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'''World Championship Decks''' are specially packaged versions of the top 4 decks used at the [[Magic World Championships]].  The cards are gold-bordered versions of the cards in each competitor's deck and stamped with that player's autograph.
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'''World Championship Decks''' were specially packaged versions of four of the top ranked decks used during the [[World Championship]]s, released by [[Wizards of the Coast]] for the years 1997 through 2004.  
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These cards are '''not''' legal in any [[DCI]]-sanctioned tournaments.
==Description==
The cards produced were [[Card frame#Gold border|gold-bordered]] versions and did not have a standard Magic [[card back]], making them unusable in [[DCI]]-sanctioned tournaments. The cards were also stamped with the player's autograph. Each competitor's release included their 60-card [[deck]] and 15-card [[sideboard]], 12 blank [[proxy]] cards, and cards with a printed decklist, a biography of the player, and an overview of the four decks release for their respective year. Due to the larger than usual collection of 90 cards per product the [[deck box]]es for World Championship Decks were slightly larger in size than typical [[preconstructed theme deck]] boxes of the era.


==2004 World Championship Decks==
==Product discontinuation==
2004 was the last year for which Wizards of the Coast released a series of World Championship Decks. When asked about 2005 World Championship Decks via an "[[Ask Wizards]]", [[Jake Theis]], Assistant Brand Manager for ''Magic: The Gathering'', stated, "We currently have no plans to release the 2005 World Championship decks. We try to have a full product offering for our fans, and the increased popularity of the [[Fat pack|Fat Pack]] seems to have gobbled up the demand for a fourth ''Magic'' product (after [[Boosters]], [[Tournament pack|Tournament Packs]], and [[Preconstructed theme deck|Theme Decks]])."<ref>{{DailyRef|ask-wizards-march-2006-2006-03-01|Ask Wizards|[[Jake Theis]]|March 14, 2006}}</ref> Simply put: not enough people bought them.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/172179659953/hi-mark-was-just-wondering-if-there-has-been|title=Has been anything written about why the gold-bordered world championship decks are no longer made?|March 23, 2018}}</ref>


[[Julien Nuijten]], World Champion
==See also==
<d>
* [[Pro Tour Collector Set]]
Creatures
4 Viridian Shaman
4 Eternal Witness
4 Eternal Dragon


Enchantments
==References==
4 Astral Slide
{{reflist}}


Instants
{{sets|special}}
2 Renewed Faith
2 Wing Shards


Sorceries
[[Category:World Championship decks]]
2 Akroma's Vengeance
[[Category:Magic sets]]
2 Decree of Justice
1 Plow Under
4 Rampant Growth
4 Wrath of God
 
Lands
7 Forest
6 Plains
4 Secluded Steppe
4 Tranquil Thicket
4 Windswept Heath
 
Sideboard
4 Oxidize
2 Rude Awakening
3 Scrabbling Claws
3 Circle of Protection: Red
3 Plow Under
</d>
 
[[Aeo Paquette]], Quaterfinalist
<d title=Affinity>
Artifacts
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Chrome Mox
4 Cranial Plating
4 Frogmite
4 Ornithopter
4 Welding Jar
 
Creatures
2 Disciple of the Vault
2 Somber Hoverguard
 
Instants
4 Shrapnel Blast
 
Sorceries
4 Thoughtcast
 
Lands
3 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Great Furnace
3 Glimmervoid
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Vault of Whispers
 
Sideboard
4 Furnace Dragon
4 Seething Song
3 Serum Visions
4 Annul
</d>
 
[[Manuel Bevand]], Quarterfinalist
<d>
Artifacts
4 Chrome Mox
1 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Krark-Clan Ironworks
4 Myr Incubator
4 Pentad Prism
3 Talisman of Dominance
3 Talisman of Progress
 
Instants
4 Condescend
3 Thirst for Knowledge
 
Sorceries
3 Fabricate
1 Fireball
3 Serum Visions
4 Thoughtcast
 
Lands
2 Ancient Den
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Great Furnace
4 Seat of the Synod
3 Tree of Tales
2 Vault of Whispers
 
