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2004 World Championships Feature

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The letter M!mmm, numbers. Going into the day, there was some concern that the Standard format would be as boring as Block has become, but such was not the case. No fewer than 25 distinct archetypes saw play in Day 1. Looking at the results, Big Red is leading the results for decks that saw heavier play, followed by Goblins, Tooth and Nail, and green-white Slide. The Death Cloud decks also fared well on the day, showing that the newest Pox may actually be underrepresented for its power in the current metagame.

The fear that Affinity would dominate this format like it has dominated Block have been assuaged, as "the most powerful mechanic ever created" only managed to post a substandard 8.72 Points average. That slightly below-average number was considerably better than the numbers posted by blue-white control and the blatantly awful blue-red March of the Machines deck. Kai and the TOGIT crew clearly chose poorly when picking a deck for Standard, a fact realized by many players of the deck as early as round 1.

ArchetypePlayersAvg Points
Affinity948.72
Archmage Combo19
B/R Rogue Death Cloud19
Big Red510.8
G/R Beasts 19
G/R Land Destruction310
G/R/u Rogue13
G/U March of the Machines10
G/W Control26
G/W Slide259.04
Goblin Bidding88.25
Goblins359.23
Krark-Clan Desire112
Krark-Clan Ironworks128.75
Mantle Affinity38
Mind's Desire19
Mono-Black Death Cloud39
Mono-Red Land Destruction88.25
Mono-White Control27.5
Rift Slide115
Tooth and Nail359.06
U/B Death Cloud210.5
U/R March of the Machines197.33
U/W Control388.05
U/W March of the Machines212

PlayerPointsArchetypeNotes
Acosta, Nicolas ™ [COL]6U/W Control
Alcaraz, Aniol ™ [ESP]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Anagnostopoulos, Vagos [GRC]6AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Night's Whispers
Andreasen, Dennis ™ [DNK]9Tooth and Nail
Areliusarson, Arelius [ISL]12Goblins
Arellano, Fidel ™ [VEN]0AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Night's Whispers
Asahara, Akira [JPN]12Goblins
Aten, Tim [USA]7U/W Control
Au Yong, Wai Kin ™ [MYS]12AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Moriok Rigger
Aziz, Gabriel ™ [URY]6U/B Death Cloud
Baberowski, Dirk [DEU]6U/R March of the Machines
Bakirov, Roustam ™ [RUS]9AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Balogh, Andras ™ [HUN]3U/W Control
Barbero, Jose [FRA]12GoblinsSeething Song + Arc-Slogger
Barbosa, Osvaldo ™ [BRA]12Tooth and Nail
Baudys, Ondrej ™ [CZE]12G/R Land Destruction
Baussaron, Pierre [FRA]9GoblinsSeething Song + Arc-Slogger
Berkowitz, Jordan [USA]3Affinity
Bertiou, Simon ™ [GRC]12Goblin Bidding
Betschart, Alejandro ™ [URY]6Tooth and Nail
Bevand, Manuel [FRA]18Krark-Clan Ironworks
Bildner, Orr [ISR]6Tooth and Nail
Blaas, Jasper [NLD]6Affinity
Blech, Reinhard [DEU]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Blume, Marco [DEU]15U/R March of the Machines
Bode, Roland ™ [DEU]6Tooth and Nail
Bohny, Nico ™ [CHE]9U/W Control
Boll, Søren ™ [DNK]9U/R March of the Machines
Bollati, Matias ™ [ARG]9U/W Control
Bornarel, Nicolas [FRA]12GoblinsSeething Song + Arc-Slogger
Borys, Grzegorz ™ [POL]6Goblin Bidding
Boura, Evzen ™ [CZE]12Krark-Clan Ironworks
Budde, Kai [DEU]6U/R March of the Machines
Burn, Seth [USA]15U/W Control
Canavesi, Emanuele [ITA]9Mind's Desire
