World Championship Decks/2003

2003 World Championship Decks, Berlin The 2003 World Championship took place on August 6–10, 2003 in Berlin, Germany. Four decks were released as part of the World Championship Decks series with gold-bordered cards. Note: All cards in these decks were printed using the modern card frame, despite many cards included in these decks never having been printed using the modern frame before.

Daniel Zink, World Champion
"Daniel Zink's white-blue-green 'Wake' deck is a control deck at heart. Once the powerful enchantment Mirari's Wake is in play, the deck produces more mana, draws more cards, counters more spells, and makes more Soldiers than opponents can possibly handle."  Artifacts 1 Mirari

Enchantments 3 Compulsion 3 Mirari's Wake

Instants 1 Circular Logic 3 Cunning Wish 4 Mana Leak 3 Moment's Peace 3 Renewed Faith 2 Vengeful Dreams

Sorceries 2 Decree of Justice 4 Deep Analysis 4 Wrath of God

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

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

Dave Humpherys, Semifinalist
"Dave 'The Hump' Humpherys' blue-green deck combines the many madness cards from the Torment set, including Basking Rootwalla, Arrogant Wurm, and Circular Logic, with discard-enablers like Aquamoeba and Wild Mongrel for tremendous effect."  Creatures 4 Aquamoeba 3 Arrogant Wurm 4 Basking Rootwalla 4 Wild Mongrel 3 Wonder

Instants 4 Circular Logic 1 Krosan Reclamation 1 Ray of Revelation 3 Unsummon

Sorceries 4 Careful Study 2 Deep Analysis 2 Quiet Speculation 3 Roar of the Wurm

Lands 1 Centaur Garden 2 City of Brass 8 Forest 11 Island

Sideboard 1 Deep Analysis 2 Envelop 1 Krosan Reclamation 2 Mana Leak 2 Nantuko Vigilante 2 Phantom Centaur 1 Ray of Revelation 2 Stupefying Touch 1 Unsummon 1 Wonder 

Wolfgang Eder, Quarterfinalist
"Wolfgang Eder introduced the black-red 'Goblin Bidding' deck to the world at the European Championships. The typical Goblin hoard deck gets an incredible midgame play in Patriarch's Bidding, which brings every Goblin in the graveyard back in to play."  Creatures 3 Gempalm Incinerator 1 Goblin Grappler 4 Goblin Piledriver 2 Goblin Sharpshooter 4 Goblin Sledder 3 Goblin Taskmaster 4 Goblin Warchief 4 Siege-Gang Commander 3 Skirk Prospector 4 Sparksmith

Instants 3 Smother

Sorceries 3 Patriarch's Bidding

Lands 4 Bloodstained Mire 1 City of Brass 10 Mountain 3 Shadowblood Ridge 4 Swamp

Sideboard 2 Cabal Therapy 2 Dark Banishing 2 Flaring Pain 1 Smother 4 Starstorm 4 Sulfuric Vortex 

Peer Kröger, Quarterfinalist
"Hometown hero Peer Kröger's 'Reanimator' deck was a nightmare for his opponents! This black-red deck excels at putting scary monsters into the graveyard and then bringing them into play."  Creatures 1 Anger 1 Arcanis the Omnipotent 4 Doomed Necromancer 1 Phantom Nishoba 1 Symbiotic Wurm 1 Undead Gladiator 1 Visara the Dreadful

Instants 3 Entomb 2 Smother

Sorceries 3 Buried Alive 4 Burning Wish 1 Cabal Therapy 1 Chainer's Edict 3 Innocent Blood 1 Recoup 3 Stitch Together 4 Zombify

Lands 4 Barren Moor 4 Bloodstained Mire 6 Mountain 2 Shadowblood Ridge 9 Swamp

Sideboard 1 Buried Alive 3 Cabal Therapy 1 Decompose 1 Demolish 1 Guiltfeeder 1 Haunting Echoes 1 Last Rites 1 Patriarch's Bidding 1 Pyroclasm 1 Recoup 1 Sickening Dreams 1 Soul Feast 1 Stitch Together 