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Pro Tour

The Pro Tour, abbreviated PT, was a series of major invitation-only DCI-sanctioned Magic: The Gathering tournaments, held about once every three months from 1996 to 2018.

The first Pro Tour, as envisioned by Skaff Elias, was held in New York City on February 17–18, 1996. More than twenty years later, in 2019, they were rebranded as Mythic Championships. In 2020, this was changed again, to Players Tour. MPL players will also be invited to Mythic Invitationals and all Tabletop Players Tour events.

Even early on in Magic history, there had been high-prestige tournaments that had attracted a lot of top players, most notably the 1994 World Championships, the first major tournament, which ran over three days of competition. However, the winner, Zak Dolan, received a trophy and a large number of booster packs from various sets, but no money. Similarly, the 1995 World Championship winner, Alexander Blumke, won a box of Legends and some miscellaneous packs.In 1995, Magic Brand Manager Skaff Elias felt that Organized Play needed to step up to the next level. Players had to have something to aspire to. Thus was the Pro Tour created.