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{{Infobox PT season|
{{Infobox PT season
| name = 2012 Pro Tour Season
| poty = {{flag|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]] {{ref label|Yuuya|I|}}
| poty = {{flagicon JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]] {{ref label|Yuuya|I|}}
| roty = {{flag|CAN}} [[Alexander Hayne]]
| roty = {{flagicon CAN}} [[Alexander Hayne]]
| world champion = ''n/a''
| hof = ''n/a''
| pts = 2
| pts = 2
| gps = 16
| gps = 16
| prevseason = [[2011 Pro Tour Season|2011]]
| prev = [[2011 Pro Tour Season|2011]]
| nextseason = [[2012–13 Pro Tour Season|2012–13]]
| next = [[2012–13 Pro Tour Season|2012–13]]
| catsort=017
}}
}}
The '''2012 Pro Tour season''' was the seventeenth Pro Tour season. It was a transitional season, as changes were made to the [[Pro Tour]] system (including the new [[World Magic Cup]] and [[2012 Magic Players Championship|Players Championship]] tournaments), and it was retroactively made to overlap with the latter half of the 2011 season. As such, events in 2011, starting with GP Kansas City in June, counted towards the 2012 season's races and end-of-year levels and benefits. However, the 2012 season itself started on 7 January 2012 with Grand Prix Austin, and ended on 13 May 2012 with the conclusion of [[Pro Tour Avacyn Restored|Pro Tour ''Avacyn Restored'']].
The '''2012 Pro Tour season''' was the seventeenth Pro Tour season. It was a transitional season, as changes were made to the [[Pro Tour]] system (including the new [[World Magic Cup]] and [[2012 Magic Players Championship|Players Championship]] tournaments), and it was retroactively made to overlap with the latter half of the 2011 season. As such, events in 2011, starting with GP Kansas City in June, counted towards the 2012 season's races and end-of-year levels and benefits. However, the 2012 season itself started on 7 January 2012 with Grand Prix Austin, and ended on 13 May 2012 with the conclusion of [[Pro Tour Avacyn Restored|Pro Tour ''Avacyn Restored'']].


==2012 season changes==
==2012 season changes==
The season introduced a number of changes that were announced during the tail end of 2011. These include the abandonment of the [[DCI#DCI numbers|DCI ratings]] system in favor of [[Planeswalker Points]]; [[Grand Prix#Byes|byes]] at [[Grand Prix]] events would now be awarded to players earning a sufficient number of Planeswalker points, rather than to players with a high DCI rating. For [[Pro Tour Dark Ascension|Pro Tour ''Dark Ascension'']], players could get invited by earning enough Planeswalker points, but this method of qualification was removed after that event. Pro Tours were now scheduled to be held shortly after each new [[Expert-level#Expert-level sets|Expert-level]] set release, with the event taking the name after that expansion rather than the host city, as had been customary in past seasons. The number of Grand Prix events was greatly increased, though the number of Pro Tour invitations awarded for each of these was substantially decreased; in past seasons, the top 16 players had qualified for an upcoming Pro Tour; in 2012, only 2-4 players per event qualified. The [[Pro Players Club]] also received an overhaul, with the new [[Pro Players Club#Levels and benefits|Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels]] replacing the old Level system.


The season introduced a number of changes that were announced during the tail end of 2011. These include the abandonment of the [[DCI#DCI_numbers|DCI ratings]] system in favor of [[Planeswalker points]]; [[Grand_Prix#Byes|byes]] at [[Grand Prix]] events would now be awarded to players earning a sufficient number of Planeswalker points, rather than to players with a high DCI rating. For [[Pro Tour Dark Ascension|Pro Tour ''Dark Ascension'']], players could get invited by earning enough Planeswalker points, but this method of qualification was removed after that event. Pro Tours were now scheduled to be held shortly after each new [[Expert-level#Expert-level_sets|Expert-level]] set release, with the event taking the name after that expansion rather than the host city, as had been customary in past seasons. The number of Grand Prix events was greatly increased, though the number of Pro Tour invitations awarded for each of these was substantially decreased; in past seasons, the top 16 players had qualified for an upcoming Pro Tour; in 2012, only 2-4 players per event qualified.
Lastly, the [[World Championship]]s and the [[Player of the Year]] race were replaced by two events: The [[World Magic Cup]] and the [[2012 Magic Players Championship|Magic Players Championship]], with the winner of the Players Championship being considered the Player of the Year. This was somewhat altered in later seasons, however; the Player of the Year race returned, and the Players Championship was renamed into the World Championship, with the winner of the event being considered the World Champion. As such, the winner of the [[2012 Magic Players Championship]], [[Yuuya Watanabe]], is considered the 2012 World Champion.
 
