2017 World Championship

2017 World Championship
Date	6–8 October 2017
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Format	Ixalan Booster draft, Standard
Prize pool	$300,000
Winner	William Jensen
Previous Worlds: 2016 Next Worlds: 2018

The 2017 World Championship, the 24th Magic World Championship, was held on 6–8 October 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

The event also featured the 2016–17 Magic Pro Tour Team Series final between Genesis and Musashi. Musashi won in a tiebreaker match to win the inaugural team series 2–1.

Invitations

The seats for the 2017 World Championship were given out based on the following rankings:

Player	Method(s) of qualification
Shota Yasooka	Pro Tour Kaladesh winner
Lucas Berthoud	Pro Tour Aether Revolt winner
Gerry Thompson	Pro Tour Amonkhet winner
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	Pro Tour Hour of Devastation winner 2016–17 Latin American Champion
Josh Utter-Leyton	2016 Magic Online Champion
Sebastian Pozzo	2016–17 Standard Master
Martin Jůza	2016–17 Draft Master
Reid Duke	2016–17 North American Champion
Marcio Carvalho	2016–17 European Champion
Yuuya Watanabe	2016–17 Asia-Pacific Champion
Sam Pardee	Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Seth Manfield	2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Brad Nelson	3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Owen Turtenwald	4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Kelvin Chew	5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Lee Shi Tian	6th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Ken Yukuhiro	7th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Donald Smith	8th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Martin Müller	9th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Javier Dominguez	10th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Christian Calcano	11th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
William Jensen	12th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Samuel Black	13th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified
Eric Froehlich	14th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified

Players qualifying via multiple methods pass down extra invitations to the players with the most Pro Points among otherwise unqualified players.

Schedule

Friday, 6 October

• 3 rounds of Ixalan Booster draft
• 4 rounds of Standard

Saturday, 7 October

• 3 rounds of Ixalan Booster draft
• 4 rounds of Standard

Sunday, 8 October

• The 2016–17 Magic Pro Tour Team Series final, featuring Team Sealed.
• 2017 World Championship semifinals and final, featuring Standard

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Ixalan draft 1 record	Standard day 1 record	Ixalan draft 2 record	Standard day 2 record
1	William Jensen	$100,000	13	3–0	4–0	3–0	2–2
2	Javier Dominguez	$50,000	8	2–1	2–2	1–2	4–0
3	Josh Utter-Leyton	$25,000	6	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–2
4	Kelvin Chew	$25,000	6	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–1
5	Reid Duke	$10,000	6	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1
6	Sam Black	$10,000	5	2–1	2–2	1–1–1	3–1
7	Seth Manfield	$10,000	5	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–2
8	Owen Turtenwald	$10,000	5	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–2
9	Gerry Thompson	$5,000	4	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–2
10	Shota Yasooka	$5,000	4	2–1	1–3	3–0	1–3
11	Christian Calcano	$5,000	4	3–0	1–3	1–2	2–2
12	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$5,000	4	1–2	1–3	3–0	2–2
13	Eric Froehlich	$5,000	4	1–2	3–1	0–3	3–1
14	Sebastian Pozzo	$5,000	4	0–3	2–2	1–2	4–0
15	Brad Nelson	$5,000	3	2–1	2–2	1–1–1	1–3
16	Martin Juza	$5,000	3	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–2
17	Ken Yukuhiro	$2,500	3	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–3
18	Yuuya Watanabe	$2,500	3	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–2
19	Marcio Carvalho	$2,500	3	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–3
20	Lee Shi Tian	$2,500	3	0–3	3–1	1–2	2–2
21	Martin Müller	$2,500	3	0–3	3–1	0–3	3–1
22	Donald Smith	$2,500	2	2–1	0–4	1–2	2–2
23	Lucas Esper Berthoud	$2,500	1	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–4
24	Sam Pardee	$2,500	0	1–2	0–4	1–2	0–4