World Championship Decks/1998

1998 World Championship Decks, Seattle The 1998 World Championship took place on August 12–16, 1998 in Seattle, Washington in the United States of America. Four decks were released as part of the World Championship Decks series with gold-bordered cards.

Brian Selden, World Champion
"World Champion Brian Selden's deck conquered the field by using Survival of the Fittest to put creatures into the graveyard and Recurring Nightmare to bring them back into play. The deck employs more than twenty creatures and dips into blue for Lobotomy."  Creatures 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Cloudchaser Eagle 1 Man-o'-War 2 Nekrataal 1 Orcish Settlers 2 Spike Feeder 1 Spike Weaver 1 Spirit of the Night 1 Thrull Surgeon 1 Tradewind Rider 2 Uktabi Orangutan 1 Verdant Force 4 Wall of Blossoms 2 Wall of Roots

Sorceries 2 Firestorm 2 Lobotomy

Enchantments 4 Recurring Nightmare 4 Survival of the Fittest

Artifacts 2 Scroll Rack

Lands 3 City of Brass 8 Forest 1 Gemstone Mine 2 Karplusan Forest 2 Reflecting Pool 1 Swamp 2 Underground River 2 Undiscovered Paradise 1 Volrath's Stronghold

Sideboard 4 Boil 2 Dread of Night 3 Emerald Charm 1 Hall of Gemstone 2 Phyrexian Furnace 2 Pyroblast 1 Staunch Defenders 

Ben Rubin, Finalist
"Ben Rubin's archetypal red weenie deck took him all the way to the World Championship Finals. This aggressive Sligh deck consists of roughly equal parts direct damage, aggressive creatures, and land."  Creatures 4 Ball Lightning 2 Goblin Vandal 4 Ironclaw Orcs 4 Jackal Pup 4 Mogg Fanatic 2 Mogg Flunkies 1 Viashino Sandstalker

Instants 4 Fireblast 2 Hammer of Bogardan 4 Incinerate 4 Shock

Artifacts 4 Cursed Scroll

Lands 17 Mountain 4 Wasteland

Sideboard 3 Bottle Gnomes 2 Dwarven Miner 2 Dwarven Thaumaturgist 1 Final Fortune 1 Firestorm 4 Pyroblast 2 Shattering Pulse 

Brian Hacker, Quarterfinalist
"Brian Hacker's white weenie deck rolled over competitors with more than twenty aggressive creatures. This horde relies on creatures with shadow and the en-Kor to overwhelm the unprepared, with the threat of Cataclysm looming large."  Creatures 3 Nomads en-Kor 3 Paladin en-Vec 4 Soltari Monk 4 Soltari Priest 1 Soltari Visionary 4 Soul Warden 4 Warrior en-Kor 4 White Knight

Enchantments 1 Aura of Silence 4 Empyrial Armor

Sorceries 4 Cataclysm

Instants 3 Disenchant 4 Tithe

Lands 17 Plains

Sideboard 3 Abeyance 2 Armageddon 3 Aura of Silence 3 Cursed Scroll 1 Disenchant 3 Spirit Link 

Randy Buehler, Twelfth Place
"Randy Buehler's Draw, Go deck is pure control, with over twenty counterspells and eight card-drawing engines to dig them out. The deck's offense is limited to Stalking Stones and a Rainbow Efreet, but the best offense is often a killer defense."  Creatures 1 Rainbow Efreet

Instants 4 Counterspell 4 Dismiss 2 Dissipate 3 Forbid 4 Force Spike 4 Impulse 3 Mana Leak 1 Memory Lapse 4 Whispers of the Muse

Artifacts 4 Nevinyrral's Disk

Lands 18 Island 4 Quicksand 4 Stalking Stones

Sideboard 2 Capsize 1 Grindstone 4 Hydroblast 4 Sea Sprite 4 Wasteland 

Note: Randy's last name is misspelled on his deck box as Buelher, as is "twelveth" place.