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{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ ''Magic: The Gathering'' World Championships
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Winner
! scope="col" | Held in
|-
| 1994
| Zak Dolan
| [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin|WI]], United States
|-
| 1995
| Alexander Blumke
| [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], United States
|-
| 1996
| Tom Chanpheng
| [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], United States
|-
| 1997
| Jakub Slemr
| [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], United States
|-
| 1998
| [[Brian Selden]]
| [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], United States
|-
| 1999
| [[Kai Budde]]
| [[Yokohama]], Japan
|-
| 2000
| [[Jon Finkel]]
| [[Brussels]], Belgium
|-
| 2001
| Tom van de Logt
| [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]], Canada
|-
| 2002
| [[Carlos Romão]]
| [[Sydney]], Australia
|-
| 2003
| Daniel Zink
| [[Berlin]], Germany
|-
| 2004
| Julien Nuijten
| [[San Francisco]], [[California|CA]], United States
|-
| 2005
| [[Katsuhiro Mori]]
| [[Yokohama]], Japan
|-
| 2006
| [[Makihito Mihara]]
| [[Paris]], France
|-
| 2007
| Uri Peleg
| [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|NY]], United States
|-
| 2008
| [[Antti Malin]]
| [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee|TN]], United States
|-
| 2009
| [[André Coimbra]]
| [[Rome]], Italy
|-
| 2010
| [[Guillaume Matignon]]
| [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]], Japan
|-
| 2011
| Jun'ya Iyanaga
| [[San Francisco]], [[California|CA]], United States
|-
| 2012
| [[Yuuya Watanabe]]*
| [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], United States
|-
| 2013
| [[Shahar Shenhar]] (1)
| [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
|-
| 2014
| [[Shahar Shenhar]] (2)
| [[Nice]], France
|-
| 2015
| [[Seth Manfield]]
| [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], United States
|-
| 2016
| Brian Braun-Duin
| [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|WA]], United States
|-
| 2017
| [[William Jensen]]
| [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts|MA]], United States
|-
| 2018
| [[Javier Dominguez]] (1)
| [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada|NV]], United States
|-
| 2019
| [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
| [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii|HI]], United States
|-
| 2021
| Yuta Takahashi
| [[MTG Arena]]
|-
| 2022
| [[Nathan Steuer]]
| [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada|NV]], United States (on [[MTG Arena]])
|-
| 2023
| [[Jean-Emmanuel Depraz]]
| [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada|NV]], United States
|-
| 2024
| [[Javier Dominguez]] (2)
| [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada|NV]], United States
|-
| colspan="3" | * Watanabe won the Players Championship
|}

The '''''Magic: The Gathering'' World Championships''' ''(Worlds)'' have been held annually since 1994. It is the most important tournament in the game of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'',{{according to whom|date=December 2020}} offering cash prizes of up to $100,000 to the winners. With the exception of the first edition, Worlds is an invitation-only event, and from 1996 to 2011 World was the last event of each [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour|Pro Tour]] season. The invitees were mostly top finishers from the National championships, the top-ranked players of the [[The DCI|DCI]] and high-level pro players. Since 2012 the World Championships are held after the season and the most successful 16 or 24 players have been invited to the tournament.

After the first five World Championships were all held in the United States, Worlds have since been held in Japan, Australia and various countries in Europe. Besides the main event Worlds were always a huge gathering of ''Magic'' players, who came to watch the pros and compete in side events.

After the 2011 season, the World Championship was briefly replaced by the '''''Magic'' Players Championship'''. The top 16 pro players selected due to various criteria were invited to the Players Championship. In 2013 the tournament was renamed to 'World Championship' once again. From 2014 to 2018 the tournament was expanded to 24 competitors, but is going back to 16 players for the 2019 Worlds.

The large World Championships, held until 2011, also included a national team portion where the top players from each [[List of Magic: The Gathering national champions|National Championship]] engaged in a separate competition. The decision to abandon large World Championships would have left the community without such an event. In part due to heavy demand by the players, [[Wizards of the Coast]] decided to create a replacement after initially abandoning the national team competition. A new team competition, the '''World ''Magic'' Cup''' was held annually from 2012 to 2017.

The most successful contestants are [[Shahar Shenhar]] and [[Javier Dominguez]] who have won the Worlds twice. In the team portion the United States are by far the most successful country.

==History==
[[File:2009MagicWorlds.JPG|thumb|A view over the hall at the 2009 ''Magic'' Worlds in Rome]]

The first World Championship was held in 1994 at the [[Gen Con]] fair in [[Milwaukee]]. The tournament was open to all competitors, and its mode was single-elimination.<ref name="worlds94">{{cite journal | last = Rosewater | first = Mark | title = An M:TGer at Gen Con | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 1994 | pages = 39–42 | journal=The Duelist | issue = 3 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/226gencon| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090603005919/https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/226gencon| url-status = dead| archive-date = 3 June 2009}}</ref>

After 15 years in which the Worlds underwent only minor changes, major changes were announced in 2011. For 2012, the World Championships would be replaced by a 16-player invitational event named the ''Magic: The Gathering'' Players Championship. The Pro Player of the Year title was discontinued in favor of the Players Championship, thus attempting to merge the major individual titles, the World Champion and the Pro Player of the Year. However, for the next season, the Players Championship was renamed to World Championship and Pro Player of the Year was made a separate title once again.<ref>{{cite web|title=Completing the Premier Play Picture for 2013|date=10 December 2012|access-date=10 December 2012|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|author=Helene Bergeot|url=http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/225b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213011254/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/225b|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2012}}</ref>  Originally the team portion of Worlds was planned to be discontinued, but after public outcry from the players [[Wizards of the Coast|Wizards]] decided to create a replacement, the World Magic Cup.<ref name="REVAMP">{{cite web|title=Revamped Premier Play Coming in 2012 | url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/revamped-premier-play-coming-2012-2011-12-23 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast | access-date = 18 November 2019|date=23 December 2011}}</ref>

==Mode==

For 2015, it was initially announced that the World Championship and the World ''Magic'' Cup would be held on separate weeks, sharing the same venue. However, it was later announced that these events would be held at different locations and at different times.<ref name="RevisionFeb15">{{cite web|title=2015 World ''Magic'' Cup and World Championship Updates|date=7 February 2015|access-date=8 April 2015|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|author=Helene Bergeot|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/ptfrf/2015-world-magic-cup-and-world-championship-updates-2015-02-07|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403094509/http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/ptfrf/2015-world-magic-cup-and-world-championship-updates-2015-02-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Participants==
===World Championship===
Prior to 2012, the following players were eligible to play in the World Championship:<ref>{{cite web | title = 2009 World Championship Invitation List | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = November 2009 | access-date =15 November 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds09-inv| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091014093802/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds09-inv| url-status = dead| archive-date = 14 October 2009}}</ref>

* Current World Champion
* 2nd to 8th-place finishers from the previous World Championship.
* Current Pro Player of the Year.
* For countries that hold an invitation-only National Championship, the three members of each national team and that team's designated alternate.
* For countries that hold an open National Championship, the winner of that National Championship.
* Players with Pro Tour Players Club level 4 or higher. (This includes all members of the [[Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]].)
* Players with Pro Tour Players Club level 3 that have not yet used their Players Club invitation
* Top 25 DCI Total-ranked players from the APAC region.
* Top 25 DCI Total-ranked players from Japan.
* Top 50 DCI Total-ranked players from the Europe region.
* Top 50 DCI Total-ranked players from the Latin America region.
* Top 50 DCI Total-ranked players from the North America region.
* Players invited to the ''Magic Online'' Championship held the same week (New in 2009).<ref>{{cite web | title = Magic Online 2009 Championship Series | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = March 2009 | access-date =10 March 2009 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/031009a| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090313231730/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/031009a| url-status = dead| archive-date = 13 March 2009}}</ref>
(Compare [https://web.archive.org/web/20100601164628/http://www.wizards.com/dci/downloads/MTG_PEIP-10_10Feb01_EN.pdf Magic Premier Event Invitation Policy]).

On 2 November 2011, Wizards of the Coast announced a major change to the structure of the World Championship.<ref name= "2012WC">{{cite web | title = Changes to 2012 Tournament and Event Structure, Part 3 | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | date = 2 November 2011 | access-date =2 November 2011 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/167a| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111105090228/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/167a| url-status = dead| archive-date = 5 November 2011}}</ref> It was announced that as of 2012, the individual World Championship would be renamed the ''Magic'' Players Championship,<ref name="REVAMP"/> though the tournament would later revert to its original title, and move from being a [[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)|Pro Tour]]-sized event to an exclusive sixteen-person tournament. These sixteen players will be the:
* Previous World Champion/''Magic'' Players Champion
* Previous ''Magic Online'' Champion Series Champion
* Winners of the previous three [[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)|Pro Tours]]
* The top-ranked player from each geo-region (Asia Pacific, Europe, Japan, Latin America, and North America) in the Planeswalker Points Yearly Professional Total in previous' season who are not yet invited based on the above criteria
* The top-ranked players in previous' season worldwide Planeswalker Points Yearly Professional Total who are not yet invited based on the above criteria sufficient to bring the total number of invited players to the World Championship to sixteen. Should multiple players finished in the same position, the player with a better standing in his/her best Pro Tour in that season will have an advantage.

In 2012, it was also decided to invite the [[Magic: The Gathering Players Tour#Pro Player of the Year|2011 Pro Player of the Year]], [[Owen Turtenwald]], though it was intended that the title be retired in that year.

In 2014, the tournament was expanded to 24 players. Additional invites were granted to the players ranked 2nd place from each geo-region, the fourth Pro-Tour winner, the Rookie of the Year, and the top-ranked player from the World ''Magic'' Cup winning country in the previous season, will be also invited.

In a 2015 revision,<ref name="RevisionFeb15"/> the Rookie of the Year invitation was replaced by the top-ranked player in terms of Pro Points earned in [[Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering)|Grand Prix]] events (to which the point cap does not apply). Further revisions include a change in geo-region invitations, which have been increased to Top 3 for Europe and Asia-Pacific (which now includes Japan) and Top 4 for North America, at the expense of at-large slots. Effective after the 2015 World Championship, the captain of the previous season's World ''Magic'' Cup winning team would also no longer receive an invite.

===Team World Championship===
The Team World Championship consists of three-player teams, with each team representing one country. Players that are eligible to play in the Team World Championship are the first, second and third place players at a country's [[List of Magic: The Gathering national champions|National Championship]].

===World ''Magic'' Cup===
In 2012, the Team World Championship became a single separate event called the 'World ''Magic'' Cup'.<ref name="REVAMP"/> This national team event consists of four-player teams representing selected countries. The four players eligible to play in each national team will be the three winners of World ''Magic'' Cup qualifiers and the National Champion (the player finished with most Pro Points in previous season) of the country.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101226134418/http://www.wizards.com/ContentResources/Wizards/WPN/Main/Documents/Magic_The_Gathering_Premier_Event_Invitation_Policy_PDF1.pdf Magic: The Gathering Premier Event Invitation Policy]</ref> The National Champion is the highest ranked player from that country in that year's rankings.<ref>{{cite web|last=David-Marshall|first=Brian|title=World ''Magic'' Cup Runneth Over|url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/183|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226024918/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/183|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=24 February 2012|date=24 February 2012}}</ref>

Until 2013, all players in top 4 will be invited into the following Pro Tour with airfare expense paid. It was expanded to top 8 teams since 2014. In 2013 and 2014 running, the National Champion of the winning team was also invited to the following year's World Championship.

