There was plenty of excitement at the largest Canadian Grand Prix ever. Owen was going for a historic three-peat of GP triumphs on successive weekends, while Sam Black was looking for a fifth-straight Top 8 appearance. Both attempts failed during an epic last round before the Top 8, but as Sam, who climbed yet another place to No. 6 this week, tweeted:
For the home team in Canada, there were two ranked players to cheer. Alexander Hayne continued his march up the standings. Having won Grand Prix Kyoto, he managed Top 16 in Toronto, sending him up to No.18. Jon Stern was not so fortunate, and he falls out of the rankings this week. So who makes it in? None other than the overall winner of the Grand Prix, Ari Lax, who enters the chart at No. 22.
Lax ended the last pro season with a heartbreaking loss to Luis Scott-Vargas in the final round of Pro Tour Dragon's Maze—a match where the winner would be a Platinum Pro for the 2013–14 season, and the loser would not. To his vast credit, Lax took the loss as a call to arms, and has roared back this season. Expect to see Lax as a long-term fixture on the rankings list.
Join us right here next week for another look at the Magic Top 25 Pro rankings.
| Rank | Name | Points | Change | Previous | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ben Stark |
68.61 |
 |
1 | |
| 2 |
Josh Utter-Leyton |
67.96 |
|
2 | |
| 3 |
Reid Duke |
66.36 |
|
3 | |
| 4 |
 Shahar Shenhar |
64.94 |
|
4 | |
| 5 |
 Shuhei Nakamura |
61.53 |
|
5 | |
| 6 |
Samuel Black |
61.43 |
 |
+1 | 7 |
| 7 |
Yuuya Watanabe |
60.95 |
 |
-1 | 6 |
| 8 |
 Willy Edel |
59.36 |
|
8 | |
| 9 |
 Stanislav Cifka |
57.94 |
|
+1 | 10 |
| 10 |
 Jeremy Dezani |
57.76 |
|
+3 | 13 |
| 11 |
Tom Martell |
55.12 |
|
-2 | 9 |
| 12 |
Makihito Mihara |
55.02 |
|
-1 | 11 |
| 12 |
Owen Turtenwald |
55.02 |
|
12 | |
| 14 |
Eric Froehlich |
50.95 |
|
14 | |
| 15 |
Martin Juza |
49.36 |
|
15 | |
| 16 |
David Ochoa |
46.36 |
|
16 | |
| 17 |
Paul Rietzl |
44.85 |
|
17 | |
| 18 |
 Alexander Hayne |
44.27 |
|
+3 | 21 |
| 19 |
Brian Kibler |
43.53 |
|
-1 | 18 |
| 20 |
Raphael Levy |
43.02 |
|
-1 | 19 |
| 21 |
Craig Wescoe |
42.27 |
|
-1 | 20 |
| 22 |
Ari Lax |
41.02 |
|
— | NR |
| 23 |
David Sharfman |
39.02 |
|
-1 | 22 |
| 24 |
Christian Calcano |
37.85 |
|
-1 | 23 |
| 25 |
Luis Scott-Vargas |
37.44 |
|
-1 | 24 |
Dropped from rankings: Jon Stern