The 2007 Pro Tour season was the twelfth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 9 February 2007 the season began with Pro Tour Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

. It ended on 9 December 2007 with the conclusion of the 2007 World Championship in New York. The season consisted of 16 Grand Prixs

Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering)

Grands Prix are professional Magic: The Gathering tournaments, awarding cash prizes, Pro Points and invitations to Pro Tours. They are open to all players and are usually the biggest Magic tournaments. The first Grand Prix was held on 22–23 March 1997 in Amsterdam...

 and 5 Pro Tours, held in Geneva, 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...

, San Diego, Valencia, and New York. At the end of the season 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...

 from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year. At the Worlds in New York the third class of the Hall of Fame

Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame

The Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame was started in 2005 to honor the most successful Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour players. The first inductions came on the tenth anniversary of the first Pro Tour event, and new Hall of Famers will be determined annually...

 was inducted. The inductees were 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"...

, Zvi Mowshowitz

Zvi Mowshowitz

-External links:*...

, 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...

, Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...

, and Randy Buehler

Randy Buehler

Randolph E. Buehler, Jr. was the Vice President of Digital Gaming at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., as well as the commentator for the Magic Pro Tour...

.

Pro Tour – Geneva (9–11 February 2007)

Mike Hron of the United States won the Pro Tour, defeating Takuya Oosawa in the Japanese player's second finals appearance. Willy Edel of Brazil became the first South American player with three top eight finishes, and former of player of the year 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:...

 reached the quarter finals for the fifth time.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245

Players: 387

Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral

Time Spiral

Time Spiral is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released October 6, 2006. The set is laden with references to previous Magic: the Gathering sets and is the first to take place in Dominaria since the May 2003 set Scourge...

-Planar Chaos

Planar Chaos

Planar Chaos is an expansion set, codenamed "Crackle," from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The set was released on February 2, 2007. The pre-release events took place on January 20 and 21, 2007. It is the second set in the Time Spiral block...

)

Head Judge: David Vogin

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Mike Hron	$40,000	25
2	Takuya Oosawa	$22,000	20	2nd Final day
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	5th Final day
4	Shingou Kurihara	$14,000	16
5	Marijn Lybaert	$11,500	12
6	Jim Herold	$11,000	12
7	Willy Edel	$10,500	12	3rd Final day
8	Ervin Tormos	$10,000	12	2nd Final day

Grand Prixs – Dallas, Singapore, Amsterdam, Kyoto, Massachusetts

GP Dallas (24–25 February)

1.   Raphaël 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...
   
   
2.   Paul Cheon
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.   John Pelcak
5.   Mark Herberholz
6.   Paul Nguyen
7.   Alex Ledbetter
8.   Jim Davis

GP Singapore (3–4 March)

1.   Raphaël 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...
   
   
2.   Shingou Kurihara
3.   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...
   
   
4.   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:...
   
   
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.   Koutarou Ootsuka
7.   Ryou Ogura
8.   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...
   
   

GP Amsterdam (10–11 March)

1.   Richard Hornansky
     Michael Havlik
2.   Amiel Tenenbaum
     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...
   
   
3.   Olaf Koster
     Christian Kok
4.   Vassilis Fatouros
     Georgios Kapalos

GP Kyoto (17–18 March)

1.   Yuuya Watanabe
   Yuuya Watanabe
   Yuuya Watanabe is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. With one Pro Tour top eight, and 13 Grand Prix top eights , Watanabe is best known for his Rookie of the Year title in 2007, and his Player of the Year title two years later....
   
   
2.   Yuusuke Iwasaki
3.   Motokiyo Azuma
4.   Tsubasa Tomii
5.   Naoki Shimizu
6.   Ren Ishikawa
7.   Atsushi Wada
8.   Katsuhiro Ide

GP Massachusetts (31 March – 1 April)

1.   Matt Wang
     Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
   Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
   Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz is an American Magic: The Gathering player. At the height of his career in the late 1990s, he was considered one of the best players. He is well known as a friend and teammate to Jon Finkel.-Career:...
   
   
2.   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...
   
