Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Pierre Canali	$30,000	25	Pro Tour debut
2	Shuhei Nakamura	$20,000	20
3	Nicholas West	$15,000	16	Pro Tour debut
4	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	$13,000	16	3rd Final day
5	Gadiel Szleifer	$9,000	12
6	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	$8,500	12	4th Final day
7	Ryuichi Arita	$8,000	12	2nd Final day
8	Geoffrey Siron	$7,500	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Pierre Canali	25
2	Shuhei Nakamura	20
3	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	18
4	Nicholas West	16
5	Ryuichi Arita	12
	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	12
	Geoffrey Siron	12
	Gadiel Szleifer	12

Grand Prixs – Helsinki, Brisbane, Yokohama, Porto Alegre, Paris, Chicago, Osaka

GP Helsinki (6–7 November)

1.   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...
   
   
2.   Mikko Leiviskä
3.   Jean Charles Salvin
4.   Ulrik Tarp
5.   Anton Jonsson
   Anton Jonsson
   Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...
   
   
6.   Wenzel Krautmann
7.   Pavlos Akritas
8.   Erkki Siira

GP Brisbane (13–14 November)

1.   Will Copeman
2.   Anatoli Lightfoot
3.   Masami Ibamoto
4.   Andrew Grain
5.   Tom Hay
6.   Andrew Varga
7.   Jarrod Bright
8.   Bryce Trevilyan

GP Yokohama (20–21 November)

1.   Kazuki Katou
2.   Tomohiro Kaji
3.   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...
   
   
4.   Koutarou Ootsuka
5.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
6.   Rei Hashimoto
7.   Takashi Akiyama
8.   Ren Ishikawa

GP Porto Alegre (20–21 November)

1.   Jose Barbero
2.   Gabriel Caligaris
3.   Mauro Kina
4.   Rafael Mendonça
5.   Guilherme Fonseca
6.   Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
   Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
   Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa is a Brazilian Magic: The Gathering player. He is the first South American player to have seven Pro Tour top 8s. In 2011, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa became the youngest player to ever reach 300 lifetime Pro Points.- Career :Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa began his professional...
   
   
7.   Renato Wholers
8.   Adilson de Oliveira

GP Paris (27–28 November)

1.   Wilco Pinkster
2.   Bastien Perez
3.   Wessel Oomens
4.   Raphael Lévy
   Raphaël Lévy
   Raphaël Lévy is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in November 2006. He is the first player to have been inducted while active on the Pro Tour. He is one of only four players to have won Grand Prix on three different...
   
   
5.   Giuseppe Reale
6.   Arnost Zidek
7.   Stephan Meyer
8.   Jean-Baptiste Gouesse

GP Chicago (18–19 December)

1. :B

  Timothy Aten

  Gadiel Szleifer

  John Pelcak

2. Gindy's Sister's Fan Club

  Adam Chambers

  Zach Parker

  Charles Gindy

3. The Max Fischer Players

  Igor Frayman

  Joshua Ravitz

  Chris Pikula

Chris Pikula

Chris Pikula is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Pikula started playing on the Pro Tour at the very first Pro Tour in New York, 1996. He attended the other two Pro Tour events that season, too, failing to attend only the World Championship. Success came at the beginning of the second...

4. Voracious Cobra

  Bob Allbright

  Mike Hron

  Paul Artl

GP Osaka (8–9 January)

1. P.S.2

  Masashiro Kuroda

  Katsuhiro Mori

Katsuhiro Mori

is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is the most successful player in the individual portion of World Championships, winning one tournament and making the top eight of two others.-Career:...

  Masahiko Morita

Masahiko Morita

is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...

2. FireBall.Pros

  Jin Okamoto

  Tsuyoshi Ikeda

Tsuyoshi Ikeda

is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His success include four top eights at the Pro Tour level, and six on the Grand Prix level, including one win. He is ranked 12th on lifetime pro points.-Career:...

  Itaru Ishida

Itaru Ishida

is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. The bulk of his success has been on the Grand Prix circuit. With seventeen top eights, Ishida ranks fourth in this category behind Alex Shvartsman , and brothers Olivier and Antoine Ruel...

