Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2000–01

New York was the second team Pro Tour. Scott Johns made his fifth final day appearance. His team, "Potato Nation", did not lose a match throughout the tournament.[1] At PT New York the master series had its debut. This was a tournament series featuring huge cash prizes, but open only to the very best players in the world. The 25 players with the most Pro Points and the 5 Players with the highest rating in the format of the Masters were invited. Additionally a gateway tournament was held on the day before the Pro Tour. In that tournament each Pro Player with at least six Pro Points could compete for one of two additional slots.

Final standings

Place	Team	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Potato Nation	Scott Johns	$60,000	24	5th Top 8 finish
		Mike Turian		24
		Gary Wise		24	2nd Final day
2	Car Acrobatic Team	Andrew Cuneo	$30,000	12
		Aaron Forsythe		12
		Andrew Johnson		12
3	Rolled-Up Aces	Dan Clegg	$18,000	10
		Shawn Keller		10	2nd Final day
		Thomas Keller		10
4	Draften und Spielen	Christian Lührs	$15,000	10	3rd Final day
		Patrick Mello		10
		Stephan Valkyser		10

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Scott Johns	24
	Mike Turian	24
	Gary Wise	24
4	Antoine Ruel	14
5	Olivier Ruel	13

Chicago was the first Pro Tour featuring the Standard format since Dallas more than four years before. In a top eight which is considered to be one of the best ever,[1] Kai Budde won the title against Kamiel Cornelissen. He thus became the third player to win two Pro Tours. With the exception of Jay Elarar, every player in the top eight now has at least three Pro Tour top eights, including a win. In the Masters event Ben Rubin defeated Jon Finkel in the final.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Kai Budde	$30,000	32	2nd Final day, 2nd Pro Tour win
2	Kamiel Cornelissen	$20,000	24
3	Brian Kibler	$15,000	16
4	Rob Dougherty	$13,000	16	3rd Final day
5	Jon Finkel	$9,000	12	8th Final day
6	Michael Pustilnik	$8,500	12	2nd Final day
7	Zvi Mowshowitz	$8,000	12	2nd Final day
8	Jay Elarar	$7,500	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Kai Budde	40
2	Scott Johns	35
3	Mike Turian	29
4	Kamiel Cornelissen	28
	Gary Wise	28

The 2001 Pro Tour Los Angeles was the last Pro Tour held on the Queen Mary, were all previous Pro Tours in Los Angeles had been held. In a final eight featuring three players, who had also been amongst the last eight in Chicago, Michael Pustilnik took the title and thus the lead in the Pro Player of the year standings.[1] Kamiel Cornelissen also made his second consecutive second place Pro Tour finish, the first person to do so in Pro Tour history.[1]

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Michael Pustilnik	$30,000	32	3rd Final day
2	Kamiel Cornelissen	$20,000	24	2nd Final day
3	Benedikt Klauser	$15,000	16	3rd Final day
4	Jon Finkel	$13,000	16	9th Final day
5	Kyle Rose	$9,000	12	4th Final day
6	Michael Gurney	$8,500	12
7	Erno Ekebom	$8,000	12	2nd Final day
8	Lawrence Creech	$7,500	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Michael Pustilnik	55
2	Kamiel Cornelissen	52
3	Kai Budde	47
4	Scott Johns	40
5	Gary Wise	37

The 2001 Pro Tour Tokyo saw a number of interesting firsts for the Pro Tour. Canadian player Ryan Fuller became the first player to go undefeated in the Swiss rounds of a Pro Tour, finishing with a 14–0 record.[1] Also, Tsuyoshi Fujita became the first Japanese player to make a Pro Tour Top 8.[1] Ultimately it was future Hall of Fame member Zvi Mowshowitz who would take the title, winning his first individual Pro Tour.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Zvi Mowshowitz	$30,000	32	3rd Final day
2	Tsuyoshi Fujita	$20,000	24	1st Asian Player in a Top 8, 1st Japanese Player in a Top 8
3	Lucas Hager	$15,000	16
4	Chris Benafel	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Ryan Fuller	$9,000	12	2nd Final day
6	Philip Freneau	$8,500	12
7	David Williams	$8,000	12
8	Frederico Bastos	$7,500	12	1st Portuguese Player in a Top 8

