2024–25 Pro Tour Season

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2024–25 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year TBA
World Champion TBA
Hall of Fame inductions TBA
PTs 3
Open events 0
Magic Spotlights 8
Previous season:
2023-24
Next season:
2025-26

The 2024–25 Pro Tour season is the thirtieth Pro Tour season for Magic: The Gathering. The season opens with Regional Championships at the end of September 2024 and ends with the 2025 World Championship.

Tournaments

Regional Championships 7

The Regional Championships between September 27 to December 1, 2024 award invites to Pro Tour Aetherdrift and the 2025 World Championship. The format is Pioneer

RC Brazil (Sao Paolo)

Date: September 27-29, 2024
Attendance: 211

1. {BRA} Vinícius Karam
2. {BRA} Jonathan Lobo Melamed

RC USA (Washington DC)

Date: October 4-6, 2024
Attendance: 1817

1. {USA} Cory Lack
2. {USA} Connor Mackenzie

RC JPN-KOR (Shizuoka)

Date: October 11-13, 2024
Attendance: 259

1. {JPN} Tomoaki Ogasawara
2. {JPN} Tatsuro Asano

RC S.E. Asia (Singapore)

Date: October 12-13, 2024
Attendance: 115

1. {IDN} Benedictus Budisanjaya
2. {MYS} Justin Chin

RC Taipei (Taipei City)

Date: October 19-20, 2024
Attendance: 80

1. {TPE} Szu Yuan Chen
2. {TPE} Fei Li Chen

RC S. America (Santiago)

Date: November 1-3, 2024
Attendance: 147

1. {URY} Adam Schwartz
2. {CHL} Hernán Lobos

RC China (Shanghai)

Date: November 1-3, 2024
Attendance: 246

1. {CHN} Chun Him To
2. {CHN} Shen Yang

RC EMEA (Lille)

Date: November 8-10, 2024
Attendance: 546

1. {DEU} Marc Tobiasch
2. {ESP} Sergio Gimenez

RC Aus-NZ (Sydney)

Date: November 8-10, 2024
Attendance: 221

1. {AUS} James Moore
2. {AUS} Luke Mulcahy

RC Canada (Calgary)

Date: November 15-17, 2024
Attendance: 378

1. {CAN} Randall Litman
2. {CAN} Julian David

RC MCAC (Mexico City)

Date: Nov. 29 - December 1, 2024
Attendance: 141

1. {MEX} Joaquin Roberto Soto Castillo
2. {MEX} Javier Castellan

Arena Championship 7

Arena Championship 7 took place on December 14–15, 2024. 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
1 {JPN} Keisuke Sato $30,000 24 Gruul Aggro
2 {FIN} Mikko Airaksinen $20,000 27 Dimir Midrange
3 {JPN} Kazuhiko Hasegawa $15,000 27 Jeskai Convoke
4 {SWE} Leo Finnveden $15,000 18 Dimir Midrange
5 {AUT} Asdren Alexander $10,000 21 Simic Terror
6 {USA} Luke Deratzou $10,000 21 Gruul Aggro
7 {PHL} Marvin Chiong $10,000 18 Jeskai Convoke
8 {GRC} Ioannis Tsetis $10,000 15 Dimir Midrange

Spotlight: Foundations

This season introduces the Magic Spotlight Series. Each stop in this series is a large, multi-day celebration that will spotlight a specific theme at each event. Each Spotlight features 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] It is limited to 2,000 spots.

The series kicks off on January 3–5, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It features Magic: The Gathering Foundations, celebrating this new program and a new era for Standard Constructed.

1453 players registered for the tournament.

Rank Player Deck
1 {USA} Nicholas Odenheimer Gruul Aggro
2 {USA} Scott McNamara Dimir Enchantments
3 {USA} Gray Payne Domain Overlords
4 {USA} Rei Zhang Otter Combo
5 {USA} Eli Swafford Azorius Oculus
6 {USA} Zhao Li Azorius Aggro
7 {USA} Victor Moy Gruul Aggro
8 {USA} Steven Rorabaugh Gruul Aggro

Regional Championships 8

The Regional Championships between January 24 and March 16, 2025 award invites to Pro Tour Final Fantasy and the 2025 World Championship. Note that the United States will be expanding to two Regional Championships starting with this round.

RC Brazil (São Paulo)

Date: January 24-26, 2025
Attendance: 189

1. {BRA} Pedro Perrini
2. {BRA} Gabriel Lopes

RC Canada (Ottawa)

Date: January 24-26, 2025
Attendance: 430

1. {CAN} Simon Pinché
2. {CAN} Max Dore

RC EMEA (Prague)

Date: January 24-26, 2025
Attendance: 996

1. {GB-ENG} Alexander Rohan
2. {ESP} Fernando Palmero

RC USA (Portland)

Date: February 7–9, 2025
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Date: February 7–9, 2025
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RC China (Wuhan)

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RC USA (Charlotte)

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Pro Tour Aetherdrift

Main article: Pro Tour Aetherdrift

The first Pro Tour of 2025 takes place on February 21-23, 2025, at Chicago MagicCon, USA.[3] The format is Aetherdrift Booster Draft and Standard Constructed.

Spotlight: Modern

The second Spotlight takes place on March 15–16, 2025, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The format is Modern Constructed.

Arena Championship 8

TBA

Spotlight: Dragons

The third Spotlight takes place on April 11–13, 2025, in Denver, USA. The format is Tarkir: Dragonstorm Limited.

Spotlight: Secret Lair

The fourth Spotlight takes place on May 30-June 1, 2025, in Indianapolis, USA. The format is Modern.

Pro Tour Final Fantasy

The second Pro Tour of 2025 takes place on June 20-23, 2025, at Las Vegas MagicCon, USA.[3]

Regional Championships 9

The Regional Championships between April 19 and June 1, 2025 award invites to Pro Tour 2025-3 (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. For South America and Brazil, Devir BR assumes the Regional Championship partnerships from Magicsur and City Class Games respectively.[4]

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Pro Tour Edge of Eternities

The third Pro Tour of 2025 takes place on September 26-28, 2025, at Atlanta MagicCon, USA.[3]

Magic World Championship

World Championship 31 takes place in early December 2025 at TBA.[3] The format is TBA

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