==1994 World championship==
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|+ Zak Dolan – 1994 World Championship<ref>{{cite web|title=Vicdan Hasbil, First World Champ|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|date=14 October 2008|access-date=19 February 2013|url=https://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/deck/37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017075101/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/deck/37|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2008}}</ref><br />Angel Stasis
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! scope="col" | Sideboard
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  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1009 Ivory Tower]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2348 Kismet]
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  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D725 Stasis]
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  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D884 Tropical Island]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D885 Tundra]
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  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D643 Winter Orb]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D874 Wrath of God]
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|}

The first ''Magic'' World Championship was held at the [[Gen Con]] in [[Milwaukee]], USA on 19–21 August 1994. It is the only Worlds tournament which was held in the [[The DCI#Eternal|Vintage]] format, though it wasn't known as such at the time because there was only one sanctioned format. The 1994 Worlds is also the only Worlds which was not an invite-only tournament. Instead, everybody could register, but the tournament was capped at 512 participants. After two days of single elimination play the final four players featured Bertrand Lestrée, who defeated Cyrille DeFoucaud 2–0 in his semi-final, and Zak Dolan, who defeated Dominic Symens 2–0 in the other semi-final. In the final Dolan defeated Lestrée 2–1.<ref name="worlds94"/>

;Final standings
# {{flagicon|USA}} Zak Dolan
# {{flagicon|FRA}} Bertrand Lestrée
# {{flagicon|BEL}} Dominic Symens
# {{flagicon|FRA}} Cyrille de Foucaud
{{clear}}

==1995 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ Alexander Blumke – 1995 World Championship<ref>{{cite web | title=1995 World Championship Top 4 Decks | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date=16 February 2009 | access-date=31 March 2013 | url=https://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/25e| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219145604/http://wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/25e| url-status=dead| archive-date=19 February 2009}}</ref><br />Rack Control
|-
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! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
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  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D831 Balance]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4176 Bottomless Vault]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2442 Dance of the Dead]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2443 Dark Banishing]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D651 Dark Ritual]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D847 Disenchant]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D610 Disrupting Scepter]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1850 Hymn to Tourach]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D665 Hypnotic Specter]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D616 Icy Manipulator]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2349 Land Tax]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D668 Mind Twist]
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  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1139 The Rack]
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  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2366 Spirit Link]
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  | 12 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D877 Swamp]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D869 Swords to Plowshares]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D683 Terror]
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  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D663 Gloom]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2349 Land Tax]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D708 Magical Hack]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2707 Prismatic Ward]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D723 Sleight of Mind]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2490 Stromgald Cabal]
  }}
|}

The second ''Magic'' World Championship was held on 4–6 August at the Red Lion Inn in [[Seattle]], USA.<ref>{{cite web | title = Around the Worlds in Fifteen Years | date = 16 November 2009 | access-date =16 November 2009 | first = Mark | last = Rosewater | author-link = Mark Rosewater | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/65| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091119124619/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/65| url-status = dead| archive-date = 19 November 2009}}</ref> 71 players from 19 countries participated. The tournament featured five rounds of [[The DCI#Limited|Sealed Deck]] on the first day and five rounds of [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]], then known as Type II, on the second day. In each round three games were played and three points were awarded for each individual game won instead of completed matches as today.<ref>{{cite web | title = Alexander Blume becomes 1995 Magic World Champion | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 1995 | access-date =16 February 2009 | url = http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/25d| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090218080149/http://wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/25d| url-status = dead| archive-date = 18 February 2009}}</ref><ref name="1995results">{{cite newsgroup |title= 1995 World Championship Results | author= Scott Burke | date= 7 August 1995 | newsgroup= rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy |url= https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/alexander$20blumke/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy/lmUo5LnEsBo/CcmL0dkdrysJ|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> After 30 games five players were tied at 19 wins. Blumke and Redi advanced to the top eight after a playoff.<ref name="1995results"/> The top 8 on Sunday were played with the Standard decks from the day before. In the final Alexander Blumke defeated Marc Hernandez 3–2.<ref>{{cite web | last = Rosewater | first = Mark | title = The Long and Winding Road | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 1995 | access-date =16 February 2009 | url = http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/25a| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090218080144/http://wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/25a| url-status = dead| archive-date = 18 February 2009}}</ref>

'''Final standings'''
{{ordered list
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Blumke
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Marc Hernandez
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Justice]]
| item4_value = 3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Henry Stern
| item5_value = 5 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Ivan Curina
| item6_value = 5 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Redi
| item7_value = 5 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Schildt
| item8_value = 5 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Mu-Luen Wang
}}

;Team champion
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States – [[Mark Justice]], Henry Stern, Peter Leiher, [[Mike Long|Michael Long]]
# {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Finland]] – Rosendahl, Henri Schildt, Kimmo Hovi, Punakallio
# {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia – Glenn Shanley, Christopher Hudson, Russell, Liew
# {{flagicon|FRA}} France – Marc Hernandez, Moulin, Woirgard, Lebas
{{clear}}

==1996 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ Tom Chanpheng – 1996 World Championship<br />White Weenie
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Main Deck
! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D830 Armageddon]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D831 Balance]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D847 Disenchant]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3233 Kjeldoran Outpost]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1624 Land Tax]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3048 Lodestone Bauble]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1072 Mishra's Factory]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2002 Order of Leitbur]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2706 Order of the White Shield]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3053 Phyrexian War Beast]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 15 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D899 Plains]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3208 Reinforcements]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3209 Reprisal]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D867 Savannah Lions]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D868 Serra Angel]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D723 Sleight of Mind]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1077 Strip Mine]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D869 Swords to Plowshares]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D872 White Knight]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2436 Zuran Orb]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2663 Arenson's Aura]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D601 Black Vise]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1607 Divine Offering]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2684 Energy Storm]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3194 Exile]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3233 Kjeldoran Outpost]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3209 Reprisal]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2909 Serrated Arrows]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D723 Sleight of Mind]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D1635 Spirit Link]
  }}
|}

The third ''Magic'' World Championship was held at the [[Wizards of the Coast|Wizards]] headquarters in [[Seattle]], USA. It was the first Worlds also to be a [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour|Pro Tour]]. 125 players competed in the event.<ref>{{cite web | title = Final Standings | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2003 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds96/result| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081009153402/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds96/result| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref> The tournament featured six rounds each of [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]], [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]] (Type II), and [[The DCI#Eternal|Legacy]] (Type 1.5).<ref name="OT1">{{cite web | first = Mark | last = Rosewater | title = On Tour, Part 1 | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 26 July 2004 | access-date =1 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr134| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081019011507/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr134| url-status = dead| archive-date = 19 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="1996ausresults">{{cite newsgroup |title= [MtG] Worlds, Day Four... | author= David J. Low | date= 19 August 1996 | newsgroup= aus.games |url= https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/tom$20chanpheng/aus.games/tHVJklc95YA/PG7Ma_IvZQwJ|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> For each match two points were awarded to the winner. In case of a draw both players received one point.<ref name="1996ausresults"/> For the first time the World Championship also included an official team portion.

'''Final standings'''
{{ordered list
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tom Chanpheng
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Justice]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Henry Stern
| item4_value = 3 | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Råde]]
| item5_value = 5 | {{flagicon|USA}} Matt Place
| item6_value = 5 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Johns]]
| item7_value = 5 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Eric Tam
| item8_value = 5 | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tommi Hovi]]
}}
Note that Chanpheng's winning deck included a {{mtgcard|Sleight of Mind}}, but no sources of blue mana. This stemmed from an error in his submitted decklist, which was supposed to include some number of Adarkar Wastes in place of Plains.

Tom's victory was commemorated with a unique card, named [https://web.archive.org/web/20081225022305/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr163 1996 World Champion].

;Team final
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States – Dennis Bentley, George Baxter, [[Mike Long]], Matt Place
# {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] – David Korejtko, Jakub Slemr, Ondrej Baudys, Lukas Kocourek

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Råde]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} Shawn "Hammer" Regnier
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Justice]]
{{clear}}

==1997 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ Jakub Slemr – 1997 World Championship <br />Four Color Black <!-- card links are to exact printing per the World Championship Decks 1997 product -->
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Main Deck
! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3826 Black Knight]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3282 Choking Sands]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4178 City of Brass]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3069 Contagion]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4044 Earthquake]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3616 Fallen Askari]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4592 Gemstone Mine]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4063 Incinerate]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3854 Knight of Stromgald]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3644 Man-o'-War]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4464 Necratog]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3623 Nekrataal]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3309 Shadow Guildmage]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4189 Sulfurous Springs]
  | 10 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4170 Swamp]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3680 Uktabi Orangutan]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4191 Underground River]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3755 Undiscovered Paradise]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4123 Disenchant]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3071 Dystopia]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3289 Ebony Charm]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3194 Exile]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3294 Forsaken Wastes]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3714 Honorable Passage]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3915 Hydroblast]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4083 Pyroblast]
  }}
|}

The fourth ''Magic'' World Championship was held on 13–17 August 1997 in [[Seattle]], USA.<ref name=SIMagic /> 153 players competed in the event.<ref>{{cite web | title = Pro Tour Results Archive – World Championships, 1997 | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2003 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=results/PTWORLDS97| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020830143513/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=results/PTWORLDS97| url-status = dead| archive-date = 30 August 2002}}</ref> It was the first ''Magic'' tournament to be filmed by [[ESPN2]] and was covered in ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''.<ref name=SIMagic>{{cite magazine |last1=Pearlman|first1=Jeff|author-link=Jeff Pearlman |title=Revenge of the Nerds |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1997/11/17/235193/revenge-of-the-nerds-magic-is-played-with-cards-its-wildly-popular-its-tough-to-explain|access-date=5 April 2019 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|volume=87|issue=20|page=7 |date=17 November 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[The Duelist (magazine)|The Duelist]]|title=ESPN2 to air '97 Magic Worlds|issue=20|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|date=December 1997|url=https://archive.org/details/duelist-20/page/n45/mode/2up?view=theater}}</ref> The competition featured [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]], ''[[Mirage (Magic: The Gathering)|Mirage]]-[[Visions (Magic: The Gathering)|Visions]]-[[Weatherlight]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Rochester Draft]], and [[The DCI#Constructed|Extended]],<ref name="OT1"/> and ''Fifth Edition''-''Weatherlight'' Team Sealed for the team portion.

'''Final standings'''
{{ordered list
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Slemr
| {{flagicon|GER}} Janosch Kühn
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Paul McCabe (Magic: The Gathering player)|Paul McCabe]]
| item4_value = 3 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Svend Geertsen
| item5_value = 5 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriel Tsang
| item6_value = 5 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Nikolai Weibull
| item7_value = 5 | {{flagicon|USA}} Nate Clark
| item8_value = 5 | {{flagicon|USA}} John Chinnock
}}

;Team final
# {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada – Gary Krakower, Michael Donais, Ed Ito, Gabriel Tsang
# {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]] – Nikolai Weibull, Mattias Jorstedt, Marcus Angelin, Johan Cedercrantz

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Paul McCabe (Magic: The Gathering player)|Paul McCabe]]
# {{flagicon|CAN}} Terry Borer
{{clear}}

==1998 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ Brian Selden – 1998 World Championship<br />RecSur <!-- card links are to exact printing per the World Championship Decks 1998 product -->
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Main Deck
! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3963 Birds of Paradise]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2886 City of Brass]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4871 Cloudchaser Eagle]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4913 Lobotomy]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4547 Firestorm]
  | 8 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4928 Forest]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4592 Gemstone Mine]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2755 Karplusan Forest]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3644 Man-o'-War]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3623 Nekrataal]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4558 Orcish Settlers]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D6103 Recurring Nightmare]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4936 Reflecting Pool]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4628 Scroll Rack]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5239 Spike Feeder]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D6152 Spike Weaver]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3315 Spirit of the Night]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D6150 Survival of the Fittest]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4925 Swamp]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D6082 Thrull Surgeon]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4738 Tradewind Rider]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3680 Uktabi Orangutan]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2761 Underground River]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3755 Undiscovered Paradise]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4797 Verdant Force]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5263 Volrath's Stronghold]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5265 Wall of Blossoms]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3422 Wall of Roots]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4805 Boil]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4658 Dread of Night]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3663 Emerald Charm]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D3390 Hall of Gemstone]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4438 Phyrexian Furnace]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D2649 Pyroblast]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4907 Staunch Defenders]
  }}
|}

The fifth ''Magic'' World Championship was held on 12–16 August 1998 in [[Seattle]], USA. This tournament featured a ''[[Tempest (Magic: The Gathering)|Tempest]]-[[Stronghold (Magic: The Gathering)|Stronghold]]-[[Exodus (Magic: The Gathering)|Exodus]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]], [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]], and [[The DCI#Constructed|Tempest Block Constructed]].<ref name="OT1"/>

203 players competed in the event.<ref>{{cite web | title = 1998 World Championships Coverage | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2003 | access-date =21 December 2009 | url = http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=WORLDS98/welcome| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010410010241/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=WORLDS98/welcome| url-status = dead| archive-date = 10 April 2001}}</ref> The USA dominated the top 8, taking seven of the eight slots. The USA also won the team competition.<ref name="OT1"/>

;Finishing order
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Selden]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Rubin (professional Magic player)|Ben Rubin]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphaël Lévy]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Johns]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Pikula]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Hacker
# {{flagicon|USA}} Alan Comer

