The 2006 Pro Tour season was the eleventh season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 18 December 2005 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs in Lille and Charlotte. It ended on 3 December 2006 with the conclusion of the 2006 World Championship in Paris. The season consisted of 22 Grand Prixs and 5 Pro Tours, held in Honolulu, Prague, Charleston, Kobe, and Paris. At the end of the season Shouta Yasooka from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year. At the Worlds in Paris the second class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys, Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty. Grand Prixs – Lille, Charlotte, Hasselt, Richmond, Dortmund GP Lille (18–19 December) Format: Legacy Attendance: 939 Helmut Summersberger Daniel Krutil Nicholas Labarre Luca Verdiani Martin Brenner Loïc Le Briand Max Bracht Nicolas Francois GP Charlotte (18–19 December) Format: Extended Attendance: 456 Michael Krumb Alex Majlaton Kyle Goodman David Shiels Antonino De Rosa Alan Hubbard Chris Boozer Thomas LaPille GP Hasselt (28–29 January) Format: Limited Attendance: 1070 Sam Gomersall Julien Goron Maurice Palijama Ziga Fritz Helge Nelson Dimitri Reinderman Quentin Martin Francois Moreau GP Richmond (4–5 February) Format: Limited Attendance: 558 Richard Hoaen Jonathan Sonne Adam Chambers John Fiorillo Eugene Harvey Taylor Webb Gerry Thompson Michael Pinnegar GP Dortmund (18–19 February) Format: Limited Attendance: 1029 David Brucker Julien Goron Mathias Wigge Marco Rothaupt Dennis Grudowski Julien Nuijten Olivier Ruel Stefan Rentzsch Pro Tour – Honolulu (3–5 March 2006) Mark Herberholz won Pro Tour Honolulu piloting a green/red aggro-deck. He defeated Craig Jones in the finals. The final eight included both Ruel brothers, Antoine and Olivier. Notably absent from the Top 8 were the Japanese players after thirteen consecutive final day appearances. Tournament data Prize pool: $240,245 Players: 410 Format: Standard Head Judge: John Shannon Top 8 Final standings Pro Player of the year standings Grand Prixs – Manila, Cardiff, Madison, Hamamatsu, Barcelona GP Manila (18–19 March) Format: Limited Attendance: 368 James Porter Jiro Francisco Cynic Kim Bo Sun Jake Hart Felix Gonzales Takuya Osawa Dominic Ortega GP Cardiff (25–26 March) Format: Limited Attendance: 370 Martin Dingler Wesimo Al-Bacha Roel van Heeswijk Julian Jardine Quentin Martin Bram Snepvangers Raphaël Lévy Antoine Ruel GP Madison (25–26 March) Format: Team Unified Standard Attendance: 456 (152 teams) 1. Faddy Josh Brian Ziegler Tim Bulger Takanobu Sato 2. Free James Beeton Kyle Goodman