Undefeated Standard Decks at Worlds 2007

Metagame Breakdown

With this being the biggest World Championships ever, we had a wealth of Standard decks to enjoy, and it's interesting to see how the best in the game chose to attack the format, given the limited information they had from States / Champs, Grand Prix–Krakow, and a handful of tournaments since.

As looked likely from the info from the traders first thing in the morning, Red-Green Big Mana was the most popular deck, looking to play some colossal threats earlier than really seems fair. A few players, including the newly enshrined Hall of Fame member Kai Budde, chose to add an extra color on occasion, but essentially this was the deck looking to make big monsters and swing.

The most popular tribe of the day was Faeries, in both blue-green and blue-black incarnations. The latter was the deck of choice for Zvi Mowshowitz, who finished the standard happy on 4-1. The other popular choice was Elves, who were particularly well liked by the Japanese contingent, including Kenji Tsumura.

From a control angle, Makeshift Mannequin decks led the way, but there were green-black Rock decks and variations on classic blue control, be it Pickles lock or Guile-powered counterspell heavy control.

Check out the full list:
Archetype Count
Red-Green Big Mana 64
Makeshift Mannequin 43
Rock 39
Green-Black Elves 29
Blue-Green Faeries 28
Mono-Blue Control 20
Blue-Black Faeries 16
Blue-Black Teachings 15
Skred Red 15
Mono Blue Pickles 10
Dragonstorm 10
Tarmo Rack 10
Merfolk 8
Blue-Red Beats / Burn 7
Aggro Red with Tarmogoyf 7
Momentary Blink 7
Blue-White Control 6
Red-Green Beats 6
Doran Control 6
Blue-Green Control 5
Rakdos 4
Red-Green-Black Beats 4

After this, there were a whole mess of decks that showed up in smaller numbers. These included the Rites of Flourishing deck, Wild Pair, mono-black beatdown, and a mono-green Stompy deck featuring all the hasty monsters a boy could ever want. One of the more exciting new decks included in here was the deck designed by Masashiro Kuroda and run by three Japanese players including Tsuyoshi Fujita, sporting Thousand-Year Elixir, Mangara of Corondor and Immaculate Magistrates. Billy Moreno chose to play a Gro deck, striking his own path with the combined threats of Tarmogoyf and Quirion Dryad. Akira Asahara, meanwhile, was playing Reanimator to get his discounted massive monsters by way of the graveyard. There were 27 of these assorted decks, enough to keep the field on its toes for Day 1.

Undefeated Standart Decks
Jan Doise
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck: 
4 Faerie Conclave
3 Mouth of Ronom
4 River of Tears
4 Snow-Covered Island
6 Snow-Covered Swamp
4 Underground River
1 Urza's Factory
4 Epochrasite
4 Mulldrifter
4 Phyrexian Ironfoot
4 Riftwing Cloudskate
4 Shadowmage Infiltrator
4 Shriekmaw
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
3 Damnation
4 Makeshift Mannequin
2 Profane Command
Sideboard:
2 Bottle Gnomes
1 Jace Beleren
2 Mournwhelk
3 Nameless Inversion
3 Pithing Needle
4 Thoughtseize

Simon Englund
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck:
3 Faerie Conclave
1 Gemstone Mine
4 Karplusan Forest
1 Pendelhaven
4 Shivan Reef
2 Snow-Covered Island
5 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Vivid Crag
2 Yavimaya Coast
4 Greater Gargadon
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Looter il-Kor
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Fatal Frenzy
4 Incinerate
4 Psionic Blast
4 Rift Bolt
4 Threaten
17 other spells
Sideboard:
3 Ancient Grudge
1 Fatal Frenzy
2 Jace Beleren
3 Manabarbs
2 Sower of Temptation
4 Sulfur Elemental

Hong Fei Yeung
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck:
3 Faerie Conclave
2 Pendelhaven
6 Snow-Covered Forest
6 Snow-Covered Island
2 Treetop Village
4 Yavimaya Coast
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Mistbind Clique
4 Mystic Snake
3 Pestermite
4 Scion of Oona
4 Scryb Ranger
4 Spellstutter Sprite
2 Wall of Roots
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Psionic Blast
1 Remove Soul
4 Rune Snag
9 other spells
Sideboard:
4 Flashfreeze
2 Naturalize
2 Pithing Needle
3 Sower of Temptation
3 Spectral Force
1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter

Gerardo Godinez Estrada
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck: 
2 Highland Weald
3 Karplusan Forest
2 Mouth of Ronom
2 Scrying Sheets
6 Snow-Covered Island
5 Snow-Covered Mountain
4 Treetop Village
1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
2 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Cloudthresher
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Coldsteel Heart
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Harmonize
4 Incinerate
4 Into the North
2 Molten Disaster
4 Skred
Sideboard:
3 Akroma, Angel of Fury
2 Avalanche Riders
1 Loxodon Warhammer
4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
2 Quagnoth
3 Sulfurous Blast

Christoph Huber
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck:
5 Forest
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Horizon Canopy
4 Llanowar Wastes
1 Pendelhaven
3 Snow-Covered Swamp
4 Treetop Village
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Masked Admirers
4 Ohran Viper
3 Shriekmaw
4 Tarmogoyf
1 Eyeblight's Ending
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
3 Liliana Vess
1 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Nameless Inversion
3 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize
Sideboard:
1 Damnation
1 Extirpate
4 Eyes of the Wisent
2 Graveborn Muse
1 Nameless Inversion
1 Pithing Needle
1 Riftsweeper
1 Shriekmaw
3 Viridian Shaman

Chris Lachmann
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck:
4 Highland Weald
2 Karplusan Forest
3 Mouth of Ronom
1 Scrying Sheets
5 Snow-Covered Forest
5 Snow-Covered Mountain
4 Treetop Village
2 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Cloudthresher
3 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wall of Roots
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Harmonize
4 Incinerate
4 Into the North
2 Molten Disaster
4 Skred
Sideboard:
4 Akroma, Angel of Fury
4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
3 Spectral Force
4 Sulfurous Blast

Katsuhiro Mori
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck: 
5 Forest
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
4 Llanowar Wastes
1 Pendelhaven
4 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Boreal Druid
1 Civic Wayfinder
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Masked Admirers
1 Mirri the Cursed
3 Tarmogoyf
3 Troll Ascetic
4 Wren's Run Packmaster
2 Eyeblight's Ending
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Nameless Inversion
4 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize
14 other spells
Sideboard:
2 Cloudthresher
1 Krosan Grip
3 Liliana Vess
1 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Phyrexian Totem
2 Razormane Masticore
2 Slaughter Pact
2 Viridian Shaman

Yoshitaka Nakano
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck: 
5 Forest
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
4 Llanowar Wastes
1 Pendelhaven
4 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Boreal Druid
2 Civic Wayfinder
3 Imperious Perfect
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Masked Admirers
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Troll Ascetic
4 Wren's Run Packmaster
3 Eyeblight's Ending
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Nameless Inversion
4 Profane Command
3 Thoughtseize
Sideboard:
2 Cloudthresher
1 Krosan Grip
3 Liliana Vess
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Nekrataal
2 Slaughter Pact
1 Thoughtseize
2 Viridian Shaman

Mikko Nurmi
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck: 
4 Forest
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
4 Karplusan Forest
5 Mountain
4 Treetop Village
2 Urza's Factory
3 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Cloudthresher
3 Quagnoth
4 Siege-Gang Commander
4 Wall of Roots
3 Fertile Ground
4 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Harmonize
4 Incinerate
2 Molten Disaster
4 Search for Tomorrow
Sideboard:
2 Akroma, Angel of Fury
1 Molten Disaster
4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
1 Quagnoth
3 Serrated Arrows
1 Spectral Force
3 Sulfurous Blast

Sam Stein
2007 Worlds, Standard 5-0
Main Deck: 
3 Forest
4 Gilt-Leaf Palace
4 Llanowar Wastes
1 Pendelhaven
5 Swamp
4 Treetop Village
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Hypnotic Specter
2 Llanowar Elves
3 Oona's Prowler
2 Shriekmaw
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Troll Ascetic
2 Eyeblight's Ending
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Loxodon Warhammer
2 Nameless Inversion
2 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize

Sideboard:
1 Eyeblight's Ending
2 Liliana Vess
1 Masked Admirers
3 Riftsweeper
2 Shriekmaw
4 Stupor
2 Sudden Death

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