The 2016–17 Pro Tour season was the twenty-second season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It started on 13 August 2016 with Grand Prix Portland and Rimini and ended on 30 July 2017 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Kyoto. The season consisted of 49 Grand Prix and 4 Pro Tours, located in Honolulu, Dublin, Nashville, and Kyoto.
Grand Prix
GP Portland (13–14 August 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1712 Robert Santana Travis Woo Tanner Von Difloe Max Mick Chris Botelho Oliver Tomajko Paul Rietzl Michael Hantz
GP Indianapolis (27–28 August 2016) Format: Modern Attendance: 1983 Brandon Burton Rob Pisano Scott Lipp Brandon Semerau Ryan Normandin Mason Linne Ryan Solave Brandon Pascal
GP Rimini (13–14 August 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 878 Arne Huschenbeth Petr Sochurek Simon Enckels Marco Dolazza Lukas Blohon Shouta Yasooka Jaroslav Boucek Thomas Holzinger
GP Guangzhou (27–28 August 2016) Format: Modern Attendance: 946 Albertus Law Wu Kon Fai Lim Zhong Yi Kelvin Chew Jia Hao Ryoichi Tamada Kentaro Yamamoto Keita Kawasaki
GP Lille (27–28 August 2016) Attendance: 1818 Format: Modern Meciek Berger Thomas Hendriks Jiří Obraz Serafin Wellinger Mike Boulinguiez André Metzger Manuel Menges Danel Ballestin
Magic: The Gathering World Championship Seattle (1–4 September 2016) Prize pool: $250,000 Format: Booster Draft, Standard, Modern
Top 4 playoff
Final standings
The following twenty-four players received an invitation to the 2016 World Championship due to their performance in the 2015–16 season. They are ordered according to the final standings of the event.
#PlayerPrizePro pointsQualified due to1 Brian Braun-Duin$70,000142015–16 Grand Prix Player of the Year2 Márcio Carvalho$40,00011Draft Master3 Oliver Tiu$20,0009Constructed Master4 Shouta Yasooka$20,0009Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific5 Lukas Blohon$10,0009Pro Tour Eldritch Moon winner6 Luis Scott-Vargas$10,0009Outstanding Hall of Famer7 Jiachen Tao$10,0008Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch winner8 Seth Manfield$10,00082015 World Champion9 Thiago Saporito$5,00082nd Most Pro Points Latin America10 Steve Rubin$5,0007Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad winner11 Mike Sigrist$5,00075th Most Pro Points of otherwise unqalified12 Reid Duke$5,00074th Most Pro Points North America13 Brad Nelson$5,00074th Most Pro Points of otherwise unqalified14 Joel Larsson$5,00073rd Most Pro Points Europe15 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa$5,0007Most Pro Points Latin America16 Yuuya Watanabe$5,00062nd Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific17 Owen Turtenwald$2,50062015–16 Player of the Year18 Ondřej Stráský$2,50062nd Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified19 Samuel Pardee$2,5005Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified20 Andrea Mengucci$2,50053rd Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified21 Niels Noorlander$2,50052015 Magic Online Champion22 Kazuyuki Takimura$2,5005Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar winner23 Ryoichi Tamada$2,50043rd Most Pro Points Asia-Pacific24 Martin Müller$2,50032nd Most Pro Points Europe
Grand Prix
GP Louisville (10–11 September 2016) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 1383 (461 teams) 1. Sam Black Matt Severa Justin Cohen 2. Ben Rubin Matthew Boccio Tillman Bragg 3. Steve Rubin Alexander Hayne Mike Sigrist 4 Paul Rietzl Matthew Sperling Jelger Wiegersma
GP London (8–9 October 2016) Format: Limited Attendance: 1663 Márcio Carvalho Gabor Kocsis Pip Griffiths Neil Rigby Bo Stentebjerg-Hansen Federico Del Basso Marcus Hensing Riccardo Picciafuochi
GP Kyoto (10–11 September 2016) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 2334 (778 teams) 1. Yuki Matsumoto Yuuki Ichikawa Kazuyuki Takimura 2. Kitahara Hiroaki Ken Yukuhiro Kentaro Yamamoto 3. Kenta Harane Fumiya Matsumoto Tomonori Hirami 4 Tom Ristovsky Petr Sochurek Pavel Matousek
