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Magic: The Gathering World Championships Year Winner Held in 1994 Zak Dolan Milwaukee, WI, USA 1995 Alexander Blumke Seattle, WA, USA 1996 Tom Chanpheng Seattle, WA, USA 1997 Jakub Slemr Seattle, WA, USA 1998 Brian Selden Seattle, WA, USA 1999 Kai Budde Yokohama, Japan 2000 Jon Finkel Brussels, Belgium 2001 Tom van de Logt Toronto, Canada 2002 Carlos Romão Sydney, Australia 2003 Daniel Zink Berlin, Germany 2004 Julien Nuijten San Francisco, CA, USA 2005 Katsuhiro Mori Yokohama, Japan 2006 Makihito Mihara Paris, France 2007 Uri Peleg New York City, NY, USA 2008 Antti Malin Memphis, TN, USA 2009 André Coimbra Rome, Italy 2010 Guillaume Matignon Chiba, Japan 2011 Jun'ya Iyanaga San Francisco, CA, USA The Magic: The Gathering World Championships (Worlds) have been held annually since 1994. It is the most important tournament in the game of Magic: The Gathering, offering to the winner a cash prize of $45,000. Originally open to all competitors, Worlds is now an invitation-only event and the last Pro Tour of each season. The invitees are mostly top finishers from the National championships, the top-ranked players of the DCI and high-level pro players.
After the first five World Championships were all held in the United States, Worlds were held in various places outside the US, most of which were either in Europe or Japan. Besides the main event Worlds is always a huge gathering of Magic players, who come to watch the pros and compete in side events.
History
The first World Championship was held in 1994 at the Gen Con fair in Milwaukee. Despite the name the tournament varied considerably from later Worlds. The tournament was open to all competitors, its mode was single-elimination, and it featured just one format, Type I (now Vintage).[1] Starting with the 1995 Worlds all subsequent Worlds were open to invited players only.
With the introduction of the Pro Tour in 1996 the World Championship became the final stop of each Pro Tour season. As the final event to award Pro points every season, Worlds also since hosts the Pro Player of the Year award ceremony. Traditionally held in August, Worlds was moved to the end of the year between 2004 and 2006, when the Pro Tour season was adjusted to the calendar year. Since the inception of the Hall of Fame in 2005 Worlds also hosts the induction ceremony of each year's class.
Mode
Most Worlds have been held over five days, hosting an individual and a team competition. The individual competition consists of three disciplines in which every participant has to compete. Traditionally that has been six rounds of Standard played on the first day, two Drafts of three rounds each on the second, and six rounds of some previously determined constructed format on the third day. The fourth day hosted the national team competition. On the final day the best eight players from the individual competition returned to determine the World Champion in three rounds of single elimination.
Beginning with the 2007 Worlds the tournament has been shortened to four days. The schedule has been altered to further accommodate all parts of the competition.
Participants
The following players are eligible to play in the World Championship:[2]
- Current World Champion
- 2nd to 8th place finishers from the previous World Championship.
- Current Pro Player of the Year.
- For countries that hold an invitation-only National Championship, the three members of each national team and that team’s designated alternate.
- For countries that hold an open National Championship, the winner of that National Championship.
- Players with Pro Tour Players Club level 4 or higher. (This includes all members of the Hall of Fame.)
- Players with Pro Tour Players Club level 3 that have not yet used their Players Club invitation
- Top 25 DCI Total-ranked players from the APAC region.
- Top 25 DCI Total-ranked players from Japan.
- Top 50 DCI Total-ranked players from the Europe region.
- Top 50 DCI Total-ranked players from the Latin America region.
- Top 50 DCI Total-ranked players from the North America region.
- Players invited to the Magic Online Championship held the same week (New in 2009).[3]
(Compare Magic Premier Event Invitation Policy). In recent years, the tournament location has alternated between North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.
