日本語の取材へ
After a grueling four-game control-on-control final, Guillaume Wafo-Tapa of France emerged as the winner of Pro Tour-Yokohama. Already renowned as a deck designer, Wafo-Tapa scored the big trophy in his first Sunday appearance at a Pro Tour - certainly ending any anonymity Wafo-Tapa may have previously held.
Pro Tour champion is an impressive title, especially when you consider Wafo-Tapa accomplished the feat against one of the most fearsome Top 8s ever assembled. To get to his showdown with Japan's Kazuya Mitamura in the finals, Wafo-Tapa first had to defeat Worlds Top 8 member Paulo Carvalho and Pro Tour-Honolulu champion Mark Herberholz. Mitamura's road was not any easier, taking down reigning Rookie of the Year Sebastian Thaler and Pro Tour-Charleston champion Tomoharu Saito to make the finals.
Ridiculous haymakers filled the final match, with Draining Whelks and Teferis flying across the table. Mitamura took one game with the "Pickles" combo of Brine Elemental and Vesuvan Shapeshifter, but ultimately, Wafo-Tapa's choice to play cards with as much raw power as possible paid off. After navigating a Top 8 filled with big monsters and bigger names, Guillaume Wafo-Tapa emerged as the champion of Pro Tour-Yokohama!
| Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | | Finals | | Champion |
| 1 | Kazuya Mitamura | | Kazuya Mitamura, 3-0 | | | | |
| 8 | Sebastian Thaler | | Kazuya Mitamura, 3-2 |
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| 4 | Raphael Levy | | Tomoharu Saito, 3-1 | | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, 3-1 |
| 5 | Tomoharu Saito | | |
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| 2 | Mark Herberholz | | Mark Herberholz, 3-0 |
| 7 | Masashi Oiso | | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, 3-1 |
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| 3 | Paulo Carvalho | | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, 3-2 |
| 6 | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa | | |
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- Finals: The Best Name in Magic
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa vs. Kazuya Mitamura by Ted Knutson - Semifinals: Pickled Tink
Tomoharu Saito vs. Kazuya Mitamura by Noah Weil - Semifinals: Rally Caps
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa vs. Mark Herberholz by Tim Willoughby - Quarterfinals: It's Getting Hot in Here
Raphaël Lévy vs. Tomoharu Saito by Noah Weil - Quarterfinals: Controlling the Fat
Paulo Carvalho vs. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa by Craig Jones - Quarterfinals: Enter the Tax Man
Masashi Oiso vs. Mark Herberholz by Ted Knutson - Quarterfinals: Bombs Away!
Sebastian Thaler vs. Kazuya Mitamura by Tim Willoughby - Feature: The Top 8 Player Profiles
by Event Coverage Staff - Decklists: The Top 8 Decks
by Event Coverage Staff - Decklists: The Top 50 Decks
by Event Coverage Staff - Deck Breakdown: Card Counts of the Top 50 Decks
by Event Coverage Staff
- News: Katsuhiro Mori Suspended
by Ted Knutson - Feature: Photo Essay - The Colossal Game
by Kelly Digges, with photos by Craig Gibson - Feature: First Sightings of the Future
by Tim Willoughby - Feature: The Prerelease of the Future
by Ted Knutson - Round 16: Teferi, Teferi, Teferi, Teferi, Teferi, Teferi (Stop That!)
Masahiko Morita vs. Amiel Tenenbaum by Tim Willoughby - Round 15: Lévy Reaches for a Bluff
José Luis Echeverria Paredes vs. Raphaël Lévy by Noah Weil - Round 14: When Antoninos Attack
José Luis Echeverria Paredes vs. Masashi Oiso by Tim Willoughby - Round 13: "Tell Me When It's Locked Up, Will You?"
Gabriel Nassif vs. Antonino De Rosa by Ted Knutson - Round 12: Rainbow Brawl
Paulo Carvalho vs. Mark Herberholz by Noah Weil - Round 11: Landing Face Down
Andre Coimbra vs. Akira Asahara by Ted Knutson - Round 10: Under the Radar
José Luis Echeverria Paredes vs. Mark Herberholz by Noah Weil - Round 9: Damn, Damn, and Double Damn!
Olivier Ruel vs. Will Lowry by Tim Willoughby - Feature: The Top 43
by Noah Weil - Info: Day 2 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff - Info: Day 2 Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
- Round 8: Sudden Death
Robert Jurkovic vs. Kenji Tsumura by Noah Weil - Round 7: Choose Your Own Adventure
Ruud Warmenhoven vs. Paul Cheon by Tim Willoughby - Feature: Rogues and Rainbows
by Noah Weil - Round 6: Ah, Ah, Ah… You Didn't Say the Magic Word
Johan Sadeghpour vs. Katsuhiro Mori by Ted Knutson - Round 5: Hello Kitey
Shuu Komuro vs. Julien Nuijten by Tim Willoughby - Round 4: The Book of Chroniclers
Luis D. Scott-Vargas vs. Masahiko Morita by Noah Weil - Feature: Hakuna Matata!
by Tim Willoughby - Round 3: Salut Maman!
Olivier Ruel vs. Antoine Ruel by Tim Willoughby - Round 2: Continental Breakfast
Antoine Ruel vs. Rogier Maaten by Noah Weil - Round 1: Red Deck Wins
Raphael Levy vs Gadiel Szleifer by Tim Willoughby - Preview: Yokohama Through the Years
by Brian David-Marshall - Info: Day 1 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff - Info: Day 1 Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff - Info: Fact Sheet
by Event Coverage Staff
| | 1. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa [FRA] | $40,000 | | 2. Kazuya Mitamura [JPN] | $22,000 | | 3. Mark Herberholz [USA] | $15,000 | | 4. Tomoharu Saito [JPN] | $14,000 | | 5. Paulo Carvalho [PRT] | $11,500 | | 6. Raphael Levy [FRA] | $11,000 | | 7. Masashi Oiso [JPN] | $10,500 | | 8. Sebastian Thaler [DEU] | $10,000 |
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