GP Atlanta (8–9 October 2016) Format: Limited Attendance: 1663 Carlos Romão Cash Turner Noah Walker Raymond Perez Jr. Geddes Cooper Christopher Fennell Thien Nguyen Matt Frank
Pro Tour Kaladesh Honolulu (14–16 October 2016) Prize pool: $250,000 Format: Standard, Booster Draft
Top 8
Final standings
PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsComment1 Shouta Yasooka$50,000314th final day, 2nd Pro Tour win2 Carlos Romão$20,000272nd final day3 Makis Matsoukas$15,00023Pro Tour debut4 Ben Hull$15,00023Pro Tour debut5 Pierre Dagen$10,000192nd final day6 Matthew Nass$10,000197 Lee Shi Tian$5,000155th final day8 Joey Manner$5,00015
Pro Player of the year standings
RankPlayerPro Points1 Shouta Yasooka442 Carlos Romão353 Reid Duke264 Márcio Carvalho255 Makis Matsoukas23 Ben Hull
Grand Prix
GP Providence (22–23 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1180 Wang Yichen Seth Manfield Jacky Wang Osyp Lebedowicz Zachary Kiihne Maxim Belanger Dave Shiels Ian Bosley
GP Santiago (29–30 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1180 John Chavarria Jonathan Lobo Melamed Eduardo dos Santos Vieira Victor Fernando Silva Luis Salvatto Cristian Cespedes Ignacio Garcia Marcos Paulo De Jesus Freitas
GP Kuala Lumpur (22–23 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 769 Fumiya Matsumoto Mark Lawrence Tubola Yuuki Ichikawa Anthony Lee Yuuta Takahashi Marcus Oh Au Yong Wai Kin Teruya Kakumae
GP Dallas (5–6 November 2016) Format: Modern Attendance: 2019 Kevin Mackie Corey Burkhart Michael Mei Alex Mitas Brian Braun-Duin Nicolas D'Ambrose Zach Voss Phillip Napoli
GP Warsaw (29–30 October 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1112 Gabrielius Kaklauskas Niels Molle Andreas Ganz Matteo Moure Zbysek Panchartek Ben Stark Julien Stihle Oleksii Riabokon
GP Rotterdam (12–13 November 2016) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 2109 (703 teams) 1. Javier Dominguez Márcio Carvalho Luis Salvatto 2. Frank Karsten Brent Vos Bas Melis 3. Raphaël Lévy Tomoharu Saitou Jérémy Dezani 4. Ondřej Stráský Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Shahar Shenhar
World Magic Cup Rotterdam (18–20 November 2016) Prize pool: $250,000 Format: Team Constructed, Team Limited
Top 8
Final standings
PlaceCountryPlayerPrizePro Points1 GreecePanagiotis Papadopoulos$12,0008Nikolaos KaponisTziotis PetrosBill Chronopoulos2 BelgiumJerome Bastogne$6,5007Peter VierenBranco NeirynckPascal Vieren3 ItalyAlessandro Portaro$4,0006Andrea MengucciMattia RizziAlessandro Casamenti4 BelarusHleb Bantsevich$4,0006Pavel MiadzvedskiIhar KlionskiDmitry Andronchik
PlaceCountryPlayerPrizePro Points5 FinlandMatti Kuisma$2,0005Lauri PispaTuomas TuominenLeo Lahonen6 AustraliaDavid Mines$2,0005Garry LauJames WilksRyan Cubit7 UkraineIurii Babych$2,0005Sergiy SushalskyyArtem FedorchenkoBogdan Sorozhynsky8 PanamaSaul Alvarado$2,0005César SegoviaSergio BonillaManuel Succari
Pro Player of the year standings
RankPlayerPro Points1 Shouta Yasooka472 Márcio Carvalho373 Carlos Romão363 Luis Salvatto295 Reid Duke26 Steve Rubin
Grand Prix
GP Chiba (26–27 November 2016) Format: Legacy Attendance: 2503 Kentaro Yamamoto Atsuki Kihara Yuuya Watanabe Keisuke Sato Kouichi Miyabe Ryo Takahashi Akira Honma Liu Jin
GP Milwaukee (10–11 December 2016) Format: Limited Attendance: 1331 Steven Carter Brandon Fisher Eric Severson Evan Petre Ari Lax Toshiya Kanegawa Benjamin Weitz Corey Brukhart
GP Prague (28–29 January 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 2005 Yusuf Kemal Vefa Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Fabian Friedrich Roope Metsä Christoffer Larsen Ivan Floch Florian Koch Fabrizio Campanino
GP Denver (3–4 December 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1568 Matt Severa Steve Rubin Jacob Nagro Andrew Wolbers Rob Pisano Ben Hull Michael Snyder Seth Manfield
GP Louisville (7–8 January 2017) Format: Legacy Attendance:1610 Reid Duke Andrew Sullano Brian Braun-Duin Nate Barton Charles Hinkle Michael Majors Cody Napier Craig Wescoe
GP Madrid (3–4 December 2016) Format: Standard Attendance: 1456 Carmine D'Aniello Nicolas Legendre Callum Bousfield Marco Cammilluzzi Rafael Sarriegui Hidalgo Adrian Ramiro Cano Luis Gobern Alexander Hottmann
