World Championship Decks 2001

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Accumulated Knowledge in all graveyards.

Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and you choose a card of that color from it. That player discards that card.

Eighteen-year-old Alex Borteh came on strong in the last half of the 2000—2001 Pro Tour™ season. He posted an impressive Top 8 finish at U.S. Nationals and followed that up by coming within one match of winning this year's Worlds. The soon-to-be Ohio State University freshman played a monoblue combo deck that he liked to call "Da Folk." This deck wins by using Opposition and Static Orb to establish a lock down while legions of Merfolk overrun opponents' immobilized defenses.

A member of the famous Team Block Ops, Antoine Ruel, a native of Aubervilliers, France, took his blue-black-red control deck to a third-place finish at this year's World Championships. Ruel credits his teammate Laurent Pagorek for the deck that he calls "AK-Go." The deck, which Ruel played to a 5—1 record during the Standard portion of the tournament, relies on card drawing (most notably Accumulated Knowledge, or "AK" for short), countermagic ("Go," for short), red for board control, and Nether Spirits for the win.

Flying T: Add one mana of any color.

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Fading 3 (This creature enters with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

Flying, haste Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.

Choose a card type. Target opponent reveals their hand. Blood Oath deals 3 damage to that player for each card of the chosen type revealed this way. (Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery are card types.)

Destroy all Islands.

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. T: Add one mana of any color.

Counter target spell.

Counter target spell.

Counter target spell.

Counter target spell.

Choose one — • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. • Destroy target artifact.

Flying, protection from white When this creature enters, return target blue or red creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Flying, protection from white When this creature enters, return target blue or red creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Add BBB.

U: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.