3. Gatas Brilhantes

  Shimura

  Shu Komuro

  Sasagawa

4. One Spin

  Tomohiro Kaji

  Kenji Tsumura

Kenji Tsumura

is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...

  Tomoharu Saitou

Tomoharu Saitou

is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players.-Career:Saitou debuted at Pro Tour Chicago 2000. An 83rd place finish meant he fell just short of making money. Later the same season, he made his first standout finish by reaching the top eight of the Asia Pacific...

Pro Tour – Nagoya (28–30 January 2005)

Pro Tour Nagoya was the last Pro Tour employing the Rochester Draft format. Shu Komuro from Japan defeated Anton Jonsson

Anton Jonsson

Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...

 in the finals to win the tournament.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $200,130

Players: 236

Format: Rochester Draft (Champions of Kamigawa

Champions of Kamigawa

Champions of Kamigawa is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set released October 1, 2004. The first set of the Kamigawa block, it set the stage for the block's story, which was inspired by Japanese myths and revolves around the battle between spirits and living beings.The set's...

)

Head Judge: Collin Jackson

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Shu Komuro	$30,000	25
2	Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...	$20,000	20	5th Final day
3	Terry Soh	$15,000	16	2nd Final day
4	Murray Evans	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Masashiro Kuroda	$9,500	12	2nd Final day
6	Frank Karsten Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player) Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...	$8,500	12
7	Jarno Harkonen	$7,500	12
8	Vasilis Fatouros	$6,500	12	1st Greek in a Top 8

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Shu Komuro	31
2	Shuhei Nakamura	30
3	Pierre Canali	28
4	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	27
5	Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...	23

Grand Prixs – Boston, Eindhoven, Seattle

GP Boston (5–6 February)

1.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
2.   Lucas Glavin
3.   Keith McLaughlin
4. Benjamin Dempsey
5.   Osyp Lebedowicz
   Osyp Lebedowicz
   Osyp Lebedowicz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He won Pro Tour Venice 2003, and is also known for his involvement in developing the Aether Vial affinity archetype.-Achievements:-References:...
   
   
6.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
7. Anthony Impellizzierei
8.   Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz

GP Eindhoven (26–27 February)

1.   Sebastien Roux
2.   Rogier Maaten
3.   Xuan-Phi Nguyen
4.   Tobias Radloff
5.   Kamiel Cornelissen
   Kamiel Cornelissen
   Kamiel Cornelissen is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. Once a Pro Tour mainstay, he is now considered retired, despite playing the odd event. He is one of eighteen players with five or more Pro Tour top eights, including back to back second place finishes, and a win with teammates Jelger...
   
   
6.   Michael Leicht
7.   Petr Nahodil
8.   Bas Postema

GP Seattle (5–6 March)

1.   Ernie Marchesano
2.   Taylor Putnam
3.   Shuhei Nakamura
4.   Max McCall
5.   Grant Struck
6.   John Ripley
7.   Tsuyoshi Fujita
   Tsuyoshi Fujita
   Tsuyoshi Fujita is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Osaka, Japan. His most notable finishes include three Pro Tour top eights. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame on 5 December 2007...
   
   
8.   Ryan Cimera

Pro Tour – Atlanta (11–13 March 2005)

The Canadian French cooperation team "Nova" won Pro Tour Atlanta, defeating the American team "We Add" in the final. "Nova" consisted of Gabriel Tsang, David Rood, and Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif

Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...

. For Nassif it was the first Pro Tour victory after five previous final day appareances including three second places. Atlanta was the last Pro Tour using the three person team Limited format, although it was still used for the team competition at the World Championship

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

The Magic: The Gathering World Championships have been held annually since 1994. It is the most important tournament in the game of Magic: The Gathering, offering to the winner a cash prize of $45,000. Originally open to all competitors, Worlds is now an invitation-only event and the last Pro Tour...

 that year and the next.

