2024–25 Pro Tour Season
| 2024–25 Pro Tour Season | ||||
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| Player of the Year | TBA | |||
| World Champion | TBA | |||
| Hall of Fame inductions | TBA | |||
| PTs | 3 | |||
| Magic Spotlights | 8 | |||
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The 2024–25 Pro Tour season is the thirtieth Pro Tour season for Magic: The Gathering. The season opened with Regional Championships at the end of September 2024 and ends with the 2025 World Championship in December 2025.
Tournaments
Regional Championships 7
The Regional Championships between September 27 to December 1, 2024 awarded invites to Pro Tour Aetherdrift and the 2025 World Championship. The format was Pioneer
Date: September 27-29, 2024
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Date: October 4-6, 2024
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Date: October 11-13, 2024
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Date: October 12-13, 2024
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Date: October 19-20, 2024
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Date: November 1-3, 2024
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Date: November 1-3, 2024
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Date: November 8-10, 2024
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Date: November 8-10, 2024
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Date: November 15-17, 2024
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Date: Nov. 29 - December 1, 2024
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Arena Championship 7
Arena Championship 7 took place on December 14–15, 2024, with 48 players competing. The format was Traditional Standard (Best-of-Three with sideboard) on Magic: The Gathering Arena. Day 1 of the event was 6 rounds of Swiss playing Traditional Standard Constructed. This was the first Arena Championship with the new structure, with Day 2 of the Event being a single-elimination Playoff for the Top 24 Players. The Top 8 Players after Day 1 received a bye in the first round and the 9th-24th played for the last eight spots in the Round of 16. There were no draws, intentional or otherwise, allowed during the Swiss rounds. Players were expected to play until a winner was declared.[1] The forty-eight competitors were headlined by former League members Arne Huschenbeth, Keisuke Sato and Matthieu Avignon, Pro Tour commentator Corey Baumeister, and Pro Tour March of the Machine Top 4 player David Olsen.
Twenty Dimir Midrange pilots registered the most popular deck going into the tournament; Red Aggro, slightly favored against Dimir, came in second with an aggregate of 17-20 pilots. For the Day 2 cutoff, three 4-2s got byes into the upper bracket, while seven of fourteen 3-3s were eliminated. Kasuhiro Hasegawa was the undefeated player of Day 1.
In a final matchup that defined the tournament, Sato on Gruul Aggro defeated Mikko Airaksinen on Dimir Midrange.
| Place | Player | Prize | Points | Standard Deck |
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| 1 |  Keisuke Sato
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$30,000 | 24 | Gruul Aggro |
| 2 |  Mikko Airaksinen
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$20,000 | 27 | Dimir Midrange |
| 3 | Kazuhiko Hasegawa
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$15,000 | 27 | Jeskai Convoke |
| 4 |  Leo Finnveden
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$15,000 | 18 | Dimir Midrange |
| 5 |  Asdren Alexander
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$10,000 | 21 | Simic Terror |
| 6 |  Luke Deratzou
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$10,000 | 21 | Gruul Aggro |
| 7 |  Marvin Chiong
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$10,000 | 18 | Jeskai Convoke |
| 8 |  Ioannis Tsetis
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$10,000 | 15 | Dimir Midrange |
Spotlight: Foundations
This season introduced the Magic Spotlight Series. Each stop in this series was a large, multi-day celebration that spotlighted a specific theme. Each Spotlight featured a flagship main tournament — a two-day open tournament that features a $50,000 prize pool and invites to the upcoming Pro Tour for the Top 8.[2] The series had a player cap limited to 2,000 spots.
The series kicked off on January 3–5, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It featured Magic: The Gathering Foundations, celebrating this new program and a new era for Standard Constructed.
1453 players registered for the tournament.
| Rank | Player | Deck |
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| 1 | Nicholas Odenheimer
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Gruul Aggro |
| 2 | Scott McNamara
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Dimir Enchantments |
| 3 | Gray Payne
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Domain Overlords |
| 4 | Rei Zhang
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Otter Combo |
| 5 | Eli Swafford
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Azorius Oculus |
| 6 | Zhao Li
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Azorius Aggro |
| 7 | Victor Moy
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Gruul Aggro |
| 8 | Steven Rorabaugh
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Gruul Aggro |
Pro Tour Aetherdrift
The first Pro Tour of 2025 took place on February 21-23, 2025, at Chicago MagicCon, USA.[3] The format was Aetherdrift Booster Draft and Standard Constructed.
| Place | Player | Deck | Prize | Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Matt Nass
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Domain Overlords | $50,000 | 27 | Third Top Finish |
| 2 | James Dimitrov
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Domain Overlords | $30,000 | 23 | Pro Tour debut |
| 3 |  Christopher Leonard
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Domain Overlords | $15,000 | 20 | First Top Finish |
| 4 |  Yuchen Liu
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Gruul Mice | $15,000 | 20 | Second Top Finish |
| 5 | Zevin Faust
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Golgari Undergrowth | $9,000 | 20 | Pro Tour debut |
| 6 | Kenta Harane
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Jeskai Oculus | $9,000 | 20 | Second Top Finish |
| 7 | Lucas Duchow
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Gruul Leyline | $9,000 | 18 | Second Top Finish |
| 8 | Ian Robb
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Mono-Red Aggro | $9,000 | 18 | Pro Tour debut |
Spotlight: Modern
The second Spotlight took place on March 15–16, 2025, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The format was Modern Constructed. 1576 players participated, and the winner received twelve booster boxes each of Modern Horizons 2 and Modern Horizons 3.[4]
| Rank | Player | Deck |
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| 1 |  Raul Porojan
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Orzhov Blink |
| 2 |  Alberto Manchado
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Temur Breach |
| 3 |  Arthur Brocsko
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Amulet Titan |
| 4 | Wladimir Jerger
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Hollow One |
| 5 |  Nuno Vale
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Eldrazi Ramp |
| 6 |  Bartek Wolciechowski
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Temur Breach |
| 7 | Sebastian Sachse
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Mono-Green Broodscale |
| 8 |  Lorenzo Bellettini
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Grixis Shadow |
Regional Championships 8
The Regional Championships between January 24 and March 16, 2025 awarded invites to Pro Tour Final Fantasy and the 2025 World Championship. The format was Modern. Note that the United States expanded to two Regional Championships starting with this round.
