Pro Players Club

The Pro Players Club is a system set up by Wizards of the Coast to reward players on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It was announced in May 2005 by Randy Buehler and replaced several older and more complicated sytems like the end-of-the-year payout. It took effect with Pro Tour London in 2005.

There are currently three ranks in the Pro Players Club: Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

Earning Levels

From the Pro Tour Players Club Guidelines and Procedures:

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When a member reaches the required number of Professional Points in the current Professional Points season, he or she is immediately promoted to the applicable Club Level for the rest of the current season. At the beginning of each new season, every member will be awarded the membership level based on his or her final point total in the previous Professional Points season.

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Starting with the 2012 season, players that win a Pro Tour event or the World Championship are immediately promoted to Platinum level until the end of the next season. Winners of the Magic Online Championship and the Rookie of the Year are immediately promoted to Gold level until the end of the next season.

For the 2013–14 season, only the five best Grand Prix results (in terms of Pro Points earned) count towards a player's total number of points during a season. This cap was increased to six for the 2014–15 season and onwards.

Levels and benefits

In the 2012 season, the Pro Players Club was changed to a system with three ranks; benefits and requirements are adjusted on a yearly basis if necessary.

The current 2015 system's benefits and requirements are listed below:

Silver (18 points)

Silver-level players receive:

• two byes at all individual-format Grand Prix tournaments.
• an invitation to the Pro Tour immediately following their promotion to Silver level after the start of a pro season. If they already have an invitation to that Pro Tour, or chooses not to attend, the invitation will be deferred to the next Pro Tour of that pro season (if any), and so on.
• an invitation to the first Pro Tour of the season. If they already have an invitation to that Pro Tour, or chooses not to attend, the invitation will be deferred to the next Pro Tour of that pro season (if any), and so on.
• invitations to their country's World Magic Cup Qualifiers.
• 10 QPs for each Magic Online Championship Series season.
• an invitation to one Regional Pro Tour Qualifier during each Regional Pro Tour Qualifier season.

Gold (33 points)

Gold-level players receive:

• three byes at all individual-format Grand Prix tournaments.
• invitations to all Pro Tours.
• expenses-paid air travel ticket to all Pro Tours.
• invitations to their country's World Magic Cup Qualifiers.
• one bye at each World Magic Cup Qualifier in their country.
• 15 QPs for each Magic Online Championship Series season.

Platinum (50 points)

Platinum-level players receive:

• three byes at all individual-format Grand Prix tournaments.
• a complementary sleep-in special at all Grand Prix (where available).
• invitations to all Pro Tours.
• expenses-paid air travel ticket and hotel accommodations at all Pro Tours.
• invitations to their country's World Magic Cup Qualifiers.
• two byes at each World Magic Cup Qualifier in their country.
• 20 QPs for each Magic Online Championship Series season.
• appearance fees for attending select tournaments (until the end of 2015-16 season):
  • Pro Tour – $3000
  • World Magic Cup – $1000
  • World Magic Cup Qualifier – $500
  • Grand Prix – $250