1996 World Championships
The third Magic World Championship was held on 14–18 August at the Wizards of the Coast headquarters in Seattle, USA. It was the first World Championship after the birth of the Pro Tour, and it was the event that concluded the Pro Tour season. 125 players competed, and the tournament featured three formats: Booster Draft, Standard, and Legacy. In the final, once again a relatively unknown player prevailed, with Australia's Tom Chanpheng taking down the widely considered 'best in the world' at the time, Mark Justice.[1] Chanpheng's win was commemorated with a unique card, 1996 World Champion.[2]
| (1) Olle Råde | Olle Råde (2-0) |
Mark Justice (3-1) |
Tom Chanpheng (3-0) |
| (8) Tommi Hovi | |||
| (5) Mark Justice | Mark Justice (2-0) | ||
| (4) Scott Johns | |||
| (6) Tom Chanpheng | Tom Chanpheng (2-1) |
Tom Chanpheng (3-0) | |
| (3) Matt Place | |||
| (2) Henry Stern | Henry Stern (2-1) | ||
| (7) Eric Tam |
| Tom Chanpheng - 1996 World Championship | ||
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Of interesting note is that Chanpeng's winning deck included no sources of blue mana, though includes Sleight of Mind. This stems from an error in his submitted decklist. He was forced to use plains in lieu of the 4 Adarkar Wastes he had planned to include.
Finishing order
- Template:Flagicon AUS Tom Chanpheng
- Template:Flagicon USA Mark Justice
- Template:Flagicon USA Henry Stern
- Template:Flagicon SWE Olle Råde
- Template:Flagicon USA Matt Place
- Template:Flagicon USA Scott Johns
- Template:Flagicon CAN Eric Tam
- Template:Flagicon FIN Tommi Hovi