2005 Pro Tour Season

The **2005 Pro Tour season** was the tenth Pro Tour season. It started on 10 September 2004 with Grand Prix Rimini, and ended on 4 December 2005 with the conclusion of the 2005 World Championships. It was the longest ever Pro Tour season, as it was a time of transition for the Pro Tour circuit; starting with this season, Pro Tour seasons would take place across a calendar year instead of the latter half of one year and the first half of the next. The Hall of Fame was also introduced during this season, with the inaugural class being Jon Finkel, Darwin Kastle, Tommi Hovi, Alan Comer, and Olle Råde.

## 2005 season changes

Previous Pro Tour seasons had taken place across two calendar years: the latter half of one year, and the first half of the next. Starting with the 2005 season, Pro Tour seasons would correspond with the calendar year, with the World Championships taking place in November or December as the last event of the season.

Furthermore, the previous system of Pro Standings and End-of-the-Year Payout were phased out during the course of the season. End-of-the-Year Payouts were still in effect for the 2005 season, but more than halved, from $635,000 in 2003–4 to $300,000 in 2005, and completely removed for future seasons. To replace it, the Pro Tour Players Club was introduced. Players were assigned levels based on Pro Points accumulated during the previous and current seasons, and they could advance in levels by earning more Pro Points. The benefits ranged from invitations to all Pro Tour events at Level 3, to free airfare and hotel room and an appearance fee of $2000 for each Pro Tour at Level 6, the highest level.

## Grand Prix (September–October 2004)

**Date:** 10–11 September 2004
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Domingo Ottati
2.  Florian Pils
3.  Giovanni Gesiot
4.  Luka Gasparac
5.  Davide Ghini
6.  Jan Brodzak
7.  Andrea Paselli
8.  Luca Cialini

**Date:** 9–10 October 2004
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Nikolaus Eigner
2.  Antoine Ruel
3.  René Kraft
4.  Sasha Zorc
5.  Sebastian Thaler
6.  Daniele Canavesi
7.  Dario Minieri
8.  Stefan Jedlicka

**Date:** 9–10 October 2004
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jon Sonne
2.  Eugene Levin
3.  Chris Prochak
4.  Gerry Thompson
5.  Jim Finstrom
6.  Neil Reeves
7.  Michael Jacob
8.  Mike Thompson

## Pro Tour Colombus

29–31 October 2004 in Colombus, Ohio, United States.

## Grand Prix (November 2004–January 2005)

**Date:** 6–7 November 2004
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Olivier Ruel
2.  Mikko Leiviskä
3.  Jean Charles Salvin
4.  Ulrik Tarp
5.  Anton Jonsson
6.  Wenzel Krautmann
7.  Pavlos Akritas
8.  Erkki Siira

**Date:** 13–14 November 2004
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Will Copeman
2.  Anatoli Lightfoot
3.  Masami Ibamoto
4.  Andrew Grain
5.  Tom Hay
6.  Andrew Varga
7.  Jarrod Bright
8.  Bryce Trevilyan

**Date:** 20–21 November 2004
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Kazuki Katou
2.  Tomohiro Kaji
3.  Akira Asahara
4.  Koutarou Ootsuka
5.  Masahiko Morita
6.  Rei Hashimoto
7.  Takashi Akiyama
8.  Ren Ishikawa

**Date:** 20–21 November 2004
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jose Barbero
2.  Gabriel Caligaris
3.  Mauro Kina
4.  Rafael Mendonça
5.  Guilherme Fonseca
6.  Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
7.  Renato Wholers
8.  Adilson de Oliveira

**Date:** 27–28 November 2004
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Wilco Pinkster
2.  Bastien Perez
3.  Wessel Oomens
4.  Raphaël Lévy
5.  Giuseppe Reale
6.  Arnost Zidek
7.  Stephan Meyer
8.  Jean-Baptiste Gouesse

**Date:** 18–19 December 2004
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Tim Aten
1.  Gadiel Szleifer
1.  John Pelcak
2.  Adam Chambers
2.  Zach Parker
2.  Charles Gindy
3.  Igor Frayman
3.  Josh Ravitz
3.  Chris Pikula
4.  Bob Allbright
4.  Mike Hron
4.  Paul Artl

**Date:** 8–9 January 2005
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Masashiro Kuroda
1.  Katsuhiro Mori
1.  Masahiko Morita
2.  Jin Okamoto
2.  Tsuyoshi Ikeda
2.  Itaru Ishida
3.  Ichiro Shimura
3.  Shu Komuro
3.  Tomohide Sasagawa
4.  Tomohiro Kaji
4.  Kenji Tsumura
4.  Tomoharu Saito

## Grand Prix (February–March 2005)

**Date:** 5–6 February 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Masashi Oiso
2.  Lucas Glavin
3.  Keith McLaughlin
4.  Benjamin Dempsey
5.  Osyp Lebedowicz
6.  Masahiko Morita
7.  Anthony Impellizzierei
8.  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz

**Date:** 26–27 February 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Sebastien Roux
2.  Rogier Maaten
3.  Xuan-Phi Nguyen
4.  Tobias Radloff
5.  Kamiel Cornelissen
6.  Michael Leicht
7.  Petr Nahodil
8.  Bas Postema