Carlsson, Simon ™ [SWE]9Tooth and Nail
Carvalho, Bruno ™ [CHE]18G/W Slide
Castro, Rodrigo Cesar [BRA]12U/W Control
Caumes, Benjamin [FRA]3AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Cec, Filip ™ [HRV]9Goblin Bidding
Chang, Chih-Hsiang ™ [TWN]7U/W Control
Chapela, Gustavo [MEX]9GoblinsMolten Rain Main
Chapman, David ™ [SCO]9Affinity
Chick, Hoi ™ [HKG]6G/W Slide
Chiera, Luca [ITA]12Affinity
Choi, Won Suk ™ [KOR]15Mono-Red Land Destruction
Chua, Chang ™ [SGP]15AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Cirigliano, Matteo [ITA]9Mono-Black Death Cloud
Clegg, Daniel [USA]6Goblins
Coeckelbergh, Gert [BEL]12Affinity
Condon, Shane ™ [WAL]6U/W Control
Cornelissen, Kamiel [NLD]15Affinity
Cosgrave, Gareth ™ [IRL]5U/R March of the Machines
Crnobori, Lovre [NOR]12U/W Control
Cunningham, Jeff [CAN]9Tooth and Nail
Da Costa Cabral, Berna [BEL]3Affinity
Dahl, Aleksander ™ [NOR]4U/W Control
Dam, Lars ™ [DNK]15U/R March of the Machines
Danko, Jozef ™ [SVK]9Mono-Red Land Destruction
Dato, Federico [ITA]12U/R March of the Machines
Daversa, Daniele ™ [VEN]9Archmage Combo
de Diego, Pedro [ARG]9U/W Control
De Rosa, Antonino [USA]9Affinity
del Castillo, Ricardo [DOM]6AffinitySomber Hoveruard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Deng, Jun ™ [CHN]9G/W Slide
Domaszewski, Krzysztof [POL]12U/W Control
Dominguez Roldan, Fern [MEX]12Goblins
Dong, Zhong ™ [CHN]9Tooth and Nail
Dumitrescu, Alexandru [ROU]6G/W Slide
Dushkevitch, Artem ™ [RUS]6AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Edbury, Richard ™ [WAL]6Tooth and Nail
Edel, Willy [BRA]9U/W Control
Egloff, Lukas [CHE]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Einarsson, Guðbjörn [ISL]12AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Evans, Murray ™ [CAN]12AffinitySomber Hoverguard, Mana Leak, Night's Whisper, Chrome Mox
Fabiano, Gerard [USA]15U/R March of the Machines
Finkel, Jon [USA]12Affinity
Fior, Daniel ™ [VEN]9AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Fior, Elton ™ [BRA]9Affinity
Floch, Ivan ™ [SVK]9Krark-Clan Ironworks
Foteinakis, Dimitris ™ [GRC]12Goblin Bidding
Fujita, Osamu [JPN]6Goblins
Fujita, Tsuyoshi ™ [JPN]15Mono-Red Land Destruction
Gatt, Patrick [MLT]9G/W Control
Gerson, Steve ™ [ZAF]0G/U March of the Machines
Geyser, Wynand [ZAF]6AffinityNight's Whisper + Pyrite
Gins, Wim [BEL]3Affinity
Godinez Estrada, Gerar [MEX]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Gomersall, Sam [ENG]12Krark-Clan Desire
Gomez, Joiman ™ [COL]9Goblin Bidding
Grace, Richard ™ [NZL]6Affinity
Greiers, Maris ™ [LVA]12Tooth and Nail
Grossmann, Vasco ™ [PRT]3G/W Slide
Grünauer, Simon ™ [AUT]3Krark-Clan Ironworks
Gulinski, Sebastian ™ [POL]15Affinity
Harding, Conor ™ [IRL]12U/R March of the Machines
Harvey, Eugene [USA]10U/R March of the Machines
Häyrynen, Andrei ™ [FIN]18AffinityWelding Jar + Pyrite Spellbomb
He, Tim ™ [AUS]7U/R March of the Machines
Heidemann, Martin [DEU]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Herberholz, Mark [USA]3Affinity
Herzog, Nicolai [NOR]12U/W Control
Ho, Ken [USA]12Krark-Clan Ironworks
Hoaen, Richard [CAN]12G/W Slide
Hoeh, Hans Joachim [DEU]5G/W Slide
Hoelzel, Reinhard ™ [AUT]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Hölzl, Christoph [DEU]15AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Hon Ming, Au Yeung ™ [HKG]9U/W ControlEngineered Explosives
Horvath, Adam [USA]13U/R March of the Machines