   
     Eric Ziegler
3.   Ben Lundquist
     Timothy Aten
4.   Matt Rubin
     Rob DiPalma

Pro Tour – Yokohama (20–22 April 2007)

Frenchman Guillaume Wafo-Tapa

Guillaume Wafo-Tapa

Guillaume Wafo-Tapa is a French Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Yokohama in 2007, Wafo-Tapa's career has featured three other Pro Tour top eights, and six Grand Prix top eights...

 won the second Pro Tour of the year, emerging from a Top eight in which every other contestant has at least twice appeared in a PT final eight. 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...

 became only the fifth player to reach the quarter finals more than five times, Portugal's Paulo Carvalho put up his second top eight in three events, and Raphaël 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...

 continued his hot streak with his first Pro Tour top eight since 1999.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245

Players: 387

Format: Time Spiral

Time Spiral

Time Spiral is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released October 6, 2006. The set is laden with references to previous Magic: the Gathering sets and is the first to take place in Dominaria since the May 2003 set Scourge...

 Block Constructed

Head Judge: Sheldon Menery

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Guillaume Wafo-Tapa is a French Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Yokohama in 2007, Wafo-Tapa's career has featured three other Pro Tour top eights, and six Grand Prix top eights...	$40,000	25
2	Kazuya Mitamura	$22,000	20	2nd Final day
3	Mark Herberholz	$15,000	16	4th Final day
4	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...	$14,000	16	4th Final day
5	Paulo Carvalho	$11,500	12	2nd Final day
6	Raphaël 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...	$11,000	12	3rd Final day
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...	$10,500	12	6th Final day
8	Sebastian Thaler	$10,000	12

Grands Prix – Stockholm, Columbus, Strasbourg, Montreal

GP Stockholm (5–6 May)

1.   Nicolay Potovin
2.   André Müller
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.   Oliver Oks
5.   Bas Postema
6.   Thomas Refsdal
7.   Klaus Jöns
8.   Samuel Korsell

GP Colombus (19–20 May)

1.   Steve Sadin
2.   Owen Turtenwald
   Owen Turtenwald
   Owen Turtenwald is a professional Magic: The Gathering player. He has achieved a number of accolades during his career including the 2010 Vintage World Championship and the 2011 Player of the Year.-Magic: The Gathering:...
   
   
3.   Bill Stark
4.   Max Tietze
5.   Gadiel Szliefer
6.   Paul Nicolo
7.   Ryan Trepanier
8.   Michael Belfatto

GP Strasbourg (19–20 May)

1.   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...
   
   
2.   Raul Porojan
3.   Shouta Yasooka
   Shouta Yasooka
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is best known for his success in the 2006 Pro Tour season, when he won Pro Tour Charleston with Tomohiro Kaji and Tomoharu Saitou, as well as the Player of the Year title....
   
   
4.   Florian Pils
5.   Christoph Huber
6.   Klaus Jöns
7.   Petr Martinek
8.   Stefan Heigerer

GP Montreal (23–24 June)

1.   Celso Zampere Jr.
2.   Paul Cheon
3.   Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
   Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
   Guillaume Wafo-Tapa is a French Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Yokohama in 2007, Wafo-Tapa's career has featured three other Pro Tour top eights, and six Grand Prix top eights...
   
   
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:...
   
   
5.   Gabriel Schwarz
6.   Koutarou Ootsuka
7.   Jason Imperiale
8.   Shouta Yasooka
   Shouta Yasooka
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is best known for his success in the 2006 Pro Tour season, when he won Pro Tour Charleston with Tomohiro Kaji and Tomoharu Saitou, as well as the Player of the Year title....
   
   

Pro Tour – San Diego (29 June – 1 July 2007)

Pro Tour San Diego was the inaugural and as yet only event for the Two-Headed Giant format at the Pro Tour level. Chris Lachmann and Jacob van Lunen won the tournament, both in their first Pro Tour, playing an innovative sliver strategy. They won the elimination bracket in a combined nine turns making it the shortest semi-final and final ever.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,500

Players: 390 (195 teams)

Format: Two-Headed Giant Booster Draft (Time Spiral

Time Spiral

Time Spiral is a Magic: The Gathering expansion set, released October 6, 2006. The set is laden with references to previous Magic: the Gathering sets and is the first to take place in Dominaria since the May 2003 set Scourge...

-Planar Chaos

Planar Chaos

Planar Chaos is an expansion set, codenamed "Crackle," from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The set was released on February 2, 2007. The pre-release events took place on January 20 and 21, 2007. It is the second set in the Time Spiral block...

