The 2012–13 Pro Tour season was the eighteenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It started on 19 May 2012 with Grand Prix Malmö, and ended on 19 May 2013 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Dragon's Maze in San Diego. The season consisted of 44 Grand Prix and three Pro Tours, which were held in Seattle, Montreal and San Diego. At the end of the season Josh Utter-Leyton was proclaimed Pro Player of the Year.
Grand Prix: Malmö, Minneapolis, Anaheim, Manila, Yokohama, Vancouver, Atlanta, São Paulo, Ghent, Columbus, Shanghai
GP Malmö (19–20 May 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 922 Matteo Versari Oscar Almgren Søren Larsen Pere Llimos Muntal Jasper Grimmer Jon Westberg Samuele Estratti David Hylander
GP Manila (16–17 June 2012) Format: Standard Attendance: 1108 Yuuya Watanabe Rick Lee Hironobu Sugaya Richmond Tan Jonathan Luces Martin Juza Weng Heng Soh Jacklord Nerez
GP Atlanta (30 June–1 July 2012) Format: Legacy Attendance: 905 Gaudenis Vidugiris Michael Majors Daryl Ayers Fred Edelkamp Ben Stark Sawyer Lucy Gerardo Fedon Samuel Black
GP Columbus (21–22 July 2012) Format: Modern Attendance: 1046 Jacob Maynard Lucas Siow Max Tietze Aaron Estrin Shahar Shenhar Chris Piland Orrin Beasley Caleb Estrada
GP Minneapolis (19–20 May 2012) Format: Standard Attendance: 1052 Christian Calcano Brad Nelson Rick Stout Stephen Bishop Taylor Laehn Josh Utter-Leyton Ben Friedman Jerret Schultz
GP Yokohoma (23–24 June 2012) Format: Modern Attendance: 1523 Jyun'ichi Miyajima Kei Umehara Satoshi Yamaguchi Toshiyuki Kadooka Hiroya Miyamoto Yuki Yotsumoto Youichi Nagami Masaki Ushijima
GP São Paulo (21–22 July 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 738 Reinaldo Gomes da Silva Jr. Rodrigo Gonçalves dos Santos Thiago Oliveira José Francisco Dantas Mangueira da Silva Luiz Henrique Martine de Lima Guido Quintana Rafael Mendonca Daniel Fior
GP Shanghai (28–29 July 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 836 Bo Li Fengwen Gu Nan Wu Rei Satou Yang Wang Nicholas Jonathan Wong Xiang Xue Song Toshiya Kanegawa
GP Anaheim (26–27 May 2012) Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 938 Marc Lalague Paul Rietzl Noah Koessel Eric Froehlich Michael Hopkins Brian Kibler John Sittner Jason Rosellini
GP Vancouver (23–24 June 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 849 David Stroud Jeremey Schofield Steven Riecken Marcin Sciesinski Colin Miller Brian Wong Sean Peterson Morgan Chang
GP Ghent (21–22 July 2012) Format: Legacy Attendance: 1345 Timo Schünemann Lukas Maurer Emanuele Marcotti Elias Watsfeldt Max Sjoblom Elias Klocker Andreas Milillo Tristan Polzl
World Magic Cup Indianapolis (16–19 August 2012) Prize pool: $136,000 Format: Standard, Booster Draft, Team Constructed, Team Limited Attendance: 283 players representing 71 countries/regions
Top 8
Final standings
PlaceCountryPlayerPrizePro Points1 Chinese TaipeiKuo Tzu-Ching$10,0008Tung-Yi ChengYu Min YangPaul Renie2 Puerto RicoJorge Iramain$5,0007Gabriel NievesCesar SotoJonathan Paez3 PolandTomek Pedrakowski$2,5006Mateusz KopecAdam Bubacz Jan Pruchniewicz4 HungaryTamás Glied$2,5006Gabor KocsisTamas Nagy Máté Schrick
PlaceCountryPlayerPrizePro Points5 CroatiaGrgur Petric Maretic $1,5005Toni PortolanStjepan SučićGoran Elez6 ScotlandStephen Murray$1,5005Bradley BarclayAndrew MorrisonChris Davie 7 PhilippinesAndrew Cantillana $1,5005Gerald CamangonZax OzakiJeremy Bryan Domocmat8 SlovakiaRobert Jurkovic$1,5005Ivan FlochFilip Valis Patrik Surab
Grand Prix: Boston GP Boston (25–26 August 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 1845 Brian Demars Robert Victory Cedric Phillips Alex Lloyd Kevin Michael Jason Ford Thomas Holzinger Shouta Yasooka
2012 Magic Players Championship Seattle (29–31 August 2012) Prize pool: $108,000 Format: Modern, Cube Draft, Booster Draft Attendance: 16
Top 4 playoff
Final standings The following sixteen players received an invitation to the 2012 Players Championship due to their performance in the 2012 season. They are ordered according to the final standings of the event.
