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Collect All Four World Championshop Decks

Relive the excitement of the 1997 World Championships with these four commemorative decks.

Jakub Šlemr, World Champion — A fast, black creature deck that splashes in spells from all five colors.

Janosch Kühn, Finalist — A red. white, and blue deck built for the long game.

Paul McCabe, Semifinalist — A red-blue attacking deck that uses a number of efficient creatures and spells.

Svend Geertsen, Semifinalist — An extremly fast mono-green deck that uses a horde of creatures and very few other spells

 Jakub Šlemr

(World Champion)

Šlemr, a twenty-year-old computer analyst from Prague in the Czech Republic, said that he wasn't happy with his deck's 3-4 performance in the Standard (Type II) portion of the tournament. However, it came through for him in the elimination rounds. A black weenie deck at heart, it dips into all five colors. It also features a number of creatures that have an effect on entering play, like Man-o'-War, Uktabi Orangutan, and Nekrataal.

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Jakub Šlemr

DECK CONTENTS

MAIN DECK SIDEBOARD
# Name Set # Name Set
10 Swamp Fifth Edition™ 2 Ebony Charm Mirage
3 City of Brass Fifth Ed. 2 Forsaken Wastes Mirage
3 Gemstone Mine Weatherlight™ 2 Dystopia Alliances
2 Sulfurous Springs Fifth Ed. 2 Hydroblast Fifth Ed.
1 Underground River Fifth Ed. 3 Pyroblast Fifth Ed.
3 Undiscovered Paradise Visions™ 2 Disenchant Fifth Ed.
2 Shadow Guildmage Mirage™ 1 Honorable Passage Visions
4 Fallen Askari Visions 1 Exile Alliances
4 Black Knight Fifth Ed.
4 Knight of Stromgald Fifth Ed.
1 Necratog Weatherlight
4 Nekrataal Visions
4 Choking Sands Mirage
4 Contagion Alliances™
4 Man-o'-War Visions
4 Incinerate Fifth Ed.
2 Earthquake Fifth Ed.
2 Uktabi Orangutan Visions

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 Janosch Kühn

(Finalist)

Kühn, a fifteen-year-old high-school student from Hanover, Germany, played a red, white, and blue deck with a balanced mix of speed and control. It uses cards like Incinerate and Swords to Plowshares to deal with opponents' fast creatures, while increasing the mana base with Thawing Glaciers. For late in the game, Disintegrate and Hammer of Bogardan are excellent finishing cards.

 Janosch Kühn

DECK CONTENTS

MAIN DECK SIDEBOARD
# Name Set # Name Set
6 Island Fifth Edition™ 1 Kjeldoran Outpost Alliances
6 Mountain Fifth Ed. 2 Political Trickery Mirage
4 Plains Fifth Ed. 3 Pyroblast Fifth Ed.
1 City of Brass Fifth Ed. 2 Earthquake Fifth Ed.
4 Thawing Glaciers Alliances™ 2 Circle of Protection: Black Fifth Ed.
1 Undiscovered Paradise Visions™
4 Impulse Visions 3 Circle of Protection: Red Fifth Ed.
4 Counterspell Fifth Ed.
4 Force of Will Alliances 2 Disenchant Fifth Ed.
4 Wildfire Emissary Mirage™
4 Incinerate Fifth Ed.
2 Hammer of Bogardan Mirage
1 Pillage Alliances
2 Disintegrate Fifth Ed.
4 Swords to Plowshares Ice Age™
3 Abeyance Weatherlight™
2 Disenchant Fifth Ed.
4 Frenetic Efreet Mirage

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Paul McCabe

(Semifinalist)

McCabe, a nineteen-year-old college student from Toronto, Canada, played a fast red-blue attacking deck. The deck's main strategy is to put the opponent on the defensive, using a large number of inexpensive, efficient creatures such as Suq'Ata Lancer, Cloud Elemental, Ophidian, and Man-o'-War. It also makes good use of several "pitch" spells like Force of Will and Pyrokinesis.

 Paul McCabe

DECK CONTENTS

MAIN DECK SIDEBOARD
# Name Set # Name Set
10 Island Fifth Edition™ 1 Phyrexian Furnace Weatherlight
6 Mountain Fifth Ed. 1 Nevinyrral's Disk Fifth Ed.
2 City of Brass Fifth Ed. 1 Serrated Arrows Homelands™
2 Undiscovered Paradise Visions™ 4 Knight of the Mists Visions
3 Mind Stone Weatherlight™ 1 Hydroblast Fifth Ed.
4 Cloud Elemental Visions 1 Dissipate Mirage
4 Man-o'-War Visions 2 Pyroblast Fifth Ed.
4 Ophidian Weatherlight 3 Pillage Alliances
2 Disrupt Weatherlight 1 Pyrokinesis Alliances
4 Counterspell Fifth Ed.
2 Abduction Weatherlight
4 Force of Will Alliances™
3 Suq'Ata Lancer Visions
1 Wildfire Emissary Mirage™
4 Incinerate Fifth Ed.
2 Pyrokinesis Alliances
1 Disintegrate Fifth Ed.
2 Frenetic Efreet Mirage

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 Svend Geertsen

(Semifinalist)

Geertsen, a sixteen-year-old high-school student from Copenhagen, Denmark, played a mono-green deck known affectionately as "Señor Stompie." Of the eight finalists, Geertsen had the best record in the Standard (Type II) portion of the tournament, going 6-0-1. This deck is overloaded with fast green creatures, thirty-three in all. The only noncreature cards are Giant Growth, Bounty of the Hunt, and Winter Orb. The deck also exploits the interaction between Rogue Elephant, Harvest Wurm, and Heart of Yavimaya.

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Svend Geertsen

DECK CONTENTS

MAIN DECK SIDEBOARD
# Name Set # Name Set
16 Forest Fifth Edition™ 2 River Boa Visions
2 Heart of Yavimaya Alliances™ 2 Whirling Dervish Fifth Ed.
4 Winter Orb Fifth Ed. 1 Uktabi Orangutan Visions
4 Fyndhorn Elves Ice Age™ 2 Crumble Fifth Ed.
4 Ghazbán Ogre Fifth Ed. 4 Emerald Charm Visions
4 Rogue Elephant Weatherlight™ 3 City of Solitude Visions
4 Quirion Ranger Visions™ 1 Bounty of the Hunt Alliances
3 Harvest Wurm Weatherlight
4 Spectral Bears Homelands™
2 Whirling Dervish Fifth Ed.
2 Uktabi Orangutan Visions
2 Jolrael's Centaur Mirage™
3 Lhurgoyf Fifth Ed.
4 Giant Growth Fifth Ed.
2 Bounty of the Hunt Alliances

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