Lastly, the [[Magic World Championships|World Championships]] and the [[Player of the Year]] race were replaced by two events: The [[World Magic Cup]] and the [[2012 Magic Players Championship|Magic Players Championship]], with the winner of the Players Championship being considered the Player of the Year. This was somewhat altered in later seasons, however; the Player of the Year race returned, and the Players Championship was renamed into the World Championship, with the winner of the event being considered the World Champion. As such, the winner of the [[2012 Magic Players Championship]], [[Yuuya Watanabe]], is considered the 2012 World Champion.


==Grand Prix (January 2012)==
==Grand Prix (January 2012)==
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| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 926
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 926
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flagicon FRA}} [[Raphaël Lévy]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|FRA}} [[Raphaël Lévy]]
|  1. {{flagicon USA}} [[Conley Woods]]
|  1. {{flag|USA}} [[Conley Woods]]
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flagicon USA}} [[Patrick Cox]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|USA}} [[Patrick Cox]]
|  2. {{flagicon USA}} [[Patrick Chapin]]
|  2. {{flag|USA}} [[Patrick Chapin]]
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flagicon USA}} Craig Edwards
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|USA}} Craig Edwards
|  3. {{flagicon BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
|  3. {{flag|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flagicon USA}} Eric Downing
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|USA}} Eric Downing
|  4. {{flagicon USA}} Stephen Mann
|  4. {{flag|USA}} Stephen Mann
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flagicon CAN}} Jason Howden
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|CAN}} Jason Howden
|  5. {{flagicon USA}} Gabriel Nieves
|  5. {{flag|USA}} Gabriel Nieves
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flagicon USA}} [[David Ochoa]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|USA}} [[David Ochoa]]
|  6. {{flagicon USA}} [[Ben Friedman]]
|  6. {{flag|USA}} [[Ben Friedman]]
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flagicon USA}} Austin Bursavich
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|USA}} [[Austin Bursavich]]
|  7. {{flagicon USA}} Javier Adorno
|  7. {{flag|USA}} Javier Adorno
|-
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flagicon USA}} David Saylor
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|USA}} David Saylor
|  8. {{flagicon USA}} [[David Ochoa]]
|  8. {{flag|USA}} [[David Ochoa]]
|}
|}