Masters – Team Rochester Draft

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Your Move Games	1
	8	Car Acrobatic Team	2
						Car Acrobatic Team		?
						Panzer Hunter		2
	4	Team Outland	0
	5	Panzer Hunters	2
											Panzer Hunter		1
											AlphaBetaUnlimited.com		2
	2	Potato Nation	?
	7	AlphaBetaUnlimited.com	2
						AlphaBetaUnlimited.com		2
						Black Ops		0
	3	Black Ops	2
	6	Game Empire	?

Team	Player		Team	Player
AlphaBetaUnlimited.com	Ryan Fuller		Panzer Hunter	Momose Kazuyuki
	Noah Boeken			Itaru Ishida
	Chris Benafel			Reiji Ando
Black-Ops	Florent Jeudon		Potato Nation	Scott Johns
	Antoine Ruel			Gary Wise
	Olivier Ruel			Mike Turian
Car Acrobatic Team	Andrew Johnson		Team Outland	Nicolai Herzog
	Andrew Cuneo			Eivind Nitter
	Aaron Forsythe			Bjorn Jocumsen
Game Empire	Kurt Burgner		Your Move Games	Rob Dougherty
	Alan Comer			Dave Humpherys
	Brian Selden			Darwin Kastle

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Michael Pustilnik	60
2	Kamiel Cornelissen	58
3	Kai Budde	50
4	Scott Johns	49
	Zvi Mowshowitz	49

In Barcelona Kai Budde became the first player to win three Pro Tours overall and also the first to win two Pro Tours in a single season.[1] Ben Rubin won the Masters and thus became the only player to win two Masters tournaments.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Kai Budde	$30,000	32	3rd Final day, 3rd Pro Tour win
2	Alan Comer	$20,000	24	5th Final day
3	Dan Clegg	$15,000	16	2nd Final day
4	Patrick Mello	$13,000	16	2nd Final day
5	Brad Swan	$9,000	12
6	Albertus Law	$8,500	12	1st Singaporean in a Top 8
7	Yuri Kolomeyko	$8,000	12	1st Ukrainian in a Top 8
8	Chad Ellis	$7,500	12

Pro Player of the year standings

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Kai Budde	83
2	Michael Pustilnik	66
3	Kamiel Cornelissen	64
4	Ryan Fuller	55
	Scott Johns	55

Tom Van de Logt won the World Championship while the United States took the team title. The final eight featured amongst several rather unknown players Antoine Ruel, Tommi Hovi, Mike Turian and David Williams, who had the dubious honour of becoming the first player to be disqualified from a Top 8.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Tom Van de Logt	$35,000	32	2nd Final day, 1st Dutch Player to win a Pro Tour
2	Alex Borteh	$23,000	24
3	Antoine Ruel	$15,000	16
4	Andrea Santin	$13,000	16
5	Mike Turian	$9,000	12	2nd Final day
6	Jan Tomcani	$8,500	12	1st Slovakian in a Top 8
7	Tommi Hovi	$8,000	12	4th Final day
8	John Ormerod	$7,500	12	2nd Final day*

^* John Ormerod did not actually play in the final eight. When David Williams was disqualified he advanced to the eight place in the final standings, though.

After the World Championship Kai Budde was awarded the Pro Player of the year title. He thus became the first player to win the title more than once.

Rank	Player	Pro Points
1	Kai Budde	88
2	Kamiel Cornelissen	75
3	Michael Pustilnik	71
4	Chris Benafel	65
5	Ryan Fuller	64
	Zvi Mowshowitz	64