On 2nd November 2011, Wizards of the Coast announced a major change to the structure of the World Championship.[4] It was announced that as of 2012, the World Championship will move from being a Pro Tour-sized event to an exclusive sixteen-person tournament. These sixteen players will be:
- Current World Champion
- Current Magic Online Champion
- Winners of the previous three Pro Tours
- The top-ranked player from each geo-region (Asia Pacific, Europe, Japan, Latin America, and North America) in the Planeswalker Points Yearly Professional Total who are not yet invited based on the above criteria
- The top-ranked players in the worldwide Planeswalker Points Yearly Professional Total who are not yet invited based on the above criteria sufficient to bring the total number of invited players to the World Championship to sixteen
1994 World championship
Zak Dolan – 1994 World Championship
Angel StasisMain Deck: Sideboard: 1 Black Vise
1 Howling Mine
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Ivory Tower
2 Meekstone
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 Doppelganger
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 God1 Library of Alexandria
4 Savannah
2 Strip Mine
4 Tropical Island
4 Tundra1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault1 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 BlastThe first Magic World Championship was held at the Gen Con in Milwaukee, USA on 19–21 August 1994. It is the only Worlds tournament which was held in the Vintage format, then known as Type I. The 1994 Worlds is also the only Worlds which was not an invite-only tournament, instead everybody could register, but the tournament was capped at 512 participants. After two days of single elimination play the final four players featured Bertrand Lestrée, who defeated Cyrille DeFoucaud 2–0 in his semi-final, and Zak Dolan, who defeated Dominic Symens 2–0 in the other semi-final. In the final Dolan defeated Lestrée 2–1.[1]
- Final standings
1995 World championship
Alexander Blumke – 1995 World Championship[5]
Rack ControlMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Plowshares3 Adarkar Wastes
1 Bottomless Vault
4 Mishra's Factory
3 Plains
1 Strip Mine
12 Swamp
1 Underground River1 CoP Artifact
1 CoP Black
2 CoP Red
1 Land Tax
1 Prismatic Ward
4 Gloom
2 Stromgald Cabal
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Magical Hack
1 Sleight of MindThe second Magic Worlds Championship was held on 4–6 August at the Red Lion Inn in Seattle, USA.[6] 71 players from 19 countries participated. The tournament featured five rounds of Sealed Deck on the first day and five rounds of Standard, then known as Type II, on the second day. Points were awarded for each individual game instead of completed matches as today.[7] The top 8 on Sunday were played with the Standard decks from the day before. In the final Alexander Blumke defeated Mark Hernandez 3–2.[8]
Final standings
- Alexander Blumke
- Marc Hernandez
- Mark Justice
- Henry Stern
- Ivan Curina
- Andrea Redi
- Henri Schildt
- Mu Luen Wang
- Team champion
- United States – Mark Justice, Henry Stern, Peter Leiher, Michael Long
- Finland – Rosendahl, Henry Schildt, Kimmo Hovi, Punakallio
- Australia – Shandley, Hubson, Russell, Liew
- France – Marc Hernandez, Moulin, Woirgard, Liew
1996 World championship
Tom Chanpheng – 1996 World Championship
White WeenieMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Knight1 Kjeldoran Outpost
4 Mishra's Factory
15 Plains
4 Strip Mine2 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 OutpostThe third Magic World Championship was held at the Wizards headquarters in Seattle, USA. It was the first Worlds also to be a Pro Tour. 125 players competed in the event.[9] The tournament featured a Booster Draft, a Standard (Type II), and a Legacy (Type 1.5) portion.[10]
Final standings
- Tom Chanpheng
- Mark Justice
- Henry Stern
- Olle Råde
- Matt Place
- Scott Johns
- Eric Tam
- Tommi Hovi
Note that Chanpeng's winning deck included a Sleight of Mind, but no sources of blue mana. This 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 include.
Tom's victory was commemorated with a unique card, named 1996 World Champion.
