Magic the Gathering

2009 Schedule

As reported by Brian David-Marshall by Wiz­ards on August 22nd, 2008 here is the sched­ule for the 2009 Magic the Gath­er­ing Pro Tour.

Changes for the 2009 sea­son!
Now all Pro Tours will be dual for­mat with day one being played in a con­structed for­mat and day two being played as a lim­ited for­mat. No longer will play­ers at home have to try and fol­low lim­ited cov­er­age for an entire Pro Tour.

The Top 8s of the events are defined as being 2 con­structed and 1 lim­ited. Also the qual­i­fiers stick to a sin­gle for­mat through­out the sea­son with a 2:1 con­structed to lim­ited ratio.

Man­a­Na­tion is excited to see these changes and hopes to bring you cov­er­age from the upcom­ing Pro Tour season!

Stop #1 — Kyoto, Japan

When: Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2009
For­mats: Stan­dard, Booster Draft with the Top 8 being Stan­dard
Qual­i­fier Infor­ma­tion: Octo­ber 4 — Decem­ber 28, 2008, for­mat will be Sealed Deck

Stop #2 — Hon­olulu, Hawaii, USA

When: June 5–7, 2009
For­mats: Block Con­structed (Shards of Alara), Booster Draft with the Top 8 being Booster Draft
Qual­i­fier Infor­ma­tion: Jan­u­ary 3 — April 19, 2009, for­mat will be Extended

Stop #3 — Austin, Texas, USA

When: Octo­ber 16–18, 2009
For­mats: Extended, Booster Draft with the Top 8 being Extended
Qual­i­fier Infor­ma­tion: May 2 — Sep­tem­ber 6, 2009, for­mat will be Stan­dard

WORLDS — Rome, Italy

When: Novem­ber 19–22, 2009
For­mats: Stan­dard, Booster Draft, Extended with the Top 8 being Stan­dard