Sideboard
4 Mana Leak
4 Furnace Dragon
4 Seething Song
3 Pyroclasm
</d>
 
[[Gabriel Nassif]], Quarterfinalist
<d>
Artifacts
3 Wayfarer's Bauble
 
Creatures
2 Eternal Dragon
3 Exalted Angel
 
Instants
3 Annul
3 Condescend
4 Mana Leak
3 Rewind
4 Thirst for Knowledge
 
Sorceries
2 Akroma's Vengeance
4 Decree of Justice
4 Wrath of God
 
Lands
4 Cloudpost
4 Flooded Strand
7 Island
7 Plains
3 Temple of the False God
 
Sideboard
4 Purge
3 Pacifism
2 Relic Barrier
3 Scrabbling Claws
3 Stifle
</d>
===External links===
[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/expansion/worldchampionshipdecks2004 2004 World Championship Decks Product Page]
 
==2003 World Championship Decks==
[[Daniel Zink]], World Champion
<d>
Artifacts
1 Mirari
 
Enchantments
3 Compulsion
3 Mirari's Wake
 
Instants
1 Circular Logic
3 Cunning Wish
4 Mana Leak
3 Moment's Peace
3 Renewed Faith
2 Vengeful Dreams
 
Sorceries
2 Decree of Justice
4 Deep Analysis
4 Wrath of God
 
Lands
2 Elfhame Palace
2 Flooded Strand
4 Forest
7 Island
4 Krosan Verge
4 Plains
4 Skycloud Expanse
 
Sideboard
3 Anurid Brushhopper
1 Circular Logic
2 Exalted Angel
1 Hunting Pack
1 Ray of Distortion
3 Ray of Revelation
1 Renewed Faith
1 Vengeful Dreams
1 Wing Shards
</d>
 
[[Dave Humphreys]], Semi-Finalist
<d>
Creatures
4 Aquamoeba
3 Arrogant Wurm
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
3 Wonder
 
Instants
4 Circular Logic
1 Krosan Reclamation
1 Ray of Revelation
3 Unsummon
 
Sorceries
4 Careful Study
2 Deep Analysis
2 Quiet Speculation
3 Roar of the Wurm
 
Lands
1 Centaur Garden
2 City of Brass
8 Forest
11 Island
 
Sideboard
1 Deep Analysis
2 Envelop
1 Krosan Reclamation
2 Mana Leak
2 Nantuko Vigilante
2 Phantom Centaur
1 Ray of Revelation
2 Stupefying Touch
1 Unsummon
1 Wonder
</d>
 
[[Wolfgang Eder]], Semi-Finalist
<d title=Goblin Bidding>
Creatures
3 Gempalm Incinerator
1 Goblin Grappler
4 Goblin Piledriver
2 Goblin Sharpshooter
4 Goblin Sledder
3 Goblin Taskmaster
4 Goblin Warchief
4 Siege-Gang Commander
3 Skirk Prospector
4 Sparksmith
 
Instants
3 Smother
 
Sorceries
3 Patriarch's Bidding
 
Lands
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 City of Brass
10 Mountain
3 Shadowblood Ridge
4 Swamp
 
Sideboard
2 Cabal Therapy
2 Dark Banishing
2 Flaring Pain
1 Smother
4 Starstorm
4 Sulfuric Vortex
</d>
 
[[Peer Kröger]], Semi-Finalist
<d>
Creatures
1 Anger
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
4 Doomed Necromancer
1 Phantom Nishoba
1 Symbiotic Wurm
1 Undead Gladiator
1 Visara the Dreadful
 
Instants
3 Entomb
2 Smother
 
Sorceries
3 Buried Alive
4 Burning Wish
1 Cabal Therapy
1 Chainer's Edict
3 Innocent Blood
1 Recoup
3 Stitch Together
4 Zombify
 
Sideboard
1 Buried Alive
3 Cabal Therapy
1 Decompose
1 Demolish
1 Guiltfeeder
1 Haunting Echoes
1 Last Rites
1 Patriarch's Bidding
1 Pyroclasm
1 Recoup
1 Sickening Dreams
1 Soul Feast
1 Stitch Together
</d>
===External links===
[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/expansion/worldchampionshipdecks2003 2003 World Championship Decks Product Page]
 
==2002 World Championship Decks==
[[Carlos Romao]], World Champion
<d title=Psychatog>
Creatures
4 Nightscape Familiar
4 Psychatog
 
