Top 25 Rankings: February 13, 2014

Once again, it's a quiet week here at the home of the Magic Top 25 Pro Rankings. And that's good, because if you listen very carefully, you might just hear the feverish scratchings of pen on paper, the whisper of cards being sleeved up, and the incessant tapping of keyboards deep into the night. The biggest names in the game have mostly gone into seclusion with their nearest and dearest (also known as their teammates) to work day and night on the Modern format for Pro Tour Born of the Gods, now just over two weeks away.

Every Pro Tour demands rigorous testing, but the banning of Deathrite Shaman, coupled with the unbanning of both Bitterblossom and Wild Nacatl, have opened up the possibility of a seismic shift in the Modern metagame. Hence the scratchings, whispers, and tapping.

That's not to say that the Pro Tour is the only game in town—far from it. Over the next five weeks, there's a veritable blizzard of Magic coming to screens near you. Grand Prix Paris serves as a white-hot "warm up" event for the Pro Tour, featuring up to 2,000 players choosing from every card under the sun in the Legacy format. For those of a Limited persuasion, Grand Prix Mexico City provides a Theros-based alternative. Many of the Pros will stay in Spain after Valencia, ready for the much-anticipated Team Sealed event at Grand Prix Barcelona, while Australians get their first taste of live video coverage from a home Grand Prix in Melbourne. Grand Prix Richmond rounds out the season, allowing all comers to take a stab at the brand-new Modern metagame.

Last week, the rankings didn't change. This week, the rankings don't change. Then watch out—it's going to be carnage.

Updated February 13, 2014

Rank	Name	Points	Change		Previous
1	Ben Stark	65.42			1
2	Josh Utter-Leyton	62.14			2
3	Reid Duke	61.08			3
4	Shahar Shenhar	60.56			4
5	Jeremy Dezani	59.02			5
6	Samuel Black	57.88			6
7	Tom Martell	56.32			7
8	Shuhei Nakamura	56.05			8
9	Yuuya Watanabe	54.35			9
10	Willy Edel	54.08			10
11	Stanislav Cifka	52.56			11
12	Owen Turtenwald	52.15			12
13	Makihito Mihara	51.15			13
14	Alexander Hayne	47.92			14
15	Martin Juza	46.08			15
16	Eric Froehlich	45.35			16
17	Paul Rietzl	44.40			17
18	David Ochoa	41.08			18
19	Shota Yasooka	40.40			19
20	Jon Stern	39.85			20
21	Raphael Levy	39.36			21
22	Brian Kibler	39.05			22
23	Craig Wescoe	37.71			23
24	Ari Lax	37.36			24
25	Christian Calcano	36.40			25