Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2015–16

2015–16 Pro Tour season
Pro Player of the Year United States Owen Turtenwald
Rookie of the Year United States Oliver Tiu
World Champion United States Seth Manfield
Pro Tours 4
Grands Prix 49
Hall of Fame inductions United States Eric Froehlich
Japan Shouta Yasooka
Brazil Willy Edel
Start of season 8 August 2015
End of season 7 August 2016
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Pro Tour season was the twenty-first season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It started on 8 August 2015 with Grand Prix San Diego and Hong Kong and ended on 7 August 2016 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Sydney. The season consisted of 49 Grand Prix and 4 Pro Tours, located in Milwaukee, Atlanta, Madrid, and Sydney.[1]

Mode

Four Pro Tours and forty-nine Grands Prix were held in the 2015–16 season. These in addition to the World Championship and the World Magic Cup are the events that awarded Pro Points, the points that were used to determine the Player of the Year Standings and Pro Club levels. Players were awarded Pro Levels for earning 18 (Silver level), 33 (Gold), and 50 points (Platinum), however only the six best Grand Prix results counted. Pro Club Levels come with certain benefits such as qualifications to subsequent Pro Tours, byes at Grand Prix, and airfare to Pro Tours. Based on the final standings of Pro Tours, Grand Prix, Worlds, and the World Magic Cup Pro Points are awarded as follows:

Rank Pro Points awarded at
Pro Tour Grand Prix
(individual)		 Grand Prix
(teams)		 World Magic Cup
1 30 8 6 8
2 26 6 5 7
3–4 22 5 4 6
5–8 18 4 — 5
9–16 — — — 4
17–32 — — — 3
33+ — — — 2

For competitors finishing outside the final elimination stage of Grand Prix and Pro Tours points are awarded depending on their score after the final Swiss round. 16 Swiss rounds are played at Pro Tours, 15 at individual Grand Prix, and 14 at Team Grand Prix. Pro Points are then awarded as follows.

Points Pro Points awarded at
Pro Tour Grand Prix
(individual)		 Grand Prix
(teams)
39+ 15 4 4
36–38 15 3 4
35 12 2 4
34 11 2 4
33 10 2 3
32 8 1 2
31 7 1 2
30 6 1 1
28–29 4 — —
0–27 3 — —

Finally players that participated in the World Championship earned one Pro Point per win in the Swiss Portion and two Pro Points per win in the single elimination stage.

Grand Prix

GP San Diego[2] (8–9 August 2015)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1493
  1. United States Michael Majors
  2. Brazil Artur Villela
  3. United States Paul Rietzl
  4. United States Paul Yeem
  5. United States Loren Eakins
  6. United States Corey Brukhart
  7. United States Ben Weitz
  8. United States Dan Ward
GP Detroit[3] (15–16 August 2015)
  • Format: Team Limited
  • Attendance: 2040 (680 teams)
1.
United States Matt Nass
Canada Jacob Wilson
United States Sam Pardee
2.
United States Ben Stark
United States Luis Scott-Vargas
United States Eric Froehlich
3.
United States Owen Turtenwald
United States William Jensen
United States Reid Duke
4
United States Brock Parker
United States Matt Costa
Israel Shahar Shenhar
GP Hong Kong[4] (8–9 August 2015)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 851
  1. Malaysia Chye Yian Hsiang
  2. Philippines Jan Ang
  3. Philippines Victoriano Lim
  4. China Liu Yuchen
  5. China Wu Songwei
  6. Hong Kong Cheung Lap Chung
  7. Hong Kong Yam Wing Chun
  8. Hong Kong Kwok Suen Wang
GP Prague[5] (29–30 August 2015)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1464
  1. France Elliot Boussaud
  2. Belgium Peter Vieren
  3. Estonia Hannes Kerem
  4. Slovenia Davor Detecnik
  5. Italy Mattia Rizzi
  6. Austria Oliver Polak-Rottman
  7. Luxembourg Steve Hatto
  8. Germany Alex Hottman
GP London[6] (15–16 August 2015)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 2152
  1. England Fabrizio Anteri
  2. Italy Matteo Moure
  3. Norway Erik Skinstad
  4. Greece Bill Chronopoulos
  5. Poland Piotr Wald
  6. Italy Marco Cammilluzzi
  7. Czech Republic Martin Juza
  8. Venezuela Daniel Fior
GP Santiago[7] (29–30 August 2015)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 799
  1. Chile Rodrigo Lopez
  2. Japan Tomoharu Saitou
  3. Chile Jorge Guerra
  4. Argentina Martin Quiroga
  5. Chile Esteban Truyol
  6. Chile Christian Flores
  7. Chile Claudio Barrientos Ochoa
  8. Chile Alberto Sanchez