- Team final
- United States – Dennis Bentley, George Baxter, Mike Long, Matt Place
- Czech Republic – David Korejtko, Jakub Slemr, Ondrej Baudys, Lucas Kocourek
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
- Olle Råde
- Shawn "Hammer" Regnier
- Mark Justice
1997 World championship
Jakub Slemr – 1997 World Championship Main Deck: Sideboard: 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 Incinerate3 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
2 Sulfurous Springs
10 Swamp
1 Underground River
3 Undiscovered Paradise2 Disenchant
1 Exile
1 Honorable Passage
3 Pyroblast
2 Dystopia
2 Ebony Charm
2 Forsaken Wastes
2 HydroblastThe fourth Magic World Championship was held on 13–17 August 1997 in Seattle, USA. 153 players competed in the event.[11] It was the first Magic tournament to be filmed by ESPN2. The competition featured Standard, Mirage-Visions-Weatherlight Rochester Draft, and Extended.[10]
Final standings
- Jakub Slemr
- Janosch Kühn
- Paul McCabe
- Svend Geertsen
- Gabriel Tsang
- Nikolai Weibull
- Nate Clark
- John Chinnock
- Team final
- Canada – Gary Krakower, Michael Donais, Ed Ito, Gabriel Tsang
- Sweden – Nikolai Weibull, Matthias Jorstedt, Marcus Angelin, Johan Cedercrantz
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
1998 World championship
Brian Selden – 1998 World Championship
RecSurMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Eagle3 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 Stronghold1 Staunch Defenders
3 Emerald Charm
1 Hall of Gemstone
2 Pyroblast
4 Boil
2 Dread of Night
2 Phyrexian FurnaceThe fifth Magic World Championship was held on 12–16 August 1998 in Seattle, USA. This tournament featured a Tempest-Stronghold-Exodus Booster Draft, Standard, and Tempest Block Constructed.[10]
203 players competed in the event.[12] The USA dominated the top 8, taking seven of the eight slots. The USA also won the team competition.[10]
- Finishing order
- Brian Selden
- Ben Rubin
- Jon Finkel
- Raphaël Lévy
- Scott Johns
- Chris Pikula
- Brian Hacker
- Alan Comer
- Team final
- United States – Matt Linde, Mike Long, Bryce Currence, Jon Finkel
- France – Pierre Malherbaud, Manuel Bevand, Marc Hernandez, Fabien Demazeau
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
- Jon Finkel
- Randy Buehler
- Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
- Rookie of the Year
1999 World championship
Kai Budde – 1999 World Championship
WildfireMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Wildfire3 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
13 Mountain2 Boil
3 Earthquake
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Shattering Pulse
4 Spellshock
1 Mishra's Helix
1 Phyrexian ProcessorThe sixth Magic World Championship was held on 4–8 August 1999 in Yokohama, Japan. This tournament featured an Urza's Saga-Urza's Legacy-Urza's Destiny Rochester Draft, Standard, and Extended.[10]
208 players from 32 countries competed in the event.[13] In the final Kai Budde defeated Mark Le Pine 3–0 in about 20 minutes, the quickest Pro Tour final ever. Budde's win was the first of his seven Pro Tour victories. By winning this title he also claimed the first of his four Pro Player of the Year titles.[10]
- Finishing order
- Kai Budde
- Mark Le Pine
- Raffaele Lo Moro
- Matt Linde
- Jakub Slemr
- Jamie Parke
- Gary Wise
- Nicolai Herzog
- Team final
- United States – Kyle Rose, John Hunka, Zvi Mowshowitz, Charles Kornblith
- Germany – Marco Blume, Patrick Mello, David Brucker, Rosario Maij
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
- Kai Budde
- Jon Finkel
- Casey McCarrel
- Rookie of the Year
2000 World championship
Jon Finkel – 2000 World Championship
TinkerMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Tinker4 Annul
4 Chill
4 Miscalculation
2 Rising Waters
1 Mishra's HelixThe seventh Magic World Championship was held in Brussels, Belgium on 2–6 August 2000. It was the first time the Worlds were held in Europe. The tournament featured a Mercadian Masques-Nemesis-Prophecy Booster Draft, Mercadian Masques Block Constructed, and Standard.[10]
273 players from 46 countries competed in the event.[14] In the final Jon Finkel defeated his friend, Bob Maher. Both played nearly identical decks with a difference of just one card.[10]
- Finishing order
- Jon Finkel
- Bob Maher, Jr.
- Dominik Hothow
- Benedikt Klauser
- Tom van de Logt
- Helmut Summersberger
- Janosch Kühn
- Nicolas Labarre
- Team final
- United States – Jon Finkel, Chris Benafel, Frank Hernandez, Aaron Forsythe
- Canada – Ryan Fuller, Murray Evans, Gabriel Tsang, Sam Lau
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
- Bob Maher, Jr.
