World Championships Deck Support Cards

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Collect All Four World Championshop Decks

Relive the excitement of the 2002 World Championships with these four commemorative decks.

Carlos Romão, World Champion — Romão's blue-black "Psychatog" deck was the defining deck of he tournament. A control deck of heart, with lots of card drawing and countermagic, it wants to stall an opponent until it can play a devastating Upheaval and Psychatog on the same turn.

Sim Han How, Quarterfinalist — Han How's blue-green-red "Squirrel Opposition" deck can be aggressive with cards like Wild Mongrel and Flametongue Kavu, or it can play the stalling game with a Squirrel Nest-Opposition combo. Beware the Roar of the Wurms in the sideboard!

Brian Kibler, Eleventh Place — Kibler's green-white-red "Red Zone 2K2" deck loves to put creatures into the "red zone"; that is, attack with them! This aggressive deck can put over thirty creatures on the board. And with Glory in the graveyard, few defenses can prevail against their onslaught.

Raphael Levy, Sixteenth Place — Levy's blue-green "Le Wonder Goose" deck features a ton of small green creatures like Nimble Mongoose and Wearbear. With Careful Study and Mental Note to get to threshhold, however, those small creatures quickly turn into real monsters!

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Brian Kibler

(Eleventh Place)

Pro Tour™ veteran Brin Kibler pilotd his green-white-red "Red Zone 2K2" deck to an impressive finish at this year's Worlds. This deck quickly tried to put its many creatures into the "red zone", the attacking zone on the playmats used on the Pro Tour circuit. The twenty-one-year-old Kibler attends Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and is part of the "Mini Colony" playtest group that designed the Red Zone 2K2 deck.

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Brian Kibler
"Red Zone 2K2"
 
DECK CONTENTS Lands
4 Brushland Seventh Edition
MAIN DECK 2 City of Brass Seventh Edition
7 Forest Odyssey, Seventh Edition
Creatures 4 Karplusan Forest Seventh Edition
4 Anurid Brushhopper Apocalypse 2 Mountain Odyssey
4 Birds of Paradise Seventh Edition 3 Plains Odyssey, Seventh Edition
4 Flametongue Kavu Planeshift
3 Glory Judgment SIDEBOARD
3 Llanowar Elves Seventh Edition
4 Phantom Centaur Judgment 1 City of Brass Seventh Edition
4 Wild Mongrel Odyssey 1 Genesis Judgment
2 Global Ruin Invasion
Spells 1 Glory Judgment
4 Call of the Herd Odyssey 1 Intrepid Hero Seventh Edition
3 Fire/Ice Apocalypse 1 Phantom Nishoba Judgment
3 Living Wish Judgment 3 Reprisal Seventh Edition
2 Wax/Wane Invasion 2 Simoon Invasion
1 Sylvan Savekeeper Judgment
1 Thornscape Battlemage Planeshift
1 Thunderscape Battlemage Planeshift

SIDEBOARD CARD SYMBOL

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Carlos Romão

(World Champion)

Carlos Romão played the same style of deck that many people at this year's World Championships chose to play: blue-black Psychatog. He simply played his version better than everyone else played theirs. Romão, known as "Jaba" to his friends, was a perfect 6-0 during the Swiss portion of the tournament, posting a stunning 12-0 game record. This twenty-year-old native of São Paulo, Brazil, has been widely regarded  as one of the best players in South America. His deck tried to stay alive long enough to play Upheaval, while floating mana to replay Psychatog on the same turn.

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Carlos Romão
"Psychatog"
 
DECK CONTENTS Lands
2 Cephalid Coliseum Odyssey
MAIN DECK 1 Darkwater Catacombs Odyssey
10 Island Invasion, Odyssey, Seventh Edition
Creatures
4 Nightscape Familiar Planeshift 4 Salt Marsh Invasion
4 Psychatog Odyssey 3 Swamp Odyssey
4 Underground River Seventh Edition
Spells
3 Chainer's Edict Torment SIDEBOARD
3 Circular Logic Torment
4 Counterspell Seventh Edition 1 Coffin Purge Odyssey
3 Cunning Wish Judgment 4 Duress Seventh Edition
3 Deep Analysis Torment 1 Fact of Fiction Invasion
3 Fact of Fiction Invasion 1 Gainsay Planeshift
3 Memory Lapse Seventh Edition 3 Ghastly Demise Odyssey
4 Repulse 
Invasion
1 Hibernation Seventh Edition
2 Upheaval Odyssey 1 Mana Short Seventh Edition
1 Recoil Invasion
1 Slay Planeshift
1 Teferi's Response Invasion

SIDEBOARD CARD SYMBOL

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Raphael Levy

(Sixteenth Place)

A native of Toulouse, France, Raphael Levy posted an impressive 5-1 record during the Standard portion of this year's Worlds playing a blue-green deck he named "Le Wonder Goose". This deck used lots of small creatures — like Nimble Mongoose and Wearbear — that get bigger at threshold. The deck used blue not for countermagic, but for cards like Careful Study and Mental Note, which help the deck reach threshold more quickly, and for Wonder in the graveyard, which allows the decks pumped-up threshold creatures to fly.

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Raphael Levy
"Le Wonder Goose"

DECK CONTENTS

MAIN DECK Lands
8 Forest Odyssey, Seventh Edition
Creatures 10 Island Invasion™, Odyssey, Seventh Edition
2 Genesis Judgment
4 Nimble Mongoose Odyssey 4 Yavimaya Coast Apocalpyse
3 Seton's Scout Torment
4 Werebear Odyssey SIDEBOARD
4 Wild Mongrel Odyssey
4 Wonder Judgment 4 Compost Seventh Edition 
3 Disrupt Invasion
Spells 3 Phantom Centaur Judgment
4 Breakthrough Torment 2 Ray of Revelation Judgment
4 Careful Study Odyssey 2 Repulse Invasion
4 Mental Note Judgment 1 Rushing River Planeshift
4 Roar of the Wurm Odyssey
1 Rushing River Planeshift

SIDEBOARD CARD SYMBOL

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Sim Han How

(Quarterfinalist)

Malaysian National Champion Sim Han How raised some eyebrows by posting a 6-0 record with his blue-green-red "Squirrel Oposition" deck. This deck tried to get out lots of Squirrel tokens with Squirrel Nest before using Opposition to tie up the opponent's creatures and mana. Han How won quite a few games using some tricky sideboarding, such as pulling out his enchantments and bringing in more beatdown cards like Flametongue Kavu and Roar of the Wurm. Besides being a top Magic® player, Han How is also a student at Bandar Utama College in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Sim Han How
"Squirrel Opposition"

DECK CONTENTS

MAIN DECK Lands
8 Forest Odyssey, Seventh Edition
Creatures 5 Island Odyssey, Seven Edition
4 Birds of Paradise Seventh Edition 3 Karplusan Forest Seventh Edition
3 Flametongue Kavu Planeshift 2 Shivan Reef Apocalypse
3 Llanowar Elves Seventh Edition 4 Yavimaya Coast Apocalpyse
4 Merfolk Looter Seventh Edition
3 Phantom Centaur Judgment SIDEBOARD
4 Wild Mongrel Odyssey
1 Flametongue Kavu Planeshift
Spells 3 Gainsay Planeshift
4 Circular Logic Torment 3 Quiet Speculation Judgment
3 Deep Analysis Torment 2 Ray of Revelation Judgment
3 Fire/Ice Apocalypse 4 Roar of the Wurm Odyssey
4 Opposition Seventh Edition 2 Simoon Invasion
3 Squirrel Nest Odyssey

SIDEBOARD CARD SYMBOL

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