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|-
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|{{flagicon USA}} [[Brian Kibler]]
|{{flag|USA}} [[Brian Kibler]]
|align=center|$40,000
|align=center|$40,000
|align=center|30
|align=center|30
|Fifth Pro Tour Top 8, Second Pro Tour win
|Fifth Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
|-
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|{{flagicon BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
|{{flag|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
|align=center|$20,000
|align=center|$20,000
|align=center|24
|align=center|24
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|-
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|3
|{{flagicon USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
|{{flag|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
|align=center|$12,500
|align=center|$12,500
|align=center|22
|align=center|22
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|-
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|{{flagicon JPN}} Mamoru Nagai
|{{flag|JPN}} Mamoru Nagai
|align=center|$12,500
|align=center|$12,500
|align=center|22
|align=center|22
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|-
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|{{flagicon SWE}} [[Denniz Rachid]]
|{{flag|SWE}} [[Denniz Rachid]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|20
|align=center|20
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|-
|-
|align=center|6
|align=center|6
|{{flagicon USA}} [[Matt Costa]]
|{{flag|USA}} [[Matt Costa]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|20
|align=center|20
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|-
|align=center|7
|align=center|7
|{{flagicon CZE}} [[Lukas Blohon]]
|{{flag|CZE}} [[Lukas Blohon]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|20
|align=center|20
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|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|8
|{{flagicon NLD}} [[Jelger Wiegersma]]
|{{flag|NLD}} [[Jelger Wiegersma]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|20
|align=center|20
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==Grand Prix (February–April 2012)==
==Grand Prix (February–April 2012)==
{| style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid darkgray; width: 100%;"
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Kobe
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Lincoln
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Madrid
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #E5E4E2;"|GP Baltimore
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 18–19 February 2012
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 18–19 February 2012
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 25–26 February 2012
| style="background: #E5E4E2;"| Date: 25–26 February 2012
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Limited
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Modern
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Limited
| style="background: #E5E4E2;"| Format: Standard
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1117
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 716
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1314
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1545
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|JPN}} Masahiro Hiraga
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|USA}} Bronson Magnan
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|CHE}} Ivo Grossholz
|  1. {{flag|USA}} [[Matt Costa]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|JPN}} [[Ken Yukuhiro]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|USA}} [[Andrew Cuneo]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|ESP}} David Garcia Copete
|  2. {{flag|USA}} Dave Shiels
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|JPN}} Kouji Takeishi
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|NLD}} Guido Sondag
|  3. {{flag|USA}} [[Jackie Lee]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|JPN}} Hiroaki Kitahara
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|USA}} Samuel Friedman
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|PRT}} Fabio Rodrigues
|  4. {{flag|USA}} Matt Scott
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|JPN}} [[Katsuhiro Mori]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|USA}} Mary Jacobson
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|DEU}} Christian von Kalkstein
|  5. {{flag|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|JPN}} Hiroshi Ishida
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|USA}} Samuel Karls
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|DEU}} Florian Koch
|  6. {{flag|USA}} Max Tietze
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|CAN}} Matt Mercier
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|ITA}} Marco Frantuma
|  7. {{flag|USA}} Eric Meng
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|JPN}} Takayuki Nagaoka
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|USA}} Derrick Rutledge
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|CZE}} [[Martin Jůza]]
|  8. {{flag|USA}} Adam Snook
|}
{| style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid darkgray; width: 100%;"
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Lille
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Seattle-Tacoma
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Indianapolis
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;background: #E5E4E2;"|GP Nashville
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 3–4 March 2012
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 3–4 March 2012
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 10–11 March 2012
| style="background: #E5E4E2;"| Date: 17–18 March 2012
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Standard
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Limited
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Legacy
| style="background: #E5E4E2;"| Format: Limited
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1505
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1160
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1214
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1037
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|ENG}} Richard Parker
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|CAN}} Robert Smith
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|USA}} [[Tom Martell]]
|  1. {{flag|USA}} [[Reid Duke]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|FRA}} Simon Diaz
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|USA}} Iain Bartolomei
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|USA}} Kenny Castor
|  2. {{flag|USA}} [[Todd Anderson]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|BEL}} Kristof Benaets
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|USA}} Jason Huang
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|USA}} [[Dan Jordan]]
|  3. {{flag|USA}} Kyle Babin
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|BEL}} Tom Valkeneers
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|USA}} James Nguyen
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|USA}} Colin Chilbert
|  4. {{flag|USA}} [[Josh Utter-Leyton]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|DEU}} Manuel Mayer
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|USA}} [[Andrejs Prost]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|USA}} Ando Ferguson
|  5. {{flag|USA}} Caleb Durward
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|DEU}} Jonas Köstler
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|USA}} [[Paul Rietzl]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|USA}} Caleb Durward
|  6. {{flag|USA}} Robbie Cordell
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|POL}} [[Grzegorz Kowalski]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|USA}} Henry Romero
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|CAN}} [[Pascal Maynard]]
|  7. {{flag|USA}} Lissa Jensen
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|DEU}} Martin Zimmermann
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|USA}} [[Adam Yurchick]]
|  8. {{flag|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]]
|}
{| style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid darkgray; width: 100%;"
! scope="col" style="width: 33.3%;background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Kuala Lumpur
! scope="col" style="width: 33.3%;background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Mexico City
! scope="col" style="width: 33.3%;background: #efefef;"|GP Melbourne
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 24–25 March 2012
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: 24–25 March 2012
| style="background: #efefef;"| Date: 31 March–1 April 2012
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Standard
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Limited
| style="background: #efefef;"| Format: Limited
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 612
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 685
| style="background: #efefef;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 558
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|USA}} [[Paul Rietzl]]
|  1. {{flag|AUS}} David Crewe
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|CHN}} Xin Sui
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|VEN}} Humberto Patarca
|  2. {{flag|AUS}} Geoff Zhao
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|THA}} Sutti Lee
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|USA}} [[Craig Wescoe]]
|  3. {{flag|AUS}} Oliver Oks
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|CHN}} Chao Lu
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|MEX}} Daniel Hernandez
|  4. {{flag|AUS}} Simon Harnden
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|THA}} Sukhum Kiwanont
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|CAN}} [[Pascal Maynard]]
|  5. {{flag|AUS}} Thomas Rafferty
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|TWN}} [[Tzu Ching Kuo]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|MEX}} Mario Flores
|  6. {{flag|AUS}} Daniel Unwin
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|HKG}} Kingston Tong King Yim
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|DEU}} Gottlieb Yeh
|  7. {{flag|AUS}} [[Jeremy Neeman]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|MYS}} Jason Yap
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|MEX}} Gustavo Nuñez Moreno
|  8. {{flag|AUS}} Hao Wu
|}
{| style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid darkgray; width: 100%;"
! scope="col" style="width: 33.3%;background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Turin
! scope="col" style="width: 33.3%;background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"|GP Salt Lake City
! scope="col" style="width: 33.3%;background: #efefef;"|GP Manchester
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: March–1 April 2012
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Date: March–1 April 2012
| style="background: #efefef;"| Date: 21–22 April 2012
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Modern
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| Format: Standard
| style="background: #efefef;"| Format: Limited
|-
| style="background: #efefef;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1063
| style="background: #E5E4E2;border-right:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1137
| style="background: #efefef;border-bottom:1px solid darkgray;"| Attendance: 1028
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|USA}} [[Antonino De Rosa]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 1. {{flag|USA}} [[Shahar Shenhar]]
|  1. {{flag|BEL}} Alexandre Darras
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|DEU}} Michael Thiel
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 2. {{flag|USA}} Michael Peterson
|  2. {{flag|ITA}} [[Mario Pascoli]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|ESP}} Jose Velazquez
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 3. {{flag|USA}} [[Tom Martell]]
|  3. {{flag|SWE}} [[Joel Larsson]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|ITA}} Alessandro Lippi
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 4. {{flag|USA}} James Cooper
|  4. {{flag|DNK}} Lasse Nørgaard
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|ITA}} [[Marco Cammilluzzi]]
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 5. {{flag|USA}} Michael Hetrick
|  5. {{flag|DEU}} [[André Müller]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|CHE}} Yann Blumer
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 6. {{flag|USA}} Bryan Olvera
|  6. {{flag|BEL}} [[Marijn Lybaert]]
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|ITA}} Alessandro Portaro
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 7. {{flag|USA}} David Gleicher
|  7. {{flag|ITA}} Ciro Bonaventura
|-
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|CHE}} David Progin
| style="border-right:1px solid darkgray;"| 8. {{flag|CAN}} Marcel Angelo Zafra
|  8. {{flag|ZAF}} Adam Katz
|}


