World Championship Decks 1999

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Though only 17 years old, New Hampshire—native Mark Le Pine is a Pro Tour veteran. He has been with the Pro Tour since Atlanta '96 and has made the Top 8 three times (Mainz '97, Rome '98, and Worlds '99). Le Pine played an aggressive red deck called "Sped Red." With his deck he applied pressure early with 11 fast creatures, then he'd shift into land-destruction mode with Wasteland, Stone Rain, Pillage, and Avalanche Riders. For the late game Le Pine used Cursed Scroll and Hammer of Bogardan to finish off his mana-crippled opponent.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card. 2: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. 2: Regenerate this creature.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card. 2: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. 2: Regenerate this creature.

Semifinalist Matt Linde is no stranger to high-level Magic® competition. The 18-year-old Maryland native was the 1998 U.S. National Champion. Linde played a very fast mono-green "Stompy" deck with 26 creatures—24 of which cost two mana or less to play. Supplementing this furious creature assault were four Rancors and four Giant Growths. Though the deck was designed to win by turn five, it did feature four Cursed Scrolls in case the game dragged on.

X, T: Tap X target lands.

X, T: Tap X target lands.

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

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Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Destroy all green creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.

Trample Whenever this creature is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.

Trample Whenever this creature is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.

T, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

As this artifact enters, pay any amount of life. 4, T: Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as this artifact entered.

Destroy target artifact or land. It can't be regenerated.