List of notable Pro Tour team trios
This is a list of Pro Tour three-person teams that have put up notable results in the Pro Tour seasons.
The Pro Tour once had a focus on team events during 1999 to 2006, where at least one Pro Tour was a team event. At the Pro Tour level, this ceased being relevant after then, save for the special Pro Tour 25th Anniversary, though some team events began being run from 2013-2018. Since the reintroduction of the Pro Tour 2023, no team events have been scheduled.
While those in the earlier time period had registered names, most of the latter series of team events had no names.
List of trios
Peach Garden Oath
Peach Garden Oath (PGO) is a three-person team that consists of Reid Duke, William Jensen, and Owen Turtenwald.
While being members of the larger group known as The Pantheon in preparation for Pro Tour events, PGO frequently play together at Team Limited events, where they have put up several strong finishes since the team's inception in 2013, including wins at Grand Prix Portland 2014 and at Grand Prix Cleveland 2017. Individually, the three team members have all often been considered to be among the best players in the world; in the 2013–14 Pro Tour Season, they finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the Player of the Year race.[1] Since the formation of the team, each of its members has reached the final of the World Championship: Duke in 2013, Turtenwald in 2015, and Jensen in 2017, with Jensen winning and becoming the 2017 World Champion. In 2018, PGO made up half the team that won the 2017–18 Pro Tour Team Series, Ultimate Guard.
PGO team accomplishments
| Season | Event type | Location | Format | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Grand Prix | Barcelona | Team Limited | 1–2 March 2014 | 3 |
| 2014–15 | Grand Prix | Portland | Team Limited | 9–10 August 2014 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | Grand Prix | Detroit | Team Limited | 15–16 August 2015 | 3 |
| 2015–16 | Grand Prix | Washington, D.C. | Team Limited | 12–13 March 2016 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | Grand Prix | San Antonio | Team Modern | 1–2 April 2017 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | Grand Prix | Cleveland | Team Limited | 24–25 June 2017 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | Grand Prix | Providence | Team Limited | 30 September–1 October 2017 | 2 |
→ Source: Wizards.com
Car Acrobatic Team
Car Acrobatic Team was a team consisting of Aaron Forsythe, Andrew Cuneo, and Andrew Johnson.
At PT New York 2000, they lost in the finals to Potato Nation. Their only match losses in the entire tournament were to that team.[2]
At PT New York 2001, they lost in the semi-finals to The Phoenix Foundation.[3]
They were the first team to make multiple Top 8s at team Pro Tours.
Illuminati
Illuminati was a team comprised of Zvi Mowshowitz, Justin Gary, and Alex Shvartsman.
Illuminati won GP Pittsburgh 2003. They also finished 2nd at GP New Jersey 2002 and 3rd place at PT New York 2001.
The Phoenix Foundation
The Phoenix Foundation was a team consisting of Kai Budde, Dirk Baberowski, and Marco Blume.
They are so far the only team to ever win multiple team Pro Tours.
Team Antarctica
Team Antarctica was a team that consisted of Jon Finkel, Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz, and Dan O'Mahoney-Schwartz.
They finished in 3rd place at the PT Washington DC 1999, the first team Pro Tour.[4]
They reunited for PT Charleston 2006 after Finkel's induction into the Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ↑ Brian David-Marshall (2014-08-15). "A SEASON OF SWEARING ABOUT PEACHES". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2016-04-05.
- ↑ http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=PTNY0001/welcome PT New York 2000 coverage
- ↑ http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=PTNY01 PT New York 2001 coverage
- ↑ http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=PTDC9900/welcome PT Washington DC 1999 coverage
- ↑ http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/ptcha06/welcome PT Charleston 2006 coverage