Instants
3 Circular Logic
4 Counterspell
3 Cunning Wish
3 Fact or Fiction
3 Memory Lapse
4 Repulse
 
Sorceries
3 Chainer's Edict
3 Deep Analysis
2 Upheaval
 
Lands
10 Island
2 Cephalid Coliseum
1 Darkwater Catacombs
4 Salt Marsh
3 Swamp
4 Underground River
 
Sideboard
1 Coffin Purge
4 Duress
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gainsay
4 Starstorm
3 Ghastly Demise
1 Hibernation
1 Mana Short
1 Recoil
1 Slay
1 Teferis Response
</d>
 
[[Brian Kibler]]
<d title=Red Zone 2K2>
Creatures
4 Anurid Brushhopper
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Flametongue Kavu
3 Glory
3 Llanowar Elves
4 Phantom Centaur
4 Wild Mongrel
 
Instants
4 Call of the Herd
3 Fire // Ice
2 Wax // Wane
 
Sorceries
3 Living Wish
 
Lands
7 Forest
4 Brushland
2 City of Brass
4 Karplusan Forest
2 Mountain
3 Plains
 
Sideboard
1 City of Brass
1 Genesis
2 Global Ruin
1 Glory
1 Intrepid Hero
1 Phantom Nishoba
3 Reprisal
2 Simoon
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
1 Thornscape Battlemage
1 Thunderscape Battlemage
</d>
[[Raphael Levy]]
<d title=Le Wonder Goose>
Creatures
2 Genesis
4 Nimble Mongoose
3 Setons Scout
4 Werebear
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Wonder
 
Instants
4 Mental Note
1 Rushing River
 
Sorceries
4 Breakthrough
4 Careful Study
4 Roar of the Wurm
 
Lands
8 Forest
10 Island
4 Yavimaya Coast
 
Sideboard
4 Compost
3 Disrupt
3 Phantom Centaur
2 Ray of Revelation
2 Repulse
1 Rushing River
</d>
[[Sim Han How]]
<d title=Squirrel Opposition>
Creatures
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Flametongue Kavu
3 Llanowar Elves
4 Merfolk Looter
3 Phantom Centaur
4 Wild Mongrel
 
Enchantments
4 Opposition
3 Squirrel Nest
 
Instants
4 Circular Logic
3 Fire // Ice
 
Sorceries
3 Deep Analysis
 
Lands
8 Forest
5 Island
3 Karplusan Forest
2 Shivan Reef
4 Yavimaya Coast
 
Sideboard
1 Flametongue Kavu
3 Gainsay
3 Quiet Speculation
2 Ray of Revelation
4 Roar of the Wurm
2 Simoon
</d>
===External links===
[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=magic/expansion/worldchampionshipdecks2002 2002 World Championship Decks Product Page]
 
==2001 World Championship Decks==
 
==2000 World Championship Decks==
 
[[Jon Finkel]], World Champion
 
<d title=Tinker>
Creatures
4 Masticore
4 Metalworker
1 Phyrexian Colossus
 
Artifacts
1 Crumbling Sanctuary
4 Grim Monolith
1 Mishra's Helix
4 Phyrexian Processor
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Tinker
4 Voltaic Key
 
Instants
1 Brainstorm
 
Lands
4 Crystal Vein
9 Island
4 Rishadan Port
4 Saprazzan Skerry
 
Sideboard
4 Annul
4 Chill
4 Miscalculation
1 Mishra's Helix
2 Rising Waters
</d>
 
[[Janosch Kühn]], Quaterfinalist
<d title=Angry Non-Hermit>
Creatures
4 Avalanche Riders
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Blastoderm
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Masticore
2 Prist of Titania
 
Sorceries
4 Arc Lightning
1 Creeping Mold
4 Plow Under
4 Stone Rain
 
Enchantments
4 Saproling Burst
 
Artifact
4 Phyrexian Processor
 
Lands
2 Dust Bowl
10 Forest
4 Karplusan Forest
4 Mountain
4 Rishadan Port
 
Sideboard
4 Boil
1 Creeping Mold
2 Flameshot
1 Masticore
1 Phyrexian Processor
2 Rack and Ruin
1 Splinter
3 Uktabi Orangutan
</d>
 
