Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2015–16

The 2015–16 Pro Tour season was the twenty-first season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It started on 8 August 2015 with Grand Prix San Diego and Hong Kong and ended on 7 August 2016 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Sydney. The season consisted of 49 Grand Prix and 4 Pro Tours, located in Milwaukee, Atlanta, Madrid, and Sydney.

Mode
Four Pro Tours and forty-nine Grands Prix were held in the 2015–16 season. These in addition to the World Championship and the World Magic Cup are the events that awarded Pro Points, the points that were used to determine the Player of the Year Standings and Pro Club levels. Players were awarded Pro Levels for earning 18 (Silver level), 33 (Gold), and 50 points (Platinum), however only the six best Grand Prix results counted. Pro Club Levels come with certain benefits such as qualifications to subsequent Pro Tours, byes at Grand Prix, and airfare to Pro Tours. Based on the final standings of Pro Tours, Grand Prix, Worlds, and the World Magic Cup Pro Points are awarded as follows:

For competitors finishing outside the final elimination stage of Grand Prix and Pro Tours points are awarded depending on their score after the final Swiss round. 16 Swiss rounds are played at Pro Tours, 15 at individual Grand Prix, and 14 at Team Grand Prix. Pro Points are then awarded as follows.

Finally players that participated in the World Championship earned one Pro Point per win in the Swiss Portion and two Pro Points per win in the single elimination stage.

Grand Prix

 * GP San Diego (8–9 August 2015)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1493
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Michael Majors
 * 2) 🇧🇷 Artur Villela
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Paul Rietzl
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Paul Yeem
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Loren Eakins
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Corey Brukhart
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Ben Weitz
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Dan Ward


 * GP Detroit (15–16 August 2015)
 * Format: Team Limited
 * Attendance: 2040 (680 teams)
 * 1.
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Nass
 * 🇨🇦 Jacob Wilson
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Pardee
 * 2.
 * 🇺🇸 Ben Stark
 * 🇺🇸 Luis Scott-Vargas
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Froehlich
 * 3.
 * 🇺🇸 Owen Turtenwald
 * 🇺🇸 William Jensen
 * 🇺🇸 Reid Duke
 * 4
 * 🇺🇸 Brock Parker
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Costa
 * 🇮🇱 Shahar Shenhar


 * GP Hong Kong (8–9 August 2015)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 851
 * 1) 🇲🇾 Chye Yian Hsiang
 * 2) Jan Ang
 * 3) Victoriano Lim
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Liu Yuchen
 * 5) 🇨🇳 Wu Songwei
 * 6) 🇭🇰 Cheung Lap Chung
 * 7) 🇭🇰 Yam Wing Chun
 * 8) 🇭🇰 Kwok Suen Wang


 * GP Prague (29–30 August 2015)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1464
 * 1) 🇫🇷 Elliot Boussaud
 * 2) 🇧🇪 Peter Vieren
 * 3) 🇪🇪 Hannes Kerem
 * 4) 🇸🇮 Davor Detecnik
 * 5) 🇮🇹 Mattia Rizzi
 * 6) 🇦🇹 Oliver Polak-Rottman
 * 7) 🇱🇺 Steve Hatto
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Alex Hottman


 * GP London (15–16 August 2015)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 2152
 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fabrizio Anteri
 * 2) 🇮🇹 Matteo Moure
 * 3) 🇳🇴 Erik Skinstad
 * 4) Bill Chronopoulos
 * 5) 🇵🇱 Piotr Wald
 * 6) 🇮🇹 Marco Cammilluzzi
 * 7) 🇨🇿 Martin Juza
 * 8) 🇻🇪 Daniel Fior


 * GP Santiago (29–30 August 2015)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 799
 * 1) Rodrigo Lopez
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Tomoharu Saitou
 * 3) Jorge Guerra
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Martin Quiroga
 * 5) Esteban Truyol
 * 6) Christian Flores
 * 7) Claudio Barrientos Ochoa
 * 8) Alberto Sanchez

Magic: The Gathering World Championship

 * Seattle (27–30 August 2015)
 * Prize pool: $150,000
 * Format: Modern Masters Booster Draft, Standard, Magic Origins Booster Draft, Modern

Final standings
The following twenty-four players received an invitation to the 2015 World Championship due to their performance in the 2014–15 season. They are ordered according to the final standings of the event.

