World Championship Decks/2000

2000 World Championship Decks, Brussels The 2000 World Championship took place on August 2–6, 2000 in Brussels, Belgium. Four decks were released as part of the World Championship Decks series with gold-bordered cards.

Jon Finkel, World Champion
"Jon Finkel's explosive, mono-blue deck used artifacts such as Grim Monolith, Metalworker, and Voltaic Key to generate huge amounts of mana. The mana, in turn, put large creatures into play to finish off stunned opponents."  Creatures 4 Masticore 4 Metalworker 1 Phyrexian Colossus

Artifacts 1 Crumbling Sanctuary 4 Grim Monolith 1 Mishra's Helix 4 Phyrexian Processor 4 Tangle Wire 4 Thran Dynamo 4 Voltaic Key

Sorceries 4 Tinker

Instants 4 Brainstorm

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

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

Janosch Kühn, Quarterfinalist
"Janosch Kühn's red-green deck used Birds of Paradise and Llanowar Elves to build up mana early in the game. Kuhn then delivered the finishing punch with mana-denial cards, such as Stone Rain and Plow Under."  Creatures 4 Avalanche Riders 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Blastoderm 4 Llanowar Elves 2 Masticore 2 Priest of Titania

Sorceries 4 Arc Lightning 1 Creeping Mold 4 Plow Under 4 Stone Rain

Enchantments 2 Saproling Burst

Artifact 1 Phyrexian Processor

Lands 2 Dust Bowl 10 Forest 4 Karplusan Forest 4 Mountain 4 Rishadan Port

Sideboard 4 Boil 1 Creeping Mold 2 Flameshot 1 Masticore 1 Phyrexian Processor 2 Rack and Ruin 1 Splinter 3 Uktabi Orangutan 

Tom van de Logt, Quarterfinalist
"Tom van de Logt's Replenish deck uses cards like Attunement and Frantic Search to put powerful enchantments into the graveyard. Then he used Replenish to put all of the enchantments back into play at once and pound his opponents."  Enchantments 4 Attunement 1 Energy Field 4 Opalescence 3 Parallax Tide 4 Parallax Wave 1 Seal of Cleansing 1 Seal of Removal

Instants 3 Counterspell 3 Enlightened Tutor 4 Frantic Search 1 Mystical Tutor

Sorceries 4 Replenish 1 Wrath of God

Artifact 1 Sky Diamond

Lands 9 Island 8 Plains 4 Rishadan Port 4 Adarkar Wastes

Sideboard 1 Chill 1 Circle of Protection: Black 1 Cursed Totem 2 Daze 3 Erase 2 Lilting Refrain 1 Seal of Cleansing 2 Submerge 2 Wrath of God 

Nicolas Labarre, Quarterfinalist
"Nicolas Labarre's combo deck, called Chimera, used searching cards to fetch Fecundity, Saproling Cluster, and Ashnod's Altar so he could generate unlimited mana. With this mana Labarre used Blaze or Whetstone to plow right over his opponents."  Creatures 4 Academy Rector 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Priest of Titania 1 Serra Avatar

Artifacts 4 Ashnod's Altar 1 Snake Basket 1 Whetstone

Instants 4 Enlightened Tutor

Enchantments 1 Confiscate 4 Fecundity 1 Pattern of Rebirth 4 Saproling Cluster 1 Yawgmoth's Bargain

Sorceries 1 Yawgmoth's Will

Lands 4 Brushland 3 City of Brass 8 Forest 2 High Market 2 Phyrexian Tower 2 Thran Quarry

Sideboard 1 Absolute Law 3 Armageddon 1 Aura Fracture 1 Blaze 1 Defense Grid 1 Energy Flux 1 Heart of Ramos 1 Light of Day 1 Meekstone 1 Parallax Wave 1 Phyrexian Processor 1 Seal of Cleansing 1 Worship 