==Pro Tour ''Avacyn Restored''==
==Pro Tour ''Avacyn Restored''==
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|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|{{flagicon CAN}} [[Alexander Hayne]]
|{{flag|CAN}} [[Alexander Hayne]]
|align=center|$40,000
|align=center|$40,000
|align=center|30
|align=center|30
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|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|{{flagicon LTU}} [[Gaudenis Vidugiris]]
|{{flag|LTU}} [[Gaudenis Vidugiris]]
|align=center|$20,000
|align=center|$20,000
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|align=center|24
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|align=center|3
|align=center|3
|{{flagicon USA}} Josh Cho
|{{flag|USA}} Josh Cho
|align=center|$12,500
|align=center|$12,500
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|align=center|22
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|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|{{flagicon JPN}} [[Ken Yukuhiro]]
|{{flag|JPN}} [[Ken Yukuhiro]]
|align=center|$12,500
|align=center|$12,500
|align=center|22
|align=center|22
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|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|{{flagicon USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
|{{flag|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|20
|align=center|20
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|align=center|6
|align=center|6
|{{flagicon SWE}} [[Denniz Rachid]]
|{{flag|SWE}} [[Denniz Rachid]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|20
|align=center|20
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|align=center|7
|align=center|7
|{{flagicon AUT}} [[Thomas Holzinger]]
|{{flag|AUT}} [[Thomas Holzinger]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|20
|align=center|20
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|align=center|8
|align=center|8
|{{flagicon JPN}} [[Naoki Shimizu]]
|{{flag|JPN}} [[Naoki Shimizu]]
|align=center|$10,000
|align=center|$10,000
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==Notes==
==Notes==
 
