1997 World Championships

The 1997 World Championships for Magic: The Gathering were held at the Wizards of the Coast Game Center in Seattle, WA between August 11–17, 1997.

 Creatures 4 Black Knight 4 Fallen Askari 4 Knight of Stromgald 1 Necratog 4 Nekrataal 2 Shadow Guildmage 4 Man-o-War 2 Uktabi Orangutan Sorceries 2 Earthquake 4 Choking Sands Instants 4 Incinerate 4 Contagion Lands 3 City of Brass 3 Gemstone Mine 2 Sulfurous Springs 10 Swamp 1 Underground River 3 Undiscovered Paradise

Sideboard 2 Disenchant 1 Exile 1 Honorable Passage 3 Pyroblast 2 Dystopia 2 Ebony Charm 2 Forsaken Wastes 2 Hydroblast 

Finishing order

 * 1) 🇨🇿 CZE Jakub Slemr
 * 2) 🇩🇪 DEU Janosch Kühn
 * 3) 🇨🇦 CAN Paul McCabe
 * 4) 🇩🇰 DNK Svend Sparre Geertsen