- Darwin Kastle
- Jon Finkel
- Rookie of the Year
2001 World championship
Tom van de Logt – 2001 World Championship
Machine HeadMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Rage6 Swamp
6 Mountain
4 Rishadan Port
4 Urborg Volcano
4 Sulfurous Springs4 Scoria Cat
3 Addle
2 Persecute
1 Pyroclasm
3 Phyrexian Arena
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Crypt AngelThe eighth World Championship was held from 8 to 12 August 2001 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada. The tournament featured Invasion-Planeshift-Apocalypse Rochester Draft, Standard, and Extended as individual formats and Invasion block team rochester as the team format.[15]
296 players from 51 countries competed in the tournament.[16] Tom van de Logt from the Netherlands came out as the new world champion, garnering a prize of $35,000 for his victory (as well as another $1,000 for the success of the Dutch team he was part of). Other finalists included future World Series of Poker bracelet winner Alex Borteh (2nd place), Antoine Ruel (3rd place), Andrea Santin (4th place), Mike Turian (5th place), Jan Tomcani (6th place), Tommi Hovi (7th place), and David Williams (disqualified).[15] John Ormerod did not make the top 8 finishers, but was awarded 8th place after David Williams was disqualified for a marked deck.[17] The team competition was won by the US team, which defeated Norway in the team final.[15]
- Finishing Order
- Tom van de Logt
- Alex Borteh
- Antoine Ruel
- Andrea Santin
- Mike Turian
- Jan Tomcani
- Tommi Hovi
- John Ormerod
- Team final
- United States – Trevor Blackwell, Brian Hegstad, Eugene Harvey
- Norway – Nicolai Herzog, Oyvind Odegaard, Jan Pieter Groenhof
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
- Kai Budde
- Kamiel Cornelissen
- Michael Pustilnik
- Rookie of the Year
2002 World championship
Carlos Romão – 2002 World Championship
PsychatogMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Upheaval10 Island
2 Cephalid Coliseum
1 Darkwater Catacombs
4 Salt Marsh
3 Swamp
4 Underground River1 Coffin Purge
4 Duress
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gainsay
3 Ghastly Demise
1 Hibernation
1 Mana Short
1 Recoil
1 Slay
1 Teferis ResponseThe ninth World Championship was held from 14 to 18 August 2002 at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia. The tournament featured Odyssey-Torment-Judgment Booster Draft, Odyssey Block Constructed, and Standard as individual formats and Odyssey Team Rochester Draft as the team format.[15]
245 players from 46 countries competed in the tournament.[18] 24-year old Carlos "Jaba" Romão from São Paulo, Brazil came out as world champion, defeating Mark Ziegner 3–2 in the final, thereby garnering a prize of $35,000 with the help of his blue/black "Psychatog" deck. Germany won the team competition, defeating the United States in the final 2–1.
- Finishing order
- Carlos Romão
- Mark Ziegner
- Diego Ostrovich
- Dave Humpherys
- Sim Han How
- John Larkin
- Tuomas Kotiranta
- Ken Krouner
- Team final
- Germany – Kai Budde, Mark Ziegner, Felix Schneiders
- United States – Eugene Harvey, Andrew Ranks, Eric Franz
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
- Kai Budde
- Jens Thorén
- Alex Shvartsman
- Rookie of the Year
2003 World championship
Daniel Zink – 2003 World Championship
WakeMain Deck: Sideboard: 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 Justice4 Krosan Verge
4 Skycloud Expanse
4 Forest
4 Plains
7 Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Elfhame Palace1 Vengeful Dreams
1 Hunting Pack
1 Wing Shards
1 Circular Logic
1 Ray of Distortion
1 Renewed Faith
1 Krosan Reclamation
2 Exalted Angel
3 Ray of Revelation
3 Anurid BrushhopperThe tenth World Championship was held from 6 to 10 August at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany.[15] The tournament featured Onslaught-Legions-Scourge Rochester Draft, Extended, and Standard as individual formats and Onslaught Team Rochester Draft as the team format.[19]
312 players from 54 countries participated in the tournament. German 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 in the process. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130.[19] In the team final the United States defeated Finland 2–1.[19]
- Finishing order
- Daniel Zink
- Jin Okamoto
- Tuomo Nieminen
- Dave Humpherys
- Jeroen Remie
- Peer Kröger
- Wolfgang Eder
- Gabe Walls
- Team Finals
- United States – Justin Gary, Gabe Walls, Joshua Wagner
- Finland – Tomi Walamies, Tuomo Nieminen, Arho Toikka
Player of the Year Race
- Kai Budde
- Justin Gary
- Mattias Jorstedt
- Rookie of the Year
- Masashi Oiso
2004 World championship
Julien Nuijten – 2004 World Championship
W/G Astral SlideMain Deck: Sideboard: 4 Viridian Shaman
4 Eternal Witness
4 Eternal Dragon4 Wrath of God
4 Renewed Faith
4 Astral Slide
2 Akroma's Vengeance
2 Decree of Justice
1 Plow Under