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

Seattle (27–30 August 2015)

Top 4 playoff

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Seth Manfield 3
4 Sam Black 1
Seth Manfield 3
Owen Turtenwald 2
2 Owen Turtenwald 3
3 Paul Rietzl 1

Final standings

The following twenty-four players received an invitation to the 2015 World Championship due to their performance in the 2014–15 season. They are ordered according to the final standings of the event.

# Player Prize Pro points Qualified due to
1 United States Seth Manfield $50,000 17 Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
2 United States Owen Turtenwald $20,000 11 4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
3 United States Paul Rietzl $10,000 9 2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
4 United States Sam Black $10,000 9 3rd most Pro Points North America
5 Sweden Magnus Lantto $5,000 9 2014 Magic Online Champion
6 Denmark Martin Müller $5,000 8 2014 World Magic Cup winner
7 Canada Shaun McLaren $5,000 8 3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
8 Brazil Thiago Saporito $5,000 8 2nd Most Pro Point Latin America
9 Czech Republic Ondřej Stráský $3,000 8 Most Pro Points Europe
10 Japan Yuuya Watanabe $3,000 7 2nd Most Pro Points APAC region
11 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $3,000 7 Most Pro Points Latin America
12 Canada Jacob Wilson $3,000 7 6th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
13 Sweden Joel Larsson $3,000 7 Pro Tour Magic Origins winner
14 Canada Alexander Hayne $3,000 7 2014–15 Grand Prix Player of the Year
15 Denmark Martin Dang $3,000 6 Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir winner
16 United States Steve Rubin $3,000 6 5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
17 Japan Kentaro Yamamoto $2,000 6 3rd Most Pro Points APAC region
18 United States Mike Sigrist $2,000 6 2014–15 Player of the Year
19 United States Eric Froehlich $2,000 6 2nd Most Pro Points North America
20 Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian $2,000 6 Most Pro Points APAC region
21 United States Brad Nelson $2,000 5 4th most Pro Points North America
22 Spain Antonio del Moral Leon $2,000 5 Pro Tour Fate Reforged winner
23 Israel Shahar Shenhar $2,000 4 2014 World Champion
24 United States Ari Lax $2,000 2 Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir winner

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 United States Seth Manfield 21
2 United States Owen Turtenwald 16
Canada Jacob Wilson
4 United States Paul Rietzl 13
5 Czech Republic Ondřej Stráský 12

Grand Prix

GP Madrid[8] (12–13 September 2015)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1420
  1. Serbia Aleksa Telarov
  2. England Francesco Giorgio
  3. Germany Ashraf Abou Omar
  4. Denmark Michael Bonde
  5. England Fabrizio Anteri
  6. Germany Wenzel Krautmann
  7. Ukraine Sergiy Sushalskyy
  8. Spain Antonio Del Moral León
GP Sydney[9] (10–11 October 2015)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 996
  1. New Zealand John Seaton
  2. Republic of Ireland Alex Ball
  3. Singapore Kelvin Chew
  4. Australia Prads Pathirana
  5. Japan Hironobu Sugaya
  6. New Zealand Zen Takahashi
  7. France Paul Costentin
  8. Australia Chester Swords
GP Oklahoma City[10] (12–13 September 2015)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 1470
  1. United States Zac Elsik
  2. United States Brian Braun-Duin
  3. United States Andrew Sullano
  4. United States Joseph Reiter
  5. United States Jasper Johnson-Epstein
  6. United States Benjamin Miller
  7. United States Paul Rietzl
  8. United States Matthew Duggan
GP Madison[11] (10–11 October 2015)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1820
  1. France Raphaël Lévy
  2. Sweden Magnus Lantto
  3. United States Jon Graham
  4. United States Joe Lavrenz
  5. United States Paul Rietzl
  6. United States Andrew Maine
  7. United States Samuel Pardee
  8. France Jérémy Dezani

Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar

Milwaukee[12] (16–18 October 2015)

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Owen Turtenwald 0
8 Paul Dean 2
Paul Dean 0
Kazuyuki Takimura 2
4 Martin Müller 0
5 Kazuyuki Takimura 2
Kaziyuki Takimura 3
Ryoichi Tamada 2
3 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 0
6 Jon Finkel 2
Jon Finkel 1
Ryoichi Tamada 2
2 Ricky Chin 1
7 Ryoichi Tamada 2

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Japan Kaziyuki Takimura $40,000 30
2 Japan Ryoichi Tamada $20,000 26
3 United States Jon Finkel $12,500 22 15th final day
4 Canada Paul Dean $12,500 22
5 United States Owen Turtenwald $10,000 18 3rd final day
6 Canada Ricky Chin $10,000 18 Pro Tour debut
7 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa $10,000 18 10th final day
8 Denmark Martin Müller $10,000 18

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 United States Owen Turtenwald 39
2 United States Seth Manfield 32
3 Japan Kazuyuki Takimura 30
United States Paul Rietzl
5 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 29
Source:[13]

Grand Prix

GP Quebec City[14] (24–25 October 2015)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 804
  1. Canada Dan Lanthier
  2. Canada Omar Beldon
  3. United States Jake Mondello
  4. Austria Oliver Polak-Rottmann
  5. United States Reid Duke
  6. Canada Edgar Magelhaes
  7. Canada Pascal Maynard
  8. Canada Nicolas Béland
GP Beijing[15] (24–25 October 2015)
  • Format: Team Limited
  • Attendance: 813 (271 teams)
1.
United States Craig Wescoe
Canada Richard Hoaen
United States Mike Hron
2.
Japan Yuuya Watanabe
Japan Makihito Mihara
Japan Yuuki Ichikawa
3.
China Liu Yuchen
China He Yue
China Zhang Zhiyang
4.
Japan Shintaro Ishimura
Japan Yoshihiko Ikawa
Japan Kazuyuki Takimura
GP Indianapolis[16] (31 October–1 November 2015)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1103
  1. United States Brent Clawson
  2. United States Raymond Perez Jr.
  3. United States Scott Kirkwood
  4. United States Daniel Chan
  5. United States David Phelps
  6. United States Patrick Chapin
  7. Austria Valentin Mackl
  8. United States Daniel Duan

GP Lyon[17] (31 October–1 November 2015)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1952
  1. France Damien Bouillot
  2. Germany Christian Seibold
  3. Japan Tomoharu Saitou
  4. Belgium Vincent Lemoine
  5. Belgium Branco Neirynck
  6. Germany Florian Reiter
  7. Austria Mark Litvak
  8. Germany Felix Weidemann
GP Atlanta[18] (14–15 November 2015)
  • Format Limited
  • Attendance: 2073
  1. United States Tom Martell
  2. United States Owen Turtenwald
  3. United States Dan Musser
  4. United States Aryeh Wiznitzer
  5. United States Evan Smith
  6. United States Brian Eason
  7. United States Samuel Black
  8. United States Joseph Pressley
GP Pittsburgh[19] (21–22 November 2015)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 2679
  1. United States Alex Bianchi
  2. United States Aaron Webster
  3. United States Robert Cucunato
  4. United States Craig Wescoe
  5. United States Corey Brukhart
  6. United States Robert Long
  7. United States Thien Nguyen
  8. United States Benjamin Nikolich
GP Porto Alegre[20] (31 October–1 November 2015)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 789
  1. Brazil Marcos Paulo De Jesus Freitas
  2. Brazil Vagner Casatti
  3. Brazil Caio Amaral
  4. Argentina Alejandro Cesa
  5. Brazil Thiago Saporito
  6. Brazil Gabriel Fehr
  7. Brazil Guilherme Merjam
  8. Argentina Diego Marquez
GP Brussels[21] (14–15 November 2015)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1938
  1. Czech Republic Lukas Blohon
  2. Denmark Simon Nielsen
  3. Italy Antonio Castellani
  4. Denmark Martin Müller
  5. Sweden Magnus Lantto
  6. Poland Grzegorz Kowalski
  7. Netherlands Bart Van Etten
  8. Czech Republic Ondřej Stráský
GP Seattle-Tacoma[22] (7–8 November 2015)
  • Format: Legacy
  • Attendance: 2014
  1. United States Jarvis Yu
  2. United States Christian Calcano
  3. United States Brian DeMars
  4. United States Chase Hansen
  5. Latvia Andrejs Prost
  6. United States Gary Wong
  7. United States Martin Goldman-Kirst
  8. China Xin Sui
GP Kobe[23] (21–22 November 2015)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 2571
  1. Japan Takuma Morofuji
  2. Malaysia Joe Soh
  3. Japan Akio Chiba
  4. Japan Shota Takao
  5. Czech Republic Pavel Matousek
  6. Japan Shunsuke Takahira
  7. Japan Akihiro Okawa
  8. Japan Shuhei Nakamura