Grand Prix

 * GP Madrid (12–13 September 2015)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1420
 * 1) 🇷🇸 Aleksa Telarov
 * 2) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Francesco Giorgio
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Ashraf Abou Omar
 * 4) Michael Bonde
 * 5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fabrizio Anteri
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Wenzel Krautmann
 * 7) 🇺🇦 Sergiy Sushalskyy
 * 8) 🇪🇸 Antonio Del Moral León


 * GP Sydney (10–11 October 2015)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 996
 * 1) 🇳🇿 John Seaton
 * 2) 🇮🇪 Alex Ball
 * 3) 🇸🇬 Kelvin Chew
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Prads Pathirana
 * 5) 🇯🇵 Hironobu Sugaya
 * 6) 🇳🇿 Zen Takahashi
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Paul Costentin
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Chester Swords


 * GP Oklahoma City (12–13 September 2015)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 1470
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Zac Elsik
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Brian Braun-Duin
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Andrew Sullano
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Joseph Reiter
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Jasper Johnson-Epstein
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Benjamin Miller
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Paul Rietzl
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Matthew Duggan


 * GP Madison (10–11 October 2015)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1820
 * 1) 🇫🇷 Raphaël Lévy
 * 2) 🇸🇪 Magnus Lantto
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Jon Graham
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Joe Lavrenz
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Paul Rietzl
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Andrew Maine
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Samuel Pardee
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Jérémy Dezani

Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar

 * Milwaukee (16–18 October 2015)
 * Prize pool: $250,000
 * Format: Standard, Booster Draft (Battle for Zendikar-Battle for Zendikar-Battle for Zendikar)

Grand Prix

 * GP Quebec City (24–25 October 2015)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 804
 * 1) 🇨🇦 Dan Lanthier
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Omar Beldon
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Jake Mondello
 * 4) 🇦🇹 Oliver Polak-Rottmann
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Reid Duke
 * 6) 🇨🇦 Edgar Magelhaes
 * 7) 🇨🇦 Pascal Maynard
 * 8) 🇨🇦 Nicolas Béland


 * GP Beijing (24–25 October 2015)
 * Format: Team Limited
 * Attendance: 813 (271 teams)
 * 1.
 * 🇺🇸 Craig Wescoe
 * 🇨🇦 Richard Hoaen
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Hron
 * 2.
 * 🇯🇵 Yuuya Watanabe
 * 🇯🇵 Makihito Mihara
 * 🇯🇵 Yuuki Ichikawa
 * 3.
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Yuchen
 * 🇨🇳 He Yue
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Zhiyang
 * 4.
 * 🇯🇵 Shintaro Ishimura
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshihiko Ikawa
 * 🇯🇵 Kazuyuki Takimura


 * GP Indianapolis (31 October–1 November 2015)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1103
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Brent Clawson
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Raymond Perez Jr.
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Scott Kirkwood
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Daniel Chan
 * 5) 🇺🇸 David Phelps
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Patrick Chapin
 * 7) 🇦🇹 Valentin Mackl
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Daniel Duan


 * GP Lyon (31 October–1 November 2015)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1952
 * 1) 🇫🇷 Damien Bouillot
 * 2) 🇩🇪 Christian Seibold
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Tomoharu Saitou
 * 4) 🇧🇪 Vincent Lemoine
 * 5) 🇧🇪 Branco Neirynck
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Florian Reiter
 * 7) 🇦🇹 Mark Litvak
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Felix Weidemann


 * GP Atlanta (14–15 November 2015)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 2073
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Tom Martell
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Owen Turtenwald
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Dan Musser
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Aryeh Wiznitzer
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Evan Smith
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Brian Eason
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Samuel Black
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Joseph Pressley


 * GP Pittsburgh (21–22 November 2015)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 2679
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Alex Bianchi
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Aaron Webster
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Robert Cucunato
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Craig Wescoe
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Corey Burkhart
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Robert Long
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Thien Nguyen
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Benjamin Nikolich


 * GP Porto Alegre (31 October–1 November 2015)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 789
 * 1) 🇧🇷 Marcos Paulo De Jesus Freitas
 * 2) 🇧🇷 Vagner Casatti
 * 3) 🇧🇷 Caio Amaral
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Alejandro Cesa
 * 5) 🇧🇷 Thiago Saporito
 * 6) 🇧🇷 Gabriel Fehr
 * 7) 🇧🇷 Guilherme Merjam
 * 8) 🇦🇷 Diego Marquez


