Pro Player of the Year | ![]() | ||
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Rookie of the Year | ![]() | ||
World Champion | ![]() | ||
Pro Tours | 4 | ||
Grands Prix | 20 | ||
Hall of Fame inductions | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Start of season | 22 January 2011 | ||
End of season | 20 November 2011 | ||
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The 2011 Pro Tour season was the sixteenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It began on 22 January 2011 with Grand Prix Atlanta, and ended on 20 November 2011 with the conclusion of the 2011 World Championship in San Francisco. The season consisted of twenty Grands Prix,[1] and four Pro Tours, located in Paris, Nagoya, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.[2]
Four Pro Tours and eighteen Grands Prix were held in the 2011 season. Further Pro Points were awarded at national championships. These Pro Points were mainly used to determine the Pro Player club levels of players participating in these events, but also decide which player was awarded the Pro Player of the year title at the end of the season. Based on final standings Pro Points are awarded as follows:[3]
Rank | Pro Points awarded at | |||
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Pro Tour | Grand Prix | Nationals | Worlds (Team) | |
1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
3–4 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
5–8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
9–12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
13–16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
17–24 | 7 | 2 | ||
25–32 | 6 | 2 | ||
33–64 | 5 | 1 | ||
65–100 | 4 | |||
101–200 | 3 | |||
201+ | 2 |
Pro Tour Paris was held at Espace Champerret. The formats were Standard and Scars of Mirrodin-Mirrodin Besieged Booster Draft.[2]
Prize pool: $230,795
Format: Standard, Booster Draft
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Vincent Lemoine | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Shintaro Ishimura | 2 | ||||||||||||
Vincent Lemoine | 2 | |||||||||||||
Paul Rietzl | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Patrick Chapin | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Paul Rietzl | 3 | ||||||||||||
Paul Rietzl | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ben Stark | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 | Nico Bohny | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | Naoki Nakada | 3 | ||||||||||||
Naoki Nakada | 0 | |||||||||||||
Ben Stark | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 | Ben Stark | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | Tom Martell | 2 |
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | ![]() |
$40,000 | 25 | 3rd Final day |
2 | ![]() |
$20,000 | 20 | 3rd Final day |
3 | ![]() |
$15,000 | 16 | |
4 | ![]() |
$13,000 | 16 | |
5 | ![]() |
$11,000 | 12 | 2nd Final day |
6 | ![]() |
$10,500 | 12 | 4th Final day |
7 | ![]() |
$10,000 | 12 | |
8 | ![]() |
$9,500 | 12 |
Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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1 | ![]() |
33 |
2 | ![]() |
22 |
3 | ![]() |
16 |
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5 | ![]() |
13 |
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Originally scheduled for the weekend of 12–13 March GP Hamburg was cancelled as announced on 13 January.[4] On 14 March 2011, Wizards of the Coast announced that GP Kobe, originally scheduled for 19–20 March, had been postponed, citing safety, power and travel concerns.[5]
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Pro Tour Nagoya was held at the Trade & Industry Center. The formats are Block Constructed and Booster Draft.[2]
Prize pool: $230,795
Format: Block Constructed, Booster Draft
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
6 | Toshiyuki Kadooka | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Luis Scott-Vargas | 1 | ||||||||||||
Toshiyuki Kadooka | 3 | |||||||||||||
Elie Pichon | 0 | |||||||||||||
5 | Pat Cox | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Elie Pichon | 3 | ||||||||||||
Toshiyuki Kadooka | 0 | |||||||||||||
David Sharfman | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 | Gaudenis Vidugiris | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | Fabian Thiele | 3 | ||||||||||||
Fabian Thiele | 0 | |||||||||||||
David Sharfman | 3 | |||||||||||||
7 | David Sharfman | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Tsuyoshi Fujita | 0 |
Top 8 pairings are determined at random
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | ![]() |
$40,000 | 25 | |
2 | ![]() |
$20,000 | 20 | |
3 | ![]() |
$15,000 | 16 | |
4 | ![]() |
$13,000 | 16 | |
5 | ![]() |
$11,000 | 12 | 4th final day |
6 | ![]() |