Tournament data

Players: 357 (119 teams)

Prize Pool: $200,100

Format: Team Kamigawa Block Sealed (Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa

Betrayers of Kamigawa

Betrayers of Kamigawa is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set which came out in February of 2005, and is the second set in the Kamigawa block. It contains 165 cards. The set's story is inspired by Japanese medieval myths and revolves around the battle between spirits and living beings...

) – first day, Team Kamigawa Block Rochester Draft (Champions of Kamigawa-Betrayers of Kamigawa) – final two days

Head Judge: Sheldon Menery

Top 4

Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Nova	Gabriel Tsang	$60,000	20	3rd Final day
		David Rood		20	2nd Final day
		Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif Gabriel Nassif is a French professional card player. He is known for his continuous success on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and was the 2004 Pro Tour Player of the Year. He also enjoys playing poker, having moderate success at the World Series of Poker in recent years...		20	6th Final day
2	We Add	Don Smith	$30,000	16	Pro Tour debut
		Andrew Pacifico		16
		Adam Chambers		16
3	Les baltringues de Ludipia	Benjamin Caumes	$18,000	12	2nd Final day
		Nicolas Bornarel		12
		Camille Fenet		12
4	One Spin	Tomohiro Kaji	$15,000	12
		Kenji Tsumura Kenji Tsumura is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...		12
		Tomoharu Saitou Tomoharu Saitou is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players.-Career:Saitou debuted at Pro Tour Chicago 2000. An 83rd place finish meant he fell just short of making money. Later the same season, he made his first standout finish by reaching the top eight of the Asia Pacific...		12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Shu Komuro	39
2	Shuhei Nakamura	32
3	Pierre Canali	31
	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	31
5	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	29

Grand Prixs – Singapore, Leipzig, Lisbon, Detroit

GP Singapore (19–20 March)

1.   Itaru Ishida
   Itaru Ishida
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. The bulk of his success has been on the Grand Prix circuit. With seventeen top eights, Ishida ranks fourth in this category behind Alex Shvartsman , and brothers Olivier and Antoine Ruel...
   
   
2.   Shih Chien Chang
3.   Ichirou Shimura
4.   Yeung Sun Kit
5.   Dennis Yuliadinata
6.   Shu Komuro
7.   Oliver Oks
8.   Gabriel Kang

GP Leipzig (26–27 March)

1.   Rustam Bakirov
2.   Rosario Maij
3.   Max Bracht
4.   Niki Jedlicka
5.   Philip Fetzer
6.   Sune Ellegard
7.   Bernardo Da Costa Cabral
8.   Mateusz Dabkowski

GP Lisbon (23–24 April)

1.   Marcio Carvalho
2.   Luis Sousa
3.   Mikael Polgary
4.   David Blazquez
5.   Joao Martins
6.   Pierre-Jerome Meurisse
7.   Marco Manuel
8.   Anton Jonsson
   Anton Jonsson
   Anton Jonsson is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player. He has retired from professional Magic. At the height of his career, Jonsson was considered one of the best players in the game, and was especially known for his proficiency at Limited, having reached the Top 8 of a Pro Tour five times...
   
   

GP Detroit (23–24 April)

1.   Jordan Berkowitz
2.   Richard Hoaen
   Richard Hoaen
   Richard Hoaen is a Canadian Magic: The Gathering player. Known for his skill in limited formats, Hoaen has reached the top eight of a Pro Tour just once...
   
   
3.   Michael Krumb
4.   Jeroen Remie
5.   Osyp Lebedowicz
   Osyp Lebedowicz
   Osyp Lebedowicz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He won Pro Tour Venice 2003, and is also known for his involvement in developing the Aether Vial affinity archetype.-Achievements:-References:...
   
   
6.   William Postlethwait
7.   Sam Gomersall
8.   Patrick Sullivan

Pro Tour – Philadelphia (6–8 May 2005)

Pro Tour Philadelphia featured a tournament system different from those of other Pro Tours. While Swiss system was still used all players with three or more losses and/or draws were automatically dropped from the tournament. Prizes were given out not in relation to the final standings, but for the individual matches won, where matches in later rounds of the tournament were worth more than those in the earlier rounds. It was also announced in the week prior to Pro Tour Philadelphia, that the end of the year payout based on Pro Points would be dropped after the season in favor of the Pro Club. Under the new system a player would receive special benefits based on the total amount of Pro Points he had acquired in a season.

