World Championship Decks/2001

2001 World Championship Decks, Toronto The 2001 World Championship took place on August 8–12, 2001 in Toronto, Canada. Four decks were released as part of the World Championship Decks series with gold-bordered cards.

Tom van de Logt, World Champion
"Tom van de Logt's aggressive, black-red 'Machine Head' deck used the good ol' 'blow stuff up' method. While creatures like Plague Spitter wiped out his opponents' smaller creatures, more ferocious beasts like Flametongue Kavu aggressively cleared the board of larger threats."  Creatures 4 Plague Spitter 3 Phyrexian Scuta 3 Skizzik 2 Flametongue Kavu 2 Crypt Angel 4 Blazing Specter

Sorceries 4 Duress

Instants 4 Dark Ritual 4 Terminate 3 Vendetta 3 Urza's Rage

Lands 6 Swamp 6 Mountain 4 Rishadan Port 4 Urborg Volcano 4 Sulfurous Springs

Sideboard 4 Scoria Cat 3 Addle 2 Persecute 1 Pyroclasm 3 Phyrexian Arena 1 Flametongue Kavu 1 Crypt Angel 

Alex Borteh, Finalist
"Alex Borteh's monoblue combo deck contained twelve 1-toughness creatures. These helped hold the board until his Static Orb-Opposition combo could lock down his opponents' permanents--clearing the way for a horde of Merfolk to pour through for the victory."  Artifacts 4 Static Orb

Creatures 2 Darting Merfolk 4 Lord of Atlantis 4 Merfolk Looter 4 Merfolk of the Pearl Trident 4 Vodalian Merchant 2 Waterfront Bouncer

Enchantments 4 Opposition

Instants 4 Counterspell 4 Gush 4 Thwart

Lands 20 Island

Sideboard 3 Hibernation 3 Mana Maze 2 Misdirection 2 Prodigal Sorcerer 1 Rushing River 2 Teferi's Response 2 Wash Out 

Antoine Ruel, Semifinalist
"Antoine Ruel's blue-black-red control deck survived the pressure in the early game with its almost overwhelming card-drawing capability. And in the end, Nether Spirit kept rising from his graveyard to take down his opponents."  Artifacts 2 Tsabo's Web

Creatures 3 Nether Spirit

Instants 4 Accumulated Knowledge 4 Counterspell 2 Crosis's Charm 3 Fact or Fiction 4 Fire/Ice 3 Opt 2 Spite/Malice 2 Tsabo's Decree 4 Undermine 2 Urza's Rage

Sorceries 2 Duress

Lands 8 Island 4 Salt Marsh 3 Shivan Reef 1 Sulfurous Springs 4 Underground River 3 Urborg Volcano

Sideboard 2 Duress 2 Engineered Plague 2 Lobotomy 3 Meekstone 2 Pyroclasm 1 Teferi's Response 3 Tsabo's Assassin 

Jan Tomcani, Quarterfinalist
"Jan Tomcani's green-red-black 'Fires"' deck used early mana-producing creatures to play a quick Fires of Yavimaya. Shortly thereafter, Tomcani's hasted big creatures pounded opponents' life totals to dust."  Creatures 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Blastoderm 4 Thornscape Battlemage 2 Spiritmonger 2 Flametongue Kavu 2 Kavu Chameleon

Enchantments 4 Fires of Yavimaya 4 Saproling Burst

Instants 4 Fire/Ice 2 Urza's Rage

Lands 8 Forest 3 Mountain 2 City of Brass 2 Llanowar Wastes 2 Sulfurous Springs 3 Karplusan Forest 4 Rishadan Port

Sideboard 2 Kavu Chameleon 2 Obliterate 3 Thunderscape Battlemage 3 Blood Oath 3 Boil 2 Tangle 