World Magic Cup

Barcelona[24] (11–13 December 2015)

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 France 2
8 Japan 0
France 1
Thailand 2
4 Denmark 1
5 Thailand 2
Thailand 0
Italy 2
3 Austria 2
6 Guatemala 0
Austria 1
Italy 2
2 Italy 2
7 Scotland 1

Final standings

Place Country Player Prize Pro Points
1 Italy Italy Marco Cammilluzzi $12,000 8
William Pizzi
Francesco Bifero
Andrea Mengucci
2 Thailand Thailand Veerapat Sirilertvorakul $6,500 7
Aekarash Sorakup
Suttipong Popitukgul
Chom Pasidparchya
3 France France Pierre Dagen $4,000 6
Hichem Tedjditi
Fathi Ben Aribi
Arnaud Soumet
4 Austria Austria Valentin Mackl $4,000 6
Nikolaus Eigner
Christoph Aukenthaler
Sebastian Fiala-Ibitz
Place Country Player Prize Pro Points
5 Denmark Denmark Martin Dang $2,000 5
Christoffer Larsen
Daniel Lind
Martin Müller
6 Guatemala Guatemala Christopher Virula $2,000 5
Fernando José Juárez Oliva
José Andrés
Wilfredo Bojorquez
7 Scotland Scotland Stephen Murray $2,000 5
Ray Doyle
Grant Hislop
Martin Clement
8 Japan Japan Yuuya Watanabe $2,000 5
Kenji Tsumura
Ryoichi Tamada
Soyo You

Grand Prix

GP Oakland[25] (9–10 January 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1928
  1. United States Reid Duke
  2. United States Ben Rubin
  3. United States Woodrow Engle
  4. United States Cody Lingelbach
  5. United States Josh McClain
  6. United States Justin Nguyen
  7. United States Brett Sinclair
  8. United States Nathaniel Smith
GP Mexico City[26] (30–31 January 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 787
  1. England Fabrizio Anteri
  2. Japan Tomoharu Saitou
  3. Brazil Rodrigo Goncalves Dos Santos
  4. Mexico Cristian Velasco
  5. Denmark Martin Dang
  6. Mexico Leonardo Ivan Ruiz Rivera
  7. United States Robert Wallerstein
  8. Portugal Marcio Carvalho
GP Vancouver[27] (30–31 January 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1929
  1. United States Adam Jansen
  2. France Jérémy Dezani
  3. United States Nick Slind
  4. United States Gabriel-Carlton Barnes
  5. United States Allen Sun
  6. Canada Aeo Paquette
  7. Canada Chris Hewitt
  8. United States Eric Severson
GP Nagoya[28] (30–31 January 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 2565
  1. Japan Tomonori Hirami
  2. Japan Ryota Takeuchi
  3. Japan Ikuya Asai
  4. Japan Fujimura Kazuaki
  5. South Korea Park Jun-young
  6. Japan Shawn McNeace
  7. England Sean Li
  8. Japan Satoshi Haji

Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch

Atlanta (5–7 February 2016)

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Shuhei Nakamura 1
8 Jiachen Tao 3
Jiachen Tao 3
Luis Scott-Vargas 2
4 Luis Scott-Vargas 3
5 Pascal Maynard 2
Jiachen Tao 3
Ivan Floch 1
3 Andrew Brown 0
6 Patrick Dickmann 3
Patrick Dickmann 1
Ivan Floch 3
2 Ivan Floch 3
7 Frank Lepore 2

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 United States Jiachen Tao $40,000 30
2 Slovakia Ivan Floch $20,000 26 3rd final day
3 United States Luis Scott-Vargas $12,500 22 6th final day
4 Germany Patrick Dickmann $12,500 22 2nd final day
5 Japan Shuhei Nakamura $10,000 18 6th final day
6 United States Andrew Brown $10,000 18
7 Canada Pascal Maynard $10,000 18
8 United States Frank Lepore $10,000 18 Pro Tour debut

Pro Player of the year standings

At the end of this event, the top ranking player in Pro Points, Owen Turtenwald, was awarded the "Mid-season master" title, which will yield him an invitation to the 2016 World Championship.

Rank Player Pro Points
1 United States Owen Turtenwald 57
2 Denmark Martin Müller 46
Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
4 United States Seth Manfield 45
5 United States Reid Duke 43
England Fabrizio Anteri

Grand Prix

GP Houston[29] (27–28 February 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1851
  1. United States Owen Turtenwald
  2. United States Andrew Cuneo
  3. United States Mark Jacobson
  4. United States Brock Mosley
  5. United States Cody Lingelbach
  6. United States Brock Parker
  7. Singapore Chapman Sim
  8. United States Amir Radmard
GP Melbourne[30] (5–6 March 2016)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 1105
  1. Australia David Mines
  2. Australia Maitland Cameron
  3. Japan Yuuki Ichikawa
  4. New Zealand Louis Thomson-Gregg
  5. Australia Chris Cousens
  6. Japan Kentaro Yamamoto
  7. Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian
  8. New Zealand Jason Chung
GP Detroit[31] (5–6 March 2016)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 2553
  1. United States Ralph Betesh
  2. United States Evan Buchholz
  3. United States Eric English
  4. Taiwan Huang Hao-shan
  5. United States Gerry Thompson
  6. England Eduardo Sajgalik
  7. United States James Zornes
  8. United States Ronnie Ritner
GP Washington, D.C.[32] (12–13 March 2016)
  • Format: Team Limited
  • Attendance: 3366 (1122 teams)
1.
United States Justin Cohen
United States Matt Severa
United States Mike Hron
2.
Canada Richard Hoaen
United States Tom Martell
United States Ian Spaulding
3.
United States Owen Turtenwald
United States William Jensen
United States Reid Duke
4.
United States Matthew Nass
Canada Jacob Wilson
United States Sam Pardee
GP Bologna[33] (5–6 March 2016)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 2181
  1. England Kayure Patel
  2. Italy Alberto Mattioli
  3. Italy Giuseppe Reale
  4. Spain Ruben Perez
  5. England Fabrizio Anteri
  6. Czech Republic Jaroslav Boucek
  7. Italy Mattia Rizzi
  8. Italy Alessandro Lippi
GP Paris[34] (19–20 March 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1510
  1. Czech Republic Petr Sochůrek
  2. United States Ben Stark
  3. Japan Ryoichi Tamada
  4. Czech Republic Martin Jůza
  5. Germany Arne Huschenbeth
  6. Italy Giuseppe Reale
  7. Germany Fabian Friedrich
  8. Italy Paolo Magnani

