Magic: The Gathering World Championship - 1995 World Championship

1995 World Championship

Alexander Blumke – 1995 World Championship
Rack Control
Main Deck: Sideboard:

1 Disrupting Scepter
2 Icy Manipulator
3 The Rack
2 Zuran Orb
3 Dance of the Dead
1 Dark Banishing
4 Dark Ritual
4 Hymn to Tourach
3 Hypnotic Specter
1 Mind Twist
1 Pestilence
1 Royal Assassin
2 Sengir Vampire
2 Terror
1 Power Sink
1 Balance
3 Disenchant
1 Land Tax
1 Spirit Link
1 Swords to Plowshares

3 Adarkar Wastes
1 Bottomless Vault
4 Mishra's Factory
3 Plains
1 Strip Mine
12 Swamp
1 Underground River

1 CoP Artifact
1 CoP Black
2 CoP Red
1 Land Tax
1 Prismatic Ward
4 Gloom
2 Stromgald Cabal
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Magical Hack
1 Sleight of Mind

The second Magic Worlds Championship was held on 4–6 August at the Red Lion Inn in Seattle, USA. 71 players from 19 countries participated. The tournament featured five rounds of Sealed Deck on the first day and five rounds of Standard, then known as Type II, on the second day. Points were awarded for each individual game instead of completed matches as today. The top 8 on Sunday were played with the Standard decks from the day before. In the final Alexander Blumke defeated Mark Hernandez 3–2.

Final standings

  1. Alexander Blumke
  2. Marc Hernandez
  3. Mark Justice
  4. Henry Stern
  5. Ivan Curina
  6. Andrea Redi
  7. Henri Schildt
  8. Mu Luen Wang
Team champion
  1. United States – Mark Justice, Henry Stern, Peter Leiher, Michael Long
  2. Finland – Rosendahl, Henry Schildt, Kimmo Hovi, Punakallio
  3. Australia – Shandley, Hubson, Russell, Liew
  4. France – Marc Hernandez, Moulin, Woirgard, Lebas


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