;Team final
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States – Matt Linde, [[Mike Long]], Bryce Currence, [[Jon Finkel]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} France – Pierre Malherbaud, Manuel Bevand, Marc Hernandez, Fabien Demazeau

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Randy Buehler]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Randy Buehler]]
{{clear}}

==1999 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ Kai Budde – 1999 World Championship<br />Wildfire <!-- card links are to exact printing per the World Championship Decks 1999 product -->
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Main Deck
! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4636 Ancient Tomb]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D6168 City of Traitors]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15770 Covetous Dragon]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4601 Cursed Scroll]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15405 Fire Diamond]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D12626 Grim Monolith]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D9847 Karn, Silver Golem]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D13087 Masticore]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D10650 Mishra's Helix]
  | 13 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D14745 Mountain]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5548 Temporal Aperture]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15248 Thran Dynamo]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5547 Voltaic Key]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5566 Wildfire]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D8876 Worn Powerstone]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D4805 Boil]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D14651 Earthquake]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D10650 Mishra's Helix]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5610 Phyrexian Processor]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D12422 Rack and Ruin]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5221 Shattering Pulse]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D6121 Spellshock]
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|}

The sixth ''Magic'' World Championship was held on 4–8 August 1999 at the Yokohama Pacifico in [[Yokohama]], Japan. This tournament featured an ''[[Urza's Saga]]-[[Urza's Legacy]]-[[Urza's Destiny]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Rochester Draft]], [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]], and [[The DCI#Constructed|Extended]].<ref name="OT1"/>

208 players from 32 countries competed in the event.<ref>{{cite web | title = 1999 Magic: The Gathering World Championships | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 8 August 1999 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=WORLDS99/welcome/welcome| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023234825/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=WORLDS99/welcome/welcome| url-status = dead| archive-date = 23 October 2012}}</ref> In the final [[Kai Budde]] defeated Mark Le Pine 3–0 in about 20 minutes, the quickest Pro Tour final ever. Budde's win was the first of his seven Pro Tour victories. By winning this title he also claimed the first of his four Pro Player of the Year titles.<ref name="OT1"/>

;Finishing order
# {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kai Budde]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Le Pine
# {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Lo Moro
# {{flagicon|USA}} Matt Linde
# {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Slemr
# {{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Parke
# {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gary Wise]]
# {{flagicon|NOR}} Nicolai Herzog

;Team final
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States – Kyle Rose, John Hunka, [[Zvi Mowshowitz]], Charles Kornblith
# {{flagicon|GER}} Germany – [[Marco Blume]], Patrick Mello, David Brucker, Rosario Maij

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kai Budde]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} Casey McCarrel

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dirk Baberowski]]
{{clear}}

==2000 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ Jon Finkel – 2000 World Championship<br />Tinker <!-- card links are to exact printing per the World Championship Decks 2000 product -->
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Main Deck
! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
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  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D19746 Crumbling Sanctuary]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15413 Crystal Vein]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D12626 Grim Monolith]
  | 9 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D14737 Island]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D13087 Masticore]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15246 Metalworker]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D10650 Mishra's Helix]
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| {{ubl
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  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D19767 Rishadan Port]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D19643 Saprazzan Skerry]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D21399 Tangle Wire]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15248 Thran Dynamo]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D12383 Tinker]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D5547 Voltaic Key]
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  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15444 Chill]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D12376 Miscalculation]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D10650 Mishra's Helix]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D21304 Rising Waters]
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|}

The seventh ''Magic'' World Championship was held in [[Brussels]], Belgium on 2&ndash;6 August 2000. It was the first time the Worlds were held in Europe. The tournament featured a ''[[Mercadian Masques]]-[[Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering)|Nemesis]]-[[Prophecy (Magic: The Gathering)|Prophecy]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]], Mercadian Masques [[The DCI#Constructed|Block Constructed]], and [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]].<ref name="OT1" />

273 players from 46 countries competed in the event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/worlds2000/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815060828/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/worlds2000/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 August 2000 |title=2000 Magic: The Gathering World Championships |date=6 August 2000 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=3 December 2008}}</ref> In the final [[Jon Finkel]] defeated his friend, [[Bob Maher]]. Both played nearly identical decks with a difference of just one card.<ref name="OT1" />

;Finishing order
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Maher, Jr.]]
# {{flagicon|GER}} Dominik Hothow
# {{flagicon|AUT}} Benedikt Klauser
# {{flagicon|NED}} Tom van de Logt
# {{flagicon|AUT}} Helmut Summersberger
# {{flagicon|GER}} Janosch Kühn
# {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Labarre

;Team final
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States &ndash; [[Jon Finkel]], Chris Benafel, Frank Hernandez, Aaron Forsythe
# {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada &ndash; Ryan Fuller, Murray Evans, Gabriel Tsang, Sam Lau

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Maher, Jr.]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Darwin Kastle]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Davis
{{clear}}

==2001 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ Tom van de Logt – 2001 World Championship<br />Machine Head <!-- card links are to exact printing per the World Championship Decks 2001 product -->
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Main Deck
! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23192 Blazing Specter]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23320 Crypt Angel]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D19592 Dark Ritual]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D14557 Duress]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D26262 Flametongue Kavu]
  | 6 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D11412 Mountain]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23021 Plague Spitter]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D26477 Phyrexian Scuta]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D19767 Rishadan Port]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23096 Skizzik]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D11519 Sulfurous Springs]
  | 6 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D11524 Swamp]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D25871 Terminate]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23242 Urborg Volcano]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23087 Urza's Rage]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D19589 Vendetta]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23030 Addle]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23320 Crypt Angel]
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  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D25644 Persecute]
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  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D25677 Pyroclasm]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D24636 Scoria Cat]
  }}
|}

The eighth ''Magic'' World Championship was held on 8&ndash;12 August 2001 at the [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tournament featured ''[[Invasion (Magic: The Gathering)|Invasion]]-[[Planeshift (Magic: The Gathering)|Planeshift]]-[[Apocalypse (Magic: The Gathering)|Apocalypse]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Rochester Draft]], [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]], and [[The DCI#Constructed|Extended]] as individual formats and Invasion block team Rochester as the team format.<ref name="OT2">{{cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr136 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302090404/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr136 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 March 2009 |title=On Tour, Part 2 |last=Rosewater |first=Mark |date=9 August 2004 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=1 December 2008}}</ref>

296 players from 51 countries competed in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=Worlds2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010821225855/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=Worlds2001 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 August 2001 |title=2001 World Championships Coverage |date=12 August 2001 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> Tom van de Logt from the [[Netherlands]] came out as the new world champion, garnering a prize of $35,000 for his victory (as well as another $1,000 for the success of the Dutch team he was part of). Other finalists included future [[World Series of Poker bracelet]] winner [[Alexander Borteh|Alex Borteh]] (2nd place), Antoine Ruel (3rd place), Andrea Santin (4th place), [[Mike Turian]] (5th place), Jan Tomcani (6th place), [[Tommi Hovi]] (7th place), and [[David Williams (card player)|David Williams]] (disqualified).<ref name="OT2" /> John Ormerod did not make the top 8 finishers, but was awarded 8th place after [[David Williams (card player)|David Williams]] was disqualified for a marked deck.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=Worlds2001\466williamsdq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010827143405/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=Worlds2001%5c466williamsdq |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2001 |title=Dave Williams Disqualified |last=Wachter |first=Toby |date=12 August 2001 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> The team competition was won by the US team, which defeated [[Norway]] in the team final.<ref name="OT2" />

;Finishing Order
# {{flagicon|NED}} Tom van de Logt
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alexander Borteh|Alex Borteh]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antoine Ruel]]
# {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Santin
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Turian]]
# {{flagicon|SVK}} Jan Tomcani
# {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tommi Hovi]]
# {{flagicon|ENG}} John Ormerod

;Team final
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States &ndash; Trevor Blackwell, Brian Hegstad, [[Eugene Harvey (Magic: The Gathering player)|Eugene Harvey]]
# {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway]] &ndash; Nicolai Herzog, Oyvind Odegaard, Jan Pieter Groenhof

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kai Budde]]
# {{flagicon|NED}} Kamiel Cornelissen
# {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Pustilnik

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuhiro Mori]]
{{clear}}

==2002 World championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-top: 0;"
|+ [[Carlos Romão]] – 2002 World Championship<br />Psychatog <!-- card links are to exact printing per the World Championship Decks 2002 product -->
|-
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Main Deck
! scope="col" | Sideboard
|- valign="top"
| {{ubl
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D29903 Cephalid Coliseum]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D29603 Chainer's Edict]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D34368 Circular Logic]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D11214 Counterspell]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D34400 Cunning Wish]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D29793 Darkwater Catacombs]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D32237 Deep Analysis]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D22998 Fact or Fiction]
  | 10 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D11349 Island]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D27080 Memory Lapse]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D25693 Nightscape Familiar]
  | 2 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D31852 Upheaval]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D31825 Psychatog]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D22985 Repulse]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23241 Salt Marsh]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D31619 Swamp]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D11545 Underground River]
  }}
| {{ubl
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D30762 Coffin Purge]
  | 4 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D14557 Duress]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D22998 Fact or Fiction]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D27189 Gainsay]
  | 3 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D29744 Ghastly Demise]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D13116 Hibernation]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D25567 Mana Short]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23154 Recoil]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D15137 Slay]
  | 1 [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid%3D23015 Teferi's Response]
  }}
|}

The ninth ''Magic'' World Championship was held on 14&ndash;18 August 2002 at [[Fox Studios Australia|Fox Studios]] in Sydney, Australia. The tournament featured ''[[Odyssey (Magic: The Gathering)|Odyssey]]-[[Torment (Magic: The Gathering)|Torment]]-[[Judgment (Magic: The Gathering)|Judgment]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]], Odyssey [[The DCI#Constructed|Block Constructed]], and [[The DCI#Contstructed|Standard]] as individual formats and Odyssey Team Rochester Draft as the team format.<ref name="OT2" />

245 players from 46 countries competed in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=Worlds02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023225654/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=Worlds02 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2012 |title=2002 World Championships Coverage |date=18 August 2001  |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |access-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> Twenty-four-year-old [[Carlos Romão|Carlos "Jaba" Romão]] from [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]], Brazil came out as world champion, defeating Mark Ziegner 3–2 in the final, thereby garnering a prize of $35,000 with the help of his blue/black "Psychatog" deck. Germany won the team competition, defeating the United States in the final 2–1.

;Finishing order
# {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Romão]]
# {{flagicon|GER}} Mark Ziegner
# {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Ostrovich
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dave Humpherys]]
# {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Sim Han How
# {{flagicon|IRE}} John Larkin
# {{flagicon|FIN}} Tuomas Kotiranta
# {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Krouner

;Team final
# {{flagicon|GER}} Germany &ndash; [[Kai Budde]], Mark Ziegner, Felix Schneiders
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States &ndash; [[Eugene Harvey (Magic: The Gathering player)|Eugene Harvey]], Andrew Ranks, Eric Franz

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kai Budde]]
# {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jens Thorén]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Shvartsman]]

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|FRA}} Farid Meraghni
{{clear}}

==2003 World championship==
{| align="right" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 1ex;"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | Daniel Zink – 2003 World Championship<br />Wake
|- style="background-color: #eee;"
! colspan="2" | Main Deck:
! style="border-left: 1px solid black;" | Sideboard:
|- valign="top"
| style="background-color: #ddf;" |
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMana%5D+%5BLeak%5D Mana Leak]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCircular%5D+%5BLogic%5D Circular Logic]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BWrath%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BGod%5D Wrath of God]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BVengeful%5D+%5BDreams%5D Vengeful Dreams]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMoment's%5D+%5BPeace%5D Moment's Peace]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRenewed%5D+%5BFaith%5D Renewed Faith]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMirari's%5D+%5BWake%5D Mirari's Wake]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMirari%5D Mirari]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BDeep%5D+%5BAnalysis%5D Deep Analysis]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCompulsion%5D Compulsion]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCunning%5D+%5BWish%5D Cunning Wish]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BDecree%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BJustice%5D Decree of Justice]<br />
| style="background-color: #dfd;" |
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BKrosan%5D+%5BVerge%5D Krosan Verge]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSkycloud%5D+%5BExpanse%5D Skycloud Expanse]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BForest%5D Forest]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPlains%5D Plains]<br />
7 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BIsland%5D Island]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BFlooded%5D+%5BStrand%5D Flooded Strand]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BElfhame%5D+%5BPalace%5D Elfhame Palace]<br />
| style="background-color: #fdd; border-left: 1px solid black;" |
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BVengeful%5D+%5BDreams%5D Vengeful Dreams]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BHunting%5D+%5BPack%5D Hunting Pack]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BWing%5D+%5BShards%5D Wing Shards]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCircular%5D+%5BLogic%5D Circular Logic]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRay%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BDistortion%5D Ray of Distortion]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRenewed%5D+%5BFaith%5D Renewed Faith]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BKrosan%5D+%5BReclamation%5D Krosan Reclamation]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BExalted%5D+%5BAngel%5D Exalted Angel]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRay%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BRevelation%5D Ray of Revelation]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BAnurid%5D+%5BBrushhopper%5D Anurid Brushhopper]<br />
|}
(''[https://web.archive.org/web/20030819054943/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=sideboard/events/worlds03 Complete coverage]'')

