# Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2013–14

The 2013–14 Pro Tour season was the nineteenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It started on 25 May with Grand Prix Guadalajara and ended on 3 August 2014 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Magic 2015 in Portland. The season consisted of 57 Grand Prix and four Pro Tours, located in Dublin, Valencia, Atlanta, and Portland.

## Magic: The Gathering World Championship
### Amsterdam (31 July–4 August 2013)

* Prize pool: $108,000
* Format: Modern Masters Booster Draft, Standard, Magic 2014 Booster Draft, Modern
* Attendance: 16

### Top 4 playoff

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Reid Duke | Reid Duke | 3 | | | |
| Josh Utter-Leyton | Josh Utter-Leyton | 2 | | | |
| Josh Utter-Leyton | Josh Utter-Leyton | 2 | Reid Duke | Reid Duke | 2 |
| | | | Shahar Shenhar | Shahar Shenhar | 3 |
| Ben Stark | Ben Stark | 1 | Shahar Shenhar | Shahar Shenhar | 3 |
| Shahar Shenhar | Shahar Shenhar | 3 | | | |

### Final standings

The following sixteen players received an invitation to the 2013 World Championship due to their performance in the 2012–13 season. They are ordered according to the final standings of the event.
| # | Player | Prize | Pro points | Qualified due to |
| 1 | Shahar Shenhar | $40,000 | 12 | 5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 2 | Reid Duke | $20,000 | 11 | 8th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 3 | Ben Stark | $10,000 | 8 | 2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 4 | Josh Utter-Leyton | $10,000 | 7 | 2012–13 Player of the Year |
| 5 | Craig Wescoe | $5,000 | 7 | Pro Tour Dragon's Maze winner |
| 6 | Yuuya Watanabe | $5,000 | 7 | 2012 Players Championship winner |
| 7 | Brian Kibler | $5,000 | 6 | 4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 8 | Shuhei Nakamura | $5,000 | 6 | 3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 9 | Dimitriy Butakov | $1,000 | 6 | 2012 Magic Online Champion |
| 10 | David Ochoa | $1,000 | 6 | 7th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 11 | Stanislav Cifka | $1,000 | 5 | Pro Tour Return to Ravnica winner |
| 12 | Tom Martell | $1,000 | 5 | Pro Tour Gatecrash winner |
| 13 | Willy Edel | $1,000 | 5 | Pro Point leader Latin America |
| 14 | Eric Froehlich | $1,000 | 4 | Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| 15 | Lee Shi Tian | $1,000 | 3 | Pro Point leader APAC region |
| 16 | Martin Jůza | $1,000 | 2 | 6th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |

## World Magic Cup
### Amsterdam (2–4 August 2013)

* Prize pool: $250,000
* Format: Team Constructed, Team Limited

### Top 8

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Austria | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Hungary | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Hungary | 2 | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 2 | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1 | | | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 1 |
| | | | | | | France | France | 2 |
| 2 | France | 2 | | | | | | | France | France | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | France | France | 2 | | | |
| | | | Iceland | Iceland | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Estonia | 0 | Iceland | Iceland | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Iceland | 2 | | | | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Country | Player | Prize | Pro Points |
| 1 | France | Raphaël Lévy | $12,000 | 8 |
| 1 | France | Timothée Simonot | $12,000 | 8 |
| 1 | France | Yann Guthmann | $12,000 | 8 |
| 1 | France | Stephane Soubrier | $12,000 | 8 |
| 2 | Hungary | Tamas Nagy | $6,500 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary | Gabor Kocsis | $6,500 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary | Ervin Hosszú | $6,500 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary | Adorjan Korbl | $6,500 | 7 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | Stanislav Cifka | $4,000 | 6 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | Leos Kopecky | $4,000 | 6 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | Kristian Janda | $4,000 | 6 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | Michal Mendl | $4,000 | 6 |
| 4 | Iceland | Alvin Orri Gislason | $4,000 | 6 |
| 4 | Iceland | Ragnar Sigurdsson | $4,000 | 6 |
| 4 | Iceland | Hedinn Haraldsson | $4,000 | 6 |
| 4 | Iceland | Orri Ómarsson | $4,000 | 6 |
| Place | Country | Player | Prize | Pro Points |
| 5 | Austria | Thomas Holzinger | $2,000 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria | David Reitbauer | $2,000 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria | Manuel Danninger | $2,000 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria | Marc Mühlböck | $2,000 | 5 |
| 6 | Estonia | Hannes Kerem | $2,000 | 5 |
| 6 | Estonia | Rauno Raidma | $2,000 | 5 |
| 6 | Estonia | Simon Robberts | $2,000 | 5 |
| 6 | Estonia | Mikk Kaasik | $2,000 | 5 |
| 7 | New Zealand | Walker MacMurdo | $2,000 | 5 |
| 7 | New Zealand | Jingwei Zheng | $2,000 | 5 |
| 7 | New Zealand | Digby Carter | $2,000 | 5 |
| 7 | New Zealand | Jason Chung | $2,000 | 5 |
| 8 | Belgium | Vincent Lemoine | $2,000 | 5 |
| 8 | Belgium | Emmanuel Delvigne | $2,000 | 5 |
| 8 | Belgium | Marijn Lybaert | $2,000 | 5 |
| 8 | Belgium | Xavier Vantyghem | $2,000 | 5 |

