World Championship Decks

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World Championship Decks were specially packaged versions of four of the top ranked decks used during the Magic World Championships, released by Wizards of the Coast for the years 1997 through 2004. The cards produced were gold-bordered versions, and thus are not legal for use in DCI-sanctioned tournaments. Each deck included the cards in each competitor's deck and sideboard and were stamped with that player's autograph. Also included were twelve blank proxy cards, as well as cards with a printed decklist, a biography of the deck's author, and an overview of the four decks release for each respective year.


2004 World Championship Decks

The 2004 World Championship took place August 2004 in San Francisco, United States of America.

Julien Nuijten, World Champion

Untitled Deck

Aeo Paquette, Finalist

Affinity

Manuel Bevand, Semifinalist

Gabriel Nassif, Quarterfinalist

Untitled Deck

2003 World Championship Decks

The 2003 World Championship took place August 2003 in Berlin, Germany.

Daniel Zink, World Champion

Dave Humpherys, Semi-Finalist

Wolfgang Eder, Quarterfinalist

Peer Kröger, Quarterfinalist

2002 World Championship Decks

The 2002 World Championship took place August 2002 in Sydney, Australia.

Carlos Romao, World Champion

Sim Han How, Quarterfinalist

Squirrel Opposition

Brian Kibler, 11th Place

Raphael Levy, 16th Place

Le Wonder Goose

2001 World Championship Decks

The 2001 World Championship took place August 2001 in Toronto, Canada.

Tom van de Logt, World Champion

Machine Head

Alex Borteh, Finalist

Merfolk Opposition

Antoine Ruel, Semifinalist

U/B/R Nether-Go

Jan Tomcani, Quarterfinalist

2000 World Championship Decks

The 2000 World Championship took place August 2000 in Brussels, Belgium.

Jon Finkel, World Champion

Tinker

Janosch Kühn, Quaterfinalist

Angry Non-Hermit

Tom Van de Logt, Quarterfinalist

Replenish

Nicolas Labarre, Quarterfinalist

1999 World Championship Decks

The 1999 World Championship took place August 1999 in Yokohama, Japan. Each of these decks were released September 27, 1999.

Kai Budde, World Champion

Wildfire

Mark Le Pine, Finalist

Sped Red

Matt Linde, Semifinalist

Stompy

Jakub Šlemr, Quarterfinalist

1998 World Championship Decks

Brian Selden, World Champion

Ben Rubin, Finalist

Sligh

Brian Hacker, Quarterfinalist

Untitled Deck

Randy Buehler, 12th Place

CMU Blue

Randy's last name is misspelled on his deck box as Buelher, as is "twelveth" place.[1]

1997 World Championship Decks

Jakub Slemr, World Champion

Untitled Deck

Janosch Kuehn, Finalist

Svend Geertsen, Semi-finalist

Untitled Deck

Paul McCabe, Semi-finalist

Untitled Deck

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" column 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)." [2]

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