:{{note|Yuuya|I|}} Yuuya Watanabe is considered the 2012 Player of the Year, as he won the inaugural Players Championship event, later renamed the [[World Championship]]. However, Yuuya would have been the 2012 Player of the Year even under the traditional Player of the Year system.<ref>{{WebRef|title=2011-2012 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy201112|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref>
:{{note|Yuuya|I|}} Yuuya Watanabe is considered the 2012 Player of the Year, as he won the inaugural Players Championship event, later renamed the [[World Championship]]. However, Yuuya would have been the 2012 Player of the Year even under the traditional Player of the Year system.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011-2012 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy201112|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 14:29, 18 May 2023

2012 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year {JPN} Yuuya Watanabe [I]
Rookie of the Year {CAN} Alexander Hayne
PTs 2
Grand Prix 16
Previous season:
2011		 Next season:
2012–13

The 2012 Pro Tour season was the seventeenth Pro Tour season. It was a transitional season, as changes were made to the Pro Tour system (including the new World Magic Cup and Players Championship tournaments), and it was retroactively made to overlap with the latter half of the 2011 season. As such, events in 2011, starting with GP Kansas City in June, counted towards the 2012 season's races and end-of-year levels and benefits. However, the 2012 season itself started on 7 January 2012 with Grand Prix Austin, and ended on 13 May 2012 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Avacyn Restored.

2012 season changes

The season introduced a number of changes that were announced during the tail end of 2011. These include the abandonment of the DCI ratings system in favor of Planeswalker Points; byes at Grand Prix events would now be awarded to players earning a sufficient number of Planeswalker points, rather than to players with a high DCI rating. For Pro Tour Dark Ascension, players could get invited by earning enough Planeswalker points, but this method of qualification was removed after that event. Pro Tours were now scheduled to be held shortly after each new Expert-level set release, with the event taking the name after that expansion rather than the host city, as had been customary in past seasons. The number of Grand Prix events was greatly increased, though the number of Pro Tour invitations awarded for each of these was substantially decreased; in past seasons, the top 16 players had qualified for an upcoming Pro Tour; in 2012, only 2-4 players per event qualified. The Pro Players Club also received an overhaul, with the new Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels replacing the old Level system.

Lastly, the World Championships and the Player of the Year race were replaced by two events: The World Magic Cup and the Magic Players Championship, with the winner of the Players Championship being considered the Player of the Year. This was somewhat altered in later seasons, however; the Player of the Year race returned, and the Players Championship was renamed into the World Championship, with the winner of the event being considered the World Champion. As such, the winner of the 2012 Magic Players Championship, Yuuya Watanabe, is considered the 2012 World Champion.

