Wafo-Tapa Tops Them All!

VIDEO: TOURNAMENT CENTER

Randy and BDM conclude the coverage from a star-studded Sunday at Pro Tour-Yokohama.

TOP 8 DOWNLOADS

Finals (94.9 MB zip)
Semifinals 150 MB zip)
Quarterfinals (131 MB zip)
Prelude to the Top 8 (22 MB zip)
Future Sight Slide Show (30 MB zip)

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!

top 8 bracket

Quaterfinals

(1) Kazuya Mitamura

(8) Sebastian Thaler

(4) Raphael Levy

(5) Tomoharu Saito

(2) Mark Herberholz

(7) Masashi Oiso

(3) Paulo Carvalho

(6) Guillaume Wafo-Tapa

Semi-finals

Kazuya Mitamura, 3-0

Tomoharu Saito, 3-1

Mark Herberholz, 3-0

Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, 3-2

Finals

Kazuya Mitamura, 3-2

Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, 3-1

Champion

Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, 3-1

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EVENT COVERAGE

by Ted Knutson
Finals: The Best Name in Magic
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa vs. Kazuya Mitamura
by Noah Weil
Semifinals: Pickled Tink
Tomoharu Saito vs. Kazuya Mitamura
by Tim Willoughby
Semifinals: Rally Caps
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa vs. Mark Herberholz
by Noah Weil
Quarterfinals: It's Getting Hot in Here
Raphaël Lévy vs. Tomoharu Saito
by Craig Jones
Quarterfinals: Controlling the Fat
Paulo Carvalho vs. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
by Ted Knutson
Quarterfinals: Enter the Tax Man
Masashi Oiso vs. Mark Herberholz
by Tim Willoughby
Quarterfinals: Bombs Away!
Sebastian Thaler vs. Kazuya Mitamura
by Event Coverage Staff
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 Ted Knutson
News: Katsuhiro Mori Suspended
by Kelly Digges, with photos by Craig Gibson
Feature: Photo Essay - The Colossal Game
by Tim Willoughby
Feature: First Sightings of the Future
by Ted Knutson
Feature: The Prerelease of the Future
by Tim Willoughby
Round 16: Teferi, Teferi, Teferi, Teferi, Teferi, Teferi (Stop That!)
Masahiko Morita vs. Amiel Tenenbaum
by Noah Weil
Round 15: Lévy Reaches for a Bluff
José Luis Echeverria Paredes vs. Raphaël Lévy
by Tim Willoughby
Round 14: When Antoninos Attack
José Luis Echeverria Paredes vs. Masashi Oiso
by Ted Knutson
Round 13: "Tell Me When It's Locked Up, Will You?"
Gabriel Nassif vs. Antonino De Rosa
by Noah Weil
Round 12: Rainbow Brawl
Paulo Carvalho vs. Mark Herberholz
by Ted Knutson
Round 11: Landing Face Down
Andre Coimbra vs. Akira Asahara
by Noah Weil
Round 10: Under the Radar
José Luis Echeverria Paredes vs. Mark Herberholz
by Tim Willoughby
Round 9: Damn, Damn, and Double Damn!
Olivier Ruel vs. Will Lowry
by Noah Weil
Feature: The Top 43
by Event Coverage Staff
Info: Day 2 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
Info: Day 2 Country Breakdown
by Noah Weil
Round 8: Sudden Death
Robert Jurkovic vs. Kenji Tsumura
by Tim Willoughby
Round 7: Choose Your Own Adventure
Ruud Warmenhoven vs. Paul Cheon
by Noah Weil
Feature: Rogues and Rainbows
by Ted Knutson
Round 6: Ah, Ah, Ah… You Didn't Say the Magic Word
Johan Sadeghpour vs. Katsuhiro Mori
by Tim Willoughby
Round 5: Hello Kitey
Shuu Komuro vs. Julien Nuijten
by Noah Weil
Round 4: The Book of Chroniclers
Luis D. Scott-Vargas vs. Masahiko Morita
by Tim Willoughby
Feature: Hakuna Matata!
by Tim Willoughby
Round 3: Salut Maman!
Olivier Ruel vs. Antoine Ruel
by Noah Weil
Round 2: Continental Breakfast
Antoine Ruel vs. Rogier Maaten
by Tim Willoughby
Round 1: Red Deck Wins
Raphael Levy vs Gadiel Szleifer
by Event Coverage Staff
Info: Day 1 Player List
by Event Coverage Staff
Info: Day 1 Country Breakdown
by Event Coverage Staff
Info: Fact Sheet

FINAL STANDINGS


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