The tenth ''Magic'' World Championship was held from 6 to 10 August at the [[Estrel Hotel]] in Berlin, Germany.<ref name="OT2"/> The tournament featured ''[[Onslaught (Magic: The Gathering)|Onslaught]]-[[Legions (Magic: The Gathering)|Legions]]-[[Scourge (Magic: The Gathering)|Scourge]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Rochester Draft]], [[The DCI#Constructed|Extended]], and [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]] as individual formats and Onslaught Team Rochester Draft as the team format.<ref name="worlds03">{{cite web | title = Live Coverage of 2003 World Championships | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 10 August 2001 | access-date =1 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=Worlds03| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023225703/http://www.wizards.com/sideboard/event.asp?event=Worlds03| url-status = dead| archive-date = 23 October 2012}}</ref>

312 players from 54 countries participated in the tournament. German Daniel Zink managed to emerge as the new world champion, beating Japan's Jin Okamoto 3–0 in the finals and taking home $35,000 in the process. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130.<ref name="worlds03"/> In the team final the United States defeated [[Finland]] 2–1.<ref name="worlds03"/>

;Finishing order
# {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Zink
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Jin Okamoto
# {{flagicon|FIN}} Tuomo Nieminen
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dave Humpherys]]
# {{flagicon|NED}} Jeroen Remie
# {{flagicon|GER}} Peer Kröger
# {{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Eder
# {{flagicon|USA}} Gabe Walls

;Team Finals
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States – [[Justin Gary]], Gabe Walls, Joshua Wagner
# {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Finland]] – Tomi Walamies, Tuomo Nieminen, Arho Toikka

'''Player of the Year Race'''
{{ordered list
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kai Budde]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Gary]]
| item3_value = 2 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Jorstedt
}}

;Rookie of the Year
: {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masashi Oiso]]
{{clear}}

==2004 World championship==
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | Julien Nuijten – 2004 World Championship<br />W/G Astral Slide
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BEternal%5D+%5BDragon%5D Eternal Dragon]

4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BWrath%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BGod%5D Wrath of God]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRenewed%5D+%5BFaith%5D Renewed Faith]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BAstral%5D+%5BSlide%5D Astral Slide]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BAkroma's%5D+%5BVengeance%5D Akroma's Vengeance]<br />
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BWindswept%5D+%5BHeath%5D Windswept Heath]<br />
6 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPlains%5D Plains]<br />
7 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BForest%5D Forest]<br />
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2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRude%5D+%5BAwakening%5D Rude Awakening]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BScrabbling%5D+%5BClaws%5D Scrabbling Claws]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCircle%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BProtection:%5D+%5BRed%5D Circle of Protection: Red]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPlow%5D+%5BUnder%5D Plow Under]<br />
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(''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041011073857/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/worlds04/welcome Complete coverage]'')

The eleventh ''Magic'' World Championship was held from 1 to 5 September at the [[Fort Mason|Fort Mason Center]] in San Francisco, California, USA.<ref name="worlds04">{{cite web | title = Nuijten, Nassif dominate Worlds | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 5 September 2004 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds04/welcome| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081009153307/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds04/welcome| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref>
The tournament featured [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]] on Wednesday, ''[[Mirrodin]]-[[Darksteel]]-[[Fifth Dawn]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]] on Thursday, and ''Mirrodin'' [[The DCI#Constructed|Block Constructed]] on Friday. The team format was ''Mirrodin'' Block Team Rochester Draft.<ref name="intro04">{{cite web | title = 2004 World Championships | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 1 September 2004 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds04/d1intro| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090602032250/https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds04/d1intro| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2 June 2009}}</ref>

304 players from 51 countries competed in the event. This was the first ever World Championships without a player from the United States in the Top 8. Julien Nuijten won the final 3–1 against Aeo Paquette. At 15 years old, he became the youngest ever Pro Tour winner and took home a total of $52,366 – a new record for winnings in a single [[collectible card game]] tournament. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130. Team Germany won the team final 2–1 against [[Belgium]].<ref name="worlds04"/>

;Finishing order
# {{flagicon|NED}} Julien Nuijten
# {{flagicon|CAN}} Aeo Paquette
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryou Ogura
# {{flagicon|FRA}} Manuel Bevand
# {{flagicon|NED}} Kamiel Cornelissen
# {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Terry Soh
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
# {{flagicon|CAN}} Murray Evans

;Team final
# {{flagicon|GER}} Germany – Torben Twiefel, Roland Bode, Sebastian Zink
# {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Belgium]] – Vincent Lemoine, Dilson Ramos Da Fonseca, Geoffrey Siron

;Player of the Year Race
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
# {{flagicon|NOR}} Nicolai Herzog
# {{flagicon|NOR}} Rickard Österberg

;Rookie of the Year
: {{flagicon|NED}} Julien Nuijten
{{clear}}

==2005 World championship==
(''[https://web.archive.org/web/20051229184925/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/worlds05/welcome Complete coverage]'')

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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | Katsuhiro Mori – 2005 World Championship<br /> Ghazi Glare
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2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BYosei,%5D+%5BThe%5D+%5BMorning%5D+%5BStar%5D Yosei, The Morning Star]<br />
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSelesnya%5D+%5BGuildmage%5D Selesnya Guildmage]<br />
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3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BLlanowar%5D+%5BElves%5D Llanowar Elves]

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3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BUmezawa's%5D+%5BJitte%5D Umezawa's Jitte]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCongregation%5D+%5Bat%5D+%5BDawn%5D Congregation at Dawn]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BGlare%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BSubdual%5D Glare of Subdual]<br />
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSelesnya%5D+%5BSanctuary%5D Selesnya Sanctuary]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BOkina,%5D+%5BTemple%5D+%5Bto%5D+%5Bthe%5D+%5BGrandfathers%5D Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BBrushland%5D Brushland]<br />
5 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BForest%5D Forest]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BTemple%5D+%5BGarden%5D Temple Garden]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPlains%5D Plains]<br />
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2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BGreater%5D+%5BGood%5D Greater Good]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BKodama%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5Bthe%5D+%5BNorth%5D+%5BTree%5D Kodama of the North Tree]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BNaturalize%5D Naturalize]<br />
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1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BWrath%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BGod%5D Wrath of God]<br />
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The twelfth ''Magic'' World Championship was held from 30 November to 4 December at the [[Pacifico Yokohama]] in [[Yokohama]], Japan. The tournament featured [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]] on Wednesday, ''[[Ravnica (Magic: The Gathering)|Ravnica]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]] on Thursday, and [[The DCI#Constructed|Extended]] on Friday. The team format was ''Ravnica'' Team Rochester Draft.<ref name="worlds05">{{cite web | title = Worlds 2005: Japan's Crowning Achievement | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 4 December 2005 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds05/welcome| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081009153312/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds05/welcome| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref> The event began with the induction of the first class of the newly incepted [[Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] – Alan Comer, [[Jon Finkel]], [[Tommi Hovi]], [[Darwin Kastle]], and [[Olle Råde]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Feature: Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 30 November 2005 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds05/hoffeat| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090602035710/https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds05/hoffeat| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2 June 2009}}</ref>

287 players from 56 countries competed in the event. [[Katsuhiro Mori]] won the tournament, defeating Frank Karsten 3–1 in the final, taking home $35,000. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130. In the team final Japan defeated the United States 3–0.<ref name="worlds05"/>

;Finishing Order
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuhiro Mori]]
# {{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)|Frank Karsten]]
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomohiro Kaji
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akira Asahara]]
# {{flagicon|POR}} Marcio Carvalho
# {{flagicon|SIN}} Ding Leong
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]]
# {{flagicon|POR}} [[André Coimbra]]

;Team final
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan – Takuma Morofuji, Ichirou Shimura, [[Masashi Oiso]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} United States – [[Antonino De Rosa]], Neil Reeves, [[Jonathan Sonne]]

;Player of the Year Race
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenji Tsumura]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olivier Ruel]]
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masashi Oiso]]

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Canali

;Hall of Fame inductees
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Darwin Kastle]]
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tommi Hovi]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} Alan Comer
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Råde]]

==2006 World championship==
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20061206012105/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/worlds06/welcome (Complete Coverage)]''

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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | Makihito Mihara – 2006 World Championship<br /> Dragonstorm
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRemand%5D Remand]<br />
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8 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BIsland%5D Island]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSteam%5D+%5BVents%5D Steam Vents]<br />
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BShivan%5D+%5BReef%5D Shivan Reef]<br />
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3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BIgnorant%5D+%5BBliss%5D Ignorant Bliss]<br />
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The thirteenth ''Magic'' World Championship took place from 29 November – 3 December 2006 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France. The tournament featured [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]] on Wednesday, ''[[Time Spiral (Magic: The Gathering)|Time Spiral]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]] on Thursday, and [[The DCI#Constructed|Extended]] on Friday. The team format was ''Time Spiral'' Team Rochester Draft.<ref name="schedule06">{{cite web | title = 2006 World Championships Format and Schedule | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2006 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds06format| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090603123724/https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds06format| url-status = dead| archive-date = 3 June 2009}}</ref> Also on Wednesday [[Bob Maher]], [[Dave Humpherys]], [[Raphaël Lévy]], [[Gary Wise]], and [[Rob Dougherty]] were inducted into the [[Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame|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 [[Magic: The Gathering deck types#Combo|combo deck]] based on the card {{mtgcard|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.<ref name="worlds06">{{cite web | title = Mihara, Dutch crowned World Champions | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2006 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds06/welcome| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081009153317/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds06/welcome| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref>

;Finishing Order
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Makihito Mihara]]
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryou Ogura
# {{flagicon|WAL}} Nicholas Lovett
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
# {{flagicon|POR}} Paulo Carvalho
# {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
# {{flagicon|POR}} Tiago Chan
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuhiro Mori]]

;Team final
# {{flagicon|NED}} [[Netherlands]] – Kamiel Cornelissen, Julien Nuijten, Robert Van Medevoort
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan – [[Katsuhiro Mori]], Shuhei Yamamoto, Hidenori Katayama

;Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shouta Yasooka]]
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]]
# {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Thaler

;Hall of Fame inductees
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Maher, Jr.]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dave Humpherys]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphaël Lévy]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gary Wise]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rob Dougherty]]

==2007 World championship==
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071208103439/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgevent/worlds07/welcome (Complete Coverage)]''

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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | Uri Peleg – 2007 World Championship<br/>Doran Rock
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BBirds%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BParadise%5D Birds of Paradise]<br />
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3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BLlanowar%5D+%5BElves%5D Llanowar Elves]<br />
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3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BShriekmaw%5D Shriekmaw]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BTarmogoyf%5D Tarmogoyf]

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2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BNameless%5D+%5BInversion%5D Nameless Inversion]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BProfane%5D+%5BCommand%5D Profane Command]<br />
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BGilt-Leaf%5D+%5BPalace%5D Gilt-Leaf Palace]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BHorizon%5D+%5BCanopy%5D Horizon Canopy]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BLlanowar%5D+%5BWastes%5D Llanowar Wastes]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPendelhaven%5D Pendelhaven]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BTreetop%5D+%5BVillage%5D Treetop Village]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BUrborg,%5D+%5BTomb%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BYawgmoth%5D Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]<br />
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1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BShriekmaw%5D Shriekmaw]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BStupor%5D Stupor]<br />
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The fourteenth ''Magic'' World Championship took place from 6–9 December 2007 at the [[Jacob K. Javits Convention Center|Jacob K. Javits Center of New York]] in New York City, USA. The tournament featured five rounds of [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]] and a ''[[Lorwyn]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Draft]] on Thursday. Friday featured five rounds of [[The DCI#Eternal|Legacy]] and another ''Lorwyn'' Booster Draft. The team format was ''Lorwyn'' Two-Headed Giant Booster Draft.<ref name="schedule07">{{cite web | title = 2007 Magic Worlds Championships Tournament Format | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2007 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds-07format| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090603130559/https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds-07format| url-status = dead| archive-date = 3 June 2009}}</ref> The top 64 individual finishers received $215,600 in prize money.