[[Tom Van de Logt]], Quarterfinalist
<d title=Replenish>
Enchantments
4 Attunement
1 Energy Field
4 Opalescence
3 Parallax Tide
4 Parallax Wave
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Seal of Removal
 
Instants
3 Counterspell
3 Enlightened Tutor
4 Frantic Search
1 Mystical Tutor
 
Sorceries
4 Replenish
1 Wrath of God
 
Artifact
1 Sky Diamond
 
Sideboard
1 Chill
1 Circle of Protection: Black
1 Cursed Totem
2 Daze
3 Erase
2 Lilting Refrain
1 Seal of Cleansing
2 Submerge
2 Wrath of God
</d>
 
[[Nicolas Labarre]], Quarterfinalist
<d title=Chimera>
Creatures
4 Academy Rector
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Priest of Titania
1 Serra Avatar
 
Artifacts
4 Ahsnod's Altar
1 Snake Basket
1 Whetstone
 
Instants
4 Enlightened Tutor
 
Enchantments
1 Confiscate
4 Fecundity
1 Pattern of Rebirth
4 Saproling Cluster
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
 
Sorceries
1 Yawgmoth's Will
 
Lands
4 Brushland
3 City of Brass
8 Forest
2 High Market
2 Phyrexian Tower
2 Thran Quarry
 
Sideboard
1 Absolute Law
3 Armageddon
1 Aura Fracture
1 Blaze
1 Defense Grid
1 Energy Flux
1 Heart of Ramos
1 Light of Day
1 Meekstone
1 Parallax Wave
1 Phyrexian Processor
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Worship
</d>
===External links===
*[http://www.wizards.com/magic/expert/wcd2000/welcome.asp 2000 World Championship Decks Product Page]
*[http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/photos.asp?event=WORLDS2000&sort=bysubject 2000 World Championship Image Gallery]
 
==1999 World Championship Decks==
Each of these decks contain 90 cards and were released September 27, 1999.
 
[[Kai Budde]], World Champion
<d title=Wildfire>
Creatures
4 Covetous Dragon
1 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Masticore
 
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
4 Fire Diamond
4 Grim Monolith
2 Mishra's Helix
4 Temporal Aperture
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Voltaic Key
2 Worn Powerstone
 
Sorceries
4 Wildfire
 
Lands
3 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
13 Mountain
 
Sideboard
2 Boil
3 Earthquake
1 Mishra's Helix
1 Phyrexian Processor
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Shattering Pulse
4 Spellshock
</d>
 
[[Mark Le Pine]], Finalist
<d title=Sped Red>
4 Avalanche Riders
3 Fireslinger
4 Jackal Pup
4 Mogg Fanatic
 
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
 
Instants
4 Shock
 
Sorceries
4 Arc Lightning
3 Hammer of Bogardan
4 Pillage
4 Stone Rain
 
Lands
2 Ancient Tomb
2 Ghitu Encampment
16 Mountain
4 Wasteland
 
Sideboard
1 Arc Lightning
1 Fireslinger
1 Flowstone Flood
2 Masticore
4 Scald
2 Shattering Pulse
4 Thran Foundry
</d>
 
[[Matt Linde]], Semifinalist
<d title=Stompy>
Creatures
4 Albino Troll
4 Elvish Lyrist
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Pouncing Jaguar
4 River Boa
2 Uktabi Orangutan
4 Wild Dogs
 
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
 
Enchantments
4 Rancor
 
Instants
4 Giant Growth
 
Lands
14 Forest
4 Gaea's Cradle
4 Treetop Village
 
Sideboard
3 Choke
2 Constant Mists
1 Hurricane
2 Overrun
3 Thran Foundry
2 Uktabi Orangutan
2 Weatherseed Treefolk
</d>
 
[[Jakub Šlemr]]
<d>
Creatures
1 Bottle Gnome
1 Phyrexian Negator
3 Phyrexian Plaguelord
3 Ravenous Rats
2 Ticking Gnomes
 
Artifacts
3 Cursed Scroll
4 Powder Keg
 
Instants
2 Corpse Dance
4 Dark Ritual
4 Diabolic Edict
1 Rapid Decay
1 Vampiric Tutor
 
