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 | Prize |
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| 1 |  Kristoffer Lindqvist
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Mono-Red Aggro | $30,000 |
| 2 | Percy Fang
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Mono-Red Aggro | $20,000 |
| 3 | Muhan Yu
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Mono-Red Aggro | $15,000 |
| 4 | Steven Li
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Mono-Red Aggro | $15,000 |
| 5 |  Eliott Boussaud
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Izzet Phoenix | $10,000 |
| 6 | Nagao Kengo
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Mono-Red Aggro | $10,000 |
| 7 | Maxim Barkman
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Mono-Red Aggro | $10,000 |
| 8 |  Peter Duris
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Temur Analyst | $10,000 |
Spotlight: Dragons
The third Spotlight took place on April 11–13, 2025, in Denver, USA. The format was 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 took place on May 30-June 1, 2025, in Indianapolis, USA. The format was Modern Constructed.
1219 players participated in the tournament.
| Rank | Player | Deck |
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| 1 | Hunter Ovington
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Gruul Brrodscale |
| 2 | Andrew Bailey
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Esper Reanimator |
| 3 | Raja Sulaiman
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Esper Blink |
| 4 | Justin Schabel
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Izzet Prowess |
| 5 | Burke Methena
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Azorius Affinty |
| 6 | Christopher Kral
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Orzhov Blink |
| 7 | Geoff Mullin
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Orzhov Blink |
| 8 | Ian Starkebaum
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Domain Zoo |
Pro Tour Final Fantasy
The second Pro Tour of 2025 took place on June 20-22, 2025, at Las Vegas MagicCon, USA.[3]
| Place | Player | Deck | Prize | Points | Comment |
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| 1 | Ken Yukuhiro
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Mono-Red Aggro | $50,000 | 27 | Eighth Top Finish |
| 2 | Ian Robb
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Izzet Prowess | $30,000 | 23 | Second Top Finish in a row |
| 3 |  Tony Portolon
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Izzet Prowess | $15,000 | 20 | |
| 4 | Yuchen Liu
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Mono-Red Aggro | $15,000 | 20 | Third Top Finish, second in a row |
| 5 | Percy Fang
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Mono-Red Aggro | $9,000 | 20 | |
| 6 | David Rood
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Izzet Prowess | $9,000 | 20 | Third Top Finish |
| 7 | Christian Baker
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Izzet Prowess | $9,000 | 18 | |
| 8 | Andy Garcia-Romo
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Mono-Red Aggro | $9,000 | 18 |
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 10-12, 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 24-25, 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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Spotlight: Final Fantasy
The fifth Spotlight took place on June 27-29, 2025, in Chiba, Japan. The format was Standard Constructed. 2250 players participated. The winner received a one-of-a-kind trophy, featuring the Planeswalker symbol incorporated in a crystal from the Final Fantasy franchise.[5]
| Rank | Player | Deck |
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| 1 | Kazuya Hirabayashi
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Izzet Prowess |
| 2 | Javier Del Pino Povedano
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Azorius Omniscience |
| 3 | Kenichi Abe
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Izzet Prowess |
| 4 | Shinnosuke Takahama
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 5 | Kenta Masukadu
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Dimir Midrange |
| 6 | Keita Tonouchi
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Izzet Prowess |
| 7 | Chuan Sun
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Golgari Roots |
| 8 |  Paul Tsao
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Izzet Cauldron |
Arena Championship 9
Arena Championship 9 took place on August 9-10, 2025, with 37 players competing. The format was Traditional Standard (Best-of-Three with sideboard) on Magic: The Gathering Arena, the first day using a modified Swiss system where players at four wins or four losses are removed from the field. The biggest names in the field are two-time Pro Tour Champion Jan-Moritz Merkel, Arena Championship 7 finalist Mikko Airaksinen, and Top 8 competitors Derrick Davis, Daniel Goetschel, Michael Bonde, Lorenzo Terlizzi, and Juan José Rodríguez López.
The Vivi Ornitier-Agatha's Soul Cauldron combo deck championed by Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa in the last Pro Tour quickly surged to the deck of the format, with 20 of 37 players registering it. At a distant tied second was Esper Pixie and post-ban Izzet Prowess with three pilots each. With the extreme disparity, the winner's metagame was inevitably heavily tilted towards the Cauldron deck, with the last non-Cauldron deck, Marvin Chiong's Temur Ferocious, exiting in the quarterfinals.[6] Italy's Raffaele Mazza defeated the headliner Merkel in the finals.[7]
| Rank | Player | Deck | Prize |
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| 1 | Raffaele Mazza
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Izzet Cauldron | $30,000 |
| 2 |  Jan-Moritz Merkel
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Izzet Cauldron | $20,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Goetschel
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Izzet Cauldron | $15,000 |
| 4 | Kohei Kokichi
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Izzet Cauldron | $15,000 |
| 5 | Marvin Chiong
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Temur Ferocious | $10,000 |
| 6 |  Davor Detecnik
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Izzet Cauldron | $10,000 |
| 7 | Simon Davidsson
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Izzet Cauldron | $10,000 |
| 8 | Joan Garcia Esquerdo
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Izzet Cauldron | $10,000 |
Spotlight: Planetary Rotation
The sixth Spotlight took place on August 29-31, 2025, in Orlando, USA. The format was Standard Constructed (after rotation).
| Rank | Player | Deck |
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| 1 | Brennan Roy
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Mono-Red Aggro |
| 2 | Jack Potter
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Izzet Cauldron |
| 3 | Josh Moscoe
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Izzet Cauldron |
| 4 | Jody Keith
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Izzet Cauldron |
| 5 | Benny Zeoll
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Izzet Cauldron |
| 6 | Takeshi Ozawa
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Izzet Cauldron |
| 7 | Jesse Piland
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Izzet Cauldron |
| 8 | Marco Cammilluzzi
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Mono-Red Aggro |
Pro Tour Edge of Eternities
The third Pro Tour of 2025 takes place on September 26-28, 2025, at Atlanta MagicCon, USA.[3]
Spotlight: Spider-Man (1)
The seventh Spotlight takes place on October 24-26, 2025, in Baltimore, USA. The format is Standard Constructed.
Spotlight: Spider-Man (2)
The eighth Spotlight takes place on October 31-November 2, 2025, in Liverpool, UK. The format is Standard Constructed.
Magic World Championship
World Championship 31 takes place on December 5-7, 2025 at Bellevue, Washington, USA.[3][8] The format is Avatar: The Last Airbender Booster Draft and Standard Constructed.
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.
- ↑ PlayMTG (June 28, 2025). "In addition to the $10,000 first place prize, players at Magic Spotlight: FINAL FANTASY are competing for a stunning one-of-a-kind trophy!". Twitter.
- ↑ Marvin Chiong (August 11, 2025). "I found myself to be the only non Izzet Cauldron deck in the top 8.". Twitter.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (August 11, 2025). "Arena Championship 9 Final Standings". Magic.gg.
- ↑ Play Magic (March 10, 2025). "MTGWorlds 31 will be in Bellevue, WA on December 5-7, 2025.". Bluesky.