Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour

Season One ('96)

Pro Tour – New York (February 16 –18, 1996)

Format: Standard, New York Style (Decks must have five cards from each available expansion in either deck or sideboard)

1. Michael Loconto (United States)
2. Bertrand Lestree (France)
3. Leon Lindback (Sweden)
4. Preston Poulter (United States)
5. George Baxter (United States)
6. Mark Justice (United States)
7. Shawn “Hammer” Regnier (United States)
8. Eric Tam (Canada)

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (May 3–6, 1996)

Format: Booster Draft (Homelands/4th Edition)

1. Shawn “Hammer” Regnier (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
2. Thomas Guevin (United States)
3. Darwin Kastle (United States)
4. Mark Venhaus (United States)
5. Scott Johns (United States)
6. Preston Poulter (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
7. Vaughn Sandor (United States)
8. Jeffrey Wood (United States)

Pro Tour – Columbus (July 6–7, 1996)

Format: Ice Age Block Constructed (Ice Age, Alliances)

1. Olle Rade (Sweden)
2. Sean Fleischman (United States)
3. Alvaro Marques (Canada)
4. Peter Radonjic (Canada)
5. Brian Weissman (United States)
6. Javier Garavito (United States)
7. John Immordino (United States)
8. Scott Johns (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY

1996 World Championships – Seattle, United States (August 14–18, 1996)

Formats: Type 1.5, Booster Draft, Standard

Individual

1. Tom Chanpheng (Australia)
2. Mark Justice (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
3. Henry Stern (United States)
4. Olle Rade (Sweden) – 2nd FINAL DAY
5. Matt Place (United States)
6. Scott Johns (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
7. Eric Tam (Canada)
8. Tommi Hovi (Finland)

Team

1. United States (Dennis Bentley, George Baxter, Mike Long, Matt Place)
2. Czech Republic (David Korejtko, Jakub Slemr, Ondrej Baudys, Lucas Kocourek)

Season Two (‘96/'97)

Pro Tour – Atlanta (September 13–15, 1996)

Format: Mirage sealed deck (pre-release)

1. Frank Adler (Germany)
2. Darwin Kastle (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
3. Aaron Muranaka (United States)
4. John Yoo (United States)
5. Terry Borer (Canada)
6. Mike Long (United States)
7. Chris Pikula (United States)
8. Matthew Vienneau (Canada)

Pro Tour – Dallas (November 22–24, 1996)

Format: Standard (But for a time in the future from that weekend)

1. Paul McCabe (Canada)
2. Jason Zila (United States)
3. Brian Hacker (United States)
4. Chris Pikula (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
5. George Baxter (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
6. Olle Rade (Sweden) – 3rd FINAL DAY
7. Robert Thornburg (United States)
8. Peer Kröger (Germany)

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (February 28 – March 2, 1997)

Format: Mirage Block Rochester Draft (Mirage, Visions)

1. Tommi Hovi (Finland) – 2nd FINAL DAY
2. David Mills (United States)
3. Alan Comer (United States)
4. John Yoo (United States)
5. Truc Bui (United States)
6. John Immordino (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
7. Brian Weissman (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
8. Ben Possemiers (Belgium)

Pro Tour – Paris (April 11–13, 1997)

Format: Mirage Block Constructed (Mirage, Visions)

1. Mike Long (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
2. Mark Justice (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
3. Darwin Kastle (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
4. Henning Rimkus (Germany)
5. Sturla Bingen (Norway)
6. Paul Ferker (United States)
7. Jason Gordon (United States)
8. Jason Zila (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY

Pro Tour – New York (May 30 – June 1, 1997)

Format: Booster Draft Mirage Block (Mirage, Visions)

1. Terry Borer (Canada) – 2nd FINAL DAY
2. Ivan Stanoev (Czech Republic)
3. Gabriel Tsang (Canada)
4. Jeroen Weyden (The Netherlands)
5. Mark Chalice (United States)
6. John Chinnock (United States)
7. Michael Pustilnik (United States)
8. Patrick Chapin (United States)

1997 World Championships – Seattle, United States (August 13–17, 1997)

Format: Standard, Mirage Block Rochester Draft (Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight), Extended

Individual

1. Jakub Slemr (Czech Republic)
2. Janosch Kuhn (Germany)
3. Paul McCabe (Canada) – 2nd FINAL DAY
4. Svend Geertsen (Denmark)
5. Gabriel Tsang (Canada) – 2nd FINAL DAY
6. Nikolai Weibull (Sweden)
7. Nate Clarke (United States)
8. John Chinnock (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY

Team

1. Canada (Gary Krakower, Michael Donais, Ed Ito, Gab Tsang)
2. Sweden (Nikolai Weibull, Mattias Jorstedt, Marcus Angelin, Johan Cedercrantz)

Season Three (‘97/'98)

Pro Tour – Chicago (October 10–12, 1997)

Format: Extended

1. Randy Buehler (United States)
2. David Mills (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
3. Jon Finkel (United States)
4. Max Suver (United States)
5. Adrian Sayers (United States)
6. Justin Schneider (United States)
7. Kyle Rose (United States)
8. Olle Rade (Sweden) – 4th FINAL DAY

Pro Tour – Mainz (December 5–7, 1997)

Format: Tempest Rochester Draft (Tempest)

1. Matt Place (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
2. Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz (United States)
3. Peer Kröger (Germany) – 2nd FINAL DAY
4. Kurt Burgner (United States)
5. John Ormerod (England)
6. Chris Bishop (United States)
7. Mark Le Pine (United States)
8. Gabriele Pisicchio (Italy)

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (March 6–8, 1998)

Format: Tempest Block Constructed (Tempest)

1. David Price (United States)
2. Ben Rubin (United States)
3. David Bachmann (United States)
4. Adam Katz (United States)
5. Kyle Rose (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
6. Jakub Slemr (Czech Republic) – 2nd FINAL DAY
7. Svend Geertsen (Denmark) – 2nd FINAL DAY
8. Andrew Wolf (United States)

Pro Tour – New York (August 17–19, 1998)

Format: Tempest Booster Draft (Tempest, Stronghold)

1. Jon Finkel (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
2. Dominic Crapuchettes (United States)
3. John Chinnock (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
4. David Bachmann (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
5. Truc Bui (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
6. Nate Clarke (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
7. Mark Justice (United States) – 4th FINAL DAY
8. Casey McCarrel (United States)

1998 World Championships – Seattle, United States (August 12–16, 1998)

Format: Tempest Booster Draft, Standard, Tempest Block Constructed (Tempest, Stronghold, Exodus)

Individual

1. Brian Selden (United States)
2. Ben Rubin (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
3. Jon Finkel (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
4. Raphael Levy (France)
5. Scott Johns (United States) – 4th FINAL DAY
6. Chris Pikula (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
7. Brian Hacker (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
8. Alan Comer (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY

Team

1. United States (Matt Linde, Mike Long, Bryce Currence, Jon Finkel)
2. France (Pierre Malherbaud, Manuel Bevand, Marc Hernandez, Fabien Demazeau)

Season Four (‘98/'99)

Pro Tour – Chicago (September 25–27, 1998)

Format: Urza's Saga Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga)

1. Dirk Baberowski (Germany)
2. Casey McCarrel (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
3. Jeff Fung (Canada)
4. Benedikt Klauser (Austria)
5. Jon Finkel (United States) – 4th FINAL DAY
6. Ryan Fuller (Canada)
7. Martin Cedercrantz (Sweden)
8. Dominique Coene (Belgium)

Pro Tour – Rome (November 13–15, 1998)

Format: Extended

1. Tommi Hovi (Finland) – 3rd FINAL DAY, FIRST REPEAT CHAMPION
2. Nicolas Labarre (France)
3. Mark Le Pine (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
4. Federico Dato (Italy)
5. Olle Rade (Sweden) – 5th FINAL DAY
6. Justin Gary (United States)
7. Erik Lauer (United States)
8. Andre Konstanczer (Germany)

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (February 26–28, 1999)

Format: Urza's Saga Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga)

1. Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
2. Jon Finkel (United States) – 5th FINAL DAY
3. Worth Wollpert (United States)
4. Terry Lau (Canada)
5. Lucien Bui (France)
6. Patrick Chapin (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
7. Svend Geertsen (Denmark) – 3rd FINAL DAY
8. Mike Long (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY

Pro Tour – New York (April 30 – May 2, 1999)

Format: Urza's Saga Block Constructed (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy)

1. Casey McCarrel (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
2. Shawn Keller (United States)
3. Zvi Mowshowitz (United States)
4. David Humpherys (United States)
5. Robert Dougherty (United States)
6. Christian Luhrs (Germany)
7. Nicolas Labarre (France) – 2nd FINAL DAY
8. Terry Tsang (Canada)