Date: January 24-26, 2025
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Date: January 24-26, 2025
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Date: January 24-26, 2025
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Date: February 7–9, 2025
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Date: February 7–9, 2025
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Date: February 15–16, 2025
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Date: March 1–2, 2025
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Date: March 8–9, 2025
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Date: March 8–9, 2025
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Date: March 15–16, 2025
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Date: March 15–16, 2025
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Date: March 15–16, 2025
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Arena Championship 8
Arena Championship 8 took place on March 29-30, 2025, with 50 players competing. The format was Traditional Explorer (Best-of-Three with sideboard) on Magic: The Gathering Arena. The biggest names in the field were Hall-of-Famer Seth Manfield, former League members Kenji Egashira, Shintaro Ishimura, and João Moreira, commentator Paul Cheon, Arena Champion 4 Shinya Saito, regular MOCS and Regional Top 8er Muhan Yu, and Pro Tour regulars Eliott Boussaud and Anssi Alkio.
With no Pioneer in the Pro Tour schedule, this would be the closest observation of the format since the previous year. Red was the overwhelmingly favored color of choice, with Rakdos Demons, Mono-Red and Arclight Phoenix and assorted others making up two-thirds of the field. The unthemed Rakdos Midrange of the past now uses a light Demon typal theme revolving around Unholy Annex//Ritual Chamber, while the same cards that power Standard's Gruul Mice are the backbone of the Mono-Red deck. Phoenix decks act the same as they have done since its debut. Finally, the self-bounce decks of Standard were also ported into Explorer, with Yorion, Sky Nomad making a reappearance.
The return of Mono-Red was the story of the tournament, with the Bloomburrow Mice giving it the longevity to fight longer games, making up six of the Top 8 from nine pilots.
| Rank | Player | Deck |
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| 1 |  Kristoffer Lindqvist
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 2 | Percy Fang
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 3 | Muhan Yu
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 4 | Steven Li
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 5 |  Eliott Boussaud
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Izzet Phoenix |
| 6 | Nagao Kengo
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 7 | Maxim Barkman
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 8 |  Peter Duris
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Spotlight: Dragons
The third Spotlight takes place on April 11–13, 2025, in Denver, USA. The format is Tarkir: Dragonstorm Limited.
1219 players participated in the tournament.
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| 1 | Andrew Baeckstrom
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| 2 | Jody Keith
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| 3 | Christian Valenti
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| 4 | Josh Morton
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| 5 | Michael Hron
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| 6 | Lee Webb
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| 7 | Nathaniel Hoffman
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| 8 | Charles Wong
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Spotlight: Secret Lair
The fourth Spotlight takes place on May 30-June 1, 2025, in Indianapolis, USA. The format is Modern Constructed.
Pro Tour Final Fantasy
The second Pro Tour of 2025 takes place on June 20-22, 2025, at Las Vegas MagicCon, USA.[3]
Spotlight: Final Fantasy
The fifth Spotlight takes place on June 27-29, 2025, in Chiba, Japan. The format is Standard Constructed.
Regional Championships 9
The Regional Championships between April 25 and June 1, 2025 award invites to Pro Tour Edge of Eternities (Atlanta) and the 2025 World Championship. The format is Standard Constructed. For Australia/New Zealand, Let's Play Games assumes the Regional Championship partnership from Good Games.
Date: April 25–26, 2025
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Date: May 2-4, 2025
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Date: May 2-4, 2025
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Date: May 2-4, 2025
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Date: May 3-4, 2025
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Date: May 10-11, 2025
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Date: May 16-18, 2025
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Date: May 16-18, 2025
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Date: May 16-18, 2025
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Date: May 17-18, 2025
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Date: May 31-June 1, 2025
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Date: May 31-June 1, 2025
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Arena Championship 9
TBA
Spotlight: Planetary Rotation
The sixth Spotlight takes place on August 29-31, 2025, in Orlando, USA. The format is TBA.
Pro Tour Edge of Eternities
The third Pro Tour of 2025 takes place on September 26-28, 2025, at Atlanta MagicCon, USA.[3]
Spotlight: TBA
The seventh Spotlight takes place on October 24-26, 2025, in Baltimore, USA. The format is TBA.
Spotlight: TBA
The eighth Spotlight takes place on October 31-November 2, 2025, in Liverpool, UK. The format is TBA.
Magic World Championship
World Championship 31 takes place on December 5-7, 2025 at Bellevue, Washington, USA.[3][5] The format is TBA
References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (November 27, 2024). "Arena Championship 7 Fact Sheet for Competitors". Magic.gg.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (August 21, 2024). "Announcing the Magic Spotlight Series". Magic.gg.
- ↑ a b c d Wizards of the Coast (October 15, 2024). "The 2025 MagicCon and Pro Tour Schedule". Magic.gg.
- ↑ Play Magic (March 17, 2025). "The Magic Spotlight: Modern field is down to two!". Bluesky.
- ↑ Play Magic (March 10, 2025). "MTGWorlds 31 will be in Bellevue, WA on December 5-7, 2025.". Bluesky.