Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2006 explained

Season:2006 Pro Tour season
Ppoty: Shouta Yasooka
Roty: Sebastian Thaler
Wc: Makihito Mihara
Pts:5
Gps:22
Hof:Bob Maher, Jr.
Dave Humpherys
Raphaël Lévy
Gary Wise
Rob Dougherty
Start:10 December 2005
End:3 December 2006
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 Pro Tour season was the eleventh season of the . On 18 December 2005 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs in Lille and Charlotte. It ended on 3 December 2006 with the conclusion of the 2006 World Championship in Paris. The season consisted of 22 Grand Prixs and 5 Pro Tours, held in Honolulu, Prague, Charleston, Kobe, and Paris. At the end of the season Shouta Yasooka from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year. At the Worlds in Paris the second class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys, Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty.

Grand Prixs – Lille, Charlotte, Hasselt, Richmond, Dortmund

GP Lille (18–19 December)
  1. Helmut Summersberger
  2. Daniel Krutil
  3. Nicholas Labarre
  4. Luca Verdiani
  5. Martin Brenner
  6. Loïc Le Briand
  7. Max Bracht
  8. Nicolas Francois
GP Charlotte (18–19 December)
  1. Michael Krumb
  2. Alex Majlaton
  3. Kyle Goodman
  4. David Shiels
  5. Antonino De Rosa
  6. Alan Hubbard
  7. Chris Boozer
  8. Thomas LaPille
GP Hasselt (28–29 January)
  1. Sam Gomersall
  2. Julien Goron
  3. Maurice Palijama
  4. Ziga Fritz
  5. Helge Nelson
  6. Dimitri Reinderman
  7. Quentin Martin
  8. Francois Moreau
GP Richmond (4–5 February)
  1. Richard Hoaen
  2. Jonathan Sonne
  3. Adam Chambers
  4. John Fiorillo
  5. Eugene Harvey
  6. Taylor Webb
  7. Gerry Thompson
  8. Michael Pinnegar
GP Dortmund (18–19 February)
  1. David Brucker
  2. Julien Goron
  3. Mathias Wigge
  4. Marco Rothaupt
  5. Dennis Grudowski
  6. Julien Nuijten
  7. Olivier Ruel
  8. Stefan Rentzsch

Pro Tour – Honolulu (3–5 March 2006)

Mark Herberholz won Pro Tour Honolulu piloting a green/red aggro-deck. He defeated Craig Jones in the finals. The final eight included both Ruel brothers, Antoine and Olivier. Notably absent from the Top 8 were the Japanese players after thirteen consecutive final day appearances.[1]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 410
Format: Standard
Head Judge: John Shannon[2]

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 Mark Herberholz$40,000253rd Final day
2 Craig Jones$22,00020
3 Tiago Chan$15,00016
4 Olivier Ruel$14,000165th Final day
5 Osyp Lebedowicz$11,500123rd Final day
6 Max Bracht$11,00012
7 Ruud Warmenhoven$10,50012
8 Antoine Ruel$10,000124th Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

RankPlayerPro Points
1 Mark Herberholz28
2 Olivier Ruel22
3 Craig Jones20
4 Tiago Chan18
5 Max Bracht15

Grand Prixs – Manila, Cardiff, Madison, Hamamatsu, Barcelona

GP Manila (18–19 March)
  1. James Porter
  2. Jiro Francisco
  3. Cynic Kim
  4. Bo Sun
  5. Jake Hart
  6. Felix Gonzales
  7. Takuya Osawa
  8. Dominic Ortega
GP Cardiff (25–26 March)
  1. Martin Dingler
  2. Wesimo Al-Bacha
  3. Roel van Heeswijk
  4. Julian Jardine
  5. Quentin Martin
  6. Bram Snepvangers
  7. Raphaël Lévy
  8. Antoine Ruel
GP Madison (25–26 March)

1. Faddy Josh

Brian Ziegler

Tim Bulger

Takanobu Sato

2. Free James Beeton

Kyle Goodman

Mark Ioli

Benjamin Lundquist

3. 4815162342

Richard Hoaen

Eric Froehlich

Bob Maher, Jr.