Sorceries
4 Duress
2 Stupor
3 Yawgmoth's Will
 
Lands
2 Spawning Pool
15 Swamp
1 Volrath's Stronghold
4 Wasteland
 
Sideboard
1 Botttle Gnomes
2 Carrion Beetles
1 Evincar's Justice
1 Hatred
2 Perish
1 Persecute
2 Phyrexian Negator
3 Rapid Decay
1 Sphere of Resistance
1 Stromgald Cabal
</d>
===External links===
*[http://www.wizards.com/magic/expert/wcd1999/welcome.asp 1999 World Championship Decks Product Page]
*[http://www.wizards.com/Sideboard/worlds99article.asp?scenes11 1999 World Championship Image Gallery]
 
==1998 World Championship Decks==
[[Brian Selden]], World Champion
<d title=Cali Nightmare>
Creatures
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Cloudchaser Eagle
1 Man-o'-War
2 Nekrataal
1 Orcish Settlers
2 Spike Feeder
1 Spike Weaver
1 Spirit of the Night
1 Thrull Surgeon
1 Tradewind Rider
2 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Verdant Force
4 Wall of Blossoms
4 Wall of Roots
 
Sorceries
2 Firestorm
2 Lobotomy
 
Enchantments
4 Recurring Nightmare
4 Survival of the Fittest
 
Artifacts
2 Scroll Rack
 
Lands
3 City of Brass
8 Forest
1 Gemstone Mine
2 Karplusan Forest
2 Reflecting Pool
1 Swamp
2 Underground River
2 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Volrath's Stronghold
 
Sideboard
4 Boil
2 Dread of Night
3 Emerald Charm
1 Hall of Gemstone
2 Phyrexian Furnace
2 Pyroblast
1 Staunch Defenders
</d>
 
[[Ben Rubin]], Finalist
<d title=Sligh>
Creatures
4 Ball Lightning
2 Goblin Vandal
4 Ironclaw Orcs
4 Jackal Pup
4 Mogg Fanatic
2 Mogg Flunkies
1 Viashino Sandstalker
 
Instants
4 Fireblast
2 Hammer of Bogardan
4 Incinerate
4 Shock
 
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
 
Lands
17 Mountain
4 Wasteland
 
Sideboard
3 Bottle Gnomes
2 Dwarven Miner
2 Dwarven Thaumaturgist
1 Final Fortune
1 Firestorm
4 Pyroblast
2 Shattering Pulse
</d>
 
[[Brian Hacker]], Quaterfinalist
<d>
Creatures
3 Nomads en-Kor
3 Paladin en-Vec
4 Soltari Monk
4 Soltari Priest
1 Soltari Visionary
4 Soul Warden
4 Warrior en-Kor
4 White Knight
 
Enchantments
1 Aura of Silence
4 Empyrial Armor
 
Sorceries
4 Catalysm
 
Instants
3 Disenchant
4 Tithe
 
Lands
17 Plains
 
Sideboard
3 Abeyance
2 Armageddon
3 Aura of Silence
3 Cursed Scroll
1 Disenchant
3 Spirit Link
</d>
 
[[Randy Buehler]], 12th Place
<d title=CMU Blue>
Creatures
1 Rainbow Efreet
 
Instants
4 Counterspell
4 Dismiss
2 Dissipate
3 Forbid
4 Force Spike
4 Impulse
3 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
4 Whispers of the Muse
 
Artifacts
4 Nevinyrral's Disk
 
Lands
18 Island
4 Quicksand
4 Stalking Stones
 
Sideboard
2 Capsize
1 Grindstone
4 Hydroblast
4 Sea Sprite
4 Wasteland
</d>
==1997 World Championship Decks==
 
[[Jakub Slemr]], World Champion
<d>
Creatures
4 Black Knight
4 Fallen Askari
4 Knights of Stromgold
4 Man-O-'War
1 Necratog
1 Nekrataal
2 Shadow Guildmage
2 Uktabi Orangutan
 
Instants
4 Contagion
4 Incinerate
 
Sorceries
4 Choking Sands
2 Earthquake
 
Lands
3 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
2 Sulphurous Springs
10 Swamp
1 Underground River
3 Undiscovered Paradise
 