 * GP Brussels (14–15 November 2015)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1938
 * 1) 🇨🇿 Lukas Blohon
 * 2) Simon Nielsen
 * 3) 🇮🇹 Antonio Castellani
 * 4) Martin Müller
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Magnus Lantto
 * 6) 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Kowalski
 * 7) Bart Van Etten
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Ondřej Stráský


 * GP Seattle-Tacoma (7–8 November 2015)
 * Format: Legacy
 * Attendance: 2014
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Jarvis Yu
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Christian Calcano
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Brian DeMars
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Chase Hansen
 * 5) Andrejs Prost
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Gary Wong
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Martin Goldman-Kirst
 * 8) 🇨🇳 Xin Sui


 * GP Kobe (21–22 November 2015)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 2571
 * 1) 🇯🇵 Takuma Morofuji
 * 2) 🇲🇾 Joe Soh
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Akio Chiba
 * 4) 🇯🇵 Shota Takao
 * 5) 🇨🇿 Pavel Matousek
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Shunsuke Takahira
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Akihiro Okawa
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Shuhei Nakamura

World Magic Cup

 * Barcelona (11–13 December 2015)
 * Prize pool: $250,000
 * Format: Team Constructed, Team Limited

Grand Prix

 * GP Oakland (9–10 January 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1928
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Reid Duke
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Ben Rubin
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Woodrow Engle
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Cody Lingelbach
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Josh McClain
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Justin Nguyen
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Brett Sinclair
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Nathaniel Smith


 * GP Mexico City (30–31 January 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 787
 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fabrizio Anteri
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Tomoharu Saitou
 * 3) 🇧🇷 Rodrigo Goncalves Dos Santos
 * 4) 🇲🇽 Cristian Velasco
 * 5) Martin Dang
 * 6) 🇲🇽 Leonardo Ivan Ruiz Rivera
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Robert Wallerstein
 * 8) Marcio Carvalho


 * GP Vancouver (30–31 January 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1929
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Adam Jansen
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Jérémy Dezani
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Nick Slind
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Gabriel Carlton-Barnes
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Allen Sun
 * 6) 🇨🇦 Aeo Paquette
 * 7) 🇨🇦 Chris Hewitt
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Eric Severson


 * GP Nagoya (30–31 January 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 2565
 * 1) 🇯🇵 Tomonori Hirami
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Ryota Takeuchi
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Ikuya Asai
 * 4) 🇯🇵 Fujimura Kazuaki
 * 5) Park Jun-young
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Shawn McNeace
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean Li
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Satoshi Haji

Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch

 * Atlanta (5–7 February 2016)
 * Prize pool: $250,000
 * Format: Modern, Booster Draft (Oath of the Gatewatch-Oath of the Gatewatch-Battle for Zendikar)

Pro Player of the year standings
At the end of this event, the top ranking player in Pro Points, Owen Turtenwald, was awarded the "Mid-season master" title, which will yield him an invitation to the 2016 World Championship.

Grand Prix

 * GP Houston (27–28 February 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1851
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Owen Turtenwald
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Andrew Cuneo
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Mark Jacobson
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Brock Mosley
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Cody Lingelbach
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Brock Parker
 * 7) 🇸🇬 Chapman Sim
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Amir Radmard


 * GP Melbourne (5–6 March 2016)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 1105
 * 1) 🇦🇺 David Mines
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Maitland Cameron
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Yuuki Ichikawa
 * 4) 🇳🇿 Louis Thomson-Gregg
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Chris Cousens
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Kentaro Yamamoto
 * 7) 🇭🇰 Lee Shi Tian
 * 8) 🇳🇿 Jason Chung


 * GP Detroit (5–6 March 2016)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 2553
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Ralph Betesh
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Evan Buchholz
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Eric English
 * 4) 🇹🇼 Huang Hao-shan
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Gerry Thompson
 * 6) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eduardo Sajgalik
 * 7) 🇺🇸 James Zornes
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Ronnie Ritner


 * GP Washington, D.C. (12–13 March 2016)
 * Format: Team Limited
 * Attendance: 3366 (1122 teams)
 * 1.
 * 🇺🇸 Justin Cohen
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Severa
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Hron
 * 2.
 * 🇨🇦 Richard Hoaen
 * 🇺🇸 Tom Martell
 * 🇺🇸 Ian Spaulding
 * 3.
 * 🇺🇸 Owen Turtenwald
 * 🇺🇸 William Jensen
 * 🇺🇸 Reid Duke
 * 4.
 * 🇺🇸 Matthew Nass
 * 🇨🇦 Jacob Wilson
 * 🇺🇸 Sam Pardee


