World Championship Decks 1999

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Trample Whenever this creature is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.

Trample Whenever this creature is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.

Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.

Haste Echo {3}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters, destroy target land.

Flying When you control no artifacts, sacrifice this creature.

Buyback—Pay 3 life, Discard a card at random. (You may pay 3 life and discard a card at random in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Destroy target land.

Destroy two target artifacts.

Shock deals 2 damage to any target.

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Destroy target artifact.

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Destroy target artifact.

Whenever a player casts a spell, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

Buyback—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Trample When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.

{2}{B}, {T}: Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {4}: Untap this artifact.

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Evincar's Justice deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card. {2}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. {2}: Regenerate this creature.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fuse counter on this artifact. {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy each artifact and creature with mana value equal to the number of fuse counters on this artifact.

Echo {3} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Spells cost {1} more to cast.

{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

{1}, {T}, Exile this artifact: Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.

{1}, {T}, Exile this artifact: Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {1}{R}: This land becomes a 2/1 red Warrior creature with first strike until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}: This land becomes a 1/1 black Skeleton creature with "{B}: Regenerate this creature" until end of turn. It's still a land. (If it regenerates, the next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

When you play another land, sacrifice this land. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card. {2}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. {2}: Regenerate this creature.

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {1}{G}: This land becomes a 3/3 green Ape creature with trample until end of turn. It's still a land. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.

Destroy all green creatures. They can't be regenerated.

{T}, Pay 1 life: Counter target white spell.

Target opponent discards a card at random, then discards a card.

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Destroy all Islands.

Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.

Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to you.

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to you.

Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.

Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to you.

Hammer of Bogardan deals 3 damage to any target. {2}{R}{R}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Destroy target artifact or land. It can't be regenerated.

Destroy target land.

Whenever a player taps an Island for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Islands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Each player sacrifices four lands of their choice. Wildfire deals 4 damage to each creature.

Echo {1}{G} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) {1}{G}: Regenerate this creature.

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.

{T}: Add {G}.

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target enchantment.

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) {G}: Regenerate this creature.

When this creature enters, destroy target artifact.

When this creature enters, destroy target artifact.

Echo {G} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

{3}, {T}: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to any target.

{3}, {T}: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to any target.

{3}, {T}: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to any target.

{3}, {T}: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to any target.

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more life than each other player, the player with the most life gains control of this creature. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Whenever Karn blocks or becomes blocked, it gets -4/+4 until end of turn. {1}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn.

{X}, {T}: Tap X target lands.

{X}, {T}: Tap X target lands.

As this artifact enters, pay any amount of life. {4}, {T}: Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as this artifact entered.

{5}, {T}: Shuffle your library, then reveal the top card. Until end of turn, for as long as that card remains on top of your library, play with the top card of your library revealed and you may play that card without paying its mana cost. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

{1}, {T}: Untap target artifact.

{T}: Add {C}{C}. This land deals 2 damage to you.

{T}: Add {C}{C}. This land deals 2 damage to you.

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

{T}: Add {G} for each creature you control.

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {R}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

1997 World Champion Jakub Šlemr came within two matches of becoming the first person to repeat as World Champion. The 22-year-old Prague native earned a flawless 6—0 resord during the Standard portion of the Swiss rounds. Šlemr, along with fellow teammate and quarterfinalist Gary Wise, played a mono-black deck coined "Black Control." He used discard effects early with cards like Ravenous Rats, Duress, and Stupor. However, the majority of his deck was dedicated to board control with Cursed Scrolls, Powder Kegs, and Phyrexian Plaguelords.

Known as the "King of the Grand Prix," Kai Budde earned an unprecedented three Grand Prix titles in 1999. Though he went only 4—2 during the Swiss portion of the World Championships, he cruised through the Final 8 to become the 1999 World Champion. The 19-year-old Köln, Germany native played a red-artifact deck that contained more than 30 artifacts. He used those artifacts to quickly generate huge amounts of mana, with which he could play a big creature like Masticore or Covetous Dragon. He would then finish off his opponent with a well-timed Wildfire.

Semifinalist Matt Linde is no stranger to high-level Magic® competition. The 18-year-old Maryland native was the 1998 U.S. National Champion. Linde played a very fast mono-green "Stompy" deck with 26 creatures—24 of which cost two mana or less to play. Supplementing this furious creature assault were four Rancors and four Giant Growths. Though the deck was designed to win by turn five, it did feature four Cursed Scrolls in case the game dragged on.

Though only 17 years old, New Hampshire—native Mark Le Pine is a Pro Tour veteran. He has been with the Pro Tour since Atlanta '96 and has made the Top 8 three times (Mainz '97, Rome '98, and Worlds '99). Le Pine played an aggressive red deck called "Sped Red." With his deck he applied pressure early with 11 fast creatures, then he'd shift into land-destruction mode with Wasteland, Stone Rain, Pillage, and Avalanche Riders. For the late game Le Pine used Cursed Scroll and Hammer of Bogardan to finish off his mana-crippled opponent.