## Pro Tour Theros

At the start of Pro Tour Theros Luis Scott-Vargas, William Jensen, and Ben Stark were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Day one ended with Samuel Black and Paul Rietzl having won all their eight matches. Thirteen players followed at seven wins, including well-known players such as Jon Finkel and Makihito Mihara. After round 15 of the tournament the standings shaped up in a way that guaranteed the best four player to qualify for the top eight, and allowed the players in fifth to eighth place to guarantee qualification for the top eight by drawing intentionally. Consequently, the eight players that were at the top of the standings after round 15 were also at the top after round 16, and thus qualified for the top eight. They were Jérémy Dezani, Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, and Pierre Dagen of France, Samuel Black and Paul Rietzl from the United States, Makihito Mihara and Kentarou Yamamoto from Japan, and Kamiel Cornelissen from the Netherlands. In the top eight the French players then only lost to each other. Wafo-Tapa was eliminated by Dagen in the quarter-finals, and in the finals Dezani defeated Dagen to win Pro Tour Theros.

### Dublin (11–13 October 2013)

* Prize pool: $250,000
* Format: Standard, Booster Draft (Theros-Theros-Theros)
* Attendance: 428

### Top 8

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Jérémy Dezani | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kamiel Cornelissen | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kamiel Cornelissen | 0 | Jérémy Dezani | Jérémy Dezani | 3 | | | |
| | | | Makihito Mihara | Makihito Mihara | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Makihito Mihara | 3 | Makihito Mihara | Makihito Mihara | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Paul Rietzl | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Paul Rietzl | 2 | | | | Jérémy Dezani | Jérémy Dezani | 3 |
| | | | | | | Pierre Dagen | Pierre Dagen | 1 |
| 2 | Samuel Black | 3 | | | | | | | Pierre Dagen | Pierre Dagen | 1 |
| 7 | Kentarou Yamamoto | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kentarou Yamamoto | 1 | Samuel Black | Samuel Black | 2 | | | |
| | | | Pierre Dagen | Pierre Dagen | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa | 1 | Pierre Dagen | Pierre Dagen | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Pierre Dagen | 3 | | | | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
| 1 | Jérémy Dezani | $40,000 | 30 | |
| 2 | Pierre Dagen | $20,000 | 24 | |
| 3 | Samuel Black | $12,500 | 22 | 2nd final day |
| 4 | Makihito Mihara | $12,500 | 22 | 5th final day |
| 5 | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa | $10,000 | 20 | 5th final day |
| 6 | Paul Rietzl | $10,000 | 20 | 4th final day |
| 7 | Kentarou Yamamoto | $10,000 | 20 | 2nd final day |
| 8 | Kamiel Cornelissen | $10,000 | 20 | 6th final day |

## Pro Tour Born of the Gods
### Valencia (21–23 February 2014)

* Prize pool: $250,000
* Format: Modern, Booster Draft (Born of the Gods-Theros-Theros)
* Attendance: 393

