YearWinnerHeld in
1994Zak Dolan (USA)Milwaukee, WI, USA
1995Alexander Blumke (Switzerland)Seattle, WA, USA
1996Tom Chanpheng (Australia)Seattle, WA, USA
1997Jakub Slemr (Czech Republic)Seattle, WA, USA
1998Brian Selden (USA)Seattle, WA, USA
1999Kai Budde (Germany)Yokohama, Japan
2000Jon Finkel (USA)Brussels, Belgium
2001Tom van de Logt (Netherlands)Toronto, Canada
2002Carlos Eduardo Romão (Brazil)Sydney, Australia
2003Daniel Zink (Germany)Berlin, Germany
The Magic: The Gathering world championships ("Worlds") have been held annually since 1994.

Table of contents
1 The 2003 world championship
2 The 2002 world championship
3 The 2001 world championship
4 The 2000 world championship
5 The 1999 world championship
6 The 1998 world championship
7 The 1997 world championship
8 The 1996 world championship
9 The 1995 world championship
10 The 1994 world championship
11 External links

The 2003 world championship

(Complete coverage)

The 2003 world championship was held from August 6 to August 10 at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany. German player Daniel Zink managed to emerge as the new world champion, beating Japan's Jin Okamoto 3-0 in the finals and taking home 35,000 USD in the process; other finalists included Tuomo Nieminen from Finland (3rd place), Dave Humpherys from the USA (4th place), Jeroen Remie from the Netherlands (5th place), Peer Kröger from Germany (6th place), Wolfgang Eder from Germany (7th place) and Gabe Walls from the USA (8th place). The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was be 208,130 USD.

Daniel's winning deck consisted of the following cards:

Main Deck:

  • 4 Mana Leak
  • 1 Circular Logic
  • 4 Wrath of God
  • 2 Vengeful Dreams
  • 3 Moment's Peace
  • 3 Renewed Faith
  • 3 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Mirari
  • 4 Deep Analysis
  • 3 Compulsion
  • 3 Cunning Wish
  • 2 Decree of Justice

  • 4 Krosan Verge
  • 4 Skycloud Expanse
  • 4 Forest
  • 4 Plains
  • 7 Island
  • 2 Flooded Strand
  • 2 Elfhame Palace

Sideboard:

  • 1 Vengeful Dreams
  • 1 Hunting Pack
  • 1 Wing Shards
  • 1 Circular Logic
  • 1 Ray of Distorion
  • 1 Renewed Faith
  • 1 Krosan Reclamation
  • 2 Exalted Angel
  • 3 Ray of Revelation
  • 3 Anurid Brushhopper

The 2002 world championship

(Complete coverage)

The 2002 world championship was held from August 13 to August 18 2002 at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia; 24-year old Carlos "Jaba" Romão from São Paulo, Brazil came out as world champion, garnering a prize of 35,000 USD with the help of his blue/black "Psychatog" deck. Other finalists included Mark Ziegner from Germany (2nd place), Diego Ostrovich from Argentina (3rd place) and Dave Humpherys from the USA (4th place), as well as malaysian national champion Sim Han How (5th place), John Larkin from Ireland (6th place), Tuomas Kotiranta from Finland (7th place) and Ken Krouner from the USA (8th place).

Carlos' winning deck consisted of the following cards:

Main Deck:

  • 4 Nightscape Familiar
  • 4 Psychatog
  • 3 Chainers Edict
  • 3 Circular Logic
  • 4 Counterspell
  • 3 Cunning Wish
  • 3 Deep Analysis
  • 3 Fact or Fiction
  • 3 Memory Lapse
  • 4 Repulse
  • 2 Upheaval
  • 10 Island
  • 2 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 4 Salt Marsh
  • 3 Swamp
  • 4 Underground River

Sideboard:

  • 1 Coffin Purge
  • 4 Duress
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Gainsay
  • 3 Ghastly Demise
  • 1 Hibernation
  • 1 Mana Short
  • 1 Recoil
  • 1 Slay
  • 1 Teferis Response

The 2001 world championship

(Complete coverage)

The 2001 world championship was held from August 8 to August 12 2001 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Canada; Tom van de Logt from the Netherlands came out as the new world champion, garnering a prize of 35,000 USD for his victory (as well as another 1,000 USD for the success of the dutch team he was part of). Other finalists included Alex Borteh from the USA (2nd place), Antoine Rel from France (3rd place) and Andrea Santin from Italy (4th place), as well as Michael Turian from the USA (5th place), Jan Tomcani from the Slovak Republic (6th place), Tommi Hovi from Finland (7th place) and John Ormerod from England (8th place).