Grand Prix (January 2012)

GP Austin GP Orlando
 Date: 7–8 January 2012  Date: 14–15 January 2012
 Format: Limited  Format: Standard
 Attendance: 1044  Attendance: 926
 1. {FRA} Raphaël Lévy  1. {USA} Conley Woods
 2. {USA} Patrick Cox  2. {USA} Patrick Chapin
 3. {USA} Craig Edwards  3. {BRA} Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
 4. {USA} Eric Downing  4. {USA} Stephen Mann
 5. {CAN} Jason Howden  5. {USA} Gabriel Nieves
 6. {USA} David Ochoa  6. {USA} Ben Friedman
 7. {USA} Austin Bursavich  7. {USA} Javier Adorno
 8. {USA} David Saylor  8. {USA} David Ochoa

Pro Tour Dark Ascension

Main article: Pro Tour Dark Ascension

10–12 February 2012 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 {USA} Brian Kibler $40,000 30 Fifth Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2 {BRA} Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $20,000 24 Ninth Pro Tour Top 8
3 {USA} Jon Finkel $12,500 22 Thirteenth Pro Tour Top 8
4 {JPN} Mamoru Nagai $12,500 22
5 {SWE} Denniz Rachid $10,000 20
6 {USA} Matt Costa $10,000 20
7 {CZE} Lukas Blohon $10,000 20
8 {NLD} Jelger Wiegersma $10,000 20 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8

Grand Prix (February–April 2012)

