2005 World Championships

The Magic 2005 World Championships were held from 30 November to 4 December at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. The tournament featured Standard on Wednesday, Ravnica: City of Guilds Booster Draft on Thursday, and Extended on Friday. The team format was Ravnica Team Rochester Draft. 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.

Finishing order

 * 1) 🇯🇵 JPN Katsuhiro Mori
 * 2) 🇳🇱 NLD Frank Karsten
 * 3) 🇯🇵 JPN Tomohiro Kaji
 * 4) 🇯🇵 JPN Akira Asahara
 * 5) 🇵🇹 PRT Marcio Carvalho
 * 6) 🇨🇳 CHN Ding Leong
 * 7) 🇯🇵 JPN Shuhei Nakamura
 * 8) 🇵🇹 PRT André Coimbra

Team final

 * 1) 🇯🇵 JPN Japan – Takuma Morofuji, Ichirou Shimura, Masashi Oiso
 * 2) 🇺🇸 USA United States – Antonino De Rosa, Neil Reeves, Jonathan Sonne