1999 World Championships – Yokohama, Japana (August 4–8, 1999)

Format: Urza's Saga Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny), Standard, Extended

Individual

1. Kai Budde (Germany)
2. Mark Le Pine (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
3. Raffele Lo Moro (Italy)
4. Matt Linde (United States)
5. Jakub Slemr (Czech Republic) – 3rd FINAL DAY
6. Jamie Parke (United States)
7. Gary Wise (Canada)
8. Nicolai Herzog (Norway)

Team

1. United States (Kyle Rose, John Hunka, Zvi Mowshowitz, Charles Kornblith)
2. Germany (Marco Blume, Patrick Mello, David Brucker, Rosario Maij)

Season Five (‘99/'00)

Pro Tour – Washington DC (September 3–5, 1999)

Format: Team Urza's Saga Block Sealed (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny) – first day, Team Urza's Saga Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny) – final two days

1. Team Your Move Game [Rob Dougherty (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY, Dave Humpherys (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY, Darwin Kastle (United States) – 4th FINAL DAY]
2. Team Game Empire [Kurt Burgner (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY, Alan Comer (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY, Brian Selden (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY]
3. Team Antarctica [Jon Finkel (United States) – 6th FINAL DAY, Dan O'Mahoney-Schwartz (United States), Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY]
4. Team THL [Marc Aquino (United States), Richard Jones (United States), Drew McLean (United States)]

Pro Tour – London (October 15–17, 1999)

Format: Urza's Saga Booster Draft (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny)

1. Kyle Rose (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
2. Thomas Preyer (Austria)
3. Mike Bregoli (United States)
4. Ben Rubin (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
5. Gunnar Refsdal (Germany)
6. William Jensen (United States)
7. Marc Hernandez (France)
8. Darwin Kastle (United States) – 5th FINAL DAY

Pro Tour – Chicago (December 3–5, 1999)

Format: Extended

1. Bob Maher, Jr. (United States)
2. Brian Davis (United States)
3. Christian Lührs (Germany) – 2nd FINAL DAY
4. Raphael Levy (France) – 2nd FINAL DAY
5. Alan Comer (United States) – 4th FINAL DAY
6. Dirk Baberowski (Germany) – 2nd FINAL DAY
7. Tony Dobson (England)
8. Hector Fuentes (Spain)

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (February 4–6, 2000)

Format: Mercadian Masques Booster Draft (Mercadian Masques)

1. Trevor Blackwell (United States)
2. Chris Benafel (United States)
3. Kurt Burgner (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY
4. Mike Long (United States) – 4th FINAL DAY
5. Erno Ekebom (Finland)
6. Bruce Cowley (United States)
7. Andrew Nishioka (United States)
8. Brian Selden (United States) – 3rd FINAL DAY

Pro Tour – New York (April 14–16, 2000)

Format: Mercadian Masques Block Constructed (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis)

1. Sigurd Eskeland (Norway)
2. Warren Marsh (England)
3. Ben Rubin (United States) – 4th FINAL DAY
4. Mattias Kettil (Sweden)
5. John Larkin (Ireland)
6. Mike Bregoli (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
7. Travis Turning (United States)
8. John Hunka (United States)

2000 World Championships – Brussels, Belgium (August 2–6, 2000)

Formats: Mercadian Masques Block Booster Draft (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Prophecy), Mercadian Masques Block Constructed (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Prophecy), Standard

Individual

1. Jon Finkel (United States) – 7th FINAL DAY, 2nd PRO TOUR WIN
2. Bob Maher, Jr. (United States) – 2nd FINAL DAY
3. Dominik Hothow (Germany)
4. Benedikt Klauser (Austria) – 2nd FINAL DAY
5. Tom van de Logt (The Netherlands)
6. Helmut Summersberger (Austria)
7. Janosch Kuhn (Germany) – 3rd FINAL DAY
8. Nicolas Labarre (France) – 3rd FINAL DAY

Team

1. United States (Jon Finkel, Chris Benafel, Frank Hernandez, Aaron Forsythe)
2. Canada (Ryan Fuller, Murray Evans, Gab Tsang, Sam Lau)

Related articles

• Magic: The Gathering
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• Magic: The Gathering World Championship

External links

• Wizards of the Coast Pro Tour website