GP Beijing[35] (16–17 April 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1056
  1. Japan Hironobu Sugaya
  2. China Xu Su
  3. Japan Kazuaki Fujimura
  4. China Gao Zhen Xing
  5. Japan Makihito Mihara
  6. Japan Kentarou Yamamoto
  7. Japan Toru Inoue
  8. Macau Mak Wai Hou
GP Albuquerque[36] (16–17 April 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1266
  1. United States Allen Wu
  2. United States William Craddock
  3. United States Jacob Thiessen
  4. United States Seth Manfield
  5. United States Michael Simon
  6. United States Jiachen Tao
  7. United States Christian Keeth
  8. United States Rick Chong
GP Barcelona[37] (16–17 April 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 2084
  1. England Fabrizio Anteri
  2. France Mehdi Saadi
  3. United States William Jensen
  4. Latvia Viktors Kazanskis
  5. United States Brian Braun-Duin
  6. Canada Shaun McLaren
  7. United States Reid Duke
  8. Spain Ferran Vila

Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad

Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad was the 100th Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. For the Top 8 single elimination stage the mode was modified from previous Pro Tours. Previously only the first game was played unsideboarded with players having access to their sideboard for all subsequent games in a match. From PT Shadows over Innistrad on, players only have access to their sideboard beginning with the third game of a Top 8 match. The Pro Tour's Top 8 included some of the most successful Magic players of all time, including Hall of Famers Jon Finkel, Luis Scott-Vargas, and Shouta Yasooka.

Tournament data

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Jon Finkel 1
8 Andrea Mengucci 3
Andrea Mengucci 3
Shouta Yasooka 2
4 Luis Scott-Vargas 1
5 Shouta Yasooka 3
Andrea Mengucci 1
Steve Rubin 3
3 Brad Nelson 0
6 Steve Rubin 3
Steve Rubin 3
Seth Manfield 2
2 Seth Manfield 3
7 Luis Salvatto 0

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 United States Steve Rubin $40,000 30
2 Italy Andrea Mengucci $20,000 26 2nd final day
3 United States Seth Manfield $12,500 22 2nd final day
4 Japan Shouta Yasooka $12,500 22 3rd final day
5 United States Jon Finkel $10,000 18 16th final day
6 United States Brad Nelson $10,000 18 3rd final day
7 United States Luis Scott-Vargas $10,000 18 7th final day
8 Argentina Luis Salvatto $10,000 18

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank Player Pro Points
1 United States Seth Manfield 71
2 United States Owen Turtenwald 70
3 England Fabrizio Anteri 57
4 United States Steve Rubin 56
Denmark Martin Müller