 * GP Bologna (5–6 March 2016)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 2181
 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kayure Patel
 * 2) 🇮🇹 Alberto Mattioli
 * 3) 🇮🇹 Giuseppe Reale
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Ruben Perez
 * 5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fabrizio Anteri
 * 6) 🇨🇿 Jaroslav Boucek
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Mattia Rizzi
 * 8) 🇮🇹 Alessandro Lippi


 * GP Paris (19–20 March 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1510
 * 1) 🇨🇿 Petr Sochůrek
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Ben Stark
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Ryoichi Tamada
 * 4) 🇨🇿 Martin Jůza
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Arne Huschenbeth
 * 6) 🇮🇹 Giuseppe Reale
 * 7) 🇩🇪 Fabian Friedrich
 * 8) 🇮🇹 Paolo Magnani


 * GP Beijing (16–17 April 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1056
 * 1) 🇯🇵 Hironobu Sugaya
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Xu Su
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Kazuaki Fujimura
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Gao Zhen Xing
 * 5) 🇯🇵 Makihito Mihara
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Kentarou Yamamoto
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Toru Inoue
 * 8) 🇲🇴 Mak Wai Hou


 * GP Albuquerque (16–17 April 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1266
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Allen Wu
 * 2) 🇺🇸 William Craddock
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Jacob Thiessen
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Seth Manfield
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Michael Simon
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Jiachen Tao
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Christian Keeth
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Rick Chong


 * GP Barcelona (16–17 April 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 2084
 * 1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fabrizio Anteri
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Mehdi Saadi
 * 3) 🇺🇸 William Jensen
 * 4) Viktors Kazanskis
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Brian Braun-Duin
 * 6) 🇨🇦 Shaun McLaren
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Reid Duke
 * 8) 🇪🇸 Ferran Vila

Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad
Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad was the 100th Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. For the Top 8 single elimination stage the mode was modified from previous Pro Tours. Previously only the first game was played unsideboarded with players having access to their sideboard for all subsequent games in a match. From PT Shadows over Innistrad on, players only have access to their sideboard beginning with the third game of a Top 8 match. The Pro Tour's Top 8 included some of the most successful Magic players of all time, including Hall of Famers Jon Finkel, Luis Scott-Vargas, and Shouta Yasooka.

Tournament data

 * Location: Madrid (22–24 April 2016)
 * Prize pool: $250,000
 * Format: Standard, Booster Draft (Shadows over Innistrad)

Grand Prix

 * GP Toronto (30 April–1 May 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1727
 * 1) 🇨🇦 Robert Lombardi
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Jon Stern
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Oliver Tiu
 * 4) 🇨🇦 Doug Potter
 * 5) 🇨🇦 Josh Buitenhuis
 * 6) 🇨🇦 Brett Tetley
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Bradley Robinson
 * 8) 🇨🇦 Michael Sheng


 * GP Los Angeles (21–22 May 2016)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 2239
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Simon Slutsky
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Ethan Brown
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Javier Dominguez
 * 4) 🇨🇦 Pascal Maynard
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Joe Lossett
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Corey Burkhart
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Alex To
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Erik Carson


 * GP Manchester (28–29 May 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1697
 * 1) 🇫🇷 Raphaël Lévy
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Julien Henry
 * 3) Oscar Christensen
 * 4) 🇸🇪 Jonas Friberg
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Lauri Vuorela
 * 6) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Hunt
 * 7) Christoffer Larsen
 * 8) 🇵🇱 Adam Bajerowicz


 * GP Columbus (11–12 June 2016)
 * Format: Legacy
 * Attendance: 1824
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Clay Spicklemire
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Joe Lossett
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Noah Walker
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Christopher Walton
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Wilson Hunter
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Raymond Cornely
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Jarvis Yu
 * 8) 🇨🇦 Aaron Kasprzak


 * GP São Paulo (2–3 July 2016)
 * Format: Team limited
 * Attendance: 1086 (362 teams)
 * 1.
 * 🇧🇷 Francisco Barciella
 * 🇧🇷 Carlos Romão
 * 🇧🇷 Eloi Pattaro
 * 2.
 * 🇧🇷 Jonathan Melamed
 * 🇧🇷 Mateus Martins
 * 🇧🇷 Paulo Martinello
 * 3.
 * 🇨🇦 Pascal Maynard
 * 🇺🇸 Brian Braun-Duin
 * 🇺🇸 Shaheen Soorani
 * 4
 * 🇧🇷 Renato Pinto
 * 🇧🇷 Leonardo Labruna
 * 🇧🇷 Diego Coelho


