $3,000 for entering the tournament, $9,000 to the runners-up team, and $15,000 to the winners. Four teams were invited to enter the tournament.[7] In a field composed of otherwise American teams the French team Black Ops defeated Game Empire and Antarctica to win the tournament.
Semi-finals Finals Antarctica 2 Your Move Games 1 Antarctica 1 Black Ops 2 Black Ops 2 Game Empire 1 Team Player Team Player Antarctica Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Game Empire Brian Selden
Jon Finkel
Alan Comer
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Kurt Burgner
Black Ops Florent Jeudon
Your Move Games Rob Dougherty
Antoine Ruel
Dave Humpherys
Olivier Ruel
Darwin Kastle
Grand Prixs – Nagoya, St. Louis, Copenhagen, Pittsburgh
- GP Nagoya (22–23 April)
1. New Wave
2. Masato Club
3. Godzilla
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Bob Maher, Jr.
David Williams
Mike Long
4. Unluckys
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Osamu Fujita
Ayumi Hidaka
Takayuki Nagaoka
- GP Copenhagen (17–18 June)
Niels Sanders Jensen
Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Franck Canu
Noah Boeken
Gottlieb Yeh
Gunnar Refsdal
Tom van de Logt
Peter Gysemans
- GP St. Louis (13–14 May)
1. Antarctica
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Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Jon Finkel
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
2. Dogma
3. Your Move Games
4. Hubbo
- GP Pittsburgh (24–25 June)
1. Huey, Ben, and Casey
2. Dark Side of the Moon
3. Antarctica
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Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
Jon Finkel
4. Your Move Games
2000 World Championships – Brussel (2–6 August 2000)
Main article: Magic: The Gathering World Championship#2000 World ChampionshipJon Finkel won the 2000 World Championship, defeating teammate Bob Maher, Jr. in the finals. The second place allowed Maher to take the Pro Player of the year title, surpassing Darwin Kastle in the final standings. Finkel became the second player to win two Pro Tours and the first with seven Top 8 appearances. The US team won the national team competition, also with Finkel as reigning national champion at its head.[1]
Tournament data
Players: 273
Individual formats: Formats: Mercadian Masques Booster Draft (Mercadian Masques-Nemesis-Prophecy), Mercadian Masques Block Constructed (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Prophecy), Standard
Team Format: Standard
Head Judge: Cyril Grillon[2]Top 8
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Dominik Hothow 3 8 Nicolas Labarre 1 Dominik Hothow 0 Bob Maher, Jr. 3 5 Helmut Summersberger 2 4 Bob Maher, Jr. 3 Bob Maher, Jr. 2 Jon Finkel 3 3 Tom van de Logt 2 6 Benedikt Klauser 3 Benedikt Klauser 1 Jon Finkel 3 7 Janosch Kühn 1 2 Jon Finkel 3 Final standings
Place Player Prize Comment 1 Jon Finkel
$34,000 7th Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win 2 Bob Maher, Jr.
$22,000 2nd Final day 3 Dominik Hothow
$16,000 4 Benedikt Klauser
$13,000 2nd Final day 5 Tom van de Logt
$11,000 6 Helmut Summersberger
$9,500 7 Janosch Kühn
$8,250 2nd Final day 8 Nicolas Labarre
$7,250 3rd Final day National team competition
United States (Jon Finkel, Chris Benafel, Frank Hernandez, Aaron Forsythe)
Canada (Ryan Fuller, Murray Evans, Gabriel Tsang, Sam Lau)
Pro Player of the year final standings
After the World Championship Bob Maher, Jr. was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.[8]
Rank Player Pro Points 1 Bob Maher, Jr.
72 2 Darwin Kastle
69 3 Jon Finkel
68 4 Alex Shvartsman
58 5 Trevor Blackwell
50 Ben Rubin
50 References
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