Humpherys, David [USA]7U/W Control
Hwang, Wen Jien [TWN]12Goblins
Ibamoto, Masami [JPN]9B/R Rogue Death Cloud
Ikeda, Tsuyoshi [JPN]15Tooth and Nail
Ishida, Itaru [JPN]9Goblins
Jardine, Julian [SCO]9G/R Land Destruction
Jedlicka, Stefan ™ [AUT]9Tooth and Nail
Jensen, William [USA]15Goblins
Jonsson, Anton ™ [SWE]12U/W Control
Jorstedt, Mattias [SWE]8U/W Control
Juza, Martin [CZE]6Krark-Clan Ironworks
Kaji, Tomohiro [JPN]9Goblins
Karjalainen, Pasi [FIN]6Affinity
Karsten, Frank [NLD]12Affinity
Kaskel, Brent [USA]12Affinity
Kato, Eiho [JPN]10Affinity
Kibler, Brian [USA]6U/W Control
Kina, Mauro ™ [ARG]6U/W Control
Kiwanont, Sukhum ™ [THA]12Tooth and Nail
Kjartansson, Halldór S [ISL]3Affinity
Kocsis, Gabor ™ [HUN]9G/R Land Destruction
Kolomeyko, Yuri ™ [UKR]10AffinityNight's Whisper + Pyrite
Koobas, Lauri ™ [EST]6AffinityNight's Whisper + Pyrite
Kornis, Tamás ™ [HUN]12U/W Control
Kozachuk, Artem ™ [UKR]6Goblin Bidding
Kraft, Rene [DEU]6Tooth and Nail
Krempels, Craig ™ [USA]15U/R March of the Machines
Kröger, Peer [DEU]9Tooth and Nail
Kuznetsov, Sergey ™ [UKR]15Affinity
Kwan, David Wei Phang [SGP]6AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Labarre, Nicolas [FRA]9U/W March of the Machines
Lafuente, Diego ™ [URY]6Mono-Red Land Destruction
Lebedowicz, Osyp [USA]6U/R March of the Machines
Lee, Sang-ryeol [KOR]12Tooth and Nail
Lehtinen, MaX ™ [FIN]12AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Lemoine, Vincent ™ [BEL]12AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Leong, Ding Yuen ™ [SGP]12Goblins
Levy, Raphael [FRA]12G/W Slide
Li, Jie [CHN]9Tooth and Nail
Lin, Yi Jie ™ [TWN]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Linde, Matt [USA]3Affinity
Linnemann, Russell [USA]12AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Lo Moro, Raffaele [ITA]15U/B Death Cloud
Maaten, Rogier ™ [NLD]12Affinity
Madan, Daniel ™ [CHE]3G/W Slide
Maher, Robert [USA]12Affinity
Maia, Dinis [PRT]12G/W Slide
Manicolo, Kevin [MLT]6G/W Slide
Markovsky, Greg ™ [ISR]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Night's Whispers
Martins, Sergio ™ [BRA]9Big Red
McCarrel, Casey [USA]9Krark-Clan Ironworks
Melgar, Jorge [PER]9Krark-Clan Ironworks
Menard, Antoine [FRA]9Affinity
Middleton, Gareth [NIR]9Mono-White Control
Mifsud Tommasi, Patric [MLT]10Goblins
Miller, Roger ™ [NZL]6G/W Slide
Minieri, Dario [ITA]3Affinity
Mizutani, Naoki [JPN]9AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Morel, Victor [DOM]3G/R/u Rogue
Mori, Katsuhiro [JPN]15U/W Control
Morita, Masahiko [JPN]12Affinity
Mortensen, Allan [DNK]9Mono-Black Death Cloud
Motta, Pedro [BRA]10U/W Control
Mowshowitz, Zvi [USA]12G/W Slide
Mueller, Andre [DEU]15G/W Slide
Murray, Stephen ™ [SCO]3G/W Control"Crazy 26 deck"
Nadebaum, Chris ™ [AUS]9Mono-Black Death Cloud
Nai, Enrico [ITA]12Affinity
Nakamura, Shuuhei ™ [JPN]12Affinity
Nakano, Yoshitaka [JPN]0Mono-Red Land Destruction
Nam, Kkyoung Geun ™ [KOR]12Affinity
Nassif, Gabriel Lillia [FRA]15U/W Control
Ng, Chi Fai ™ [HKG]4G/W Slide
Nuijten, Julien ™ [NLD]12G/W Slide
Öberg, Kenny [SWE]6Goblins
Obradovic, Vladimir ™ [YUG]12G/W Slide
Ogura, Ryo [JPN]12Goblins
Oiso, Masashi [JPN]9G/W Slide
Okamoto, Jin [JPN]9Tooth and Nail
Ormerod, John ™ [ENG]6Tooth and Nail
Osawa, Takuya [JPN]9Goblins
Osterberg, Rickard [NOR]13U/W Control
Ostrovich, Diego [ARG]7U/W Control
Pace Asciak, Fabian [MLT]9Goblins
