Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2012

The 2012 Pro Tour season is the seventeenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. Due to major changes in the Pro Tour systems the 2012 season was retroactively made to overlap with the 2011 season. Originally the 2012 season was supposed to begin on 7 January 2012 with Grand Prix Austin, but retroactively the events from after Pro Tour Nagoya on 10–12 June 2011 were made to count towards the 2012 season as well as the 2011 season. The major changes included a shift of the season. Instead of Pro Tour seasons aligning with the calendar year, beginning with the 2012–13 season Pro Tour seasons will be going from spring to spring. Also a major overhaul of the ratings system was conducted. A new bye policy based upon the new ratings system and a new invitation policy for the Pro Tour were introduced. Finally the number of Grand Prix tournaments was greatly increased.

Mode
Four Pro Tours will be held in the 2012 season. The amount of Grand Prix is still unknown as only Grand Prix tournaments through March have been announced yet. The prize purse of future Pro Tours is also unknown, however Wizards of the Coast announced, that future Grand Prix tournaments will have a total prize pool of $10,000 to $40,000 instead of a flat $30,000 pool that was awarded at each Grand Prix in 2011.

Grand Prix: Austin, Orlando

 * GP Austin (7–8 January)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1044
 * 1) 🇫🇷 Raphaël Lévy
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Pat Cox
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Craig Edwards
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Eric Downing
 * 5) 🇨🇦 Jason Howden
 * 6) 🇺🇸 David Ochoa
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Austin Bursavich
 * 8) 🇺🇸 David Saylor


 * GP Orlando (14–15 January)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 926
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Conley Woods
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Patrick Chapin
 * 3) 🇧🇷 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Stephen Mann
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Gabriel Nieves
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Ben Friedman
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Javier Adorno
 * 8) 🇺🇸 David Ochoa

Pro Tour Dark Ascension – Honolulu (10–12 February 2012)
The first Pro Tour in the 2012 season is the first to have a proper name. Previously Pro Tours were referred to by their location and/or date. The name Dark Ascension refers to the Magic set with the same name that is to be released a week prior to the Pro Tour.

Tournament data
Prize pool: $233,500 Format: Standard, Booster Draft Players: 445

Grand Prix: Kobe, Lincoln, Madrid, Baltimore, Lille, Seattle, Indianapolis, Nashville, Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City, Melbourne, Salt Lake City, Turin, Manchester

 * GP Kobe (18–19 February)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1117
 * 1) 🇯🇵 Masahiro Hiraga
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Ken Yukuhiro
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Kouji Takeishi
 * 4) 🇯🇵 Hiroaki Kitahara
 * 5) 🇯🇵 Katsuhiro Mori
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Hiroshi Ishida
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Yuuya Watanabe
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Takayuki Nagaoka


 * GP Baltimore (25–26 February)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1545
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Matthew Costa
 * 2) 🇺🇸 David Shiels
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Jackie Lee
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Matt Scott
 * 5) 🇧🇷 Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Max Tietze
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Eric Meng
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Adam Snook


 * GP Indianapolis (10–11 March)
 * Format: Legacy
 * Attendance: 1214
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Tom Martell
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Kenny Castor
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Dan Jordan
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Colin Chilbert
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Ando Ferguson
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Caleb Durward
 * 7) 🇨🇦 Pascal Maynard
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Adam Yurchick


 * GP Mexico City (24–25 March)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 685
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Paul Rietzl
 * 2) 🇻🇪 Humberto Patarca
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Craig Wescoe
 * 4) 🇲🇽 Daniel Hernandez
 * 5) 🇨🇦 Pascal Maynard
 * 6) 🇲🇽 Mario Flores
 * 7) 🇩🇪 Gottlieb Yeh
 * 8) 🇲🇽 Gustavo Nuñez Moreno


 * GP Turin (31 March–1 April)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 1063
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Antonino De Rosa
 * 2) 🇩🇪 Michael Thiel
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Jose Velazquez
 * 4) 🇮🇹 Alessandro Lippi
 * 5) 🇮🇹 Marco Cammilluzzi
 * 6) Yann Blumer
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Alessandro Portaro
 * 8) David Progin


 * GP Lincoln (18–19 February)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 716
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Bronson Magnan
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Andrew Cuneo
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Luis Scott-Vargas
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Samuel Friedman
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Mary Jacobson
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Samuel Karls
 * 7) 🇨🇦 Matt Mercier
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Derrick Rutledge


 * GP Lille (3–4 March)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1505
 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard Parker
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Simon Diaz
 * 3) 🇧🇪 Kristof Benaets
 * 4) 🇧🇪 Tom Valkeneers
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Manuel Mayer
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Jonas Köstler
 * 7) 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Kowalski
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Martin Zimmermann


 * GP Nashville (17–18 March)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1037
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Reid Duke
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Todd Anderson
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Kyle Babin
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Josh Utter-Leyton
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Caleb Durward
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Robbie Cordell
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Lissa Jensen
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Shuhei Nakamura


 * GP Melbourne (31 March–1 April)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 558
 * 1) 🇦🇺 David Crewe
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Geoff Zhao
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Oliver Oks
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Simon Harnden
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Thomas Rafferty
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Daniel Unwin
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Jeremy Neeman
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Hao Wu


 * GP Manchester (21–22 April)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1028
 * 1) 🇧🇪 Alexandre Darras
 * 2) 🇮🇹 Mario Pascoli
 * 3) 🇸🇪 Joel Larsson
 * 4) Lasse Nørgaard
 * 5) 🇩🇪 André Müller
 * 6) 🇧🇪 Marijn Lybaert
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Ciro Bonaventura
 * 8) Adam Katz


 * GP Madrid (25–26 February)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1314
 * 1) Ivo Grossholz
 * 2) 🇪🇸 David Garcia Copete
 * 3) Guido Sondag
 * 4) Fabio Rodrigues
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Christian von Kalkstein
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Florian Koch
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Marco Frantuma
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Martin Juza


 * GP Seattle-Tacoma (3–4 March)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1160
 * 1) 🇨🇦 Robert Smith
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Iain Bartolomei
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Jason Huang
 * 4) 🇺🇸 James Nguyen
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Andrejs Prost
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Paul Rietzl
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Henry Romero
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Owen Turtenwald


 * GP Kuala Lumpur (24–25 March)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 612
 * 1) 🇯🇵 Yuuya Watanabe
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Xin Sui
 * 3) 🇹🇭 Sutti Lee
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Chao Lu
 * 5) 🇹🇭 Sukhum Kiwanont
 * 6) 🇹🇼 Kuo Tzu-Ching
 * 7) 🇭🇰 Kingston Tong King Yim
 * 8) 🇲🇾 Jason Yap


 * GP Salt Lake City (31 March–1 April)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1137
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Shahar Shenhar
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Michael Peterson
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Tom Martell
 * 4) 🇺🇸 James Cooper
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Michael Hetrick
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Bryan Olvera
 * 7) 🇺🇸 David Gleicher
 * 8) 🇨🇦 Marcel Angelo Zafra

Tournament data
Prize pool: $233,500 Format: Block Constructed, Booster Draft Players: 379

Invitees to the 2012 Players Championship
The following sixteen players received an invitation to the 2012 Players Championship due to their performance in the 2012 season.