Grand Prix

GP Toronto[38] (30 April–1 May 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1727
  1. Canada Robert Lombardi
  2. Canada Jon Stern
  3. United States Oliver Tiu
  4. Canada Doug Potter
  5. Canada Josh Buitenhuis
  6. Canada Brett Tetley
  7. United States Bradley Robinson
  8. Canada Michael Sheng
GP Los Angeles[39] (21–22 May 2016)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 2239
  1. United States Simon Slutsky
  2. United States Ethan Brown
  3. Spain Javier Dominguez
  4. Canada Pascal Maynard
  5. United States Joe Lossett
  6. United States Corey Burkhart
  7. United States Alex To
  8. United States Erik Carson
GP Manchester[40] (28–29 May 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1697
  1. France Raphaël Lévy
  2. France Julien Henry
  3. Denmark Oscar Christensen
  4. Sweden Jonas Friberg
  5. Sweden Lauri Vuorela
  6. England Matthew Hunt
  7. Denmark Christoffer Larsen
  8. Poland Adam Bajerowicz
GP Columbus[41] (11–12 June 2016)
  • Format: Legacy
  • Attendance: 1824
  1. United States Clay Spicklemire
  2. United States Joe Lossett
  3. United States Noah Walker
  4. United States Christopher Walton
  5. United States Wilson Hunter
  6. United States Raymond Cornely
  7. United States Jarvis Yu
  8. Canada Aaron Kasprzak
GP São Paulo[42] (2–3 July 2016)
  • Format: Team limited
  • Attendance: 1086 (362 teams)
1.
Brazil Francisco Barciella
Brazil Carlos Romão
Brazil Eloi Pattaro
2.
Brazil Jonathan Melamed
Brazil Mateus Martins
Brazil Paulo Martinello
3.
Canada Pascal Maynard
United States Brian Braun-Duin
United States Shaheen Soorani
4
Brazil Renato Pinto
Brazil Leonardo Labruna
Brazil Diego Coelho
GP Montreal[43] (30–31 July 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1348
  1. United States Hunter Cochran
  2. Canada Hugo Demers
  3. Canada Felix Tse
  4. Canada Morgan McLaughlin
  5. Canada Robert Lombardi
  6. Canada Philippe Gareau
  7. Canada Michael Ferneyhough
  8. Canada Jamie Madill
GP New York[44] (7–8 May 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 2007
  1. United States Seth Manfield
  2. France Louis Deltour
  3. United States Scott Lipp
  4. United States Michael Majors
  5. United States Mike Sigrist
  6. United States Daniel Ward
  7. United States Brandon Ayers
  8. United States Ralph Batesh
GP Charlotte[45] (21–22 May 2016)
  • Format: Modern
  • Attendance: 2399
  1. Switzerland Andreas Ganz
  2. United States Jon Bolding
  3. United States Robert Graves
  4. United States Mike Sigrist
  5. United States Jacky Wang
  6. United States Adonnys Medrano
  7. United States Sam Black
  8. United States Eli Kassis
GP Costa Rica[46] (4–5 June 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 497
  1. United States Seth Manfield
  2. United States Brandon Fischer
  3. United States Oliver Tiu
  4. Mexico Erick Manuel Lopez Basulto
  5. United States Brian Braun-Duin
  6. United States Michael Derczo
  7. Panama Saul Alvarado
  8. Spain Javier Dominguez
GP Taipei[47] (25–26 June 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 792
  1. Japan Yuuki Ichikawa
  2. Taiwan Huang Yung-Ming
  3. Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian
  4. Japan Yuuta Takahashi
  5. Taiwan Lieu Chien-Hung
  6. Thailand Mingrerk Setsompop
  7. Japan Shawn McNeace
  8. China Liu Yuchen
GP Stockholm[48] (30–31 July 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1244
  1. Netherlands Elmer van Eeghen
  2. Italy Matteo Moure
  3. Germany Andreas Reling
  4. Sweden Erik Wahlberg
  5. Norway Bjornar Prytz
  6. Switzerland Yannick Studer
  7. Germany Max Pritsch
  8. Italy Federico Del Basso
GP Tokyo[49] (7–8 May 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 3335
  1. Japan Riku Kumagai
  2. Japan Kazushige Suzuki
  3. Japan Takuma Morofuji
  4. Spain Carlos Ballester
  5. Japan Kazuki Yada
  6. Japan Takaya Saito
  7. Japan Kensuke Kato
  8. Singapore Eng Chu Heng
GP Minneapolis[50] (28–29 May 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1530
  1. United States Alexander Johnson
  2. Japan Shota Takao
  3. United States Andrew Elenbogen
  4. United States Matt Severa
  5. United States Max McVety
  6. United States Owen Turtenwald
  7. United States Reed Hartman
  8. Japan Yuuya Watanabe
GP Prague[51] (11–12 June 2016)
  • Format: Legacy
  • Attendance: 1477
  1. Spain Rodrigo Togores
  2. France Nicolas Tholance
  3. Denmark Thomas Enevoldsen
  4. Canada Alexander Hayne
  5. Republic of Ireland Niels Molle
  6. Czech Republic Lukas Blohon
  7. Italy Gianluca Gazzola
  8. France Arnaud Baglin
GP Pittsburgh[52] (25–26 June 2016)
  • Format: Standard
  • Attendance: 1379
  1. United States Evan Petre
  2. Canada Pascal Maynard
  3. United States Steve Rubin
  4. United States William Cruse
  5. Canada Adam Ragsdale
  6. United States Eric Flickinger
  7. United States Matt Tumavitch
  8. Serbia Aleksa Telarov
GP Sydney[53] (30–31 July 2016)
  • Format: Limited
  • Attendance: 1076
  1. United States Scott Lipp
  2. Czech Republic Jan Ksandr
  3. United States Ben Stark
  4. United States Seth Manfield
  5. New Zealand Zen Takahashi
  6. Argentina Santiago De Paoli
  7. France Thierry Ramboa
  8. Australia Ben Seck

