1995 World Championships/Top 8 decks
These are the Top 8 decklists from the 1995 World Championships.
Alexander Blumke
World Champion Alexander Blumke played a 
Control deck with a strong Discard strategy and The Rack as a win condition.[1][2]
| “ | Blumke won the World Championship with a well-crafted denial deck, complete with a few creatures and a smattering of two other colors to add a little defense to his game.[3] | ” |
Marc Hernandez
Runner up Marc Hernandez played a creatureless 
Control deck with the main win condition of Black Vise.[4][1]
| “ | Playing a strong control deck of almost one color, Hernandez most often defeated his opponents with either Black Vises or one of a few key cards in a secondary color taken from his sideboard.[3] | ” |
Artifacts (23)
2 Land Tax
Mark Justice
Only the sideboard of Mark Justice's deck is confirmed; a competition in the Sideboard Magazine asked readers to match the sideboard of each Top 8 competitor to the appropriate player.[3][5][6] The cards Justice chose to include in his sideboard imply that he played a red-based control deck.
| “ | Winning most of his games with direct-damage spells or large creatures such as Orggs and Shivan Dragons, Justice occasionally used artifacts to damage his opponents.[3] | ” |
A Reddit user researching the 1995 World Championships supplied a possible decklist in a post[7], but noted that this wasn't consistent with all their sources:
| “ | Note #2: I have the following deck list for Mark Justice's Red Artifact Control, but I could never find a second source to back it up. On top of it, another source revealed that this deck used 4x Elkin Bottle. | ” |
—/u/Rygars[6] | ||
Henry Stern
Top 4 finisher Henry Stern played a 
deck.[8][1][9]
| “ | Nicknamed “Vise Age,” Stern’s deck was a quick, two-color deck which defeated its adversaries with fast creatures and direct damage.[3] | ” |
Enchantments (3)
Ivan Curina
Ivan Curina played a deck.[10] The deck was predominately green, with a small white splash.
| “ | Curina played a weenie horde deck of all one color.[3] | ” |
Andrea Redi
Quarterfinalist Andrea Redi played a mono-red aggro deck.[11]
| “ | Playing a mono-color deck, Redi defeated his opponents with direct damage and a large number of goblins.[3] | ” |
Henri Schildt
Henri Schildt was another contestant for whom only the contents of his sideboard are known.[12]
| “ | Using an almost mono-color, creatureless deck, Schildt defeated his opponents with direct damage, Mishra’s Factories, and Black Vises.[3] | ” |
The implication is that Schildt played a primarily red control deck, splashing white, similar to that of Hernandez (or aspects of Justice's).
Artifacts (1)
Lands (1)
Sideboard (15)
Mu Luen Wang
Mu Luen Wang's deck is also only known from its sideboard.[13] It was a deck with a Aggro-Land destruction strategy.
| “ | Wang came prepared with a tricolor land-destruction deck, complete with an army of small creatures[3] | ” |
References
- ↑ a b c Wizards of the Coast (February 16, 2009). "1995 World Championship Top 4 Decks (website)". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on Feb 19, 2009. Retrieved on June 3, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) #1 Rack Control - Alexander Blumke (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Wizards of the Coast (February 1996). "Win a chance to compete in a Magic: the Gathering professional tournament!". Duelist Magazine - Issue 9 - February 1996, pp. 14. The Duelist. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) #2 WR Control - Marc Hernandez (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) #3-4 (Red Artifact Control) - Mark Justice (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ a b /u/Rygars (September 25, 2017). "Help needed for missing deck lists of Worlds '95 and Worlds '96 decks (Forum post)". Reddit. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ Rygar (2017). "Rygars Morgoth's 3-4. Red Artifact Control. Mark Justice (website)". DeckBox. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) #3-4 RG Control - Henry Stern (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ Henry A. Stern (Aug 15, 1995). "OK, Fine, Here's My World Championship Deck (Usenet post)". Usenet. Retrieved on June 3, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) 5-8 Selesnya Aggro - Ivan Curina (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) #5-8 Pre-Sligh - Andrea Redi (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) #5-8 (Sideboard B) - Henri Schildt (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.
- ↑ MTG Top 8 (2025). "Worlds 1995 (Seattle) #5-8 (Sideboard C) - Mu Luen Wang (website)". MTG Top 8. Retrieved on May 30, 2025.