Magic: The Gathering World Championship - 2000 World Championship

2000 World Championship

Jon Finkel – 2000 World Championship
Tinker
Main Deck: Sideboard:

1 Crumbling Sanctuary
4 Grim Monolith
4 Masticore
4 Metalworker
1 Mishra's Helix
1 Phyrexian Colossus
4 Phyrexian Processor
4 Tangle Wire
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Voltaic Key
4 Brainstorm
4 Tinker

4 Crystal Vein
9 Island
4 Rishadan Port
4 Saprazzan Skerry

4 Annul
4 Chill
4 Miscalculation
2 Rising Waters
1 Mishra's Helix

The seventh Magic World Championship was held in Brussels, Belgium on 2–6 August 2000. It was the first time the Worlds were held in Europe. The tournament featured a Mercadian Masques-Nemesis-Prophecy Booster Draft, Mercadian Masques Block Constructed, and Standard.

273 players from 46 countries competed in the event. In the final Jon Finkel defeated his friend, Bob Maher. Both played nearly identical decks with a difference of just one card.

Finishing order
  1. Jon Finkel
  2. Bob Maher, Jr.
  3. Dominik Hothow
  4. Benedikt Klauser
  5. Tom van de Logt
  6. Helmut Summersberger
  7. Janosch Kühn
  8. Nicolas Labarre
Team final
  1. United States – Jon Finkel, Chris Benafel, Frank Hernandez, Aaron Forsythe
  2. Canada – Ryan Fuller, Murray Evans, Gabriel Tsang, Sam Lau
Pro Tour Player of the Year
  1. Bob Maher, Jr.
  2. Darwin Kastle
  3. Jon Finkel
Rookie of the Year
  1. Brian Davis


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