World Championship Decks/1997

1997 World Championship Decks, Seattle
The 1997 World Championship took place on August 13–17, 1997 in Seattle, Washington in the United States of America. Four decks were released as part of the World Championship Decks series with gold-bordered cards.
==Decklists==
===Jakub Slemr, World Champion===
"Slemr's deck features a horde of fast, black creatures. Strengthening the speed kill are a variety of spells from all five colors."
<d title="Prismatic Black Aggro">
Creatures
4 Black Knight
4 Fallen Askari
4 Knight of Stromgald
4 Man-o'-War
1 Necratog
4 Nekrataal
2 Shadow Guildmage
2 Uktabi Orangutan
Instants
4 Contagion
4 Incinerate
Sorceries
4 Choking Sands
2 Earthquake
Lands
3 City of Brass
3 Gemstone Mine
2 Sulfurous Springs
10 Swamp
1 Underground River
3 Undiscovered Paradise
Sideboard
2 Disenchant
2 Dystopia
2 Ebony Charm
1 Exile
2 Forsaken Wastes
1 Honorable Passage
2 Hydroblast
3 Pyroblast
</d>
===Janosch Kuhn, Finalist===
"Kuhn's red, white, and blue deck maintains a sharp balance between speed and control".
<d title="Red-White-Blue Speed Control">
Creatures
4 Frenetic Efreet
4 Wildfire Emissary
Instants
3 Abeyance
4 Counterspell
2 Disenchant
4 Force of Will
4 Impulse
4 Incinerate
4 Swords to Plowshares
Sorceries
2 Disintegrate
2 Hammer of Bogardan
1 Pillage
Lands
1 City of Brass
6 Island
6 Mountain
4 Plains
4 Thawing Glaciers
1 Undiscovered Paradise
Sideboard
2 Circle of Protection: Black
3 Circle of Protection: Red
2 Disenchant 
2 Earthquake
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
2 Political Trickery
3 Pyroblast
</d>
===Svend Geertsen, Semifinalist===
"Geertsen's extremely fast monocolored deck is loaded with an army of green creatures. Giant Growth, Bounty of the Hunt, and Winter Orb provide the only noncreature power."
<d title="Green Stompy">
Creatures
4 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Ghazbán Ogre
4 Rogue Elephant
4 Quirion Ranger
3 Harvest Wurm
4 Spectral Bears
2 Whirling Dervish
2 Uktabi Orangutan
2 Jolrael's Centaur
3 Lhurgoyf
Instants
4 Giant Growth
2 Bounty of the Hunt
Artifacts
4 Winter Orb
Lands
16 Forest
2 Heart of Yavimaya
Sideboard
2 River Boa
2 Whirling Dervish
1 Uktabi Orangutan
2 Crumble
4 Emerald Charm
3 City of Solitude
1 Bounty of the Hunt
</d>
===Paul McCabe, Semifinalist===
"McCabe's fast red-blue deck puts the opponent on the defensive. A large number of inexpensive, efficient creatures overwhelm the opposition."
<d title="Red-Blue Aggro Control">
Creatures
4 Cloud Elemental
4 Man-o'-War
4 Ophidian
3 Suq'ata Lancer
1 Wildfire Emissary
2 Frenetic Efreet
Enchantments
2 Abduction
Instants
2 Disrupt
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
4 Incinerate
2 Pyrokinesis
Sorceries
1 Disintegrate
Arifacts
3 Mind Stone
Lands
10 Island
6 Mountain
2 City of Brass
2 Undiscovered Paradise
Sideboard
1 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Serrated Arrows
4 Knight of the Mists
1 Hydroblast
1 Dissipate
2 Pyroblast
3 Pillage
1 Pyrokinesis
</d>
Category:World Championship decks