### Top 8

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Shaun McLaren | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tim Rivera | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tim Rivera | 1 | Shaun McLaren | Shaun McLaren | 2 | | | |
| | | | Patrick Dickmann | Patrick Dickmann | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Christian Seibold | 1 | Patrick Dickmann | Patrick Dickmann | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Patrick Dickmann | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Patrick Dickmann | 2 | | | | Shaun McLaren | Shaun McLaren | 3 |
| | | | | | | Jacob Wilson | Jacob Wilson | 2 |
| 2 | Shi Tian Lee | 0 | | | | | | | Jacob Wilson | Jacob Wilson | 2 |
| 7 | Anssi Alkio | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Anssi Alkio | 2 | Anssi Alkio | Anssi Alkio | 1 | | | |
| | | | Jacob Wilson | Jacob Wilson | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Jacob Wilson | 2 | Jacob Wilson | Jacob Wilson | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Chris Fennell | 0 | | | | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
| 1 | Shaun McLaren | $40,000 | 30 | |
| 2 | Jacob Wilson | $20,000 | 24 | |
| 3 | Patrick Dickmann | $12,500 | 22 | |
| 4 | Anssi Alkio | $12,500 | 22 | |
| 5 | Lee Shi Tian | $10,000 | 20 | 2nd final day |
| 6 | Christian Seibold | $10,000 | 20 | |
| 7 | Chris Fennell | $10,000 | 20 | |
| 8 | Tim Rivera | $10,000 | 20 | |

## Pro Tour Journey into Nyx
### Atlanta (16–18 May 2014)

* Prize pool: $250,000
* Format: Block Constructed, Booster Draft (Journey into Nyx-Born of the Gods-Theros)
* Attendance: 349

### Top 8

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Patrick Chapin | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jamie Parke | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jamie Parke | 1 | Patrick Chapin | Patrick Chapin | 2 | | | |
| | | | Josh Utter-Leyton | Josh Utter-Leyton | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Josh Utter-Leyton | 2 | Josh Utter-Leyton | Josh Utter-Leyton | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Stanislav Cifka | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Stanislav Cifka | 1 | | | | Patrick Chapin | Patrick Chapin | 3 |
| | | | | | | Nam Sung-Wook | Nam Sung-Wook | 1 |
| 2 | Reid Duke | 0 | | | | | | | Nam Sung-Wook | Nam Sung-Wook | 1 |
| 7 | Yuuki Ichikawa | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Yuuki Ichikawa | 2 | Yuuki Ichikawa | Yuuki Ichikawa | 0 | | | |
| | | | Nam Sung-Wook | Nam Sung-Wook | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Andrea Mengucci | 1 | Nam Sung-Wook | Nam Sung-Wook | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Nam Sung-Wook | 2 | | | | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
| 1 | Patrick Chapin | $40,000 | 30 | 5th final day |
| 2 | Nam Sung-Wook | $20,000 | 24 | 1st South Korean in a Top 8 |
| 3 | Josh Utter-Leyton | $12,500 | 22 | 5th final day |
| 4 | Yuuki Ichikawa | $12,500 | 22 | |
| 5 | Reid Duke | $10,000 | 20 | |
| 6 | Andrea Mengucci | $10,000 | 20 | |
| 7 | Stanislav Cifka | $10,000 | 20 | 2nd final day |
| 8 | Jamie Parke | $10,000 | 20 | 3rd final day |

