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The '''1995 World Championships''' for ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', the second ''Magic'' [[World Championship]], were held on 4–6 August at the Red Lion Inn Seattle Airport Hotel in Seattle, USA between August 5–7 [[1995]].
The'''Bold text''' '''1995 World Championships''' for [[Magic: The Gathering]] were held at the Red Lion Seattle Airport Hotel in Seattle, WA between August 5-7 [[1995]].


==Description==
This was the first World Championship that was invite-only, and the first that included a team portion. It was a three-day tournament featuring 71 players from 19 countries. The players played ten rounds – five rounds of [[Sealed deck]] and five rounds of [[Standard]] – where points were awarded for each game win rather than match win.<ref>{{WebRef|title=Alexander Blumke Becomes 1995 Magic World Champion|accessdate=2015-09-24|date=2009-02-16|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|url=http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/25d}}</ref> This was also the first tournament where players weren't allowed to change their [[Constructed]] deck between the Swiss rounds and the elimination rounds.<ref>{{WebRef|title=1995 World Championships|accessdate=2015-09-24|date=2009-02-16|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|author=Monty Ashley|url=http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/26}}</ref> In the final, the relatively unheralded Swiss player, [[Alexander Blumke]], defeated France's Marc Hernandez 3–2.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/1995wc|title=1995 World Championships|publisher=Wizards of the Coast}}</ref>
==Finishing order==
# {{flag|CHE}} [[Alexander Blumke]]
# {{flag|FRA}} Marc Hernandez
# {{flag|USA}} [[Mark Justice]]
# {{flag|USA}} [[Henry Stern]]
# {{flag|ITA}} Ivan Curina
# {{flag|ITA}} Andrea Redi
# {{flag|FIN}} Henri Schildt
# {{flag|AUT}} Mu Luen Wang
===Team World Championship===
The [[Team World Championship]] ended as follows:
# {{flag|USA}} United States – [[Mark Justice]], Henry Stern, Peter Leiher, [[Mike Long]]
# {{flag|FIN}} Finland – Rosendahl, Henry Schildt, Kimmo Hovi, Punakallio
# {{flag|AUS}} Australia – Glen Shanley, Chris Hudson, Russell, Liew
# {{flag|FRA}} France – Marc Hernandez, Moulin, Woirgard, Lebas
==Winning deck==
<d title="Alexander Blumke - 1995 World Championship">
<d title="Alexander Blumke - 1995 World Championship">
1 Disrupting Scepter
1 Disrupting Scepter
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Sideboard
Sideboard
1 CoP Artifact
1 Circle of Protection: Artifacts
1 CoP Black
1 Circle of Protection: Black
2 CoP Red
2 Circle of Protection: Red
1 Land Tax
1 Land Tax
1 Prismatic Ward
1 Prismatic Ward
4 Gloom
4 Gloom
2 Stromgald Khabal
2 Stromgald Cabal
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Magical Hack
1 Magical Hack
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</d>
</d>


== Finishing order ==
==References==
# [[Alexander Blumke]] ({{flagicon CHE}})
{{reflist}}
# [[Marc Hernandez]] ({{flagicon FRA}})
# [[Mark Justice]] ({{flagicon USA}})
# [[Henry Stern]] ({{flagicon USA}})
 
== References ==
* [http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/26 1995 World Championships] by Wizards of the Coast


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Latest revision as of 14:39, 27 May 2022

The 1995 World Championships for Magic: The Gathering, the second Magic World Championship, were held on 4–6 August at the Red Lion Inn Seattle Airport Hotel in Seattle, USA between August 5–7 1995.

Description

This was the first World Championship that was invite-only, and the first that included a team portion. It was a three-day tournament featuring 71 players from 19 countries. The players played ten rounds – five rounds of Sealed deck and five rounds of Standard – where points were awarded for each game win rather than match win.[1] This was also the first tournament where players weren't allowed to change their Constructed deck between the Swiss rounds and the elimination rounds.[2] In the final, the relatively unheralded Swiss player, Alexander Blumke, defeated France's Marc Hernandez 3–2.[3]

Finishing order

  1. {CHE} Alexander Blumke
  2. {FRA} Marc Hernandez
  3. {USA} Mark Justice
  4. {USA} Henry Stern
  5. {ITA} Ivan Curina
  6. {ITA} Andrea Redi
  7. {FIN} Henri Schildt
  8. {AUT} Mu Luen Wang

Team World Championship

The Team World Championship ended as follows:

  1. {USA} United States – Mark Justice, Henry Stern, Peter Leiher, Mike Long
  2. {FIN} Finland – Rosendahl, Henry Schildt, Kimmo Hovi, Punakallio
  3. {AUS} Australia – Glen Shanley, Chris Hudson, Russell, Liew
  4. {FRA} France – Marc Hernandez, Moulin, Woirgard, Lebas

Winning deck

Alexander Blumke - 1995 World Championship

1 Disrupting Scepter

2 Icy Manipulator

3 The Rack

2 Zuran Orb

3 Dance of the Dead

1 Dark Banishing

4 Dark Ritual

4 Hymn to Tourach

3 Hypnotic Specter

1 Mind Twist

1 Pestilence

1 Royal Assassin

2 Sengir Vampire

2 Terror

1 Power Sink

1 Balance

3 Disenchant

1 Land Tax

1 Spirit Link

1 Swords to Plowshares

Lands (25)

3 Adarkar Wastes

1 Bottomless Vault

4 Mishra's Factory

3 Plains

1 Strip Mine

12 Swamp

1 Underground River

Sideboard (15)

1 Circle of Protection: Artifacts

1 Circle of Protection: Black

2 Circle of Protection: Red

1 Land Tax

1 Prismatic Ward

4 Gloom

2 Stromgald Cabal

1 Blue Elemental Blast

1 Magical Hack

1 Sleight of Mind

References

  1. ↑ Alexander Blumke Becomes 1995 Magic World Champion. Wizards of the Coast (2009-02-16). Retrieved on 2015-09-24.
  2. ↑ Monty Ashley (2009-02-16). "1995 World Championships". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2015-09-24.
  3. ↑ 1995 World Championships. Wizards of the Coast.
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