GP San Jose (28–29 January 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1908 John Asbach Ari Hausman-Cohen Roberto Berni Avenash Pernankil Jiachen Tao Anand Khare Adam Ragsdale Richard Tan
Pro Tour Aether Revolt Dublin (3–5 February 2017) Prize pool: $250,000 Format: Standard, Booster Draft
Top 8
Final standings
PlacePlayerPrizePro PointsTeamComment1 Lucas Esper Berthoud$50,00031DEXThird2 Márcio Carvalho$20,00027DEX Army3rd Final day3 Donald Smith$15,00023Lingering Souls4 Eduardo Sajgalik$15,00023MTG Mint Card2nd Final day5 Liu Yuchen$10,000196 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa$10,00019Channel Fireball Ice11th Final day7 Jan Ksandr$5,000158 Martin Jůza$5,00015Channel Fireball Fire3rd Final day
Pro Player of the year standings
RankPlayerPro Points1 Márcio Carvalho642 Shouta Yasooka523 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa484 Reid Duke405 Eduardo Sajgalik39 Carlos Romão
Team Series standing RankTeamMembersPro Points1MTG Mint Card Lee Shi Tian Jason Chung49 Huang Hao-Shan Kelvin Chew Eduardo Sajgalik Nam Sung-wook2Musashi Kentaro Yamamoto Yuuya Watanabe49 Ken Yukuhiro Yuuki Ichikawa Teruya Kakumae Shouta Yasooka3Face to Face Games Alexander Hayne Samuel Pardee44 Steve Rubin Jacob Wilson Ivan Floch Oliver Tiu4DEXThird Felipe Valdivia Patrick Fernandes43 Cristian Cespedes Jose Luis Echeverria João Lucas Caparroz Lucas Esper Berthoud5Lingering Souls Shaheen Soorani Chris Fennell40 Travis Woo Andreas Ganz Ashraf Abou Omar Donald Smith
Grand Prix
GP Pittsburgh (11–12 February 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1334 Ryan Hare Bronson Gervasi Matthew Long Robert Beatty Adam Van Fleet Daniel Fournier Anand Khare Michael Cochran
GP Utrecht (25–26 February 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1232 Samuel Vuillot Fabrizio Campanino Alexandre Habert David Brucker Charly Traarbach Kasper Nielsen Thuan Truong Berk Akbulut
GP Shizuoka (18–19 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 2719 Ryohei Kirino Wentao Qi Masayasu Tanahashi Yusuke Sasabe Sungeun Je Takanori Watanabe Akihiro Miyamoto Motoaki Itou
GP San Antonio (1–2 April 2017) Format: Team Unified Modern Attendance: 1668 (556 teams) 1. Greg Orange Adam Jansen Andrejs Prost 2. Reid Duke William Jensen Owen Turtenwald 3. Gerard Fabiano Eli Kassis Ben Lundquist 4. David Ochoa Matt Severa Andrew Baeckstrom
GP Bologna (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1669 Corrado De Sio Martin Jůza Francesco Giorgiio Pascal Vieren Dario Veneri Dario Parazzoli Javier Dominguez Simon Nielsen
GP Vancouver (18–19 February 2017) Format: Modern Attendance: 1552 Josh Utter-Leyton Johnathan Zaczek Gerry Thompson Sam Black Eric Severson Jon Stern Nathanial Knox Jason Simard
GP New Jersey (11–12 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1622 Corey Baumeister Ben Friedman Paul Rietzl Ben Stark Robert Lombardi Jarvis Yu Kyle Moran Brandon Ayers
GP Porto Alegre (18–19 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 570 Victor Silva Vagner William Casati Francisco Sifuentes Rafael Bertolli Parra Sebastian Pozzo Luis Salvatto Patricio Roman Carlos Alexandre Dos Santos Esteves
GP Mexico City (8–9 April 2017) Format: Team Limited Attendance: 444 (148 teams) 1. Andrew Cuneo Eric Froehlich Ben Stark 2. Matthew Nass Jacob Wilson Samuel Pardee 3. Kazuyuki Takimura Shota Takao Toru Inoue 4. Jon Stern Greg Ogreenc Stephen Neal
GP Beijing (6–7 May 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1029 Kelvin Chew Keita Kawasaki Tomoharu Saito Wu Xuan Riku Kumagai Takuma Morofuji Yi Shimin Riki Kamo
GP Brisbane (18–19 February 2017) Format: Modern Attendance: 981 Oliver Oks Zen Takahashi Lee Shi Tian Timothy Cheng Chris Grimshaw Tetsu Kawaguchi Sean Hume James Larsen-Scott
GP Barcelona (11–12 March 2017) Format: Standard Attendance: 1265 Petr Sochůrek Matthew Pope Márcio Carvalho Iñigo Vallejo Pascual Michal Lipinski Federico Del Basso Miguel Castro Yoann Sevaux
GP Orlando (25–26 March 2017) Format: Limited Attendance: 1284 Joel Larsson