GP Kobe GP Lincoln GP Madrid GP Baltimore
 Date: 18–19 February 2012  Date: 18–19 February 2012  Date: 25–26 February 2012  Date: 25–26 February 2012
 Format: Limited  Format: Modern  Format: Limited  Format: Standard
 Attendance: 1117  Attendance: 716  Attendance: 1314  Attendance: 1545
 1. {JPN} Masahiro Hiraga  1. {USA} Bronson Magnan  1. {CHE} Ivo Grossholz  1. {USA} Matt Costa
 2. {JPN} Ken Yukuhiro  2. {USA} Andrew Cuneo  2. {ESP} David Garcia Copete  2. {USA} Dave Shiels
 3. {JPN} Kouji Takeishi  3. {USA} Luis Scott-Vargas  3. {NLD} Guido Sondag  3. {USA} Jackie Lee
 4. {JPN} Hiroaki Kitahara  4. {USA} Samuel Friedman  4. {PRT} Fabio Rodrigues  4. {USA} Matt Scott
 5. {JPN} Katsuhiro Mori  5. {USA} Mary Jacobson  5. {DEU} Christian von Kalkstein  5. {BRA} Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
 6. {JPN} Hiroshi Ishida  6. {USA} Samuel Karls  6. {DEU} Florian Koch  6. {USA} Max Tietze
 7. {JPN} Yuuya Watanabe  7. {CAN} Matt Mercier  7. {ITA} Marco Frantuma  7. {USA} Eric Meng
 8. {JPN} Takayuki Nagaoka  8. {USA} Derrick Rutledge  8. {CZE} Martin Jůza  8. {USA} Adam Snook
GP Lille GP Seattle-Tacoma GP Indianapolis GP Nashville
 Date: 3–4 March 2012  Date: 3–4 March 2012  Date: 10–11 March 2012  Date: 17–18 March 2012
 Format: Standard  Format: Limited  Format: Legacy  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1505  Attendance: 1160  Attendance: 1214  Attendance: 1037
 1. {GB-ENG} Richard Parker  1. {CAN} Robert Smith  1. {USA} Tom Martell  1. {USA} Reid Duke
 2. {FRA} Simon Diaz  2. {USA} Iain Bartolomei  2. {USA} Kenny Castor  2. {USA} Todd Anderson
 3. {BEL} Kristof Benaets  3. {USA} Jason Huang  3. {USA} Dan Jordan  3. {USA} Kyle Babin
 4. {BEL} Tom Valkeneers  4. {USA} James Nguyen  4. {USA} Colin Chilbert  4. {USA} Josh Utter-Leyton
 5. {DEU} Manuel Mayer  5. {USA} Andrejs Prost  5. {USA} Ando Ferguson  5. {USA} Caleb Durward
 6. {DEU} Jonas Köstler  6. {USA} Paul Rietzl  6. {USA} Caleb Durward  6. {USA} Robbie Cordell
 7. {POL} Grzegorz Kowalski  7. {USA} Henry Romero  7. {CAN} Pascal Maynard  7. {USA} Lissa Jensen
 8. {DEU} Martin Zimmermann  8. {USA} Owen Turtenwald  8. {USA} Adam Yurchick  8. {JPN} Shuhei Nakamura
GP Kuala Lumpur GP Mexico City GP Melbourne
 Date: 24–25 March 2012  Date: 24–25 March 2012  Date: 31 March–1 April 2012
 Format: Standard  Format: Limited  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 612  Attendance: 685  Attendance: 558
 1. {JPN} Yuuya Watanabe  1. {USA} Paul Rietzl  1. {AUS} David Crewe
 2. {CHN} Xin Sui  2. {VEN} Humberto Patarca  2. {AUS} Geoff Zhao
 3. {THA} Sutti Lee  3. {USA} Craig Wescoe  3. {AUS} Oliver Oks
 4. {CHN} Chao Lu  4. {MEX} Daniel Hernandez  4. {AUS} Simon Harnden
 5. {THA} Sukhum Kiwanont  5. {CAN} Pascal Maynard  5. {AUS} Thomas Rafferty
 6. {TWN} Tzu Ching Kuo  6. {MEX} Mario Flores  6. {AUS} Daniel Unwin
 7. {HKG} Kingston Tong King Yim  7. {DEU} Gottlieb Yeh  7. {AUS} Jeremy Neeman
 8. {MYS} Jason Yap  8. {MEX} Gustavo Nuñez Moreno  8. {AUS} Hao Wu
GP Turin GP Salt Lake City GP Manchester
 Date: March–1 April 2012  Date: March–1 April 2012  Date: 21–22 April 2012
 Format: Modern  Format: Standard  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1063  Attendance: 1137  Attendance: 1028
 1. {USA} Antonino De Rosa  1. {USA} Shahar Shenhar  1. {BEL} Alexandre Darras
 2. {DEU} Michael Thiel  2. {USA} Michael Peterson  2. {ITA} Mario Pascoli
 3. {ESP} Jose Velazquez  3. {USA} Tom Martell  3. {SWE} Joel Larsson
 4. {ITA} Alessandro Lippi  4. {USA} James Cooper  4. {DNK} Lasse Nørgaard
 5. {ITA} Marco Cammilluzzi  5. {USA} Michael Hetrick  5. {DEU} André Müller
 6. {CHE} Yann Blumer  6. {USA} Bryan Olvera  6. {BEL} Marijn Lybaert
 7. {ITA} Alessandro Portaro  7. {USA} David Gleicher  7. {ITA} Ciro Bonaventura
 8. {CHE} David Progin  8. {CAN} Marcel Angelo Zafra  8. {ZAF} Adam Katz

Pro Tour Avacyn Restored

Main article: Pro Tour Avacyn Restored

11–13 May 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 {CAN} Alexander Hayne $40,000 30
2 {LTU} Gaudenis Vidugiris $20,000 24 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 {USA} Josh Cho $12,500 22 Pro Tour debut
4 {JPN} Ken Yukuhiro $12,500 22
5 {USA} Jon Finkel $10,000 20 Fourteenth Pro Tour Top 8
6 {SWE} Denniz Rachid $10,000 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 {AUT} Thomas Holzinger $10,000 20
8 {JPN} Naoki Shimizu $10,000 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8

Notes

^I Yuuya Watanabe is considered the 2012 Player of the Year, as he won the inaugural Players Championship event, later renamed the World Championship. However, Yuuya would have been the 2012 Player of the Year even under the traditional Player of the Year system.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 2011-2012 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS. Wizards of the Coast.
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