#PlayerPrizePro pointsQualified due to1 Yuuya Watanabe$40,00011Pro Point leader Japan2 Shouta Yasooka$20,000133rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified3 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa$10,0007Pro Point leader South America4 Jon Finkel$10,0007Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified5 Shuhei Nakamura$5,00075th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified6 Brian Kibler$5,0006Pro Tour Dark Ascension winner7 Samuele Estratti$5,0006Pro Tour Philadelphia winner8 Alexander Hayne$5,0006Pro Tour Avacyn Restored winner9 Martin Juza$1,0006Pro Point leader Europe10 Owen Turtenwald$1,00062011 Player of the year11 Jun'ya Iyanaga$1,00062011 World Champion12 Luis Scott-Vargas$1,00052nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified13 Josh Utter-Leyton$1,0005Pro Point leader North America14 David Ochoa$1,00054th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified15 Kuo Tzu-Ching$1,0004Pro Point leader APAC region16 Reid Duke$1,00022011 Magic Online Champion
Grand Prix: San Jose (Costa Rica), Moscow, San Jose (USA)
GP San Jose, Costa Rica (15–16 September 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 364 Shuhei Nakamura David Sharfman Ben Stark Willy Edel Josh Utter-Leyton David Ochoa A.J. Sacher Pascal Maynard
GP Moscow (15–16 September 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 869 Luca Casadei Wenzel Krautmann Petr Kuznetsov Roman Masaladzhiu Anatoly Chuhwichev Hannes Kerem Konstantin Yarosh Dmitriy Tolkatchov
GP San Jose, USA (13–14 October 2012) Format: Team limited Attendance: 1713 (571 teams) 1. Matthew Sperling David Williams Paul Rietzl 2. Maksym Gryn Lucas Siow Jamie Naylor 3. Conley Woods Eric Froehlich Owen Turtenwald 4. Ivan Floch Lukas Jaklovsky Stanislav Cifka
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica Seattle (19–21 October 2012) Prize pool: $233,500 Format: Modern, Booster Draft Attendance: 383
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica was the first major Modern event with Return to Ravnica in the format. It was also the first major tournament in which was legal in Modern after being unbanned in the Modern format shortly before.
Top 8
Final standings
PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment1 Stanislav Cifka$40,000302 Yuuya Watanabe$20,000242nd final day3 David Ochoa$12,500224 Lee Shi Tian$12,500221st Hong Konger in a Top 85 Kelvin Chew$10,000206 Eduardo Sajgalik$10,000207 Willy Edel$10,000204th final day8 Pedro Carvalho$10,00020
Grand Prix: Philadelphia, Lyon, Auckland, Chicago, Bochum, Charleston, Taipei, San Antonio, Lisbon, Toronto, Nagoya, Indianapolis, Denver, Atlantic City, Singapore, Bilbao, Sydney, London
GP Philadelphia (27–28 October 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 1986 Shuhei Nakamura Lukas Jaklovsky Martin Juza Greg Smith Jake Gans Harry Corvese Luis Scott-Vargas Yuuya Watanabe
GP Chicago (10–11 November 2012) Format: Modern Attendance: 1113 Jacob Wilson Josh Utter-Leyton Alex Majlaton Edgar Flores Shane McDermott Ryan Hovis David Gleicher Michael Simon
GP Taipei (24–25 November 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 727 Makihito Mihara Akimasa Yamamoto Weng Heng Soh Motoki Abe Derek Tsang Yuuya Watanabe Toshiaki Murata Lee Shi Tian
GP Toronto (8–9 December 2012) Format: Modern Attendance: 1051 Willy Edel Sam Pardee Alon Chitiz Alex Majlaton James Vance Collin Morton Jon Stern Dan Jordan
GP Denver (5–6 January 2013) Format: Legacy Attendance: 700 Vidianto Wijaya Pat Cox Ryan Pesch Joshua Ravitz Matt Nass Daniel Signorini Andrew Ohlschwager Donnie Peck
GP Bilbao (19–20 January 2013) Format: Modern Attendance: 988 Mitchell Manders Lukas Jaklovsky Louis Deltour Vasco Bonifacio Lorenzo Calzolari Martin Scheinin Mathieu Deloly Francisco Camacho
GP Lyon (3–4 November 2012) Format: Modern Attendance: 1326 Jérémy Dezani Emanuel Sutor Mathieu Hautot Davide Colla Peter Dun Olivier Ruel Clement Sarton Jonas Köstler