16-year-old Gadiel Szleifer defeated 18-year-old Kenji Tsumura

Kenji Tsumura

is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...

 in the final to win the tournament. Szleifer played a control deck built around . Former Pro Player of the year Kai Budde

Kai Budde

Kai Budde , is a professional Magic: The Gathering player, who holds the records for earnings, Pro Tour victories and lifetime Pro Points. His performances earned him the nicknames "The Juggernaut" and "King of the Grand Prix"...

 received a lot of attention for being undefeated after day one, but was eliminated after he picked up three losses in the first three rounds of day two.

Tournament data

Players: 311

Prize Pool: $194,898

Format: Kamigawa Block Constructed (Champions of Kamigawa, Betrayers of Kamigawa

Betrayers of Kamigawa

Betrayers of Kamigawa is the name of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set which came out in February of 2005, and is the second set in the Kamigawa block. It contains 165 cards. The set's story is inspired by Japanese medieval myths and revolves around the battle between spirits and living beings...

)

Head Judge: Mike Guptil

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Gadiel Szleifer	$21,725	25	2nd Final day
2	Kenji Tsumura Kenji Tsumura is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...	$12,275	20	2nd Final day
3	Steven Wolfman	$7,475	16	2nd Final day
4	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	$6,950	16	4th Final day
5	Ryan Cimera	$2,825	12	Pro Tour debut
6	Jeff Novekoff	$4,750	12	Pro Tour debut
7	Mark Herberholz	$3,175	12	2nd Final day
8	André Müller	$2,075	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	49
2	Gadiel Szleifer	47
3	Shu Komuro	45
4	Kenji Tsumura Kenji Tsumura is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...	44
5	Shuhei Nakamura	40

Grand Prixs – Matsuyama, Bologna

GP Matsuyama (14–15 May)

1.   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...
   
   
2.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
3.   Kentarou Nonaka
4.   Takayuki Toochika
5.   Osamu Fujita
   Osamu Fujita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...
   
   
6.   Shuhei Nakamura
7.   Tomoharu Saitou
   Tomoharu Saitou
   is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players.-Career:Saitou debuted at Pro Tour Chicago 2000. An 83rd place finish meant he fell just short of making money. Later the same season, he made his first standout finish by reaching the top eight of the Asia Pacific...
   
   
8.   Jun'ya Takahashi

GP Bologna (11–12 June)

1.   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...
   
   
2.   David Brucker
3.   Giulio Barra
4.   Leonard Barbou
5.   Tomas Klimes
6.   Quentin Martin
7.   Bruno Panara
8.   Marco Castellano

Pro Tour – London (8–10 July 2005)

Geoffrey Siron from Belgium won Pro Tour London, defeating Tsuyoshi Fujita

Tsuyoshi Fujita

Tsuyoshi Fujita is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Osaka, Japan. His most notable finishes include three Pro Tour top eights. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame on 5 December 2007...

 in the finals. In the Top 8 Siron lost not a single game.

Tournament data

Players: 314

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Booster Draft (Champions of Kamigawa-Betrayers of Kamigawa-Saviors of Kamigawa

Saviors of Kamigawa

Saviors of Kamigawa is a Magic: The Gathering set, third and last in the Kamigawa block. Saviors of Kamigawa was released on June 3, 2005...

