Mark Ioli Benjamin Lundquist 3. 4815162342 Richard Hoaen Eric Froehlich Bob Maher, Jr. 4. Cedric Philips Stole My Bike John Pelcak Chris McDaniel Jonathan Sonne GP Hamamatsu (8–9 April) Format: Team Unified Standard Attendance: 495 (165 teams) 1. Tanii Monogatari Kotatsu Saitou Takahiro Katayama Yuusuke Tanii 2. Stardust Crusader Akira Asahara Masaya Kitayama Shouta Yasooka 3. Limit Break Takuya Oosawa Ryou Ogura Itaru Ishida 4. Kiosk Takashi Ishihara Shuhei Itou Daisuke Saitou GP Barcelona (8–9 April) Format: Limited Attendance: 1208 Helmut Summersberger Raphaël Lévy Jelger Wiegersma Johan Sadeghpour Olivier Ruel Aniol Alcaraz Jean Charles Salvin Sebastian Aljiaj Pro Tour – Prague (5–7 May 2006) Takuya Osawa won Pro Tour Prague, defeating Aaron Brackmann in the finals. In a Top 8 of rather unknown players Shuhei Nakamura was the only one to have made it to the final stage of a PT before. Tournament data Prize pool: $240,245 Players: 415 Format: Booster Draft (Ravnica-Guildpact-Dissension) Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer Top 8 Final standings Pro Player of the year standings Grand Prixs – Torino, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur GP Torino (3–4 June) Format: Limited Attendance: 656 Nico Bohny Antoine Ruel Bram Snepvangers Klaus Jöns Marco Lombardi Guillaume Wafo-Tapa Giacomo Mallamaci Pierre Canali GP Toronto (3–4 June) Format: Limited Attendance: 504 Antonino De Rosa Jonathan Sonne Kyle Sanchez Mark Lovin John Fiorillo Brad Taulbee Jay Jiang Jelger Wiegersma GP Kuala Lumpur (3–4 June) Format: Limited Attendance:316 Kenji Tsumura Osamu Fujita Quentin Martin Ruud Warmenhoven Terry Soh Shouta Yasooka Cynic Kim Itaru Ishida Pro Tour – Charleston (16–18 June 2006) The Japanese team "Kajiharu80" won Pro Tour Charleston, defeating the Brazilian team "Raaala Pumba" in the final. "Kajiharu80" consisted of Tomohiro Kaji, Shouta Yasooka, and Tomoharu Saitou. With 525 competitors in 175 teams Pro Tour Charleston was the biggest Pro Tour ever. It was also the only Team Constructed Pro Tour ever. Tournament data Players: 525 (175 teams) Prize Pool: $234,000 Format: 3-Person Team Block Constructed (Ravnica, Guildpact, Dissension) Head Judge: Sheldon Menery Top 4 Final standings Grand Prixs – Toulouse, St. Louis, Malmo, Hiroshima, Phoenix, Sydney, Athens GP Toulouse (24–25 June) Format: Limited Attendance: 674 Kenji Tsumura Marijn Lybaert Shuhei Nakamura Adrian Olivera Julien Soum Olivier Ruel Shouta Yasooka Thomas Didierjean GP St. Louis (22–23 July) Format: Limited Attendance:466 Shuhei Nakamura Zac Hill Kenji Tsumura Chris Fennell Alex Kim Pierre Mondon Dalton King Jeremy Kunkel GP Malmo (22–23 July) Format: Limited Attendance: 539 Wessel Oomens