GP Bochum (17–18 November 2012) Format: Standard Attendance: 1723 Martin Juza Fabian Dickmann Tomas Vanek Kamil Napierski Enrico Van Eijsden Pierre Dagen Lukas Tajak Sascha Stein
GP San Antonio (24–25 November 2012) Format: Standard Attendance: 807 Tyler Lytle Matthew Pratser Conley Woods Reid Duke Harry Corvese Ben Rasmussen Joel De Santos Jasso Matthew Thurber
GP Nagoya (8–9 December 2012) Format: Standard Attendance: 1689 Yuuji Okita Rahman Aryabhima Mamoru Nagai Ryuji Murae Kyouhei Kawaguchi Kenji Tsumura Kazumasa Satou Kazuaki Shinohara
GP Atlantic City (12–13 January 2013) Format: Standard Attendance: 1648 Jon Stern Josh Utter-Leyton Brad Nelson Ari Lax Matt Costa Ryan Leverone Lloyd Kurth Seneca Hobler
GP Sydney (19–20 January 2013) Format: Limited Attendance: 686 Allen Zhang Justin Cheung Tomoharu Saito Zen Takahashi Daniel Unwin Martin Juza Stanislav Cifka Adam Witton
GP Auckland (3–4 November 2012) Format: Standard Attendance: 264 Walker MacMurdo Adam Witton Yoshitoki Sakai Dylan Brown Justin Cheung John Denz Robert Liu Anthony Purdom
GP Charleston (17–18 November 2012) Format: Standard Attendance: 661 Jon Bolding Brian Eason Matt Keene Peter Kelly Reid Duke Pat Cox Gerry Thompson Morgan Chang
GP Lisbon (1–2 December 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 1340 Ivan Floch Elias Watsfeldt Sveinung Bjørnerud Johan Verhulst Lasse Nørgaard David Calås Helder Coelho Pedro Carvalho
GP Indianapolis (22–23 December 2012) Format: Limited Attendance: 817 Ben Stark Chris Fennell Luis Scott-Vargas Brian Demars Matthias Hunt Adam Yurchick Tom Martell Tyler Lytle
GP Singapore (12–13 January 2013) Format: Limited Attendance: 894 Ken Yukuhiro Chapman Sim Andrew Cantillana Lin Rui Zi Jun'ya Nakamura Toshiya Kanegawa Gao Zhen Xing Huang Hao-Shan
GP London (9–10 February 2013) Format: Limited Attendance: 1970 Timothée Simonot Bartłomiej Tomiczek Manuel Hauck David Reitbauer Andreas Nordahl Per Carlsson Fabrizio Anteri Jamie Ross
Pro Tour Gatecrash Montreal (15–17 February 2013) Prize pool: $250,000 Format: Standard, Booster Draft Attendance: 329
Top 8
Final standings
PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment1 Tom Martell$40,000302nd final day2 Joel Larsson$20,000243 Ben Stark$12,500224th final day4 Eric Froehlich$12,500223rd final day5 Owen Turtenwald$10,000206 Melissa DeTora$10,000201st woman in a Top 87 Gerry Thompson$10,000208 Stephen Mann$10,00020
Grand Prix: Quebec City, Charlotte, Yokohama, Verona, Rio de Janeiro, San Diego, Utrecht, Pittsburgh, Strasbourg, Portland, Beijing
GP Quebec City (23–24 February 2013) Format: Standard Attendance: 806 Nico Christiansen Kuo Tzu-Ching Felipe Tapia Becerra Reid Duke Thomas Holzinger Wilson Wong Maxime Cantin Wenzel Krautmann
GP Verona (9–10 March 2013) Format: Standard Attendance: 1208 Mike Krasnitski Andreas Nilsson Jérémy Dezani Samuele Estratti Toni Ramis Pascual Piotr Wald Shahar Shenhar Max Schultze
GP Utrecht (16–17 March 2013) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 2031 (677 teams) 1. Fredrik Carlsson Jonathan Bergström Tomas Westling 2. Joel Larsson Elias Watsfeldt Mikael Magnusson 3. René Kraft Tobias Radloff Martin Zimmermann 4. Matteo Versari Alessandro Lippi Samuele Estratti
GP Charlotte (23–24 February 2013) Format: Limited Attendance: 2693 Frank Skarren Gerard Fabiano Patrick Sullivan Aaron Lewis Richard Nguyen Ben Isgur Ben Stark Antonino Baldasari
GP Rio de Janeiro (9–10 March 2013) Format: Standard Attendance: 709 José Francisco Dantas Mangueira da Silva Arthur Villela Andrés Monsalve Walter Coquemala Filho Wellington Cordeiro Martín Quiroga Jorge Henrique Siqueira Matías Arvigo
GP Pittsburgh (23–24 March 2013) Format: Limited Attendance: 1628 Brock Parker Alec Nezin Gabby Izsak Eric Froehlich Matthew Falcioni Adam Carrasco Michael Derczo Chase Kovac
GP Beijing (11–12 May 2013) Format: Limited Attendance: 894 Quan Zhou Nonthakorn Kositaporn Toshiya Kanegawa Wei Quan Wong Daniel Godfrey Shuo Li