The 1999–2000 Pro Tour season was the fifth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. It began on 3 September 1999 with Pro Tour Boston and ended on 6 August 2000 with the conclusion of 2000 World Championship in Brussels. The season consisted of twenty Grand Prixs, and six Pro Tours, located in Washington D.C., London, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Brussels. At the end of the season Bob Maher, Jr. was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.
Mode
Six Pro Tours and 20 Grand Prix were held in the 1999–2000 season. Based on final standings Pro Points were awarded as follows:
Pro Tour – Washington D.C. (3–5 September 1999)
Washington D.C. was the first team Pro Tour. In a high-profile Top 8 featuring six players who were later inducted into the Hall of Fame, team Your Move Games (YMG) came out on top. YMG consisted of Dave Humpherys, Rob Dougherty, and Darwin Kastle, all eventual members of the Hall of Fame.
Tournament data
Players: 243 (81 teams) Prize Pool: $100,230 Format: Urza's Saga Team Sealed (Urza's Saga, Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny) – first day, Urza's Saga Team Rochester Draft (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny) – final two days Head Judge: Mike Guptil
Top 8
Final standings
Grand Prixs – Tohoku, Memphis, Lisbon
GP Tohoku (11–12 September) Higashino Masayuki Kazuyuki Momose Satoshi Nakamura Itaru Ishida Toshiki Tsukamoto Ayumi Hidaka Hiroshi Harada Yuichi Taguchi
GP Memphis (18–19 September) Michael Pustilnik Mike Heffern Kyle Kloeckner Matthew Norton Adrian Sullivan David Jafari Ric Watts Matt Rauseo
GP Lisbon (25–26 September) Helder Coelho Paolo Cruz Stephane Gentric Rui Mariani Pedro Marcos Alex Shvartsman Kuniyoshi Ishii Hector Fuentes
Pro Tour – London (15–17 October 1999)
Kyle Rose won Pro Tour London, defeating Austrian Thomas Preyer in the finals. Darwin Kastle's back to back Top 8 appearances in Washington and London brought him to five final day appearance in his career.
Tournament data
Players: 310
Prize pool: $151,635
Format: Urza's Saga Booster Draft (Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny) Head Judge: Carl Crook
Top 8
Final standings
Grand Prixs – Kyushu, Sao Paulo, Milan, San Diego, Tours
GP Kyushu (30–31 October) Tadayoshi Komiya Eisaku Itadani Katsuhiro Mori Fumihiko Sano Masashiro Kuroda Masayuki Higashino Takuichi Harino Toshiki Tsukamoto
GP San Diego (20–21 November) William Jensen Gary Krakower David Williams Charles Kornblith Darwin Kastle John Yoo Trevor Blackwell Eric James
GP São Paulo (6–7 November) Rafael Assafi Alvarengi Douglas Maioli Carlos Mao Alex Shvartsman Carlos Romão Eduardo Simao Teixeira F. Moreira Bandeira Rodrigo Jose Constanza
GP Tours (27–28 November) Alex Shvartsman Nicolas Labarre Eric Vinh Franck Canu Christer Ljones Camille Gleizes Thomas F. Gundersen Svend Geertsen
GP Milan (6–7 November) Ziga Fritz Raphael Gennari William Cavaglieri Mario Delucis Ivan Solaja Micha Schulte-Middelich Ivan Curina Sasa Zorc
Pro Tour – Chicago (3–5 December 1999)
Bob Maher, Jr. won Pro Tour Chicago playing a blue-green-white control deck. He defeated Brian Davis in the finals 3–2. First time Pro Tour attendant Davis reportedly played so horribly, that around spectators the joke went, that Davis was the first to have played 5–0 in the finals and lost, referring to their perception that he could and should have won every single game.
Tournament data
Prize pool: $151,635
Players: 344
Format: Extended
Head Judge: Nat Fairbanks
Top 8
Final standings
Grand Prixs – Manila, Seattle, Madrid
GP Manila (4–5 December) Christopher Parreñas Frederick Salazar Francis Robert Profeta Lawrence Lagman Au Yeung Hon Ming Andrew Buchanan Dino Eric Yu Ramon Allan Oca, Jr.
GP Seattle (15–16 January) Bob Maher, Jr. Jeremy Brower Tim Kariel David Price Alex Shvartsman Jasar Elarar Mike Hron David Weitz
GP Madrid (29–30 January) Carlos Barrado Xavi Gonzales Alex Shvartsman Tony Dobson Olivier Ruel Alex Dominguez Ramos Rui Mariani Patrick Mello
Pro Tour – Los Angeles (4–6 February 2000)
Trevor Blackwell defeated Chris Benafel in the finals to become Pro Tour Los Angeles champion.
Tournament data
Prize pool: $151,635
Players: 337
Format: Mercadian Masques Booster Draft (Mercadian Masques) Head Judge: Dan Gray