Pro Tour Eldritch Moon

Sydney (5–7 August 2016)

Top 8

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Samuel Pardee 3
8 Andrew Brown 1
Samuel Pardee 0
Lukas Blohon 3
4 Lukas Blohon 3
5 Ken Yukuhiro 2
Lukas Blohon 3
Owen Turtenwald 0
3 Yuuta Takahashi 1
6 Owen Turtenwald 3
Owen Turtenwald 3
Luis Scott-Vargas 2
2 Luis Scott-Vargas 3
7 Reid Duke 0

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 Czech Republic Lukas Blohon $40,000 30 2nd final day
2 United States Owen Turtenwald $20,000 26 4th final day
3 United States Samuel Pardee $12,500 22
4 United States Luis Scott-Vargas $12,500 22 8th final day
5 Japan Yuuta Takahashi $10,000 18 2nd final day
6 Japan Ken Yukuhiro $10,000 18 2nd final day
7 United States Reid Duke $10,000 18 2nd final day
8 United States Andrew Brown $10,000 18 2nd final day

Pro Player of the Year final standings

The 2015–16 Pro Tour season ended after Pro Tour Eldritch Moon. These are the final standings of the Player of the Year race, including every player who at the end of the season reached Platinum, the highest Pro Club Level.[54]

Place Player Pro Points Place Player Pro Points Place Player Pro Points
1 United States Owen Turtenwald 98 12 United States Brad Nelson 58 23 United States Michael Majors 53
2 United States Seth Manfield 88 Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa United States Andrew Brown
3 Czech Republic Lukas Blohon 81 Canada Alexander Hayne 27 Japan Yuuta Takahashi 52
4 United States Luis Scott-Vargas 79 Italy Andrea Mengucci United States Jiachen Tao
5 United States Reid Duke 69 United States Oliver Tiu 29 United States William Jensen 51
6 Denmark Martin Müller 68 18 United States Sam Black 57 Canada Pascal Maynard
7 United States Steve Rubin 67 Japan Yuuya Watanabe 31 Japan Kazuyuki Takimura 50
8 Sweden Joel Larsson 63 20 United States Jon Finkel 56 Brazil Thiago Saporito
United States Samuel Pardee Japan Ryoichi Tamada Hong Kong Lee Shi Tian
10 Czech Republic Ondřej Stráský 62 22 United States Paul Rietzl 55 Canada Jacob Wilson
11 Japan Shouta Yasooka 60 23 Austria Oliver Polak-Rottmann 53 Czech Republic Petr Sochůrek
12 United States Mike Sigrist 58 Slovakia Ivan Floch Canada Paul Dean

Invitees to the 2016 World Championship

The following twenty-four players received an invitation to the 2016 World Championship due to their performance in the 2015–16 season.[55]

Player Qualified due to
United States Owen Turtenwald 2015–16 Player of the Year
United States Brian Braun-Duin 2015–16 Grand Prix Player of the Year
United States Seth Manfield 2015 World Champion
Netherlands Niels Noorlander 2015 Magic Online Champion
Japan Kazuyuki Takimura Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar winner
United States Jiachen Tao Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch winner
United States Steve Rubin Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad winner
Czech Republic Lukas Blohon Pro Tour Eldritch Moon winner
United States Oliver Tiu Constructed Master
Portugal Marcio Carvalho Draft Master
United States Luis Scott-Vargas Outstanding Hall of Famer
United States Reid Duke 4th Most Pro Points North America
Denmark Martin Müller 2nd Most Pro Points Europe
Sweden Joel Larsson 3rd Most Pro Points Europe
Japan Shouta Yasooka Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific
Japan Yuuya Watanabe 2nd Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific
Japan Ryoichi Tamada 3rd Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific
Brazil Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Most Pro Points Latin America
Brazil Thiago Saporito 2nd Most Pro Points Latin America
United States Samuel Pardee Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Czech Republic Ondřej Stráský 2nd Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Italy Andrea Mengucci 3rd Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
United States Brad Nelson 4th Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
United States Mike Sigrist 5th Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified

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