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. 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 Theme deck boxes of the era.

1997 World Championship Decks, Seattle

The 1997 World Championship took place on August 13-17, 1997 in Seattle, Washington in the United States of America.

Jakub Slemr, World Champion

Untitled Deck

Janosch Kuehn, Finalist

Svend Geertsen, Semi-finalist

Untitled Deck

Paul McCabe, Semi-finalist

Untitled Deck

1998 World Championship Decks, Seattle

The 1998 World Championship took place on August 12-16, 1998 in Seattle, Washington in the United States of America.

Brian Selden, World Champion

Ben Rubin, Finalist

Sligh

Brian Hacker, Quarterfinalist

White Weenie

Randy Buehler, 12th Place

CMU Blue

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

1999 World Championship Decks, Yokohama

The 1999 World Championship took place on August 4-8, 1999 in Yokohama, Japan.

Kai Budde, World Champion

Wildfire

Mark Le Pine, Finalist

Sped Red

Matt Linde, Semifinalist

Stompy

Jakub Šlemr, Quarterfinalist

2000 World Championship Decks, Brussels

The 2000 World Championship took place on August 2-6, 2000 in Brussels, Belgium.

Jon Finkel, World Champion

Tinker

Janosch Kühn, Quaterfinalist

Angry Non-Hermit

Tom Van de Logt, Quarterfinalist

Replenish

Nicolas Labarre, Quarterfinalist

2001 World Championship Decks, Toronto

The 2001 World Championship took place on August 8-12, 2001 in Toronto, Canada.

Tom van de Logt, World Champion

Machine Head

Alex Borteh, Finalist

Merfolk Opposition

Antoine Ruel, Semifinalist

Blue-Black-Red Nether-Go

Jan Tomcani, Quarterfinalist

2002 World Championship Decks, Sidney

The 2002 World Championship took place on August 14-18, 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

2003 World Championship Decks, Berlin

The 2003 World Championship took place on August 6-10, 2003 in Berlin, Germany.

Note: All cards in these decks were printed using the modern card frame, despite many cards included in these decks never having been printed using the modern frame before.

Daniel Zink, World Champion

White-Blue-Green Wake

Dave Humpherys, Semi-Finalist

Wolfgang Eder, Quarterfinalist

Peer Kröger, Quarterfinalist

2004 World Championship Deck, San Francisco

The 2004 World Championship took place on September 1-5, 2004 in San Francisco, California in the United States of America.

Note: All cards in these decks were printed using the modern card frame, despite many cards included in these decks never having been printed using the modern frame before.

Julien Nuijten, World Champion

Green-White Astral Slide

Aeo Paquette, Finalist

Affinity

Manuel Bevand, Semifinalist

Gabriel Nassif, Quarterfinalist

Blue-White Anti-Affinity Control

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]

External links

Note: There doesn't appear to be a live 1998 World Championship Decks Product Page.

References