Magic: The Gathering World Championship - 2006 World Championship

2006 World Championship

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Makihito Mihara – 2006 World Championship
Dragonstorm
Main Deck: Sideboard:

4 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Hunted Dragon

4 Dragonstorm
4 Lotus Bloom
4 Telling Time
4 Seething Song
4 Sleight of Hand
4 Rite of Flame
4 Gigadrowse
4 Remand

1 Dreadship Reef
1 Calciform Pools
8 Island
4 Steam Vents
4 Mountain
4 Shivan Reef

1 Trickbind
3 Pyroclasm
1 Calciform Pools
2 Dreadship Reef
3 Ignorant Bliss
4 Repeal
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

The thirteenth Magic World Championship took place from 29 November – 3 December 2006 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France. The tournament featured Standard on Wednesday, Time Spiral Booster Draft on Thursday, and Extended on Friday. The team format was Time Spiral Team Rochester Draft. Also on Wednesday Bob Maher, Dave Humpherys, Raphaël Lévy, Gary Wise, and Rob Dougherty were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The winner of this tournament was Makihito Mihara, who defeated Ryou Ogura 3–0 in an all-Japanese final. He piloted a combo deck based on the card Dragonstorm. It is the first time players from the same country have been World Champion in back-to-back seasons. The Netherlands defeated Japan 2–0 in the team final. The total prize money awarded to the top 75 finishers was $255,245.

Finishing Order
  1. Makihito Mihara
  2. Ryou Ogura
  3. Nicholas Lovett
  4. Gabriel Nassif
  5. Paulo Carvalho
  6. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
  7. Tiago Chan
  8. Katsuhiro Mori
Team final
  1. Netherlands – Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, Robert Van Medevoort
  2. Japan – Katsuhiro Mori, Shuhei Yamamoto, Hidenori Katayama
Player of the Year
  1. Shouta Yasooka
  2. Shuhei Nakamura
  3. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
Rookie of the Year
  1. Sebastian Thaler
Hall of Fame inductees
  • Bob Maher, Jr.
  • Dave Humpherys
  • Raphaël Lévy
  • Gary Wise
  • Rob Dougherty

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