-Future Sight

Future Sight

Future Sight is an expansion set, codenamed "Pop", for the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The set was released worldwide on May 4, 2007. The pre-release events for this set were held on April 21 and April 22, 2007.-Storyline:...

)

Head Judge: Toby Elliott

Top 4

Final standings

Place	Players	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Chris Lachman	$50,000	20	Pro Tour debut
	Jacob van Lunen		20	Pro Tour debut
2	Yuuta Takahashi	$30,000	16
	Kentaro Yamamoto		16
3	John Fiorillo	$22,000	12
	Eugene Harvey Eugene Harvey (Magic: The Gathering player) Eugene Harvey is an American Magic: The Gathering player. His major successes include four Pro Tour top eights, and five Grand Prix top eights. Harvey was part of the US national team that won the World Championship in 2001, which was Harvey's first Pro Tour. He also won the 2002 US National...		12	4th Final day
4	Masami Kaneko	$20,000	12
	Genki Taru		12

Grand Prixs – San Francisco, Florence

GP San Francisco (25–26 August)

1.   Luis Scott-Vargas
   Luis Scott-Vargas
   Luis Scott-Vargas is a professional Magic: the Gathering player from Oakland, CA, USA. His accomplishments include 7 Grand Prix top 8's , and 5 Pro Tour top 8's . As well as being a prominent player of the game, Luis is also known for writing about the game...
   
   
2.   Jonathan Stocks
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Brett Blackmann
5.   David Irvine
6.   Andrew Walden
7.   Zack Smith
8.   Paul Cheon

GP Florence (8–9 September)

1.   Masami Kaneko
2.   André Coimbra
3.   Marco Cammilluzzi
4.   Mido Kagawa
5.   Armin Birner
6.   Manuel Bucher
7.   Rasmus Sibast
8.   Ronald Guetl

Pro Tour – Valencia (12–14 October 2007)

Pro Tour Valencia began with a bumpy start. The first day of play to be canceled due to flooding. On the other two days the schedule had to be altered somewhat, including additional rounds on Saturday and three rounds on Sunday before Top 8. In the end, Frenchmen Remi Fortier defeated Germany's André Müller in the final, making Valencia the third consecutive extended Pro Tour to be won by a French player.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245

Players: 424

Format: Extended

Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Remi Fortier	$40,000	25
2	André Müller	$22,000	20	2nd Final day
3	Guilio Barra	$15,000	16
4	Shuhei Nakamura	$14,000	16	4th Final day
5	Takayuki Koike	$11,500	12	Pro Tour debut
6	Tine Rus	$11,000	12	1st Slovenian in a Top 8, Pro Tour debut
7	Sam Stein	$10,500	12
8	Makihito Mihara Makihito Mihara is Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning the 2006 World Championship, Mihara's resume includes two more Pro Tour top eights, and three Grand Prix top eights including a win.- Career :Mihara's Pro Tour career began at Pro Tour Venice in 2003...	$10,000	12	2nd Final day

Grand Prixs – Brisbane, Bangkok, Krakow, Kitakyuushuu, Daytona Beach

GP Brisbane (20–21 October)

1.   Anatoli Lightfoot
2.   Shawn Rayson
3.   André Coimbra
4.   Hassan Kamel
5.   David Zhao
6.   Norman McPherson
7.   Andrew Eckermann
8.   Chris Ninnes

GP Bangkok (27–28 October)

1.   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.   Shingou Kurihara
3.   Yong Han Choo
4.   Kok Seng Ong
5.   Junya Iyanaga
6.   Koutarou Ootsuka
7.   Steven Tan
8.   Takuya Oosawa

GP Krakow (3–4 November)

1.   Paul Cheon
2.   Amiel Tenenbaum
3.   Armin Birner
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...
   
   
5.   Robert Jacko
6.   David Besso
7.   Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
   Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
   Guillaume Wafo-Tapa is a French Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Yokohama in 2007, Wafo-Tapa's career has featured three other Pro Tour top eights, and six Grand Prix top eights...
   