## Pro Tour Magic 2015
### Portland (1–3 August 2014)

* Prize pool: $250,000
* Format: Standard, Booster Draft
* Attendance: 358

### Top 8

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Pat Cox | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Owen Turtenwald | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Owen Turtenwald | 2 | Owen Turtenwald | Owen Turtenwald | 1 | | | |
| | | | Ivan Floch | Ivan Floch | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Ivan Floch | 2 | Ivan Floch | Ivan Floch | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Matthew Sperling | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Matthew Sperling | 0 | | | | Ivan Floch | Ivan Floch | 3 |
| | | | | | | Jackson Cunningham | Jackson Cunningham | 2 |
| 2 | Yuuki Ichikawa | 1 | | | | | | | Jackson Cunningham | Jackson Cunningham | 2 |
| 7 | Jackson Cunningham | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jackson Cunningham | 2 | Jackson Cunningham | Jackson Cunningham | 2 | | | |
| | | | Pierre Mondon | Pierre Mondon | 1 | | | |
| 3 | William Jensen | 0 | Pierre Mondon | Pierre Mondon | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Pierre Mondon | 2 | | | | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
| 1 | Ivan Floch | $40,000 | 30 | |
| 2 | Jackson Cunningham | $20,000 | 24 | Pro tour debut |
| 3 | Pierre Mondon | $12,500 | 22 | |
| 4 | Owen Turtenwald | $12,500 | 22 | 2nd final day |
| 5 | Pat Cox | $10,000 | 20 | 2nd final day |
| 6 | Yuuki Ichikawa | $10,000 | 20 | 2nd final day |
| 7 | William Jensen | $10,000 | 20 | 5th final day |
| 8 | Matthew Sperling | $10,000 | 20 | |

## Pro Player of the Year final standings

The 2013–14 Pro Tour season ended after Pro Tour Magic 2015. These are the final standings of the Player of the Year race, including every player who at the end of the season reached Platinum, the highest Pro Club Level.
| Place | Player | Pro Points | Place | Player | Pro Points | Place | Player | Pro Points |
| 1 | Jérémy Dezani | 86 | 11 | Patrick Chapin | 52 | 18 | Ben Stark | 47 |
| 2 | Owen Turtenwald | 73 | 11 | Yuuya Watanabe | 52 | 18 | Kentaro Yamamoto | 47 |
| 3 | Reid Duke | 72 | 13 | Yuuki Ichikawa | 51 | 23 | Eric Froehlich | 46 |
| 4 | William Jensen | 63 | 13 | Sam Black | 51 | 23 | Patrick Dickmann | 46 |
| 5 | Ivan Floch | 62 | 15 | Jacob Wilson | 50 | 23 | Shahar Shenhar | 46 |
| 6 | Stanislav Cifka | 58 | 15 | Lee Shi Tian | 50 | 23 | Martin Jůza | 46 |
| 7 | Shaun McLaren | 55 | 17 | Jared Boettcher | 49 | 23 | Raphaël Lévy | 46 |
| 8 | Tom Martell | 54 | 18 | Josh McClain | 47 | 28 | Nam Sung-Wook | 45 |
| 8 | Josh Utter-Leyton | 54 | 18 | Chris Fennell | 47 |
| 10 | Paul Rietzl | 53 | 18 | Alexander Hayne | 47 |

## Invitees to the 2014 World Championship

The following twenty-four players received an invitation to the 2014 World Championship due to their performance in the 2013–14 season.
| Player | Qualified due to |
| Jérémy Dezani | 2013–14 Player of the Year |
| Raymond Perez Jr.* | 2013–14 Rookie of the Year |
| Shahar Shenhar | 2013 World Champion |
| Raphaël Lévy | 2013 World Magic Cup winner |
| Lars Dam | 2013 Magic Online Champion |
| Shaun McLaren | Pro Tour Born of the Gods winner |
| Patrick Chapin | Pro Tour Journey into Nyx winner |
| Ivan Floch | Pro Tour Magic 2015 winner |
| Owen Turtenwald | Pro Point leader North America |
| Reid Duke | Pro Point runner-up North America |
| Willy Edel | Pro Point leader Latin America |
| Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa | Pro Point runner-up Latin America |
| Lee Shi Tian | Pro Point leader APAC region |
| Nam Sung-Wook | Pro Point runner-up APAC region |
| Yuuya Watanabe | Pro Point leader Japan |
| Yuuki Ichikawa | Pro Point runner-up Japan |
| William Jensen | Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| Stanislav Cifka | 2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| Josh Utter-Leyton | 3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| Tom Martell | 4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| Paul Rietzl | 5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| Sam Black | 6th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| Jacob Wilson | 7th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
| Kentaro Yamamoto | 8th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified |
* = Originally, Jared Boettcher had been declared Rookie of the Year, but when he was suspended by the DCI for cheating, his rookie title was also revoked and passed down to Raymond Perez Jr.