1996 Pro Tour Dallas/Junior decks
| Pro Tour Dallas | |||||
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| Date | 22–24 November 1996 | ||||
| Location | Dallas, United States | ||||
| Attendance |
Masters:240 players Juniors:151 players Classic: 95 players | ||||
| Format |
Standard (Type II) Classic (Type I) | ||||
| Prize pool |
Masters: $150,000 Juniors: $60,000 (Scholarships) Classic: $40,000 | ||||
| Winner |
Masters:  Paul McCabeJuniors:  Justin SchneiderClassic: Scott Johns | ||||
| 1996–97 Pro Tour Season | |||||
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The following Standard decks were played in the Junior Division of Dallas.
As with the Masters Division, Prison and Necropotence strategies were successful, with the final being a Prison mirror. However, a difference was a number of decks playing green for untargetable threats like Deadly Insect and Autumn Willow.
Top 8 Decks
Justin Schneider
Junior Champion Justin Schneider played a 
Prison deck which had been designed by Mike Long.[1]
Jeremy Baca
Runner up Jermey Baca also played a Prison strategy, although his was monowhite. He had been part of the group who developed the "White Trash" deck, along with Masters contestants Mark Justice and George Baxter.[2]
Patrick Chapin
Patrick Chapin was the top seed going into the Top 8, but was eliminated in the semifinals. He played an aggressive monored deck which had come to prominence after Paul Sligh had qualified for Atlanta with it.
| “ | Sligh decks boast a range of small-to-medium, very cost-effective creatures — including some which most serious players laugh at, such as Ironclaw Orcs — along with Lightning Bolts, Incinerates, and a few X spells, to deliver lots of fast damage. Chapin removed the X spells from his deck, instead using three recyclable direct-damage spells: two Death Sparks and Hammer of Bogardan.[3] | ” |
Creatures (23)
Artifact (1)
Jeff Simoneau
Semifinalist Jeff Simoneau played a fairly conventional Necrodeck, with four Nevinyrral's Disk as a safety valve and Stupor replacing three of the now restricted Hymn to Tourachs.
| “ | His version of the deck differed slightly from the usual formula by including only two Drain Lifes rather than three or four, and six “pump-knights.” He also ran two Contagions and two Serrated Arrows standard, along with two more of each in his sideboard.[3] | ” |
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard (15)
4 Dystopia
Jason Moungey
Jason Moungey played a 
Midrange deck.
| “ | He strategized to use direct damage, Swords to Plowshares, and Icy Manipulators to eliminate or pin down his opponent's creatures, then attack with an “untouchable” creature—one that couldn't be removed by Swords to Plowshares or Lightning Bolt, the two most commonly used anti-creature spells. His Deadly Insects and Wildfire Emissaries both fit the bill. Winter Orbs were not the focus of his deck. Instead, Moungey said, the purpose of the Orbs was “to control Thawing Glaciers, Kjeldoran Outposts, or Necropotence.”[3] | ” |
Artifacts (16)
Sideboard (15)
2 Pillage
Vinnie Falcone
Vinnie Falcone played an aggressive creature deck.
| “ | Forget control — Falcone focused his deck for damage and more damage. He brought out Elvish Archers immediately to put his opponent on the defensive and give him or her no breathing room. His six mana-producing elves help ensure the larger creatures wouldn't be far behind. Besides the elves and untargetables, four Erhnam Djinns rounded out the creature supply. That's two-thirds of the deck. The other one-third was consumed by direct damage: Lightning Bolts, Incinerates, Fireballs, and Stormbind.[3] | ” |
Yubin Tao
Yubin Tao played a Control deck.
| “ | Tao called his deck “The 1:30 Special” because he built it in a rush at about 1:30 A.M. the night before the tournament. He built a blue/white control deck with plenty of counterspells, along with white for destroying creatures, artifacts, and enchantments. Soldiers from three Kjeldoran Outposts provided the deck’s only damage. [3] | ” |
Adam Jansen
Adam Jansen played a Midrange deck.
| “ | Like Moungey, he relied on “untouchable” creatures — in this case, Deadly Insects, Jolrael’s Centaurs, and Autumn Willows — to take out his opponent. Like classical Erhnageddon, Jansen would try to get out a creature and then cast Armageddon. This land destruction was backed up by Icy Manipulators and Diamonds to control his opponent’s mana supply and to supply his own mana needs.[3] | ” |
References
- ↑ Scott McGough (February 1997). "Justin Schneider Perseveres (pdf)". The Duelist Sideboard #5. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on September 25, 2025.
- ↑ Scott McGough (February 1997). "Jermey Baca Brings Undeniable Grace to Second Place (pdf)". The Duelist Sideboard #5. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on September 25, 2025.
- ↑ a b c d e f Beth Moursund (February 1997). "Top 8 Junior Decks (pdf)". The Duelist Sideboard #5. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on September 25, 2025.