World Championship Decks/1999

1999 World Championship Decks, Yokohama
The 1999 World Championship took place on August 4–8, 1999 in Yokohama, Japan. Four decks were released as part of the World Championship Decks series with gold-bordered cards.
==Decklists==
===Kai Budde, World Champion===
"World Champion Kai Budde's red-artifact deck employed more than 30 artifacts to generate huge amounts of mana. Big creatures like Masticore or Covetous Dragon became a threat to any opponent, and a well-timed Wildfire added the finishing touch."
<d title="Red-Artifact Wildfire">
Creatures
4 Covetous Dragon
1 Karn, Silver Golem
3 Masticore
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
4 Fire Diamond
4 Grim Monolith
2 Mishra's Helix
4 Temporal Aperture
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Voltaic Key
2 Worn Powerstone
Sorceries
4 Wildfire
Lands
3 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
13 Mountain
Sideboard
2 Boil
3 Earthquake
1 Mishra's Helix
1 Phyrexian Processor
2 Rack and Ruin
2 Shattering Pulse
4 Spellshock
</d>
===Mark Le Pine, Finalist===
"Mark Le Pine's aggressive 'Sped Red' deck applied the pressure early with 11 fast creatures before shifting into land-destruction mode. A late-game Cursed Scroll and Hammer of Bogardan would finish off his mana-crippled opponents."
<d title="Sped Red">
Creatures
4 Avalanche Riders
3 Fireslinger
4 Jackal Pup
4 Mogg Fanatic
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
Instants
4 Shock
Sorceries
2 Arc Lightning
3 Hammer of Bogardan
4 Pillage
4 Stone Rain
Lands
2 Ancient Tomb
2 Ghitu Encampment
16 Mountain
4 Wasteland
Sideboard
1 Arc Lightning
1 Fireslinger
1 Flowstone Flood
2 Masticore
4 Scald
2 Shattering Pulse
4 Thran Foundry
</d>
===Matt Linde, Semifinalist===
"Matt Linde's speedy mono-green deck contained 26 low-cost creatures. Supplementing this nasty creature assault were four Rancors and four Giant Growths. If his opponent wasn't smothered by turn five, Linde's Cursed Scrolls would pick up the slack."
<d title="Mono-Green Stompy">
Creatures
4 Albino Troll
4 Elvish Lyrist
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Pouncing Jaguar
4 River Boa
2 Uktabi Orangutan
4 Wild Dogs
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
Enchantments
4 Rancor
Instants
4 Giant Growth
Lands
14 Forest
4 Gaea's Cradle
4 Treetop Village
Sideboard
3 Choke
2 Constant Mists
1 Hurricane
2 Overrun
3 Thran Foundry
2 Uktabi Orangutan
2 Weatherseed Treefolk
</d>
===Jakub Šlemr, Quarterfinalist===
"Jakub Šlemr's mono-black deck controlled the board with Cursed Scrolls, Powder Kegs, and Phrexian Plaguelords. His 'Black Control' creation also pounded his opponents early with discard effects found in Ravenous Rats, Duress, and Stupor."
<d title="Mono-Black Control">
Creatures
1 Bottle Gnomes
1 Phyrexian Negator
3 Phyrexian Plaguelord
3 Ravenous Rats
2 Ticking Gnomes
Artifacts
3 Cursed Scroll
4 Powder Keg
Instants
2 Corpse Dance
4 Dark Ritual
4 Diabolic Edict
1 Rapid Decay
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sorceries
4 Duress
2 Stupor
3 Yawgmoth's Will
Lands
2 Spawning Pool
15 Swamp
1 Volrath's Stronghold
4 Wasteland
Sideboard
1 Bottle Gnomes
2 Carrion Beetles
1 Evincar's Justice
1 Hatred
2 Perish
1 Persecute
2 Phyrexian Negator
3 Rapid Decay
1 Sphere of Resistance
1 Stromgald Cabal
</d>
Category:World Championship decks