**Date:** 5–6 March 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Ernie Marchesano
2.  Taylor Putnam
3.  Shuhei Nakamura
4.  Max McCall
5.  Grant Struck
6.  John Ripley
7.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
8.  Ryan Cimera

## Pro Tour Atlanta

11–13 March 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

## Grand Prix (March–April 2005)

**Date:** 19–20 March 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Itaru Ishida
2.  Shih Chien Chang
3.  Ichirou Shimura
4.  Yeung Sun Kit
5.  Dennis Yuliadinata
6.  Shu Komuro
7.  Oliver Oks
8.  Gabriel Kang

**Date:** 26–27 March 2005
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Rustam Bakirov
2.  Rosario Maij
3.  Maximillian Bracht
4.  Niki Jedlicka
5.  Philip Fetzer
6.  Sune Ellegard
7.  Bernardo Da Costa Cabral
8.  Mateusz Dabkowski

**Date:** 23–24 April 2005
**Format:** Limited
 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

**Date:** 23–24 April 2005
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jordan Berkowitz
2.  Rich Hoaen
3.  Michael Krumb
4.  Jeroen Remie
5.  Osyp Lebedowicz
6.  William Postlethwait
7.  Sam Gomersall
8.  Patrick Sullivan

## Pro Tour Philadelphia

6–8 May 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

## Grand Prix (May–June 2005)

**Date:** 14–15 May 2005
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Akira Asahara
2.  Masashi Oiso
3.  Kentarou Nonaka
4.  Takayuki Toochika
5.  Osamu Fujita
6.  Shuhei Nakamura
7.  Tomoharu Saito
8.  Jun'ya Takahashi

**Date:** 11–12 June 2005
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Olivier Ruel
2.  David Brucker
3.  Giulio Barra
4.  Leonard Barbou
5.  Tomas Klimes
6.  Quentin Martin
7.  Bruno Panara
8.  Marco Castellano

## Grand Prix (July–September 2005)

**Date:** 16–17 July 2005
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Alex Lieberman
2.  Mark Herberholz
3.  Dustin Marquis
4.  Adam Yurchick
5.  Celso Zampere, Jr.
6.  Andrew Stokinger
7.  Gerry Thompson
8.  Sean Inlow

**Date:** 23–24 July 2005
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Katsuhiro Mori
2.  Tomohiro Aridome
3.  Akira Asahara
4.  Masashi Oiso
5.  Takuya Osawa
6.  Kenji Tsumura
7.  Ryouma Shiozu
8.  Suhan Yun

**Date:** 6–7 August 2005
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Osamu Fujita
2.  Masahiko Morita
3.  Jun'ichirou Bandou
4.  Shu Komuro
5.  Tai Chi Huang
6.  Aik Seng Khoo
7.  Masashi Oiso
8.  Masahiro Kuroda

**Date:** 27–28 August 2005
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Antonino De Rosa
2.  Karl Briem
3.  Kenji Tsumura
4.  Mark Ioli
5.  Frank Karsten
6.  Gadiel Szleifer
7.  Gabe Walls
8.  Rogier Maaten

**Date:** 3–4 September 2005
**Format:** Block Constructed
 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

**Date:** 3–4 September 2005
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Julien Nuijten
2.  Edgar Leiva
3.  Frank Karsten
4.  Maximiliano Liprandi
5.  William Postlethwait
6.  Gerard Fabiano
7.  Daniel Fior
8.  Rasmus Sibast

## Pro Tour Los Angeles

28–30 October 2005 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Grand Prix (November 2005)

**Date:** 5–6 November 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  James Zhang
2.  Paul Chalder
3.  Tim He
4.  David Zhao
5.  Andrew Vance
6.  Hugh Glanville
7.  Ben Fleming
8.  Sam Atkinson

**Date:** 5–6 November 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Tomohiro Kaji
2.  Ryo Ogura
3.  Makihito Mihara
4.  Masashi Oiso
5.  Masahiko Morita
6.  Jin Okamoto
7.  Itaru Ishida
8.  Akira Asahara

**Date:** 5–6 November 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Julien Nuijten
2.  Kim Valori
3.  Alexandre Rathcke
4.  Wessel Oomens
5.  Olivier Ruel
6.  Pasi Virtanen
7.  Bodo Rösner
8.  Nikolaos Lahanas

**Date:** 12–13 November 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Jon Sonne
2.  Chris Pikula
3.  Pasquale Ruggiero
4.  Tom Smart
5.  Paul Serignese
6.  Pat McGregor
7.  Ben Goodman
8.  Lam Phan

**Date:** 19–20 November 2005
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Olivier Ruel
2.  Marcio Carvalho
3.  Geoffrey Siron
4.  Jacob Arias Garcia
5.  Rogier Maaten
6.  Jonathan Rispal
7.  Gonzalo Domingo
8.  Sergi Herrero

**Date:** 26–27 November
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Dong Zhong
2.  Masashi Oiso
3.  Olivier Ruel
4.  Katsuhiro Mori
5.  Li Gong Wei
6.  Tomoharu Saito
7.  Ming Da Tsai
8.  Kenji Tsumura

## 2005 World Championships

*Main article: 2005 World Championships*
30 November–4 December 2005 in Yokohama, Japan.

## References

1. ↑ Randy Buehler (2005-05-02). "WELCOME TO THE PRO PLAYERS CLUB". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2016-04-29.