2 Wing Shards
4 Rampant Growth4 Secluded Steppe
4 Tranquil Thicket
4 Windswept Heath
6 Plains
7 Forest4 Oxidize
2 Rude Awakening
3 Scrabbling Claws
3 Circle of Protection: Red
3 Plow UnderThe eleventh World Championship was held from 1 to 5 September at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California, USA.[20] The tournament featured Standard on Wednesday, Mirrodin-Darksteel-Fifth Dawn Booster Draft on Thursday, and Mirrodin Block Constructed on Friday. The team format was Mirrodin Block Team Rochester Draft.[21]
304 players from 51 countries competed in the event. This was the first ever World Championships without a player from the United States in the Top 8. Julien Nuijten won the final 3–1 against Aeo Paquette. At 15 years old, he became the youngest ever Pro Tour winner and took home a total of $52,366 – a new record for winnings in a single collectible card game tournament. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130. Team Germany won the team final 2–1 against Belgium.[20]
- Finishing order
- Julien Nuijten
- Aeo Paquette
- Ryou Ogura
- Manuel Bevand
- Kamiel Cornelissen
- Terry Soh
- Gabriel Nassif
- Murray Evans
- Team final
- Germany – Torben Twiefel, Roland Bode, Sebastian Zink
- Belgium – Vincent Lemoine, Dilson Ramos Da Fonseca, Geoffery Siron
- Player of the Year Race
- Gabriel Nassif
- Nicolai Herzog
- Rickard Österberg
2005 World championship
Katsuhiro Mori – 2005 World Championship
Ghazi GlareMain Deck: Sideboard: 2 Yosei, The Morning Star
3 Arashi the Sky Asunder
1 Birds of Paradise
4 Selesnya Guildmage
4 Wood Elves
4 Loxodon Hierarch
3 Kodama of the North Tree
3 Llanowar Elves3 Pithing Needle
3 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Congregation at Dawn
3 Glare of Subdual
2 Seed Spark4 Vitu-Ghazi, The City Tree
4 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
4 Brushland
5 Forest
4 Temple Garden
1 Plains2 Greater Good
1 Kodama of the North Tree
2 Naturalize
2 Carven Caryatid
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Wrath of God
1 Kodama's Reach
2 Yosei, the Morning Star
3 Hokori, Dust DrinkerThe twelfth World Championship was held from 30 November to 4 December at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. The tournament featured Standard on Wednesday, Ravnica Booster Draft on Thursday, and Extended on Friday. The team format was Ravnica Team Rochester Draft.[22] The event began with the induction of the first class of the newly incepted Hall of Fame – Alan Comer, Jon Finkel, Tommi Hovi, Darwin Kastle, and Olle Råde.[23]
287 players from 56 countries competed in the event. Katsuhiro Mori won the tournament, defeating Frank Karsten 3–1 in the final, taking home $35,000. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130. In the team final Japan defeated the United States 3–0.[22]
- Finishing Order
- Katsuhiro Mori
- Frank Karsten
- Tomohiro Kaji
- Akira Asahara
- Marcio Carvalho
- Ding Leong
- Shuhei Nakamura
- André Coimbra
- Team final
- Japan – Takuma Morofuji, Ichirou Shimura, Masashi Oiso
- United States – Antonino De Rosa, Neil Reeves, Jonathan Sonne
- Player of the Year Race
- Rookie of the Year
- Hall of Fame inductees
2006 World championship
Makihito Mihara – 2006 World Championship
DragonstormMain Deck: Sideboard: 4 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Hunted Dragon4 Dragonstorm
4 Lotus Bloom
4 Telling Time
4 Seething Song
4 Sleight of Hand
4 Rite of Flame
4 Gigadrowse
4 Remand1 Dreadship Reef
1 Calciform Pools
8 Island
4 Steam Vents
4 Mountain
4 Shivan Reef1 Trickbind
3 Pyroclasm
1 Calciform Pools
2 Dreadship Reef
3 Ignorant Bliss
4 Repeal
1 Teferi, Mage of ZhalfirThe thirteenth Magic World Championship took place from 29 November – 3 December 2006 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France. The tournament featured Standard on Wednesday, Time Spiral Booster Draft on Thursday, and Extended on Friday. The team format was Time Spiral Team Rochester Draft.[24] Also on Wednesday Bob Maher, Dave Humpherys, Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The winner of this tournament was Makihito Mihara, who defeated Ryou Ogura 3–0 in an all-Japanese final. He piloted a combo deck based on the card Dragonstorm. It is the first time players from the same country have been World Champion in back-to-back seasons. The Netherlands defeated Japan 2–0 in the team final. The total prize money awarded to the top 75 finishers was $255,245.[25]
- Finishing Order
- Makihito Mihara
- Ryou Ogura
- Nicholas Lovett
- Gabriel Nassif
- Paulo Carvalho
- Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
- Tiago Chan
- Katsuhiro Mori
- Team final
- Netherlands – Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, Robert Van Medevoort
- Japan – Katsuhiro Mori, Shuhei Yamamoto, Hidenori Katayama
- Player of the Year
- Rookie of the Year
- Hall of Fame inductees
- Bob Maher, Jr.