 * GP Montreal (30–31 July 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1348
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Hunter Cochran
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Hugo Demers
 * 3) 🇨🇦 Felix Tse
 * 4) 🇨🇦 Morgan McLaughlin
 * 5) 🇨🇦 Robert Lombardi
 * 6) 🇨🇦 Philippe Gareau
 * 7) 🇨🇦 Michael Ferneyhough
 * 8) 🇨🇦 Jamie Madill


 * GP New York (7–8 May 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 2007
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Seth Manfield
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Louis Deltour
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Scott Lipp
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Michael Majors
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Mike Sigrist
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Daniel Ward
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Brandon Ayers
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Ralph Batesh


 * GP Charlotte (21–22 May 2016)
 * Format: Modern
 * Attendance: 2399
 * 1) Andreas Ganz
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Jon Bolding
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Robert Graves
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Mike Sigrist
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Jacky Wang
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Adonnys Medrano
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Sam Black
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Eli Kassis


 * GP Costa Rica (4–5 June 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 497
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Seth Manfield
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Brandon Fischer
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Oliver Tiu
 * 4) 🇲🇽 Erick Manuel Lopez Basulto
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Brian Braun-Duin
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Michael Derczo
 * 7) 🇵🇦 Saul Alvarado
 * 8) Javier Dominguez


 * GP Taipei (25–26 June 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 792
 * 1) 🇯🇵 Yuuki Ichikawa
 * 2) 🇹🇼 Huang Yung-Ming
 * 3) 🇭🇰 Lee Shi Tian
 * 4) 🇯🇵 Yuuta Takahashi
 * 5) 🇹🇼 Lieu Chien-Hung
 * 6) 🇹🇭 Mingrerk Setsompop
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Shawn McNeace
 * 8) 🇨🇳 Liu Yuchen


 * GP Stockholm (30–31 July 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1244
 * 1) Elmer van Eeghen
 * 2) 🇮🇹 Matteo Moure
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Andreas Reling
 * 4) 🇸🇪 Erik Wahlberg
 * 5) 🇳🇴 Bjornar Prytz
 * 6) Yannick Studer
 * 7) 🇩🇪 Max Pritsch
 * 8) 🇮🇹 Federico Del Basso


 * GP Tokyo (7–8 May 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 3335
 * 1) 🇯🇵 Riku Kumagai
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Kazushige Suzuki
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Takuma Morofuji
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Carlos Ballester
 * 5) 🇯🇵 Kazuki Yada
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Takaya Saito
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Kensuke Kato
 * 8) 🇸🇬 Eng Chu Heng


 * GP Minneapolis (28–29 May 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1530
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Alexander Johnson
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Shota Takao
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Andrew Elenbogen
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Matt Severa
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Max McVety
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Owen Turtenwald
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Reed Hartman
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Yuuya Watanabe


 * GP Prague (11–12 June 2016)
 * Format: Legacy
 * Attendance: 1477
 * 1) 🇪🇸 Rodrigo Togores
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Nicolas Tholance
 * 3) Thomas Enevoldsen
 * 4) 🇨🇦 Alexander Hayne
 * 5) 🇮🇪 Niels Molle
 * 6) 🇨🇿 Lukas Blohon
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Gianluca Gazzola
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Arnaud Baglin


 * GP Pittsburgh (25–26 June 2016)
 * Format: Standard
 * Attendance: 1379
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Evan Petre
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Pascal Maynard
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Steve Rubin
 * 4) 🇺🇸 William Cruse
 * 5) 🇨🇦 Adam Ragsdale
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Eric Flickinger
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Matt Tumavitch
 * 8) 🇷🇸 Aleksa Telarov


 * GP Sydney (30–31 July 2016)
 * Format: Limited
 * Attendance: 1076
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Scott Lipp
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Jan Ksandr
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Ben Stark
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Seth Manfield
 * 5) 🇳🇿 Zen Takahashi
 * 6) 🇦🇷 Santiago De Paoli
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Thierry Ramboa
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Ben Seck

Pro Tour Eldritch Moon

 * Sydney (5–7 August 2016)
 * Prize pool: $250,000
 * Format: Standard, Booster Draft

Pro Player of the Year final standings
The 2015–16 Pro Tour season ended after Pro Tour Eldritch Moon. 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.

Invitees to the 2016 World Championship
The following twenty-four players received an invitation to the 2016 World Championship due to their performance in the 2015–16 season.