The 2005 Pro Tour season was the tenth season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 10 September 2004 the season began with Grand Prix Rimini. It ended on 4 December 2005 with the conclusion of the 2005 World Championship in Yokohama and was thus the longest Pro Tour season ever. The season consisted of 31 Grand Prixs and 7 Pro Tours, held in Columbus, Nagoya, Atlanta, Philadelphia, London, Los Angeles, and Yokohama. At the end of the season Kenji Tsumura was proclaimed Pro Player of the year as the first Japanese player. Also the first class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Jon Finkel, Darwin Kastle, Tommi Hovi, Alan Comer, and Olle Råde. Grand Prixs – Rimini, Vienna, Austin GP Rimini (10–11 September) Format: Standard Attendance: 750 Domingo Ottati Florian Pils Giovanni Gesiot Luka Gasparac Davide Ghini Jan Brodzak Andrea Paselli Luca Cialini GP Vienna (9–10 October) Format: Rochester Draft Attendance: 979 Nicolaus Eigner Antoine Ruel René Kraft Sasha Zorc Sebastian Aljiaj Daniele Canavesi Dario Minieri Stefan Jedlicka GP Austin (9–10 October) Format: Rochester Draft Attendance: 386 Jonathan Sonne Eugene Levin Chris Prochak Gerry Thompson Jim Finstrom Neil Reeves Michael Jacob Mike Thompson Pro Tour – Columbus (29–31 October 2004) Pierre Canali from France won the inaugural Pro Tour of the season, which was also the first Pro Tour he attended. His deck was an aggressive all-artifact deck called "Affinity". For the first time Japan had three players amongst the final eight while the USA had in the Top 8 for the first time in three Pro Tours. Tournament data Prize pool: $200,130 Players: 286 Format: Extended Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer Top 8 Final standings Pro Player of the year standings Grand Prixs – Helsinki, Brisbane, Yokohama, Porto Alegre, Paris, Chicago, Osaka GP Helsinki (6–7 November) Format: Rochester Draft Attendance: 455 Olivier Ruel Mikko Leiviskä Jean Charles Salvin Ulrik Tarp Anton Jonsson Wenzel Krautmann Pavlos Akritas Erkki Siira GP Brisbane (13–14 November) Format: Rochester Draft Attendance: 222 Will Copeman Anatoli Lightfoot Masami Ibamoto Andrew Grain Tom Hay Andrew Varga Jarrod Bright Bryce Trevilyan GP Yokohama (20–21 November) Format: Rochester Draft Attendance: 707 Kazuki Katou Tomohiro Kaji Akira Asahara Koutarou Ootsuka Masahiko Morita Rei Hashimoto Takashi Akiyama Ren Ishikawa GP Porto Alegre (20–21 November) Format: Rochester Draft Attendance: 342 Jose Barbero Gabriel Caligaris Mauro Kina Rafael Mendonça Guilherme Fonseca Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa Renato