)

Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Geoffrey Siron	$30,000	25	2nd Final day, 1st Belgian to win a Pro Tour
2	Tsuyoshi Fujita Tsuyoshi Fujita Tsuyoshi Fujita is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Osaka, Japan. His most notable finishes include three Pro Tour top eights. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame on 5 December 2007...	$20,000	20	2nd Final day
3	Johan Sadeghpour	$15,000	16
4	Antti Malin Antti Malin Antti Malin is a Finnish player of fantasy card-game Magic: The Gathering. Malin won the World Championship of the game in December 2008 in Memphis, United States. He is from the capital of Finland, Helsinki....	$13,000	16
5	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	$9,000	12	5th Final day
6	Tomi Walamies	$8,500	12	3rd Final day
7	Arnost Zidek	$8,000	12
8	David Larsson	$7,500	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	59
2	Gadiel Szleifer	50
3	Shu Komuro	49
4	Shuhei Nakamura	47
	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	47
	Kenji Tsumura Kenji Tsumura is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...	47

Grand Prixs – Minneapolis, Niigata, Taipei, Salt Lake City, Mexico City, Nottingham

GP Minneapolis (16–17 July)

1.   Alex Lieberman
2.   Mark Herberholz
3.   Dustin Marquis
4.   Adam Yurchick
5.   Celso Zampere
6.   Andrew Stokinger
7.   Gerry Thompson
8.   Sean Inlow

GP Niigata (23–24 July)

1.   Katsuhiro Mori
   Katsuhiro Mori
   is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is the most successful player in the individual portion of World Championships, winning one tournament and making the top eight of two others.-Career:...
   
   
2.   Tomohiro Aridome
3.   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...
   
   
4.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
5.   Takuya Oosawa
6.   Kenji Tsumura
   Kenji Tsumura
   is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...
   
   
7.   Ryouma Shiozu
8.   Suhan Yun

GP Taipei (6–7 August)

1.   Osamu Fujita
   Osamu Fujita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include a second place finish at Pro Tour Amsterdam 2004, a win at Grand Prix Taipei 2005, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He is ranked 28th on lifetime pro points.-Achievements:...
   
   
2.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
3.   Jun'ichirou Bandou
4.   Shu Komuro
5.   Tai Chi Huang
6.   Aik Seng Khoo
7.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
8.   Masahiro Kuroda

GP Salt Lake City (27–28 August)

1.   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa is an Italian-American Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include three Grand Prix wins, a US Nationals title in 2005, and a top eight at Pro Tour Prague 2006.- Achievements:Other accomplishments...
   
   
2.   Karl Briem
3.   Kenji Tsumura
   Kenji Tsumura
   is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...
   
   
4.   Mark Ioli
5.   Frank Karsten
   Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)
   Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...
   
   
6.   Gadiel Szleifer
7.   Gabe Walls
8.   Rogier Maaten

GP Mexico City (3–4 September)

1.   Julien Nuijten
2.   Edgar Leiva
3.   Frank Karsten
   Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)
   Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...
   
   
4.   Maximiliano Liprandi
5.   William Postlethwait
6.   Gerard Fabiano
   Gerard Fabiano
   Gerard Fabiano is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His best finishes include a fourth place at Pro Tour Boston 2002, a win at Grand Prix Philadelphia 2008, and four other Grand Prix Top eights. He is famous in the community for rarely mulliganing and his outrageous...
   
   
7.   Daniel Fior
8.   Rasmus Sibast

GP Nottingham (3–4 September)

1.   Nikola Vavra
2.   Roel van Heeswijk
3.   Nikolaus Eigner
4.   Philip Reich
5.   Jean Charles Salvin
6.   Ricard Tudori
7.   Jure Trunk
8.   Alfred Benages

Pro Tour – Los Angeles (28–30 October 2005)

Antoine Ruel

Antoine Ruel

Antoine Ruel is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005...

 defeated Billy Moreno in the finals to become champion of Pro Tour Los Angeles. He played a blue-black control deck, built around Psychatog.

