Editor's Note: This article was amended with the changes announced at Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar.

A little over a month ago, at Pro Tour Magic Origins, we announced a number of improvements to the 2015–16 Premier Play season and revealed the schedule for 2016's Grand Prix. Since then, we have had to make some changes to that schedule. Today, we will also be revealing the modified prize structure for 2016's Grand Prix, which we briefly touched on in our previous announcement.

2016 Grand Prix Schedule Changes

Since our initial announcement, we have had to shift a couple of dates and formats around for the 2016 Grand Prix schedule. You can find those changes below:

Grand Prix Beijing: Date moved to April 15–17, format changed to Limited to match other Grand Prix that weekend

Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur: Date moved to October 21-23

Grand Prix Milwaukee: Format changed to Limited

Grand Prix New York City: Date moved to May 6–8

Grand Prix Sydney: Date moved to July 29–31

Grand Prix Taipei: Date moved to June 24–26

In addition, the Grand Prix have been split into blocks that will qualify top finishers for a selected Pro Tour. Those date ranges are:

November 28, 2015–March 20, 2016

Feeds: Pro Tour Madrid 2016

GPs (11): Oakland, Vancouver, Nagoya, Mexico City, Houston, Detroit, Bologna, Melbourne, Washington, D.C., Paris

March 26, 2016–June 5, 2016

Feeds: Pro Tour Sydney 2016

GPs (10): Albuquerque, Barcelona, Beijing, Toronto, New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Manchester, Costa Rica

June 10, 2016–August 28, 2016

Feeds: Pro Tour Honolulu 2016

GPs (13): Columbus, Prague, Pittsburgh, Taipei, Sao Paulo, Montreal, Stockholm, Sydney, Portland, Rimini, Indianapolis, Lille, Guangzhou

September 3, 2016–November 27, 2016

Feeds: The First Pro Tour of 2017

GPs (11): Louisville, Kyoto, Atlanta, London, Kuala Lumpur, Providence, Warsaw, Santiago, Dallas, Rotterdam, Chiba

December 2, 2016–December 11, 2016

Feeds: The Second Pro Tour of 2017

GPs (3): Denver, Madrid, Milwaukee

Note: The early-2017 Grand Prix will be added to this list once those events are scheduled later next year.

The previous announcement will be modified to reflect these changes. However, you can find the complete schedule, broken down by season along with which organizer is running which event, below. If you are planning on attending any Grand Prix next year, then I highly advise bookmarking this page for your records and your convenience.

Editor's Note: The schedule was updated to remove Buenos Aires and add Costa Rica, as a result of this announcement and the announcement at Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar. The schedule was also updated to reflect the change in venue for Grand Prix Madrid. 

The 2016 Grand Prix schedule can also be found on our Premier Events calendar as well as the Grand Prix events page later today.

2016 Grand Prix Prize Structure Updates

As mentioned in our announcement during Pro Tour Magic Origins, we have re-evaluated the current prize structure that exists for players who finish well at a Grand Prix. After careful consideration, we determined that the prize money awarded to the Top 4 finishers of a Grand Prix does not accurately reflect the difficulty in reaching that stage of a tournament.

The revised prize structure places more of the prize money awarded at Grand Prix to the top finishers, with the winner of an individual Grand Prix now slated to take home $10,000USD starting in 2016.

Below are the revised prize structures for individual and team Grand Prix in 2016, based on the number of players. No changes to Professional Point payouts have occurred.

Individual Grand Prix

Team Grand Prix (prize payouts per team)

As always, we strive to bring the community a positive, memorable experience at our Grand Prix, and we aim to both listen to and address appropriate feedback as quickly and professionally as we can.