- Dave Humpherys
- Raphaël Lévy
- Gary Wise
- Rob Dougherty
2007 World championship
Uri Peleg – 2007 World Championship
Doran RockMain Deck: Sideboard: 4 Birds of Paradise
4 Doran, the Siege Tower
1 Hypnotic Specter
3 Llanowar Elves
4 Ohran Viper
3 Shriekmaw
4 Tarmogoyf2 Eyeblight's Ending
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Liliana Vess
2 Nameless Inversion
2 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize1 Brushland
3 Caves of Koilos
1 Forest
2 Gemstone Mine
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Horizon Canopy
4 Llanowar Wastes
1 Pendelhaven
4 Treetop Village
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth2 Cloudthresher
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
1 Oblivion Ring
3 Riftsweeper
2 Serrated Arrows
1 Shriekmaw
2 StuporThe fourteenth Magic World Championship took place from 6–9 December 2007 at the Jacob K. Javits Center of New York in New York City, USA. The tournament featured five rounds of Standard and a Lorwyn Booster Draft on Thursday. Friday featured five rounds of Legacy and another Lorwyn Booster Draft. The team format was Lorwyn Two-Headed Giant Booster Draft.[26] The top 64 individual finishers received $215,600 in prize money.
386 players from 61 countries competed in the event. The winner of the tournament was Uri Peleg, defeating Patrick Chapin 3–1 in the final. Katsuhiro Mori made the top 8 for the third consecutive year, while Gabriel Nassif made his third final eight within four Worlds. Coincidentally, each player mirrored their performance from the previous year (Mori was eliminated in the quarter-finals, Nassif in the semi-finals).[27]
- Finishing Order
- Uri Peleg
- Patrick Chapin
- Gabriel Nassif
- Koutarou Ootsuka
- Cristoph Huber
- Yoshitaka Nakano
- Katsuhiro Mori
- Roel van Heeswijk
- Team final
- Switzerland – Nico Bohny, Manuel Bucher, Christoph Huber, Raphael Gennari
- Austria – Thomas Preyer, David Reitbauer, Stefan Stradner, Helmut Summersberger
- Pro Tour Player of the Year
- Tomoharu Saitou
- Kenji Tsumura
- Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
- Rookie of the Year
- Hall of Fame inductees
2008 World championship
Antti Malin – 2008 World Championship
FaeriesMain Deck: Sideboard: 4 Mistbind Clique
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Spellstutter Sprite
2 Vendilion Clique4 Agony Warp
4 Bitterblossom
3 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
3 Remove Soul
1 Terror
4 Thoughtseize1 Faerie Conclave
6 Island
4 Mutavault
4 Secluded Glen
4 Sunken Ruins
2 Swamp
4 Underground River4 Flashfreeze
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
4 Infest
2 Jace Beleren
1 Mind Shatter
1 Ponder
1 Sower of TemptationThe fifteenth Magic World Championship took place from 11–14 December 2008 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN, USA. The tournament featured six rounds of Standard play on Thursday, two Shards of Alara Booster Drafts with three rounds of Swiss each on Friday, six rounds of Extended on Saturday, and the finals on Sunday. Also the national teams played two rounds of team constructed each on Thursday and Saturday with the Top 4 teams advancing to the single elimination finals on Sunday. The team format was 3 Person Team Constructed with one player playing Standard, one Extended, and one Legacy.[28] The top 75 individual finishers received $245,245 in prize money.[29]
329 players from 57 countries competed in the event. Antti Malin from Finland won the tournament, thereby claiming the first prize of $45,000. In the team final the United States defeated Australia to become the team champion.
