Magic: The Gathering World Championship - 2003 World Championship

2003 World Championship

Daniel Zink – 2003 World Championship
Wake
Main Deck: Sideboard:

4 Mana Leak
1 Circular Logic
4 Wrath of God
2 Vengeful Dreams
3 Moment's Peace
3 Renewed Faith
3 Mirari's Wake
1 Mirari
4 Deep Analysis
3 Compulsion
3 Cunning Wish
2 Decree of Justice

4 Krosan Verge
4 Skycloud Expanse
4 Forest
4 Plains
7 Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Elfhame Palace

1 Vengeful Dreams
1 Hunting Pack
1 Wing Shards
1 Circular Logic
1 Ray of Distortion
1 Renewed Faith
1 Krosan Reclamation
2 Exalted Angel
3 Ray of Revelation
3 Anurid Brushhopper

(Complete coverage)

The tenth World Championship was held from 6 to 10 August at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany. The tournament featured Onslaught-Legions-Scourge Rochester Draft, Extended, and Standard as individual formats and Onslaught Team Rochester Draft as the team format.

312 players from 54 countries participated in the tournament. German Daniel Zink managed to emerge as the new world champion, beating Japan's Jin Okamoto 3–0 in the finals and taking home $35,000 in the process. The total prize money awarded to the top 64 finishers was $208,130. In the team final the United States defeated Finland 2–1.

Finishing order
  1. Daniel Zink
  2. Jin Okamoto
  3. Tuomo Nieminen
  4. Dave Humpherys
  5. Jeroen Remie
  6. Peer Kröger
  7. Wolfgang Eder
  8. Gabe Walls
Team Finals
  1. United States – Justin Gary, Gabe Walls, Joshua Wagner
  2. Finland – Tomi Walamies, Tuomo Nieminen, Arho Toikka

Player of the Year Race

  1. Kai Budde
  2. Justin Gary
  3. Mattias Jorstedt
Rookie of the Year
Masashi Oiso


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