386 players from 61 countries competed in the event. The winner of the tournament was Uri Peleg (who is now a high stakes poker player), defeating Patrick Chapin 3–1 in the final. [[Katsuhiro Mori]] made the top 8 for the third consecutive year, while Gabriel Nassif made his third final eight within four Worlds. Coincidentally, each player mirrored their performance from the previous year (Mori was eliminated in the quarter-finals, Nassif in the semi-finals).<ref>{{cite web | title = Historic Wins for Peleg, Swiss at Worlds | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | date = 9 December 2008 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds07/welcome| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080905232908/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtgevent/worlds07/welcome| url-status = dead| archive-date = 5 September 2008}}</ref>

;Finishing Order
# {{flagicon|ISR}} Uri Peleg
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Chapin]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Koutarou Ootsuka
# {{flagicon|SUI}} Christoph Huber
# {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshitaka Nakano
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuhiro Mori]]
# {{flagicon|NED}} Roel van Heeswijk

;Team final
# {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]] – Nico Bohny, Manuel Bucher, Christoph Huber, Raphael Gennari
# {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austria]] – Thomas Preyer, David Reitbauer, Stefan Stradner, Helmut Summersberger

;Pro Tour Player of the Year
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomoharu Saitou]]
# {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenji Tsumura]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Wafo-Tapa]]

;Rookie of the Year
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]

;Hall of Fame inductees
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kai Budde]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zvi Mowshowitz]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuyoshi Fujita]]
* {{flagicon|NOR}} Nicolai Herzog
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Randy Buehler]]

==2008 World championship==
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | Antti Malin – 2008 World Championship<br/>Faeries
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMistbind%5D+%5BClique%5D Mistbind Clique]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSower%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BTemptation%5D Sower of Temptation]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSpellstutter%5D+%5BSprite%5D Spellstutter Sprite]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BVendilion%5D+%5BClique%5D Vendilion Clique]

4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BAgony%5D+%5BWarp%5D Agony Warp]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BBitterblossom%5D Bitterblossom]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BBroken%5D+%5BAmbitions%5D Broken Ambitions]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCryptic%5D+%5BCommand%5D Cryptic Command]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRemove%5D+%5BSoul%5D Remove Soul]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BTerror%5D Terror]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BThoughtseize%5D Thoughtseize]<br />
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1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BFaerie%5D+%5BConclave%5D Faerie Conclave]<br />
6 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BIsland%5D Island]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMutavault%5D Mutavault]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSecluded%5D+%5BGlen%5D Secluded Glen]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSunken%5D+%5BRuins%5D Sunken Ruins]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSwamp%5D Swamp]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BUnderground%5D+%5BRiver%5D Underground River]<br />
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BFlashfreeze%5D Flashfreeze]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BGlen%5D+%5BElendra%5D+%5BArchmage%5D Glen Elendra Archmage]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BInfest%5D Infest]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BJace%5D+%5BBeleren%5D Jace Beleren]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMind%5D+%5BShatter%5D Mind Shatter]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPonder%5D Ponder]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSower%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BTemptation%5D Sower of Temptation]<br />
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''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081212212844/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds08/welcome (Official coverage)]''

The fifteenth ''Magic'' World Championship took place from 11 to 14 December 2008 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee|TN]], USA. The tournament featured six rounds of [[The DCI#Constructed|Standard]] play on Thursday, two ''[[Shards of Alara]]'' [[The DCI#Limited|Booster Drafts]] with three rounds of Swiss each on Friday, six rounds of [[The DCI#Constructed|Extended]] on Saturday, and the finals on Sunday. Also, the national teams played two rounds of team constructed each on Thursday and Saturday with the Top 4 teams advancing to the single elimination finals on Sunday. The team format was 3 Person Team Constructed with one player playing Standard, one Extended, and one [[The DCI#Eternal|Legacy]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 2008 Magic Worlds Championships Tournament Format | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2008 | access-date =3 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds08-format| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081009153322/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=events/magic/worlds08-format| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref> The top 75 individual finishers received $245,245 in prize money.<ref name="PT">{{cite web | title = Pro Tour | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | year = 2008 | access-date =1 December 2008 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtgcom/events/protour| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080920135339/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtgcom/events/protour| url-status = dead| archive-date = 20 September 2008}}</ref>

329 players from 57 countries competed in the event. [[Antti Malin]] from [[Finland]] won the tournament, thereby claiming the first prize of $45,000. In the team final the United States defeated Australia to become the team champion.

;Individual
#{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Antti Malin]]
#{{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Parke
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuyoshi Ikeda]]
#{{flagicon|EST}} Hannes Kerem
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenji Tsumura]]
#{{flagicon|NLD}} [[Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)|Frank Karsten]]
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akira Asahara]]

;Team Competition
#{{flagicon|USA}} United States – Michael Jacob, [[Sam Black (Magic: the Gathering player)|Samuel Black]], Paul Cheon
#{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia – Aaron Nicastri, Brandon Lau, Justin Cheung
#{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil – Willy Edel, Vagner Casatti, Luiz Guilherme de Michielli
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan – [[Yuuya Watanabe]], [[Masashi Oiso]], Akihiro Takakuwa

'''Pro Player of the Year'''
{{ordered list
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olivier Ruel]]
| item3_value = 2 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]]
}}

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Nicastri

;Hall of Fame inductees
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dirk Baberowski]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Turian]]
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jelger Wiegersma]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olivier Ruel]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Rubin (professional Magic player)|Ben Rubin]]

==2009 World championship==
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | André Coimbra – 2009 World Championship<br/>Naya Lightsaber
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! style="border-left: 1px solid black;" | Sideboard:
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BBaneslayer%5D+%5BAngel%5D Baneslayer Angel]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BBloodbraid%5D+%5BElf%5D Bloodbraid Elf]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BNoble%5D+%5BHierarch%5D Noble Hierarch]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRanger%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BEos%5D Ranger of Eos]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BScute%5D+%5BMob%5D Scute Mob]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BWild%5D+%5BNacatl%5D Wild Nacatl]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BWoolly%5D+%5BThoctar%5D Woolly Thoctar]

3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BAjani%5D+%5BVengeant%5D Ajani Vengeant]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BLightning%5D+%5BBolt%5D Lightning Bolt]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPath%5D+%5Bto%5D+%5BExile%5D Path to Exile]<br />
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4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BArid%5D+%5BMesa%5D Arid Mesa]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BForest%5D Forest]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BMountain%5D Mountain]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BOran-Rief,%5D+%5Bthe%5D+%5BVastwood%5D Oran-Rief, the Vastwood]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BPlains%5D Plains]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRootbound%5D+%5BCrag%5D Rootbound Crag]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSunpetal%5D+%5BGrove%5D Sunpetal Grove]<br />
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2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BBurst%5D+%5BLightning%5D Burst Lightning]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCelestial%5D+%5BPurge%5D Celestial Purge]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BGoblin%5D+%5BRuinblaster%5D Goblin Ruinblaster]<br />
4 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BGreat%5D+%5BSable%5D+%5BStag%5D Great Sable Stag]<br />
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''[https://web.archive.org/web/20091122045338/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds09/welcome (Official coverage)]''

The sixteenth ''Magic'' World Championship took place from 19 to 22 November 2009 at the Palazzo Dei Congressi in Rome, Italy.
The tournament featured six rounds of Standard play on Thursday, two [[Zendikar]] Booster Drafts with three rounds of Swiss each on Friday, six rounds of Extended on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. Also, the national teams played two rounds of team constructed each on Thursday and Saturday with the Top 4 teams advancing to the single elimination finals on Sunday. The team format was 3 Person Team Constructed with one player playing Standard, one Extended, and one Legacy.

409 players from 65 countries competed in the event. André Coimbra from [[Portugal]] won the tournament, thereby claiming the first prize of $45,000. In the team final, China defeated [[Austria]] to become the team champion. This was the first ''Magic'' Pro Tour event of any sort in which no player in the Top 8 was from the United States or Japan. It was also the first time a Pro Tour Top 8 consisted of players from eight countries.

The ''[[Magic: The Gathering Online|Magic Online]]'' World Championship was held for the first time. It also took place in Rome at the site of the paper ''Magic'' World Championship. The tournament was previously announced to be for eight competitors. The qualifications could be gained in special tournaments on ''Magic Online''. The players played three rounds each of Classic, Zendikar Booster Draft, and Standard on computers provided on the site. After nine rounds the two best players determined the title in a final match of Standard.<ref name = "mocs2009">{{cite web | title = Magic Online 2009 Championship Series | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | last = Gills | first = Mike | date = 10 March 2009 | access-date =10 December 2010 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/031009a| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090313231730/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/031009a| url-status = dead| archive-date = 13 March 2009}}</ref> Anssi Myllymäki (screen name: Anathik) of Finland defeated former Pro Player of the Year [[Shouta Yasooka]] (yaya3) in the final, thus claiming the grand prize of $13,000.<ref>{{cite web | title = Magic Online Finals: Yaya? Nono! | date = 22 November 2009 | access-date =10 December 2010 | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds09/mtgofinals| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091125135940/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds09/mtgofinals| url-status = dead| archive-date = 25 November 2009}}</ref> The other contestants won between $4,000 and $9,000.<ref name = "mocs2009"/>

;Individual
#{{flagicon|PRT}} [[André Coimbra]]
#{{flagicon|AUT}} David Reitbauer
#{{flagicon|MYS}} Terry Soh
#{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bram Snepvangers]]
#{{flagicon|ITA}} William Cavaglieri
#{{flagicon|SUI}} Manuel Bucher
#{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marijn Lybaert]]
#{{flagicon|GER}} Florian Pils

;Team Competition
#{{flagicon|CHN}} China – Bo Li, Wu Tong, Zhiyang Zhang
#{{flagicon|AUT}} Austria – Benedikt Klauser, Bernhard Lehner, Benjamin Rozhon
#{{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic – Lukas Blohon, Lukas Jakolvsky, Jan Kotrla
#{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands – Kevin Grove, Niels Noorlander, Tom van Lamoen

'''Pro Player of the Year'''
{{ordered list
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomoharu Saito]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Juza]]
}}

;Rookie of the Year
# {{flagicon|GER}} Lino Burgold

;Hall of Fame inductees
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antoine Ruel]]
* {{flagicon|NED}} Kamiel Cornelissen
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Karsten (Magic: The Gathering player)|Frank Karsten]]

;Magic Online World Champion
* {{flagicon|FIN}} Anssi Myllymäki

==2010 World championship==
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! colspan="3" style="background-color: #eee; border-bottom: 1px solid black;" | Guillaume Matignon – 2010 World Championship<br/>Blue-Black Control
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! style="border-left: 1px solid black;" | Sideboard:
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3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BGrave%5D+%5BTitan%5D Grave Titan]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BSea%5D+%5BGate%5D+%5BOracle%5D Sea Gate Oracle]

1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BCancel%5D Cancel]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BConsume%5D+%5Bthe%5D+%5BMeek%5D Consume the Meek]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BDisfigure%5D Disfigure]<br />
2 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BDoom%5D+%5BBlade%5D Doom Blade]<br />
1 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BDuress%5D Duress]<br />
3 [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BInquisition%5D+%5Bof%5D+%5BKozilek%5D Inquisition of Kozilek]<br />
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''[https://web.archive.org/web/20101211034827/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds10/welcome (Official coverage)]''

The seventeenth ''Magic'' World Championship took place from 9–12 December in [[Makuhari Messe]] in [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web | title = Magic Span the Globe in 2010 | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | date = 11 August 2009 | access-date =29 November 2009 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/081109a| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090814200418/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/081109a| url-status = dead| archive-date = 14 August 2009}}</ref> The tournament consisted of six rounds of Standard on Thursday, two [[Scars of Mirrodin]] Booster Drafts of three rounds each on Friday, and six rounds of Extended on Saturday. On Sunday the best eight players gathered for the Top 8. They had to play the same decks, they used in the Standard portion of the tournament. Also, the national teams played two rounds of team constructed each on Thursday and Saturday with the Top 2 teams advancing to the single elimination finals on Sunday. The team format is 3 Person Team Constructed with one player playing Standard, one Extended, and one Legacy.

