The 2006 Pro Tour season was the eleventh season of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. On 18 December 2005 the season began with parallel Grand Prixs in Lille and Charlotte. It ended on 3 December 2006 with the conclusion of the 2006 World Championship in Paris. The season consisted of 22 Grand Prixs and 5 Pro Tours, held in Honolulu, Prague, Charleston, Kobe, and Paris. At the end of the season Shouta Yasooka from Japan was proclaimed Pro Player of the year. At the Worlds in Paris the second class of the Hall of Fame was inducted. The inductees were Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys, Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty.

Grand Prixs – Lille, Charlotte, Hasselt, Richmond, Dortmund

Pro Tour – Honolulu (3–5 March 2006)

Mark Herberholz won Pro Tour Honolulu piloting a green/red aggro-deck. He defeated Craig Jones in the finals. The final eight included both Ruel brothers, Antoine and Olivier. Notably absent from the Top 8 were the Japanese players after thirteen consecutive final day appearances.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245 Players: 410 Format: Standard Head Judge: John Shannon

Top 8

Final standings

Pro Player of the year standings

Grand Prixs – Manila, Cardiff, Madison, Hamamatsu, Barcelona

Pro Tour – Prague (5–7 May 2006)

Takuya Osawa won Pro Tour Prague, defeating Aaron Brackmann in the finals. In a Top 8 of rather unknown players Shuhei Nakamura was the only one to have made it to the final stage of a PT before.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $240,245 Players: 415 Format: Booster Draft (Ravnica-Guildpact-Dissension) Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer

Top 8

Final standings

Pro Player of the year standings

Grand Prixs – Torino, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur

Pro Tour – Charleston (16–18 June 2006)

The Japanese team "Kajiharu80" won Pro Tour Charleston, defeating the Brazilian team "Raaala Pumba" in the final. "Kajiharu80" consisted of Tomohiro Kaji, Shouta Yasooka, and Tomoharu Saitou. With 525 competitors in 175 teams Pro Tour Charleston was the biggest Pro Tour ever. It was also the only Team Constructed Pro Tour ever.

Tournament data

Players: 525 (175 teams) Prize Pool: $234,000 Format: 3-Person Team Block Constructed (Ravnica, Guildpact, Dissension) Head Judge: Sheldon Menery

Top 4

Final standings

Grand Prixs – Toulouse, St. Louis, Malmo, Hiroshima, Phoenix, Sydney, Athens

Pro Tour – Kobe (20–22 October 2006)

German Jan-Moritz Merkel won Pro Tour Kobe. It was his first appearance at a Pro Tour.

Tournament data

Players: 388 Prize Pool: $240,245 Format: Booster Draft (Time Spiral) Head Judge: John Shannon

Top 8

Final standings

Grand Prixs – New Jersey, Yamagata

2006 World Championships – Paris (29 November – 3 December 2006)

The tournament began with the Hall of Fame induction of Bob Maher, Jr., Dave Humpherys Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty. In an all-Japanese final Makihito Mihara defeated Ryo Ogura. The Dutch team of Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, and Robert van Medevoort won the team finals against Japan.

Tournament data

Prize pool: $255,245 (individual) + $210,000 (national teams) Players: 356 Formats: Standard, Booster Draft (Time Spiral), Extended Head Judge: Jaap Brouwer, Jason Ness

Top 8

Final standings

National team competition

Pro Player of the year final standings

After the World Championship Shouta Yasooka was awarded the Pro Player of the year title.