$10,500 | 12 | |
7 | ![]() |
$10,000 | 12 | 4th final day |
8 | ![]() |
$9,500 | 12 |
Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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1 | ![]() |
41 |
2 | ![]() |
40 |
3 | ![]() |
38 |
4 | ![]() |
31 |
5 | ![]() |
29 |
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29 |
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Pro Tour Philadelphia was held at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The formats were initially announced to be Extended and Booster Draft. Three weeks before the event it was announced that the Extended portion would be replaced by Modern.[2] The winner of the tournament was Samuel Estratti, who became the first Modern Pro Tour Champion and the first Italian player to win a Pro Tour.[6]
Prize pool: $230,795
Players: 417
Format: Modern, Booster Draft
Headjudge: Riccardo Tessitori
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
6 | Alessandro Portaro | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Josh Utter-Leyton | 3 | ||||||||||||
Josh Utter-Leyton | 3 | |||||||||||||
Samuel Black | 2 | |||||||||||||
7 | Samuel Black | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Jesse Hampton | 1 | ||||||||||||
Josh Utter-Leyton | 1 | |||||||||||||
Samuele Estratti | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 | Samuele Estratti | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Andrejs Prost | 1 | ||||||||||||
Samuele Estratti | 3 | |||||||||||||
Chikara Nakajima | 1 | |||||||||||||
8 | Chikara Nakajima | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Max Sjöblom | 1 |
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | ![]() |
$40,000 | 25 | |
2 | ![]() |
$20,000 | 20 | 2nd Final Day |
3 | ![]() |
$15,000 | 16 | |
4 | ![]() |
$13,000 | 16 | 2nd Final Day |
5 | ![]() |
$11,000 | 12 | |
6 | ![]() |
$10,500 | 12 | |
7 | ![]() |
$10,000 | 12 | |
8 | ![]() |
$9,500 | 12 |
Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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1 | ![]() |
48 |
2 | ![]() |
45 |
3 | ![]() |
44 |
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44 | |
5 | ![]() |
40 |
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Main article: Magic: The Gathering World Championship § 2011 World Championship |
The 18th Magic World Championships was held in the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, United States.[2]
Prize pool: $245,245 (individual) + ? (teams)
Players: 375 from 60 countries[7]
Formats: Standard, Booster Draft, Modern
Team Formats: Standard, Modern, Legacy
Head Judge: Sheldon Menery
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Conley Woods | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Craig Wescoe | 2 | ||||||||||||
Conley Woods | 0 | |||||||||||||
Jun'ya Iyanaga | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Jun'ya Iyanaga | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Josh Utter-Leyton | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jun'ya Iyanaga | 3 | |||||||||||||
Richard Bland | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa | 1 | ||||||||||||
7 | David Caplan | 3 | ||||||||||||
David Caplan | 0 | |||||||||||||
Richard Bland | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 | Luis Scott-Vargas | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Richard Bland | 3 |
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | ![]() |
$45,000 | 25 | |
2 | ![]() |
$24,000 | 20 | |
3 | ![]() |
$15,000 | 16 | 2nd final day |
4 | ![]() |
$14,000 | 16 | |
5 | ![]() |
$11,000 | 12 | 8th final day |
6 | ![]() |
$10,500 | 12 | 5th final day |
7 | ![]() |
$10,000 | 12 | 3rd final day |
8 | ![]() |
$9,500 | 12 | 2nd final day |
Rank | Player | Pro Points |
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1 | ![]() |
64 |
2 | ![]() |
61 |
3 | ![]() |
56 |
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5 | ![]() |
53 |
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7 | ![]() |
52 |
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Country | T8 | Q | Q/T8 | GT | Best Player (PPts) |
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16 | 521 | 33 | 39 | Owen Turtenwald (64) |
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6 | 140 | 23 | 9 | Shuhei Nakamura (53) |
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2 | 60 | 30 | 2 | Samuele Estratti (38) |
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1 | 88 | 88 | 4 | Fabian Thiele (30) |
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1 | 91 | 91 | 2 | Raphaël Lévy (40) |
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1 | 32 | 32 | 1 | Vincent Lemoine (40) |
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1 | 27 | 27 | 1 | Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa (53) |