352 players from 60 countries competed in the event.<ref>{{cite web | title =2010 Magic: The Gathering World Championships Country Breakdown | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | date = 8 December 2010 | access-date =9 December 2010 | url = http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds10/countries| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101216010739/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds10/countries| url-status = dead| archive-date = 16 December 2010}}</ref> The national teams competition had 57 countries represented.

The 2010 World Champion [[Guillaume Matignon]] earned enough pro points with his performance to equal Pro Player of the Year leader [[Brad Nelson (Magic: The Gathering player)|Brad Nelson]]'s total. This led to a play-off for the Pro Player of the Year title at Pro Tour Paris 2011, which was ultimately won by Brad Nelson.

;Individual
#{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Matignon]]
#{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Wafo-Tapa]]
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
#{{flagicon|SWE}} Love Janse
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Froehlich]]
#{{flagicon|CZE}} Lukas Jaklovsky
#{{flagicon|AUT}} Christopher Wolf
#{{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Randle

;Team Competition
#{{flagicon|SVK}} Slovakia – Ivan Floch, Robert Jurkovic, Patrik Surab
#{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia – Adam Witton, Ian Wood, Jeremy Neeman

'''Pro Player of the Year'''
{{ordered list
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Nelson (Magic: The Gathering player)|Brad Nelson]]
| item2_value = 1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Matignon]]
| item3_value = 3 | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
}}

;Rookie of the Year
#{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Giarola

;Hall of Fame inductees
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Kibler]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Bram Snepvangers]]

;''Magic Online'' World Champion
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Romão]]

==2011 World championship==
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''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111120172857/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/welcome (Official coverage)]''

The eighteenth ''Magic'' World Championship was held from 17 to 20 November in the [[Fort Mason Center]] in [[San Francisco]],<ref name="pt2011schedule">{{cite web | title = Magic Weekend Coming in 2011 | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | date = 1 September 2010 | access-date =26 October 2010 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/090110| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100904070838/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/other/090110| url-status = dead| archive-date = 4 September 2010}}</ref> the same site that already hosted the [[#2004 World championship|2004 World Championship]]. The tournament consisted of six rounds of [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Standard|Standard]] on Thursday, two [[Innistrad]] [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Booster Draft|Booster Drafts]] of three rounds each on Friday, and six rounds of [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Modern|Modern]] on Saturday. This would be the first World Championship to feature the new Modern format. On Sunday, the Top 8 players played against each other in [[Single-elimination tournament|elimination rounds]], using the Standard decks they played on Thursday. 375 players from 60 countries competed in the event.<ref>{{cite web | title = 2011 Magic: The Gathering World Championships Country Breakdown | publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] | date = 17 November 2011 | access-date =17 November 2011 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/countryBreakdown01| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111122013739/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/countryBreakdown01| url-status = dead| archive-date = 22 November 2011}}</ref>

The [[Swiss tournament|Swiss rounds]] were dominated by American player Conley Woods, who would go 16–2 with his only losses being tactical concessions to other ChannelFireball teammates. Ultimately, four ChannelFireball teammates would make it into the Top 8: Conley Woods, [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]], [[Luis Scott-Vargas]] and Josh Utter-Leyton. For Paulo this was his fourth World Championship Top 8, making him the first player to achieve this, and his eighth Pro Tour Top 8 overall. Also, for the first time players playing in the [[Magic Online#Magic Online Championship|''Magic Online'' World Championships]] managed to make the Top 8 of the Pro Tour, with Jun'ya Iyanaga (SEVERUS on MTGO) and David Caplan (goobafish on MTGO) making it to Sunday. The quarterfinals saw three of the four ChannelFireball teammates eliminated, with only Conley Woods making it to the semifinals after narrowly defeating Craig Wescoe 3–2. The semifinals were clean sweeps with Jun'ya Iyanaga and Richard Bland defeating Conley Woods and David Caplan 3–0 respectively. In the finals Jun'ya Iyanaga defeated Richard Bland in another 3–0 to become the 2011 World Champion. Jun'ya Iyanaga's prize money for winning the World Championship and placing seventh in the Magic Online World Championship was $51,000, making him the second highest earner in the history of the World Championships behind [[#2004 World championship|2004 World Champion]] Julien Nuijten.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 World Championships: Final Standings|url=http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/standfinal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123144347/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/worlds11/standfinal|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2011|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=30 November 2011|date=20 November 2011}}</ref>

In the team event, [[Japan]] played against [[Norway]] for the World Team Title. The Japanese team of Ryuichiro Ishida, Tomoya Fujimoto, and [[#2006 World championship|former World Champion]] [[Makihito Mihara]] were victorious.

In the [[Magic Online#Magic Online Championship|''Magic Online'' World Championship]] finals, Reid Duke (reidderrabbit on MTGO) played against Florian Pils (flying man on MTGO) in the [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Modern|Modern]] format. Reid Duke won the match 2–1 to become the ''Magic Online'' World Champion, the first American and the first ''Magic Online'' Player of the Year to win the title.

;Individual
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Jun'ya Iyanaga
#{{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Bland
#{{flagicon|USA}} Conley Woods
#{{flagicon|CAN}} David Caplan
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]]
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Utter-Leyton]]
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Wescoe]]

;Team Competition
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan – Ryuichiro Ishida, Tomoya Fujimoto, [[Makihito Mihara]]
#{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway – Sveinung Bjørnerud, Kristoffer Jonassen, Andreas Nordahl

;Pro Player of the Year
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]]
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]]
#{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Juza]]

;Rookie of the Year
#{{flagicon|USA}} Matthias Hunt

;Hall of Fame inductees
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anton Jonsson]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz

;''Magic Online'' World Champion
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reid Duke]]

==2012 World championship==
In 2012, the ''Magic'' World Championship structure was drastically altered alongside changes to the ranking system used in ''Magic: The Gathering''. The individual World Championship was changed from a [[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)|Pro Tour]]-sized event to a sixteen-player event, which was called the ''Magic'' Players Championship (though the tournament reverted to being called the World Championship for 2013). The team event, formerly held alongside the individual event, took place before the individual tournament and was contested by four-player teams instead of the previous three-player teams.

===2012 World ''Magic'' Cup===
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120820134429/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc12/welcome (Official coverage)]''

====Mode====
The first World ''Magic'' Cup was held on 16–19 August at [[Gen Con]] 2012 in [[Indianapolis]].<ref name= "REVAMP"/> The World ''Magic'' Cup is a modified national team event contested by four-player teams. Of the four players, three were winners of a country's three qualifier tournaments, called ''Magic'' World Cup qualifiers. The final player on the team was the National Champion, the player with the most pro points for the season from that country.

On Day 1, there were seven [[Swiss tournament|Swiss rounds]] including three rounds of ''[[Magic 2013]]'' [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Booster Draft|Booster Draft]] and four rounds of [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Standard|Standard]].<ref name="WMC2012">{{cite web|title=2012 World ''Magic'' Cup|url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtg/event/worldmagiccup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227035811/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtg/event/worldmagiccup|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref> Players gained points for the team (Win- 3, Draw- 1, Loss- 0) and the best three scores in each team were added together to make a combined team score. The Top 32 teams with the highest combined team score advanced to Day 2.<ref name="WMC2012"/>

On Day 2, all qualified teams will only start with three players, along with their advisor (the lowest scoring player in their team on Day 1).<ref name="WMC2012"/> The 32 teams were being sorted, according to [[Seed (sports)|seeding]], into eight pools of four teams. The teams played in three rounds with the format being ''[[Magic 2013]]'' Team [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Sealed Deck|Sealed Deck]]. After these rounds, the top two teams from each pool advanced to the second stage, leaving sixteen teams. These teams were then sorted into four pools of four teams, and played three rounds of Team Constructed, with a player from each team playing Standard, [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Block Constructed|Modern]], and [[Innistrad]] [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Block Constructed|Block Constructed]].<ref name="WMC2012"/>

On Day 3, the top eight teams from Day 2 competed in seeded [[Single-elimination tournament|single-elimination rounds]], in the Team Constructed format, to determine the winner of the World ''Magic'' Cup.<ref name="WMC2012"/>

====Results====
In the final of the tournament, the team from Taiwan played against the Puerto Rico team. Taiwan won the final and became the first World ''Magic'' Cup holders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Taiwan Claims First World ''Magic'' Cup|url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc12/welcome|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820134429/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc12/welcome|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=30 September 2012|date=19 August 2012}}</ref>

;Finalists<ref>{{cite web|title=World ''Magic'' Cup 2012 Final Standings|url=http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc12/standfin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822232112/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc12/standfin|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 August 2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=30 September 2012|date=18 August 2012}}</ref>
#{{flagicon|TWN}} Taiwan — [[Kuo Tzu-Ching|Tzu-Ching Kuo]], Tung-Yi Cheng, Yu Min Yang, and Paul Renie
#{{flagicon|PUR}} Puerto Rico – Jorge Iramain, Gabriel Nieves, Cesar Soto, and Jonathan Paez
#{{flagicon|POL}} Poland – Tomek Pedrakowski, Mateusz Kopec, Adam Bubacz, and Jan Pruchniewicz
#{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary – Tamás Glied, Gabor Kocsis, Tamas Nagy, and Máté Schrick
#{{flagicon|CRO}} Croatia – Grgur Petric Maretic, Toni Portolan, Stjepan Sucic, and Goran Elez
#{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland – Stephen Murray, Bradley Barclay, Andrew Morrison, and Chris Davie
#{{flagicon|PHI}} Philippines – Andrew Cantillana, Gerald Camangon, Zax Ozaki, and Jeremy Bryan Domocmat
#{{flagicon|SVK}} Slovak Republic – Robert Jurkovic, Ivan Floch, Filip Valis, and Patrik Surab

===2012 ''Magic'' Players Championship===
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120829202459/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg%2Fdaily%2Feventcoverage%2Ftpc12%2Fwelcome (Official coverage)]''

====Mode====
The 2012 ''Magic: The Gathering'' Players Championship was held from 29 to 31 August 2012 at the [[Penny Arcade Expo#PAX Prime 2012|PAX Prime 2012]] event.<ref name="MSTV">{{cite web|last=David-Marshall|first=Brian|title=Must See TV!|url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/192|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504012602/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/192|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=27 April 2012|date=27 April 2012}}</ref> It replaced the former [[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)|Pro Tour]]-sized World Championship event. Although originally entitled the 2012 World Championship, the tournament was renamed the Players Championship in an announcement in December 2011.<ref name= "REVAMP"/> The Players Championship also replaced the former [[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)#Pro Player of the Year|Pro Player of the Year]] title, with that title intended to be encompassed in the Players Championship. The 2012 ''Magic'' Players Championship was an exclusive sixteen-person tournament<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Magic Players Championship Competitors|url=http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/playerschamp/2012/main|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523051413/http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/playerschamp/2012/main|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=13 May 2012}}</ref> which took place over three days. Day 1 consisted of three rounds of the Modern format followed by three rounds of Cube Draft, the first time a Cube Draft had been used in high-level competition.<ref name="MSTV"/> Day 2 consisted of three rounds of ''Magic 2013'' draft, followed by three more rounds of Modern. On Day 3, the four players with the best records from the past 12 rounds played in single-elimination best-of-five-games Modern rounds to determine the winner of the ''Magic'' Players Championship.