- Individual
- Antti Malin
- Jamie Parke
- Tsuyoshi Ikeda
- Hannes Kerem
- Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
- Kenji Tsumura
- Frank Karsten
- Akira Asahara
- Team Competition
- United States – Michael Jacob, Samuel Black, Paul Cheon
- Australia – Aaron Nicastri, Brandon Lau, Justin Cheung
- Brazil – Willy Edel, Vagner Casatti, Luiz Guilherme de Michielli
- Japan – Yuuya Watanabe, Masashi Oiso, Akihiro Takakuwa
Pro Player of the Year
- Shuhei Nakamura
- Olivier Ruel
- Luis Scott-Vargas
- Rookie of the Year
- Hall of Fame inductees
- Dirk Baberowski
- Mike Turian
- Jelger Wiegersma
- Olivier Ruel
- Ben Rubin
2009 World championship
André Coimbra – 2009 World Championship
Naya LightsaberMain Deck: Sideboard: 4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Ranger of Eos
1 Scute Mob
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Woolly Thoctar4 Arid Mesa
4 Forest
3 Mountain
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
4 Plains
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Sunpetal Grove1 Ajani Vengeant
2 Burst Lightning
4 Celestial Purge
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
4 Great Sable StagThe sixteenth Magic World Championship took place from 19–22 November 2009 at the Palazzo Dei Congressi in Rome, Italy. The tournament featured six rounds of Standard play on Thursday, two Zendikar Booster Drafts with three rounds of Swiss each on Friday, six rounds of Extended on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. Also, the national teams played two rounds of team constructed each on Thursday and Saturday with the Top 4 teams advancing to the single elimination finals on Sunday. The team format was 3 Person Team Constructed with one player playing Standard, one Extended, and one Legacy.
409 players from 65 countries competed in the event. André Coimbra from Portugal won the tournament, thereby claiming the first prize of $45,000. In the team final, China defeated Austria to become the team champion. This was the first Magic Pro Tour event of any sort in which no player in the Top 8 was from the United States or Japan. It was also the first time a Pro Tour Top 8 consisted of players from eight different countries.
The Magic Online World Championship was held for the first time. It also took place in Rome at the site of the paper Magic World Championship. The tournament was previously announced to be for eight competitors. The qualifications could be gained in special tournaments on Magic Online. The players played three rounds each of Classic, Zendikar Booster Draft, and Standard on computers provided on the site. After nine rounds the two best players determined the title in a final match of Standard.[30] Anssi Myllymäki (screen name: Anathik) of Finland defeated former Pro Player of the Year Shouta Yasooka (yaya3) in the final, thus claiming the grand prize of $13,000.[31] The other contestans won between $4,000 and $9,000.[30]
- Individual
- André Coimbra
- David Reitbauer
- Terry Soh
- Bram Snepvangers
- William Cavaglieri
- Manuel Bucher
- Marijn Lybaert
- Florian Pils
- Team Competition
- China – Bo Li, Wu Tong, Zhiyang Zhang
- Austria – Benedikt Klauser, Bernhard Lehner, Benjamin Rozhon
- Czech Republic – Lucas Blohon, Lukas Jakolvsky, Jan Kotrla
- Netherlands – Kevin Grove, Niels Noorlander, Tom van Lamoen
Pro Player of the Year
- Yuuya Watanabe
- Tomoharu Saito
- Martin Juza
- Rookie of the Year
- Hall of Fame inductees
- Magic Online World Champion
2010 World championship
Guillaume Matignon – 2010 World Championship
Blue-Black ControlMain Deck: Sideboard: 3 Grave Titan
2 Sea Gate Oracle1 Cancel
2 Consume the Meek
2 Disfigure
2 Doom Blade
1 Duress
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Jace Beleren
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain
4 Spreading Seas4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Drowned Catacomb
5 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Swamp
4 Tectonic Edge
1 Verdant Catacombs1 Deprive
2 Disfigure
1 Doom Blade
2 Duress
2 Flashfreeze
3 Memoricide
3 Ratchet Bomb
1 Sorin MarkovThe seventeenth World Championship took place from 9–12 December in Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.[32] The tournament consisted of six rounds of Standard on Thursday, two Scars of Mirrodin Booster Drafts of three rounds each on Friday, and six rounds of Extended on Saturday. On Sunday the best eight players gathered for the Top 8. They had to play the same decks, they used in the Standard portion of the tournament. Also, the national teams played two rounds of team constructed each on Thursday and Saturday with the Top 2 teams advancing to the single elimination finals on Sunday. The team format is 3 Person Team Constructed with one player playing Standard, one Extended, and one Legacy.
352 players from 60 countries competed in the event.[33] The national teams competition had 57 countries represented.
