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The Magic Sock: Worlds: Then and Now

The Magic Sock: Worlds: Then and Now

By Ron Vitale on December 15th, 2005 · Filed in The Magic Sock · Comments not available just now

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Show Notes

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--Thank you to MTGSalvation for running The Magic Sock
--Breakdown of Zak Dolan's 1994
--Comparison of the 1994 Worlds deck with Katsuhiro Mori's 2005 deck


1994 Worlds 1st Place Deck (Zak Dolan)

Deck  
Land:

1 Library of Alexandria
4 Savannah
4 Tropical Island
4 Tundra
2 Strip Mine

Creatures:

1 Clone
2 Old Man of the Sea
1 Time Elemental
1 Vesuvan Doppelganger
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Ley Druid
4 Serra Angel

Spells:

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Control Magic
1 Mana Drain
1 Recall
1 Siren's Call
2 Stasis
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
1 Regrowth
1 Armageddon
2 Disenchant
1 Kismet
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Wrath of God
1 Black Lotus
1 Black Vise
1 Howling Mine
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Ivory Tower
1 Mana Vault
2 Meekstone
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Winter Orb
1 Chaos Orb
1 Circle of Protection: Red
1 Copy Artifact
1 Diamond Valley
1 In the Eye of Chaos
1 Floral Spuzzem
2 Karma
1 Magical Hack
1 Power Sink
1 Presence of the Master
1 Reverse Damage
1 Sleight of Mind
1 Kismet
1 Winter Blast
Sideboard:

2005 Worlds 1st Place Deck (Katsuhiro Mori)

Deck  
Land:

4 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
4 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
4 Brushland
5 Forest
4 Temple Garden
1 Plains

Creatures:

2 Yosei, the Morning Star
3 Arashi, the Sky Asunder
1 Birds of Paradise
4 Selesnya Guildmage
4 Wood Elves
4 Loxodon Hierarch
3 Kodama of the North Tree
3 Llanowar Elves
Spells:

3 Pithing Needle
3 Umezawa's Jitte
2 Congregation at Dawn
3 Glare of Subdual
2 Seed Spark

2 Greater Good
1 Kodama of the North Tree
2 Naturalize
2 Carven Caryatid
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Wrath of God
1 Kodama's Reach
2 Yosei, the Morning Star
3 Hokori, Dust Drinker
Sideboard:

By Ron Vitale on December 15th, 2005 · Filed in The Magic Sock · Comments not available just now

About Ron Vitale

Ron has been playing Magic: The Gathering since Unlimited, writing articles over the years for StarCityGames, MTGOntario, the now defunct Grimmoire.com, and most recently MTGSalvation.com. His short fiction has appears on Ultraverse.com and Alienskinmagazine.com. One of Ron's most memorable Magic memories concerns being beaten to a pulp by Richard Garfield.


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