4. Cedric Philips Stole My Bike

John Pelcak

Chris McDaniel

Jonathan Sonne

GP Hamamatsu (8–9 April)

1. Tanii Monogatari

Kotatsu Saitou

Takahiro Katayama

Yuusuke Tanii

2. Stardust Crusader

Akira Asahara

Masaya Kitayama

Shouta Yasooka

3. Limit Break

Takuya Oosawa

Ryou Ogura

Itaru Ishida

4. Kiosk

Takashi Ishihara

Shuhei Itou

Daisuke Saitou

GP Barcelona (8–9 April)
  1. Helmut Summersberger
  2. Raphaël Lévy
  3. Jelger Wiegersma
  4. Johan Sadeghpour
  5. Olivier Ruel
  6. Aniol Alcaraz
  7. Jean Charles Salvin
  8. Sebastian Aljiaj

Pro Tour – Prague (5–7 May 2006)

Takuya Osawa won Pro Tour Prague, defeating Aaron Brackmann in the finals. In a Top 8 of rather unknown players Shuhei Nakamura was the only one to have made it to the final stage of a PT before.[3]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245
Players: 415
Format: Booster Draft (Ravnica-Guildpact-Dissension)
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer[2]

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 Takuya Osawa$40,00025
2 Aaron Brackmann$22,00020
3 Shuhei Nakamura$15,000163rd Final day
4 Christian Hüttenberger$14,00016
5 Rasmus Sibast$11,50012
6 Antonino De Rosa$11,00012
7 Joe Crosby$10,50012
8 Quentin Martin$10,00012

Pro Player of the year standings

RankPlayerPro Points
align=center rowspan=21 Mark Herberholz32
Olivier Ruel32
3 Takuya Osawa30
align=center rowspan=24 Craig Jones24
Quentin Martin24

Grand Prixs – Torino, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur

GP Torino (3–4 June)
  1. Nico Bohny
  2. Antoine Ruel
  3. Bram Snepvangers
  4. Klaus Jöns
  5. Marco Lombardi
    1. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Giacomo Mallamaci
  6. Pierre Canali
GP Toronto (3–4 June)
  1. Antonino De Rosa
  2. Jonathan Sonne
  3. Kyle Sanchez
  4. Mark Lovin
  5. John Fiorillo
  6. Brad Taulbee
  7. Jay Jiang
  8. Jelger Wiegersma
GP Kuala Lumpur (3–4 June)
  1. Kenji Tsumura
  2. Osamu Fujita
  3. Quentin Martin
  4. Ruud Warmenhoven
  5. Terry Soh
  6. Shouta Yasooka
  7. Cynic Kim
  8. Itaru Ishida

Pro Tour – Charleston (16–18 June 2006)

The Japanese team "Kajiharu80" won Pro Tour Charleston, defeating the Brazilian team "Raaala Pumba" in the final. "Kajiharu80" consisted of Tomohiro Kaji, Shouta Yasooka, and Tomoharu Saitou. With 525 competitors in 175 teams Pro Tour Charleston was the biggest Pro Tour ever. It was also the only Team Constructed Pro Tour ever.[4]

Tournament data

Players: 525 (175 teams)
Prize Pool: $234,000
Format: 3-Person Team Block Constructed (Ravnica, Guildpact, Dissension)
Head Judge: Sheldon Menery[2]

Final standings

PlaceTeamPlayerPrizePro PointsComment
align=center rowspan=31align=center rowspan=3Kajiharu80 Tomohiro Kajialign=center rowspan=3$75,000203rd Final day
Shouta Yasooka20
Tomoharu Saitou202nd Final day
align=center rowspan=32align=center rowspan=3Raaala Pumba Celso Zamperealign=center rowspan=3$36,00016
Willy Edel16
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa16
align=center rowspan=33align=center rowspan=3D-25 Chikura Nakajimaalign=center rowspan=3$21,00012
Ryuichi Arita124th Final day
Kazuya Mitamura12
align=center rowspan=34align=center rowspan=3Big Timing With Big Oots Chris McDanielalign=center rowspan=3$18,000122nd Final day
Gadiel Szleifer123rd Final day
John Pelcak12

Grand Prixs – Toulouse, St. Louis, Malmo, Hiroshima, Phoenix, Sydney, Athens

GP Toulouse (24–25 June)
  1. Kenji Tsumura
  2. Marijn Lybaert
  3. Shuhei Nakamura
  4. Adrian Olivera
  5. Julien Soum
  6. Olivier Ruel
  7. Shouta Yasooka
  8. Thomas Didierjean
GP St. Louis (22–23 July)
  1. Shuhei Nakamura
  2. Zac Hill
  3. Kenji Tsumura
  4. Chris Fennell
  5. Alex Kim
  6. Pierre Mondon
  7. Dalton King
  8. Jeremy Kunkel
GP Malmo (22–23 July)
  1. Wessel Oomens
  2. Vasilis Fatouros
  3. Wilco Pinkster
  4. Axel Berglund
  5. Jelger Wiegersma
  6. Kamiel Cornelissen
  7. André Coimbra
  8. Asbjørn Fallesen
GP Hiroshima (19–20 August)
  1. Shuhei Nakamura
  2. André Coimbra
  3. Takahiro Suzuki
  4. Basam Tebet
  5. Julien Nuijten
  6. Kentarou Nonaka
  7. Ichirou Shimura
  8. Yuusuke Wakisaka
GP Phoenix (2–3 September)
  1. Carlos Romão
  2. Sean Inoue
  3. Raphaël Lévy
  4. Sam Stein
  5. Geoffrey Siron
  6. Gadiel Szleifer
  7. André Coimbra
  8. Shu Kumuro
GP Sydney (7–8 October)
  1. James Zhang
  2. Anatoli Lightfoot
  3. Tomoharu Saitou
  4. Jeremy Neeman
  5. Steven Aplin
  6. Takuya Oosawa
  7. Shouta Yasooka
  8. Hugh Glanville
GP Athens (14–15 October)
  1. Sebastian Aljiaj
  2. Vincent Lemoine
  3. Marcio Carvalho
  4. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
  5. David Brucker
  6. Antoine Ruel
  7. Evangelos Papatsarouchas
  8. Aaron Brackmann