The 2010 World Champion Guillaume Matignon earned enough pro points with his performance to equal Pro Player of the Year leader Brad Nelson's total. This led to a play-off for the Pro Player of the Year title at Pro Tour Paris 2011, which was ultimately won by Brad Nelson.
- Individual
- Guillaume Matignon
- Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
- Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
- Love Janse
- Eric Froehlich
- Lukas Jaklovsky
- Christopher Wolf
- Jonathan Randle
- Team Competition
- Slovakia – Ivan Floch, Robert Jurkovic, Patrik Surab
- Australia – Adam Witton, Ian Wood, Jeremy Neeman
Pro Player of the Year
- Rookie of the Year
- Hall of Fame inductees
- Gabriel Nassif
- Brian Kibler
- Bram Snepvangers
- Magic Online World Champion
2011 World championship
Jun'ya Iyanaga – 2011 World Championship
Wolf Run RampMain Deck: Sideboard: 1 Birds of Paradise
4 Inferno Titan
4 Primeval Titan
4 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Thrun, the Last Troll2 Devil's Play
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Rampant Growth
1 Shock
3 Slagstorm
4 Sphere of the Suns4 Copperline Gorge
5 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
3 Kessig Wolf Run
6 Mountain
4 Rootbound Crag2 Ancient Grudge
4 Autumn's Veil
1 Beast Within
1 Slagstorm
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
2 Thrun, the Last Troll
2 Tree of Redemption
1 Viridian CorrupterThe eighteenth Magic World Championship was held from 17-20 November in the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, USA,[34] the same site that already hosted the 2004 World Championship. The tournament will consist of six rounds of Standard on Thursday, two Innistrad Booster Drafts of three rounds each on Friday, and six rounds of Modern on Saturday. As such, this will be the first World Championship to feature the new Modern format. On Sunday, the Top 8 players will play-off against each other, using the Standard decks they played on Thursday. 375 players from 60 countries competed in the event.[35]
The swiss rounds were dominated by American player Conley Woods, who would go 16-2 with his only loses being tactical concessions to other ChannelFireball teammates. Ultimately, four ChannelFireball teammates would make it into the Top 8, Conley Woods, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, Luis Scott-Vargas and Josh Utter-Leyton. For Paulo this was his fourth World Championship Top 8, making him the first player to achieve this, and his eight Pro Tour Top 8 overall. Also, for the first time players playing in the Magic Online World Championships managed to make the Top 8 of the Pro Tour, with Jun’ya Iyanaga (SEVERUS on MTGO) and David Caplan (goobafish on MTGO) making it to Sunday.
In the team event, Japan played against Norway for the World Team Title. The Japanese team of Ryuichiro Ishida, Tomoya Fujimoto,and former World Champion Makihito Mihara were victorious.
In the Magic Online World Championship finals, Reid Duke (reidderrabbit on MTGO) played against Florian Pils (flying man on MTGO) in the Modern format. Reid Duke won the match 2-1 to become the Magic Online World Champion, the first American and the first Magic Online Player of the Year to win the title.
- Individual
- Jun'ya Iyanaga
- Richard Bland
- Conley Woods
- David Caplan
- Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
- Luis Scott-Vargas
- Josh Utter-Leyton
- Craig Wescoe
- Team Competition
- Japan – Ryuichiro Ishida, Tomoya Fujimoto, Makihito Mihara
- Norway – Sveinung Bjørnerud , Kristoffer Jonassen, Andreas Nordahl
- Pro Player of the Year
- Owen Turtenwald
- Luis Scott-Vargas
- Martin Juza
- Rookie of the Year
- Hall of Fame inductees
- Magic Online World Champion
2012 World championship
The nineteenth Magic World Championship will be held from the 16-19 August at Gen Con 2012 in Indianapolis.[4] For the first time the World Championships will not be a Pro Tour-sized event and instead be an exclusive sixteen-person tournament. The changes were designed to make the World Championship more prestigious and meaningful as the tournament will now replace the Pro Player of the Year title. Wizards of the Coast stated in their announcement of the changes that 'For the first time, since the creation of the Pro Tour, Magic: The Gathering will have a single tournament to determine the best player in the world: the 2012 World Championship'.[4]
Performance by country
Japan and the United States are tied for the most individual titles won. The United States have won the most team titles and also have had most competitors amongst the final eight. Germany and the Netherlands are the only other countries with more than one champion. Italy and Austria are the most successful nations that have never won a title.
As of 20 November 2011[update]
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