Sideboard
2 Disenchant
2 Dystopia
2 Ebony Charm
1 Exile
2 Forsaken Wastes
1 Honorable Passage
2 Hydroblast
3 Pyroblast
</d>
 
[[Janosch Kuehn]], Finalist
<d>
Creatures
4 Frenetic Efreet
4 Wildfire Emissary
 
Instants
3 Abeyance
4 Counterspell
2 Disenchant
4 Force of Will
4 Impulse
4 Incinerate
4 Swords to Plowshares
 
Sorceries
2 Disintegrate
2 Hammer of Bogardan
1 Pillage
 
Lands
1 City of Brass
6 Island
6 Mountain
4 Plain
4 Thawing Glaciers
1 Undiscovered Paradise
 
Sideboard
2 CoP: Black
3 CoP: Red
2 Disenchant 
2 Earthquake
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
2 Political Trickery
3 Pyroblast
</d>
[[Svend Geertsen]], Semi-finalist
<d>
Creatures
4 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Ghazban Ogre
4 Rogue Elephant
4 Quirion Ranger
3 Harvest Wurm
4 Spectral Bears
2 Whirling Dervish
2 Uktabi Orangutan
2 Jolrael's Centaur
3 Lhurgoyf
 
Instants
4 Giant Growth
2 Bounty of the Hunt
 
Artifacts
4 Winter Orb
 
Lands
16 Forest
2 Heart of Yavimaya
 
Sideboard
2 River Boa
2 Whirling Dervish
1 Uktabi Orangutan
2 Crumble
4 Emerald Charm
3 City of Solitude
1 Bounty of the Hunt
</d>
[[Paul McCabe]], Semi-finalist
<d>
Creatures
4 Cloud Elemental
4 Man-o'-War
4 Ophidian
3 Suq'ata Lancer
1 Wildfire Emisary
2 Frenetic Efreet
 
Enchantments
2 Abduction
 
Instants
2 Disrupt
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
4 Incenerate
2 Pyrokenesis
 
Sorceries
1 Disintegrate
 
Arifacts
3 Mindstone
 
Lands
10 Island
6 Mountain
2 City of Brass
2 Undiscovered Paradise
 
Sideboard
1 Phrexian Furnace
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Serrated Arrows
4 Knight of the Mists
1 Hydroblast
1 Dissipate
2 Pyroblast
3 Pillage
1 Pyrokenesis
</d>
===External links===
*[https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=results/PTWORLDS97_Decks 1997 World Championship Decks Product Page]
 
==Pro Tour 1996==
 
Luconto, World Champion<br>
Lestree, Runner-up<br>
Lindbuck, Semi-finalist<Br>
Poulter, Semi-finalist<br>
Baxter, Quarter-finalisth<br>
Justice, Quarter-finalist<br>
Regnier, Quarter-finalist<br>
Tam, Quarter-finalist<br>
 
{{See|Pro Tour Collector Set}}
{{sets}}
[[Category: Tournament decks]]

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World Championship Decks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
World Championship Decks
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Set Information
Set symbol This set has no own expansion symbol.
Release date 1997 - 2004
Set size 8 x 4 x 75 (deck + sideboard)

World Championship Decks were specially packaged versions of four of the top ranked decks used during the World Championships, released by Wizards of the Coast for the years 1997 through 2004.

Description

The cards produced were gold-bordered versions and did not have a standard Magic card back, making them unusable in DCI-sanctioned tournaments. The cards were also stamped with the player's autograph. Each competitor's release included their 60-card deck and 15-card sideboard, 12 blank proxy cards, and cards with a printed decklist, a biography of the player, and an overview of the four decks release for their respective year. Due to the larger than usual collection of 90 cards per product the deck boxes for World Championship Decks were slightly larger in size than typical preconstructed theme deck boxes of the era.

Product discontinuation

2004 was the last year for which Wizards of the Coast released a series of World Championship Decks. When asked about 2005 World Championship Decks via an "Ask Wizards", Jake Theis, Assistant Brand Manager for Magic: The Gathering, stated, "We currently have no plans to release the 2005 World Championship decks. We try to have a full product offering for our fans, and the increased popularity of the Fat Pack seems to have gobbled up the demand for a fourth Magic product (after Boosters, Tournament Packs, and Theme Decks)."[1] Simply put: not enough people bought them.[2]

See also

References