Pro Tour – Kobe (20–22 October 2006)

German Jan-Moritz Merkel won Pro Tour Kobe. It was his first appearance at a Pro Tour.[5]

Tournament data

Players: 388
Prize Pool: $240,245
Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral)
Head Judge: John Shannon[2]

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 Jan-Moritz Merkel$40,00025Pro Tour debut
2 Willy Edel$22,000202nd Final day
3 Bastien Perez$15,00016
4 Thomas Didierjean$14,00016Pro Tour debut
5 Kenji Tsumura$11,500124th Final day
6 Bram Snepvangers$11,000123rd Final day
7 Tomoharu Saitou$10,500123rd Final day
8 Takahiro Suzuki$10,00012

Grand Prixs – New Jersey, Yamagata

GP New Jersey (11–12 November)
  1. Guillaume Cardin
  2. Richard Hoaen
  3. Timothy Aten
  4. Jason Imperiale
  5. Gerry Thompson
  6. John Pelcak
  7. Andrew Stokinger
  8. Shouta Yasooka
GP Yamagata (18–19 November)
  1. Takihiro Suzuki
  2. Takeshi Ozawa
  3. Jelger Wiegersma
  4. Katsuhiro Mori
  5. Richard Hoaen
  6. Antoine Ruel
  7. Ryo Ogura
  8. Yuu Murakami

2006 World Championships – Paris (29 November – 3 December 2006)

The tournament began with the Hall of Fame induction of Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty. In an all-Japanese final Makihito Mihara defeated Ryo Ogura. The Dutch team of Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, and Robert van Medevoort won the team finals against Japan.[6]

Tournament data

Prize pool: $255,245 (individual) + $210,000 (national teams)
Players: 356
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Time Spiral), Extended
Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer, Jason Ness[2]

Final standings

PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment
1 Makihito Mihara$50,00025
2 Ryo Ogura$25,000202nd Final day
3 Nicholas Lovett$16,000161st Welshmen in a Top 8, Pro Tour debut
4 Gabriel Nassif$15,000167th Final day
5 Paulo Carvalho$11,50012Pro Tour debut
6 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa$11,000122nd Final day
7 Tiago Chan$10,500122nd Final day
8 Katsuhiro Mori$10,000122nd Final day

National team competition

  1. The Netherlands (Julien Nuijten, Kamiel Cornelissen, Robert van Medevoort)
  2. Japan (Hidenori Katayama, Katsuhiro Mori, Shuhei Yamamoto)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Shouta Yasooka was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.[7]

RankPlayerPro Points
1 Shouta Yasooka60
2 Shuhei Nakamura56
align=center rowspan=23 Tiago Chan51
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa51
5 Tomoharu Saitou50

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Living on Heezy Street . Wizards of the Coast . 5 March 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002194500/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/pthon06/welcome. dead. 2 October 2008.
  2. Web site: Head Judges of Pro Tours and World Championships . XS4ALL . 30 October 2009 .
  3. Web site: Osawa's Wurms Flog Prague . Wizards of the Coast . 7 May 2006 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090601230107/https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/ptpra06/welcome. dead. 1 June 2009.
  4. Web site: Kajiharu80 puts the Char in Charleston . Wizards of the Coast . 18 June 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011012949/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/ptcha06/welcome. dead. 11 October 2008.
  5. Web site: Merkel's Time is Now . Wizards of the Coast . 22 October 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011013020/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/ptkob06/welcome. dead. 11 October 2008.
  6. Web site: Mihara, Dutch Crowned World Champions! . Wizards of the Coast . 3 December 2006 .
  7. Web site: 2006 Player of the Year Race . Wizards of the Coast . 13 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090602041005/https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=protour/standings/poy06. dead. 2 June 2009.

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