World Championship Decks/1997

1997 World Championship Decks, Seattle The 1997 World Championship took place on August 13–17, 1997 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.

Jakub Slemr, World Champion
"Slemr's deck features a horde of fast, black creatures. Strengthening the speed kill are a variety of spells from all five colors."  Creatures 4 Black Knight 4 Fallen Askari 4 Knight of Stromgald 4 Man-o'-War 1 Necratog 4 Nekrataal 2 Shadow Guildmage 2 Uktabi Orangutan

Instants 4 Contagion 4 Incinerate

Sorceries 4 Choking Sands 2 Earthquake

Lands 3 City of Brass 3 Gemstone Mine 2 Sulfurous Springs 10 Swamp 1 Underground River 3 Undiscovered Paradise

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

Janosch Kuhn, Finalist
"Kuhn's red, white, and blue deck maintains a sharp balance between speed and control".  Creatures 4 Frenetic Efreet 4 Wildfire Emissary

Instants 3 Abeyance 4 Counterspell 2 Disenchant 4 Force of Will 4 Impulse 4 Incinerate 4 Swords to Plowshares

Sorceries 2 Disintegrate 2 Hammer of Bogardan 1 Pillage

Lands 1 City of Brass 6 Island 6 Mountain 4 Plains 4 Thawing Glaciers 1 Undiscovered Paradise

Sideboard 2 Circle of Protection: Black 3 Circle of Protection: Red 2 Disenchant 2 Earthquake 1 Kjeldoran Outpost 2 Political Trickery 3 Pyroblast 

Svend Geertsen, Semifinalist
"Geertsen's extremely fast monocolored deck is loaded with an army of green creatures. Giant Growth, Bounty of the Hunt, and Winter Orb provide the only noncreature power."  Creatures 4 Fyndhorn Elves 4 Ghazbán Ogre 4 Rogue Elephant 4 Quirion Ranger 3 Harvest Wurm 4 Spectral Bears 2 Whirling Dervish 2 Uktabi Orangutan 2 Jolrael's Centaur 3 Lhurgoyf

Instants 4 Giant Growth 2 Bounty of the Hunt

Artifacts 4 Winter Orb

Lands 16 Forest 2 Heart of Yavimaya

Sideboard 2 River Boa 2 Whirling Dervish 1 Uktabi Orangutan 2 Crumble 4 Emerald Charm 3 City of Solitude 1 Bounty of the Hunt 

Paul McCabe, Semifinalist
"McCabe's fast red-blue deck puts the opponent on the defensive. A large number of inexpensive, efficient creatures overwhelm the opposition."  Creatures 4 Cloud Elemental 4 Man-o'-War 4 Ophidian 3 Suq'ata Lancer 1 Wildfire Emissary 2 Frenetic Efreet

Enchantments 2 Abduction

Instants 2 Disrupt 4 Counterspell 4 Force of Will 4 Incinerate 2 Pyrokinesis

Sorceries 1 Disintegrate

Arifacts 3 Mind Stone

Lands 10 Island 6 Mountain 2 City of Brass 2 Undiscovered Paradise

Sideboard 1 Phyrexian Furnace 1 Nevinyrral's Disk 1 Serrated Arrows 4 Knight of the Mists 1 Hydroblast 1 Dissipate 2 Pyroblast 3 Pillage 1 Pyrokinesis 