Tournament data

Players: 340

Prize Pool: $200,130

Format: Extended

Head Judge: Gijsbert Hoogendijk

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel Antoine Ruel is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005...	$30,000	25	3rd Final day
2	Billy Moreno	$20,000	20
3	Kenji Tsumura Kenji Tsumura is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...	$15,000	16	3rd Final day
4	Chris McDaniel	$13,000	16
5	Tsuyoshi Fujita Tsuyoshi Fujita Tsuyoshi Fujita is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Osaka, Japan. His most notable finishes include three Pro Tour top eights. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame on 5 December 2007...	$9,000	12	3rd Final day
6	Chih-Hsiang Chang	$8,500	12	1st Taiwanese Player in a Top 8
7	Ervin Tormos	$8,000	12	Pro Tour debut
8	Ryuichi Arita	$7,500	12	3rd Final day

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Kenji Tsumura Kenji Tsumura is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...	72
2	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	67
3	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	62
4	Gadiel Szleifer	58
5	Shu Komuro	55

Grand Prixs – Melbourne, Copenhagen, Kitakyuushuu, Philadelphia, Bilbao, Beijing

GP Melbourne (5–6 November)

1.   James Zhang
2.   Paul Chalder
3.   Tim He
4.   David Zhao
5.   Andrew Vance
6.   Hugh Glanville
7.   Ben Fleming
8.   Sam Atkinson

GP Copenhagen (5–6 November)

1.   Julien Nuijten
2.   Kim Valori
3.   Alexandre Rathcke
4.   Wessel Oomens
5.   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...
   
   
6.   Pasi Virtanen
7.   Bodo Rösner
8.   Nikolaos Lahanas

GP Kitakyuushuu (5–6 November)

1.   Tomohiro Kaji
2.   Ryo Ogura
3.   Makihito Mihara
4.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
5.   Masahiko Morita
   Masahiko Morita
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Despite never having reached the top eight of a Pro Tour, he is one of the most successful players on the Grand Prix circuit, especially on home turf. He is the player with the most lifetime Pro Points without a Pro Tour top eight, and is one of only five...
   
   
6.   Jin Okamoto
7.   Itaru Ishida
   Itaru Ishida
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. The bulk of his success has been on the Grand Prix circuit. With seventeen top eights, Ishida ranks fourth in this category behind Alex Shvartsman , and brothers Olivier and Antoine Ruel...
   
   
8.   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara
   Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...
   
   

GP Philadelphia (12–13 November)

1.   Jonathan Sonne
   Jonathan Sonne
   Jonathan Sonne is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight of a Pro Tour once, and has won two Grand Prix. He was also part of the US national team that placed second at the World Championship in 2005.-Achievements:...
   
   
2.   Chris Pikula
   Chris Pikula
   Chris Pikula is an American Magic: The Gathering player. Pikula started playing on the Pro Tour at the very first Pro Tour in New York, 1996. He attended the other two Pro Tour events that season, too, failing to attend only the World Championship. Success came at the beginning of the second...
   
   
3.   Pasquale Ruggiero
4.   Tom Smart
5.   Paul Serignese
6.   Pat McGregor
7.   Ben Goodman
8.   Lam Phan

GP Bilbao (19–20 November)

1.   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...
   
   
2.   Marcio Carvalho
3.   Geoffrey Siron
4.   Jacob Arias Garcia
5.   Rogier Maaten
6.   Jonathan Rispal
7.   Gonzalo Domingo
8.   Sergi Herrero

GP Beijing (26–27 November)

1.   Dong Zhong
2.   Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   
3.   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel
   Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...
   
   
4.   Katsuhiro Mori
   Katsuhiro Mori
   is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is the most successful player in the individual portion of World Championships, winning one tournament and making the top eight of two others.-Career:...
   
   
5.   Li Gong Wei
6.   Tomoharu Saitou
   Tomoharu Saitou
   is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players.-Career:Saitou debuted at Pro Tour Chicago 2000. An 83rd place finish meant he fell just short of making money. Later the same season, he made his first standout finish by reaching the top eight of the Asia Pacific...
   
   
7.   Ming Da Tsai
8.   Kenji Tsumura
   Kenji Tsumura
   is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...
   
   

2005 World Championships – Yokohama (30 November – 4 December 2005)

The tournament began with the first Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel

Jon Finkel is an American Magic: The Gathering and poker player. In the year 2000, he became the world champion of Magic, as well as being on the team that became the team world champion.-Career:...