Tom's winning black-red deck consisted of the following cards:

Main Deck:

  • 6 Swamp
  • 6 Mountain
  • 4 Rishadan Port
  • 4 Urborg Volcano
  • 4 Sulfurous Springs
  • 4 Plague Spitter
  • 3 Phyrexian Scuta
  • 3 Skizzik
  • 2 Flametongue Kavu
  • 2 Crypt Angel
  • 4 Blazing Specter
  • 4 Duress
  • 4 Dark Ritual
  • 4 Terminate
  • 3 Vendetta
  • 3 Urza's Rage

Sideboard:

  • 4 Scoria Cat
  • 3 Addle
  • 2 Persecute
  • 1 Pyroclasm
  • 3 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Flametongue Kavu
  • 1 Crypt Angel

The 2000 world championship

1st place - Jon Finkel (US)
2nd place - Bob Maher (US)
3rd place - Dominik Hothow
4th place - Benedikt Klauser

Jon Finkel's winning deck:

Main Deck:

  • 4 Crystal Vein
  • 9 Island
  • 4 Rishadan Port
  • 4 Saprazzan Skerry

  • 1 Crumbling Sanctuary
  • 4 Grim Monolith
  • 4 Masticore
  • 4 Metalworker
  • 1 Mishra's Helix
  • 1 Phyrexian Colossus
  • 4 Phyrexian Processor
  • 4 Tangle Wire
  • 4 Thran Dynamo
  • 4 Voltaic Key

  • 4 Brainstorm
  • 4 Tinker

Sideboard:

  • 4 Annul
  • 4 Chill
  • 4 Miscalculation
  • 2 Rising Waters
  • 1 Mishra's Helix

The 1999 world championship

1st place - Kai Budde (Germany)
2nd place - Mark Le Pine (US)
3rd place - Raffaele Lo Moro (Italy)
4th place - Matt Linde (US)

Kai Budde's winning deck:

Main Deck:

  • 3 Ancient Tomb
  • 4 City of Traitors
  • 13 Mountains

  • 4 Cursed Scroll
  • 4 Fire Diamond
  • 4 Grim Monolith
  • 3 Masticore
  • 1 Karn, Silver Golem
  • 2 Mishra's Helix
  • 4 Temporal Aperture
  • 4 Thran Dynamo
  • 4 Voltaic Key
  • 2 Worn Powerstone

  • 4 Covetous Dragon
  • 4 Wildfire

Sideboard:

  • 2 Boil
  • 3 Earthquake
  • 2 Rack and Ruin
  • 2 Shattering Pulse
  • 4 Spellshock
  • 1 Mishra's Helix
  • 1 Phyrexian Processor

The 1998 world championship

1st place - Brian Selden (US)
2nd place - Ben Rubin (US)
3rd place - Jon Finkel (US)
4th place - Raphaël Levy (France)

Brian Selden's winning deck:

Main Deck:

  • 3 City of Brass
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 2 Karplusan Forest
  • 2 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Swamp
  • 2 Underground River
  • 2 Undiscovered Paradise
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold

  • 2 Scroll Rack

  • 2 Lobotomy

  • 2 Nekrataal
  • 4 Recurring Nightmare
  • 1 Spirit of the Night
  • 1 Thrull Surgeon
  • 1 Man-o-War
  • 1 Tradewind Rider

  • 4 Birds of Paradise
  • 2 Spike Feeder
  • 1 Spike Weaver
  • 4 Survival of the Fittest
  • 2 Uktabi Orangutan
  • 1 Verdant Force
  • 4 Wall of Blossoms
  • 2 Wall of Roots

  • 2 Firestorm
  • 1 Orcish Settlers

  • 1 Cloudchaser Eagle

Sideboard:

  • 1 Staunch Defenders
  • 3 Emerald Charm
  • 1 Hall of Gemstones
  • 2 Pyroblast
  • 4 Boil
  • 2 Dread of Night
  • 2 Phyrexian Furnace

The 1997 world championship

1st place - Jacub Slemr (Czech Republic)
2nd place - Janosch Kühn (Germany)
3rd place - Svend Sparre Geertsen (Denmark)
4th place - Paul McCabe (Canada)

Jacub Slemr's winning deck:

Main Deck:

  • 3 City of Brass
  • 3 Gemstone Mine
  • 2 Sulfurous Springs
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Underground River
  • 3 Undiscovered Paradise

  • 4 Black Knight
  • 4 Choking Sands
  • 4 Contagion
  • 4 Fallen Askari
  • 4 Knight of Stromgald
  • 1 Necratog
  • 4 Nekrataal
  • 2 Shadow Guildmage

  • 4 Man-o-War

  • 2 Uktabi Orangutan

  • 2 Earthquake
  • 4 Incinerate

Sideboard:

  • 2 Disenchant
  • 1 Exile
  • 1 Honorable Passage
  • 3 Pyroblast
  • 2 Dystopia
  • 2 Ebony Charm
  • 2 Forsaken Wastes
  • 2 Hydroblast

The 1996 world championship

1st place - Tom Chanpheng (Australia)
2nd place - Mark Justice (US)
3rd place - Henry Stern (US)
4th place - Olle Råde (Sweden)

Tom's winning deck:

Main Deck:

  • 1 Kjeldoran Outpost
  • 4 Mishra's Factory
  • 15 Plains
  • 4 Strip Mine

  • 1 Lodestone Bauble
  • 2 Phyrexian War Beast
  • 1 Zuran Orb

  • 1 Sleight of Mind

  • 1 Armageddon
  • 1 Balance
  • 4 Disenchant
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 4 Order of Leitbur
  • 4 Order of the White Shield
  • 1 Reinforcements
  • 1 Reprisal
  • 4 Savannah Lions
  • 2 Serra Angel
  • 4 Swords to Plowshares
  • 4 White Knight

Sideboard:

  • 2 Arenson's Aura
  • 1 Black Vise
  • 4 Divine Offering
  • 1 Energy Storm
  • 1 Exile
  • 1 Reprisal
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Sleight of Mind
  • 2 Serrated Arrows
  • 1 Kjeldoran Outpost

The lack of blue mana sources 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 use for the Sleight of Minds. (This certainly illustrates how professional competition has evolved since.)

The 1995 world championship

1st place - Alexander Blumke (Switzerland)
2nd place - Marc Hernandez (France)
3rd place - Mark Justice (US)
4th place - Henry Stern (US)

Alexander Blumke's winning deck:

Main Deck:

  • 3 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Bottomless Vault
  • 4 Mishra's Factory
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Underground River

  • 1 Disrupting Scepter
  • 2 Icy Manipulator
  • 3 The Rack
  • 2 Zuran Orb

  • 3 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Banishing
  • 4 Dark Ritual
  • 4 Hymn to Tourach
  • 3 Hypnotic Specter
  • 1 Mind Twist
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 2 Sengir Vampire
  • 2 Terror

  • 1 Power Sink

  • 1 Balance
  • 3 Disenchant
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares

Sideboard:

  • 1 CoP Artifact
  • 1 CoP Black
  • 2 CoP Red
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Prismatic Ward
  • 4 Gloom
  • 2 Stromgald Khabal
  • 1 Blue Elemental Blast
  • 1 Magical Hack
  • 1 Sleight of Mind

The 1994 world championship

1st place - Zak Dolan (US)
2nd place - Bestrand Lestrée (France)
3rd place - Dominic Symens (Belgium)
4th place - Cyrille de Foucaud (France)

Zak Dolan's winning deck:

Main Deck:

  • 1 Library of Alexandria
  • 4 Savannah
  • 2 Strip Mine
  • 4 Tropical Island
  • 4 Tundra

  • 1 Black Lotus
  • 1 Black Vise
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Icy Manipulator
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 2 Meekstone
  • 5 Moxen
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Winter Orb

  • 1 Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Clone
  • 1 Control Magic
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 2 Old Man of the Sea
  • 1 Recall
  • 1 Siren's Call
  • 2 Stasis
  • 1 Time Elemental
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Time Walk
  • 1 Vesuvan Doppleganger

  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Ley Druid
  • 1 Regrowth

  • 1 Armageddon
  • 2 Disenchant
  • 1 Kismet
  • 4 Serra Angel
  • 4 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Wrath of God

Sideboard:

  • 1 Chaos Orb
  • 1 CoP Red
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Diamond Valley
  • 1 In the Eye of Chaos
  • 1 Floral Spuzzem
  • 2 Karma
  • 1 Magical Hack
  • 1 Powersink
  • 1 Presence of the Master
  • 1 Reverse Damage
  • 1 Sleight of Mind
  • 1 Kismet
  • 1 Winter Blast

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