====Results====
[[Yuuya Watanabe]] won the 2012 Players Championship and became only the second player ever (after [[Kai Budde]]) to receive more than one Player of the Year title.<ref>{{cite web|title=Magic Players Championship 2012 Final Standings|url=http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/tpc12/standfin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904013716/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/tpc12/standfin|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2012|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref>

#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]] (Top Pro Points, Japan) - [http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=49342 Decklist]
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shouta Yasooka]] (Top Pro Points, At-large 3)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]] (Top Pro Points, Latin America)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]] (Top Pro Points, At-large 1)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]] (Top Pro Points, At-large 5)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Kibler]] ([[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2012#Pro Tour Dark Ascension – Honolulu (10–12 February 2012)|Pro Tour Dark Ascension Champion]])
#{{flagicon|ITA}} Samuele Estratti ([[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2011#Pro Tour – Philadelphia (2–4 September 2011)|Pro Tour Philadelphia Champion]])
#{{flagicon|CAN}} Alexander Hayne ([[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2012#Pro Tour Avacyn Restored – Barcelona (11–13 May 2012)|Pro Tour Avacyn Restored Champion]])
#{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Juza]] (Top Pro Points, Europe)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]] ([[Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering)#Pro Player of the Year|2011 Pro Tour Player of the Year]])
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Jun'ya Iyanaga ([[#2011 World championship|2011 World Champion]])
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]] (Top Pro Points, At-large 2)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Utter-Leyton]] (Top Pro Points, North America)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[David Ochoa (Magic: The Gathering player)|David Ochoa]] (Top Pro Points, At-large 4)
#{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Kuo Tzu-Ching|Tzu-Ching Kuo]] (Top Pro Points, APAC)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reid Duke]] (2011 ''Magic Online'' Champion)

==2013 World Championship==
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130801193944/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wc13/welcome (Official coverage)]''

For 2013 the Players Championship was renamed to World Championship. The title of Pro Player of the Year once again became a separate title, being awarded to Josh Utter-Leyton for the [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2012–13|2012-13 season]]. The 2013 World Championship was held in Amsterdam on 31 July – 4 August.<ref>{{cite web | title = Completing the Premier Play Picture for 2013 | publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] | last = Bergeot | first = Helene | date = 10 December 2012 | access-date = 11 December 2012 | url = http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/225b| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121213011254/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/225b| url-status = dead| archive-date = 13 December 2012}}</ref>

The players invited to the 2013 World Championship were.<ref>{{cite web | title = Magic: The Gathering World Championship -- Competitors | publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]] | date = 19 May 2013 | access-date = 20 May 2013 | url = http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/worldchamp/2013/players| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130609234034/http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/worldchamp/2013/players| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 June 2013}}</ref>

#{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Shenhar]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reid Duke]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Stark]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Utter-Leyton]] (2012–13 Player of the year)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Wescoe]] (Pro Tour '' Dragon's Maze'' winner)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]] (2012 Players Championship winner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Kibler]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)
#{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitriy Butakov (2012 ''Magic Online'' champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[David Ochoa (Magic: The Gathering player)|David Ochoa]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Stanislav Cifka]] (Pro Tour ''Return to Ravnica'' winner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Martell]] (Pro Tour ''Gatecrash'' winner)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} Willy Edel (Top Pro Points, Latin America)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Froehlich]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)
#{{flagicon|HKG}} Lee Shi Tian (Top Pro Points, Asia Pacific)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Juza]] (Top Pro Points, at-large)

The tournament consisted of three rounds each of ''Modern Masters'' Booster Draft, Modern, ''Magic 2014'' Booster Draft, and Standard. After these twelve rounds, the field of 16 players was cut to the top four. In the semi-finals [[Shahar Shenhar]] beat Ben Stark, and Reid Duke beat Josh Utter-Leyton. After trailing 0–2 in the finals, [[Shahar Shenhar]] came back to a 3–2 victory over Reid Duke with his [https://web.archive.org/web/20130805014210/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wc13/Top4Decklists UWR Flash Modern Deck], thus becoming the 2013 ''Magic'' World Champion.

===2013 World ''Magic'' Cup===
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130804090213/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc13/welcome (Official coverage)]''

The second World ''Magic'' Cup took place during 2–4 August 2013 at the [[Amsterdam]] Convention Factory, in conjunction with the World Championship.

In the finals of the tournament, France won 2–1 against Hungary.

====Mode====
The format greatly differs from the inaugural running: Day 1 would still consist of seven [[Swiss tournament|Swiss rounds]] will decide the 32 teams advance to Day 2, but three rounds of [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Sealed|Team Sealed Deck]] and four rounds of [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Standard|Team Standard]] were played instead. On Day 2, the team play began with teams being sorted, according to [[Seed (sports)|seeding]], into eight pools of four teams. The teams played in three rounds with the format being Team Sealed Deck. After these rounds, the top two teams from each pool advanced to the second stage, leaving sixteen teams. These teams were then sorted into four pools of four teams, and played three rounds of Team Standard. The Top 8 teams, advanced the top two teams from each pool, will play Team Standard on the final day of the tournament in seeded [[Single-elimination tournament|single-elimination rounds]].

On Day 1 and Day 2, Teams must switch one of the members played in the first portion to the player who had not played in the first portion at the beginning of the second portion of the event (i.e. no player can sit out for the whole day). In Team Standard, the same decks must be used throughout the whole event.

;Final eight<ref>{{cite web|title=World ''Magi''c Cup 2013 Top 8 Profiles|url=http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc13/Top8Profiles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813194605/http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/wmc13/Top8Profiles|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2013|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=4 August 2012|date=4 August 2012}}</ref>
#{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]] ([[Raphaël Lévy]], Timothee Simonot, Yann Guthmann, and Stephane Soubrier)
#{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hungary]] (Tamas Nagy, Adorjan Korbl, Gabor Kocsis, and Ervin Hosszú)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]] ([[Stanislav Cifka]], Leos Kopecky, Kristian Janda, and Michal Mendl)
#{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Iceland]] (Alvin Orri Gislason, Orri Ómarsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson and Hedinn Haraldsson)
#{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austria]] (Thomas Holzinger, Manuel Danninger, David Reitbauer, and Marc Mühlböck)
#{{flagicon|EST}} [[Estonia]] (Hannes Kerem, Mikk Kaasik, Rauno Raidma, and Simon Robberts)
#{{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand]] (Walker MacMurdo, Jingwei Zheng, Jason Chung, and Digby Carter)
#{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Belgium]] (Vincent Lemoine, Xavier Vantyghem, [[Marijn Lybaert]], and Emmanuel Delvigne)

==2014 World Championship==
''[https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2014WC (Official coverage)]''

In 2014, the World Championship and the World ''Magic'' Cup took place from 2–7 December 2014. The events were held in conjunction in [[Nice]], France.

For 2014, the World Championship format was altered to include 24 players rather than the 16 players who were invited the previous two years. Day One of the tournament consisted of three rounds of Vintage Masters Draft and four rounds of [[Magic: The Gathering formats#Modern|Modern]]. Day Two consisted of three rounds of [[Khans of Tarkir]] Draft and four rounds of Standard. After these fourteen rounds the Top 4 players in the Swiss standings played in single-elimination rounds in the Standard format.<ref name=2014MWC>{{cite web|title=2014 Magic World Championship Fact Sheet|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/fact-sheet-2014-magic-world-championship|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129193838/http://magic.wizards.com/en/content/fact-sheet-2014-magic-world-championship|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The final standings were as follows:
#{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Shenhar]] (2013 World Champion) - [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/daily-deck/2014-world-championship-winning-decklist-2014-12-08 Decklist]
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Chapin]] (Pro Tour ''Journey into Nyx'' winner)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]] (Pro Point leader Japan)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Kentaro Yamamoto (8th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|CAN}} Shaun McLaren (Pro Tour ''Born of the Gods'' winner)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuuki Ichikawa (Pro Point runner-up Japan)
#{{flagicon|SVK}} Ivan Floch (Pro Tour ''Magic 2015'' winner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[William Jensen]] (Most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Black (Magic: the Gathering player)|Sam Black]] (6th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|THA}} Lars Dam (2013 ''Magic Online'' Champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Utter-Leyton]] (3rd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Rietzl]] (5th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]] (Pro Point leader North America)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reid Duke]] (Pro Point runner-up North America)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Stanislav Cifka]] (2nd most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Martell]] (4th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphaël Lévy]] (2013 World ''Magi''c Cup winner)
#{{flagicon|FRA}} Jérémy Dezani (2013–14 Player of the Year)
#{{flagicon|CAN}} Jacob Wilson (7th most Pro Points of otherwise unqualified)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} Willy Edel (Pro Point leader Latin America)
#{{flagicon|ROK}} Nam Sung-Wook (Pro Point runner-up APAC region)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Perez Jr. (2013–14 Rookie of the Year)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]] (Pro Point runner-up Latin America)
#{{flagicon|HKG}} Lee Shi Tian (Pro Point leader APAC region)

Shahar Shenhar became the first player to win the World Championship for a second time as well as the first player to win the title in consecutive years.

===2014 World ''Magic'' Cup ===
''[http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2014WMC (Official Coverage)]''

;Final eight<ref>{{cite web|title=Denmark Overcomes All Odds|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2014WMC|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=8 December 2014|date=8 December 2014}}</ref>
#{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark]] (Martin Müller, Simon Nielsen, Thomas Enevoldsen, Lars Birch)
#{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Greece]] (Marios Angelopoulos, Bill Chronopoulos, Panagiotis Savvidis, Socrates Rozakeas)
#{{flagicon|ENG}} [[England]] (Fabrizio Anteri, David Inglis, Francesco Giorgio, Riccardo Reale)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] ([[Owen Turtenwald]], Isaac Sears, Andrew Baeckstrom, Neal Oliver)
#{{flagicon|KOR}} [[South Korea]] (Nam Sung-wook, Oh Joon-hyun, Cho Jeong-woo, Kim Sang-eun)
#{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Serbia]] (Aleksa Telarov, Miodrag Kitanovic, Boris Bajgo, Milos Stajic)
#{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Slovakia]] (Ivan Floch, Jan Tomcani, Michal Guldan, Matej Zatlkaj)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil]] (Willy Edel, Gabriel Fehr, Thiago Saporito, Matheus Rosseto)

==2015 World Championship==
The 2015 World Championship took place from 27 to 30 August 2015. The event was originally planned to be held in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] in conjunction with 2015 World ''Magic'' Cup, but was later moved to Seattle, and was held in conjunction with [[PAX Prime]] instead.<ref name="RevisionFeb15"/>

Some changes to the previous years' invitation structure were announced, with the following announcement by Director of Organized Play, Helene Bergeot at Pro Tour Fate Reforged. 
* The 2015 World Championship was the last where the World ''Magic'' Cup team-winning captain was invited to
* North America now invited its top four Pro Point earners (it was previously two)
* Europe now invited its top three Pro Point earners (it was previously two)
* Asia-Pacific now invited its top three Pro Point earners (it was previously two for Asia-Pacific and two for Japan, the latter of which was folded into the Asia-Pacific georegion for this event)
* A new slot was added for the player who had earned the most Pro Points at Grand Prix in the 2014–2015 Premier Play season (the number of GPs that count for this slot is uncapped)
* The invitation for Rookie of the Year had been removed

The format of the tournament was 3 rounds of Modern Masters 2015 draft followed by 4 rounds of Modern constructed for Thursday. On Friday, a ''Magic Origins'' draft followed by 4 rounds of standard and after a hiatus on Saturday, the top 4 playoffs on Sunday.

The final standings were as follows:<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Standings|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2015wc/final-standings-2015-08-28|website=magic.wizards.com|access-date=30 October 2015 | date = 28 August 2015}}</ref>

#{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Manfield (Top Pro Points at large) [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/daily-deck/2015-world-championship-winning-decklist-2015-08-31 Decklist]
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]] (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Rietzl]] (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Black (Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Lantto (2014 ''Magic Online'' Champion)
#{{flagicon|DEN}} Martin Müller (2014 World ''Magic'' Cup winning team captain)
#{{flagicon|CAN}} Shaun McLaren (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Saporito (Top Pro Points Latin America)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} Ondrey Strasky (Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]] (Top Pro Points Asia-Pacific)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]] (Top Pro Points Latin America)
#{{flagicon|CAN}} Jacob Wilson (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|SWE}} Joel Larsson (Pro Tour ''Magic Origins'' winner)
#{{flagicon|CAN}} Alexander Hayne (Grand Prix Pro Point leader)
#{{flagicon|DEN}} Martin Dang (Pro Tour ''Dragons of Tarkir'' winner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Rubin (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Kentaro Yamamoto (Top Pro Points Asia-Pacific)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sigrist]] (2014–15 Player of the Year)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Froehlich]] (Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Lee Shi Tian]] (Top Pro Points Asia-Pacific)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Nelson (Magic: The Gathering player)|Brad Nelson]] (Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|SPA}} Antonio Del Moral Leon (Pro Tour ''Fate Reforged'' winner)
#{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Shenhar]] (2014 World Champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ari Lax]] (Pro Tour ''Khans of Tarkir'' winner)

===2015 World ''Magic'' Cup===
''[http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2015WMC (Official Coverage)]''