   
8.   Matej Zatlkaj

GP Kitakyuushuu (10–11 November)

1.   Junya Iyanaga
2.   Shouta Yasooka
   Shouta Yasooka
   is a Japanese Magic: The Gathering player. He is best known for his success in the 2006 Pro Tour season, when he won Pro Tour Charleston with Tomohiro Kaji and Tomoharu Saitou, as well as the Player of the Year title....
   
   
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.   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...
   
   
5.   Kazuya Hirabayashi
6.   Jun Young Park
7.   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:...
   
   
8.   Chih-Chun Tsai

GP Daytona Beach (17–18 November)

1.   Seth Manfield
2.   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...
   
   
3.   Tillman Bragg
4.   Tanon Grace
5.   Gabe Walls
6.   Steven Wolansky
7.   Kyle Miller
8.   Alex Lieberman

2007 World Championships – New York City (6–9 December 2007)

The World Championships began with the induction of the third class into the hall of fame. The inductees were 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"...

, Zvi Mowshowitz

Zvi Mowshowitz

-External links:*...

, 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...

, Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog

Nicolai Herzog is a professional Magic: The Gathering player from Oslo, Norway. His greatest achievement was winning two consecutive Limited Pro Tours in 2004. Both featured draft formats in the Mirrodin-block...

, and Randy Buehler

Randy Buehler

Randolph E. Buehler, Jr. was the Vice President of Digital Gaming at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., as well as the commentator for the Magic Pro Tour...

. In the individual competition Uri Peleg became the first Israeli, not only to reach the top eight, but also to win a Pro Tour. For Mori it was his third consecutive Worlds Top 8 appearance. In the team competition, the Swiss defeated the Austrian team in the finals

Tournament data

Prize pool: $215,600 (individual) + $192,200 (national teams)

Players: 386

Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Lorwyn

Lorwyn

Lorwyn is the 66th Magic: The Gathering set, 43rd expert level set, and the first set in the Lorwyn Block, released in October 2007. It is codenamed "Peanut"...

), Legacy

Head Judge: Mike Guptil

Top 8

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Uri Peleg	$40,000	25	1st Israeli to win a Pro Tour
2	Patrick Chapin	$22,000	20	3rd Final day
3	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...	$15,000	16	8th Final day
4	Koutarou Ootsuka	$14,000	16
5	Christoph Huber	$11,000	12
6	Yoshitako Nakano	$10,000	12
7	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:...	$9,000	12	3nd Final day
8	Roel van Heeswijk	$8,000	12

National team competition

1.   Switzerland (Nico Bohny, Manuel Bucher, Raphael Genari, Christoph Huber)
2.   Austria (Thomas Preyer, Stefan Stradner, David Reitbauer, Helmut Summersberger)

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship 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...

 was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	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...	68
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:...	62
3	Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Guillaume Wafo-Tapa is a French Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Yokohama in 2007, Wafo-Tapa's career has featured three other Pro Tour top eights, and six Grand Prix top eights...	59
4	Shingou Kurihara	57
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...	54

Performance by country

Japan players dominated the season, making 16 Top 8 appearances although they had only about half as many players on the Pro Tour as the United States, which had the secondmost Top 8 appearances at 9. Both countries generated 21 level 4+ pro players in this season. For the Netherlands despite having generated 7 level 4+ pro players in the season success on the Pro Tour was almost elusive with a single 8th place being their only Top 8 appearance.

Country	T8	Q*	Q/T8	GT	Best Player (PPts)
Japan	16			21	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...  (68)
United States	9			21	Paul Cheon (52)
France	4			7	Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Guillaume Wafo-Tapa is a French Magic: The Gathering player. Best known for winning Pro Tour Yokohama in 2007, Wafo-Tapa's career has featured three other Pro Tour top eights, and six Grand Prix top eights...  (59)
Germany	3			6	André Müller (36)
Italy	1			0	Guilio Barra (18)
Netherlands	1			7	Frank Karsten (37)
Spain	0			1	Saul Aguado (20)

T8 = Number of players from that country appearing in a Pro Tour Top 8; Q* = Number of players from that country participating in Pro Tours (PT San Diego is missing as no country breakdown is available for that event); GT = Gravy Trainers (aka players with a Pro Players Club level of 4 or more) from that country generated in the 2007 season; Best Player (PPts) = Player with the most Pro Points from that country, Pro Points of that player in brackets.