, Darwin Kastle

Darwin Kastle

- Other accomplishments :* 2005 Hall of Fame inductee* Last player to have played all Pro Tours after 48 appearances from 1996 PT New York to 2004 PT Kobe- References :...

 Tommi Hovi

Tommi Hovi

Tommi Hovi is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player from Finland. He was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame in the inaugural class in 2005...

, Alan Comer

Alan Comer

Alan Comer is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player. He was elected to the Magic Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2005. He was the only member of the class never to have won a Pro Tour...

, and Olle Råde

Olle Råde

Olle Råde is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Sweden. He was inducted to the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class in 2005. Olle was also the first player awarded with the coveted Player of the Year award and was the first non-American player to...

 were honored for their accomplishments and their determination to the game. In the final of the 2005 World Championship Katsuhiro Mori

Katsuhiro Mori

is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is the most successful player in the individual portion of World Championships, winning one tournament and making the top eight of two others.-Career:...

 defeated Frank Karsten

Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)

Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...

, thus completing an all-Japanese Worlds in Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

. The Top 4 also included Japanese players Akira Asahara

Akira Asahara

Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...

 and Tomohiro Kaji, shortly before Japan had won the team competition, and even the Pro Player of the year went to Japanese Kenji Tsumura

Kenji Tsumura

is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...

.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $208,130 (individual) + $195,000 (national teams)

Players: 287

Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Ravnica), Extended

Head Judge: Collin Jackson, Sheldon Menery

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Katsuhiro Mori Katsuhiro Mori is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is the most successful player in the individual portion of World Championships, winning one tournament and making the top eight of two others.-Career:...	$35,000	32
2	Frank Karsten Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player) Frank Karsten is a Dutch Magic: The Gathering player. He is known for his methodical thought process, having played one of the longest single games to be played on camera. His achievements include three pro tour top eight appearances, including a second place finish at the 2005 World...	$23,000	24	2nd Final day
3	Tomohiro Kaji	$15,000	16	2nd Final day
4	Akira Asahara Akira Asahara Akira Asahara is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include two Pro Tour top eights, two Grand Prix wins, and eight other Grand Prix top eights. He has been referred to as a rogue deck designer.-Achievements:...	$13,000	16
5	Marcio Carvalho	$9,500	12
6	Ding Leong	$8,500	12
7	Shuhei Nakamura	$7,500	12	2nd Final day
8	André Coimbra	$6,500	12

National team competition

1.   Japan (Ichiro Shimura, Takuma Morifuji, Masashi Oiso
   Masashi Oiso
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...
   
   )
2.   United States (Jonathan Sonne
   Jonathan Sonne
   Jonathan Sonne is an American Magic: The Gathering player. He has reached the top eight of a Pro Tour once, and has won two Grand Prix. He was also part of the US national team that placed second at the World Championship in 2005.-Achievements:...
   
   , Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa
   Antonino De Rosa is an Italian-American Magic: The Gathering player. His successes include three Grand Prix wins, a US Nationals title in 2005, and a top eight at Pro Tour Prague 2006.- Achievements:Other accomplishments...
   
   , Neil Reeves)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Kenji Tsumura

Kenji Tsumura

is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...

 was awarded the Pro Player of the year title as the first Japanese player.

Rank	Player	Pro Points	Prize
1	Kenji Tsumura Kenji Tsumura is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Japan. He is one of only seven players to have reached the top eight of a Pro Tour more than five times.-Career:...	84	$12,000
2	Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel Olivier Ruel is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players. He holds the record for most Grand Prix Top 8’s, and is one of twenty players with five or more Pro Tour top 8’s. After 2010 Pro Tour San Juan Olivier surpassed Kai Budde as the leader in lifetime Pro Points...	83	$11,800
3	Masashi Oiso Masashi Oiso is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is one of the most successful players to have played on the Pro Tour, being one of only six players to have reached the top eight six times...	80	$11,600
4	Shuhei Nakamura	66	$11,400
5	Gadiel Szleifer	62	$11,200