;Final eight<ref>{{cite web|title=Fantastica Italia!|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2015WMC|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|access-date=15 December 2015|date=15 December 2015}}</ref>
#{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]] (Marco Cammilluzzi, Andrea Mengucci, Francesco Bifero and William Pizzi)
#{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand]] (Aekarash Sorakup, Suttipong Popitukgul, Matej Dornik and Chom Pasidparchya)
#{{flagicon|France}} [[France]] (Pierre Dagen, Hichem Tedjditi, Fathi Ben Aribi and Arnaud Soumet)
#{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria]] (Nikolaus Eigner, Christoph Aukenthaler, Valentin Mackl and Sebastian Fiala-Ibitz)
#{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark]] (Christoffer Larsen, Daniel Lind, Martin Müller and Martin Dang)
#{{flagicon|Guatemala}} [[Guatemala]] (Fernando José Juárez Oliva, José Andrés Martínez Figueloa, Christopher Andrés Virula Martinez and Wilfredo Bojorquez Castillo)
#{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Scotland]] (Ray Doyle, Stephen Murray, Grant Hislop and Martin Clement)
#{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]] (Kenji Tsumura, Ryoichi Tamada, Yuuya Watanabe and Soyo You)

== 2016 World Championship ==

The 2016 World Championship was held from 1–4 September in Seattle. The formats used in the competition were ''Eldritch Moon''-''Shadows over Innistrad'' Booster Draft for rounds 1–3, Standard for rounds 4–7, ''Eldritch Moon''-''Shadows over Innistrad'' Booster Draft for rounds 8–10, Modern for rounds 11–14, and Standard for the Top 4.<ref>{{cite web|title = World Championship Preview | url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/world-championship-preview-2016-08-29 | website = magic.wizards.com | access-date = 17 November 2019 | date = 29 August 2016}}</ref>

The final standings were as follows:<ref>{{cite web|title = Final Standings|url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2016wc/final-standings-2016-09-04 | website = magic.wizards.com | access-date = 17 November 2019 | date = 4 September 2016}}</ref>

#{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Braun-Duin (2015–16 Grand Prix Master)
#{{flagicon|PRT}} Marcio Carvalho (2015–16 Draft Master)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Oliver Tiu (2015–16 Constructed Master)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Shota Yasooka (Top Pro Points Asia-Pacific)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} Lukas Blohon (Pro Tour ''Eldritch Moon'' champion, Top Pro Points Europe)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Luis Scott-Vargas]] (Outstanding Hall of Famer, Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Jiachen Tao (Pro Tour ''Oath of the Gatewatch'' champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Manfield (Reigning World Champion, Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Saporito (Top Pro Points Latin America)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Rubin (Pro Tour ''Shadows over Innistrad'' champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sigrist]] (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reid Duke]] (Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Nelson (Magic: The Gathering player)|Brad Nelson]] (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|SWE}} Joel Larsson (Top Pro Points Europe)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]] (Top Pro Points Latin America)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuuya Watanabe (Top Pro Points Asia-Pacific)
#{{flagicon|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]] (2015–16 Player of the Year, 2015–16 Mid-Season Master, Top Pro Points North America)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} Ondrej Strasky (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Pardee (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Mengucci (Top Pro Points at large)
#{{flagicon|NLD}} Niels Noorlander (''Magic Online'' Champion)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuyuki Takimura (Pro Tour ''Battle for Zendikar'' champion)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryoichi Tamada (Top Pro Points Asia-Pacific)
#{{flagicon|DNK}} Martin Müller (Top Pro Points Europe)

===2016 World ''Magic'' Cup===
''[https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2016WMC (Official Coverage)]''<br/>
The 2016 World ''Magic'' Cup was held from 18 to 20 November in [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands.

;Final eight
#{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece]] (Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Nikolaos Kaponis, Petros Tziotis, and Bill Chronopoulos)
#{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium]] (Jerome Bastogne, Peter Vieren, Branco Neirynck, and Pascal Vieren)
#{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]] (Alessandro Portaro, Andrea Mengucci, Mattia Rizzi, and Alessandro Casamenti)
#{{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Belarus]] (Pavel Miadzvedski, Ihar Klionski, Dmitry Andronchik, and Hleb Bantsevich)
#{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Finland]] (Lauri Pispa, Tuomas Tuominen, Leo Lahonen, and Matti Kuisma)
#{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]] (David Mines, James Wilks, Ryan Cubit, and Garry Lau)
#{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]] (Sergiy Sushalskyy, Bogdan Sorozhinsky, Iurii Babych, and Artem Fedorchenko)
#{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama]] (Saul Alvarado, Sergio Bonilla, Manuel Succari, and Cesar Segovia)

== 2017 World Championship ==

The 2017 World Championship was held from 6–8 October in Boston. For the 2017 World Championship [[Wizards of the Coast]] decided to simplify the invitation criteria, awarding a large portion of invites to the players with the most Pro Points in the [[Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour season 2016–17|2016–17 Pro Tour season]]. The formats used in the competition were ''Ixalan'' Booster Draft for rounds 1–3, Standard for rounds 4–7, ''Ixalan'' Booster Draft for rounds 8–10, Standard for rounds 11–14, and Standard for the Top 4.<ref>{{cite web|title = 2017 World Championship Event Information | url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/premierplay/2017WC | website = magic.wizards.com | access-date = 17 November 2019 | year = 2017}}</ref>

The final standings were as follows:<ref>{{cite web|title = Final Standings|url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2017WC/final-standings-2017-10-08 | website = magic.wizards.com | access-date = 17 November 2019 | date = 8 October 2017}}</ref>

#{{flagicon|USA}} William Jensen (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Dominguez (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Josh Utter-Leyton (''Magic Online'' Champion)
#{{flagicon|SGP}} Kelvin Chew (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Reid Duke (North American Geo-Region Champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Black (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Manfield (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Owen Turtenwald (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Gerry Thompson (Pro Tour ''Amonkhet'' champion)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Shota Yasooka (Pro Tour ''Kaladesh'' champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Christian Calcano (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]] (Pro Tour ''Hour of Devastation'' champion, Latin-America Geo Region Champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Froehlich (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastian Pozzo (2016–17 Standard Master)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Brad Nelson (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Juza (2016–17 Draft Master)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Ken Yukuhiro (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuuya Watanabe (Asia-Pacific Geo-Region Champion)
#{{flagicon|PRT}} Marcio Carvalho (European Geo-Region Champion)
#{{flagicon|HKG}} Lee Shi Tian (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|DNK}} Martin Müller (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Donald Smith (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Esper Berthoud (Pro Tour ''Aether Revolt'' champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Samuel Pardee (Top Pro Point Earner)

=== 2017 World ''Magic'' Cup ===
''[https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2017WMC (Official Coverage)]''<br/>
The 2017 World ''Magic'' Cup was held from 1–3 December in [[Nice]], France.

;Final eight
#{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]] (Yuuya Watanabe, Kenta Harane, and Shota Yasooka)
#{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland]] (Grzegorz Kowalski, Radek Kaczmarczyk, and Piotr Glogowski)
#{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany]] (Marc Tobiasch, Philipp Krieger, and Moritz Templin)
#{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]] (Andrea Mengucci, Adriano Moscato, and Mattia Rizzi)
#{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Wales]] (Philip Griffiths, Sam Rolph, and Aaron Boyhan)
#{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria]] (Oliver Polak-Rottmann, Elias Klocker, and Adrian Johann Schrenk)
#{{flagicon|China}} [[China]] (Yuchen Liu, Chao Lu, and Tan Gao)
#{{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia]] (Ivan Floch, Peter Snoha, and Ondrej Kedrovic)

== 2018 World Championship ==

The 2018 World Championship was held from 21 to 23 September in [[Las Vegas]]. The formats used in the competition were ''Dominaria'' Booster Draft for rounds 1–3, Standard for rounds 4–7, ''Dominaria'' Booster Draft for rounds 8–10, Standard for rounds 11–14, and Standard for the Top 4.<ref>{{cite web|title = 2018 World Championship Event Information | url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/premierplay/2018WC | website = magic.wizards.com | access-date = 21 November 2019 | year = 2018}}</ref>

The final standings were as follows:<ref>{{cite web|title = Final Standings | url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2018wc/final-standings-2018-09-23 | website = magic.wizards.com | access-date = 21 November 2019 | date = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

#{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Dominguez (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Kowalski (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Stark (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|ISR}} Shahar Shenhar (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Wu (Pro Tour 25th Anniversary champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Wyatt Darby (Pro Tour ''Dominaria'' champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Matthew Nass (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Hull (Pro Tour 25th Anniversary champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Reid Duke (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Sigrist (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} John Rolf (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|PRT}} Marcio Carvalho (European Geo-Region Champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Brad Nelson (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|SWE}} Elias Watsfeldt (2017–18 Draft Master)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Braun-Duin (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|ARG}} Luis Salvatto (Pro Tour ''Rivals of Ixalan'' champion, North American Geo-Region Champion)
#{{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Mengucci (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Matthew Severa (2017–18 Constructed Master)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Gregory Orange (Pro Tour 25th Anniversary champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Manfield (Pro Tour ''Ixalan'' champion, Latin American Geo-Region Champion)
#{{flagicon|USA}} Owen Turtenwald (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Juza (Top Pro Point Earner)
#{{flagicon|JPN}} Ken Yukuhiro (Asia-Pacific Geo-Region Champion)

Gerry Thompson had qualified for the event, but announced very shortly before the start of the tournament, that he was not going to attend in order to protest recent changes to organized play made by [[Wizards of the Coast]]. Ken Yukuhiro was disqualified in round 14, sitting in eighth place, for not alerting a judge right away when he noticed that he had failed to de-sideboard after the previous match.<ref>{{cite web | title = Disqualification in Round 14 | url = https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2018wc/round-14-announcement-2018-09-22 | website = magic.wizards.com | date = 23 November 2018 | access-date = 21 November 2019}}</ref>

=== 2018 World ''Magic'' Cup ===
''[https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2018WMC (Official Coverage)]''<br/>
The 2018 World ''Magic'' Cup was held from 14 to 16 December in [[Barcelona]], Spain.

;Final eight
#{{flagicon|France}} [[France]] (Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, Arnaud Hocquemiller, and Timothée Jammot)
#{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel]] (Yuval Zuckerman, Shahar Shenhar, and Amit Etgar)
#{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]] (Wu Kon Fai, Lee Shi Tian, and Alexander Dadyko)
#{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]] (Tian Fa Mun, Andrea Mengucci, and Mattia Basilico)
#{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]] (Ken Yukuhiro, Naoya Nanba, and Moriyama Masahide)
#{{flagicon|China}} [[China]] (Liu Yuchen, Song Long, and Xu Ming)
#{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]] (Benaya Lie, David Mines, and Matthew Garnham)
#{{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Slovakia]] (Richard Hornansky, Ivan Floch, and Milan Niznansky)

==Performance by country==
With William "Huey" Jensen's win in 2017 the United States extended its lead over Japan for most Individual World Championships. The United States has also won the most team titles, and have had most competitors amongst the final eight individually. Germany, France, the Netherlands, Brazil and Israel are the only other countries with more than one champion. Canada, Italy and Austria are the most successful nations that have never won a title.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!Wins
!Top 8
!Team Wins
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
|align=center|6
|align=center|47
|align=center|8
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan
|align=center|4
|align=center|24
|align=center|2
|-
|{{flagicon|ISR}} Israel
|align=center|3
|align=center|3
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} France
|align=center|2
|align=center|12
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany
|align=center|2
|align=center|9
|align=center|2
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands
|align=center|2
|align=center|9
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
|align=center|2
|align=center|8
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Switzerland
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|FIN}} Finland
|align=center|1
|align=center|6
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|PRT}} Portugal
|align=center|1
|align=center|5
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic
|align=center|1
|align=center|3
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Spain
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada
|align=center|0
|align=center|10
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|SVK}} Slovakia
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} China
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
|align=center|0
|align=center|5
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy
|align=center|0
|align=center|6
|align=center|1
|-
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
|align=center|0
|align=center|4
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium
|align=center|0
|align=center|2
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} England
|align=center|0
|align=center|3
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|EST}} Estonia
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|NOR}} Norway
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|MYS}} Malaysia
|align=center|0
|align=center|3
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|IRL}} Ireland
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|SGP}} Singapore
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|WAL}} Wales
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|-
|{{flagicon|TWN}} Taiwan
|align=center|0
|align=center|0
|align=center|1
|-
|}

{{As of|2013|08|05}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040226183748/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/tournamentcenter Official ''Magic: The Gathering'' "Tournament Center"]
* [http://zongo.be/magic/deck/world.php Top 4 decklists 1994–2000]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080905235617/http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtg/eventcoverage/main Event Coverage Archive]

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