Pancini, Marco ™ [ITA]3U/W ControlBeacon of Immortality
Paquette, Aeo [CAN]15AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Paravano, Marco ™ [ZAF]9Big Red
Parker, Brock [USA]15Goblins
Parot, Ignacio ™ [CHL]9Tooth and Nail
Pascoli, Mario ™ [ITA]6G/W Slide
Pauli, Tormod ™ [NOR]6Affinity
Peleg, Uri ™ [ISR]10Tooth and Nail
Peleira, Mauro ™ [PRT]6AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Perez, Rico Vincent ™ [PHL]6U/W Control
Peset, Alexandre ™ [FRA]9G/R Beasts
Petric Maretic, Grgur [HRV]9Tooth and Nail
Polak, Martin ™ [SVK]6Krark-Clan Ironworks
Polasek, Filip [SVK]9Tooth and Nail
Postlethwait, William [USA]9Affinity
Profeta, Francis ™ [PHL]6AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Prosak, Adam [USA]6Affinity
Radin, Aleksandar ™ [YUG]6Tooth and Nail
Rafael, Miguel ™ [ARG]9Affinity
Rajacic, Nikola ™ [YUG]9Mono-Red Land Destruction
Ramos Da Fonseca, Dils [BEL]9G/W Slide
Ramos, Luis ™ [MEX]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Reaubourg, Damien [FRA]9Big Red
Reeves, Neil [USA]6Affinity
Remie, Jeroen ™ [NLD]6Affinity
Rider, Josh [CAN]6Goblins
Rietzl, Paul [USA]12Affinity
Rigby, Neil ™ [ENG]9Goblins
Rivera, Mark Gerard ™ [PHL]12Affinity
Rodamilans, Enric ™ [MEX]12Goblins
Rohner, Adriano ™ [ESP]9Affinity
Romans, Greg ™ [AUS]9Affinity
Romão, Carlos [BRA]13U/W Control
Rood, David [CAN]9U/W Control
Rosa, Paulo [BRA]12U/W Control
Ross, Edward ™ [SCO]3AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Roux, Sebastien [FRA]3Goblins
Rubin, Ben [USA]6Krark-Clan Ironworks
Ruel, Antoine [FRA]18Big Red
Ruel, Olivier ™ [FRA]15G/W Slide
Ruo Ji, Tan [SGP]12AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Sacal, Alexander [MEX]6AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Sagol, Omar ™ [ESP]14AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Saito, Tomoharu [JPN]9U/W Control
Sanchez, Ignacio [CHL]6Mono-White Control
Santos, Alberto ™ [PRT]6Goblins
Schmaltz, Matt [USA]15GoblinsMolten Rain Main
Sharma, Arun [USA]9G/W Slide
Shatskih, Ruslan ™ [RUS]6Goblins
Shigehara, Toshinori [JPN]6Tooth and Nail
Shimura, Ichiro [JPN]10Goblins
Shvartsman, Alex [USA]9Big Red
Simao Teixeira, Eduard [BRA]5U/W Control
Sirilertvorakul, Veera [THA]3Goblins
Siron, Geoffrey ™ [BEL]12AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Sison, Nomer Conrad [PHL]3Goblins
Skampa, Jan ™ [CZE]15Tooth and Nail
Smith, Jake [ENG]6AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Snepvangers, Bram [NLD]9G/W Slide
Soh, Joe [MYS]3Affinity
Soh, Terry Han Chuen ™ [MYS]15Rift Slide
Sonne, Jonathan [USA]9U/R March of the Machines
Sosa, Abraham [MEX]12Affinity
Stanicic, Ognjen ™ [HRV]9Tooth and Nail
Stark, Ben [USA]9Mantle Affinity
Stead, Bill ™ [USA]2U/R March of the Machines
Stokka, Truls ™ [NOR]6U/W Control
Stroh, Brian [USA]9Goblins
Summersberger, Helmut [AUT]12Krark-Clan IronworksFireball
Svanbergsson, Gisli [ISL]6Goblins
Swannack, Cole [NZL]12AffinityPyrite + Scale of Chiss-Goria
Tamblyn, Mitchell [USA]6Mantle Affinity
Tan, Chuen Hwa ™ [MYS]6Affinity
Tanaka, Hisaya [JPN]12U/W Control
Tanchel, Russell ™ [ZAF]3Tooth and Nail
Teeradechsakul, Teerac [THA]9Tooth and Nail
Thicke, Michael ™ [CAN]9Tooth and Nail
Thille, Carl ™ [SWE]6AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Thompson, Gerry [USA]7U/W Control
Timonen, Jussi ™ [FIN]9U/R March of the Machines
Tisu, Stefan Alexandru [ROU]0AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Todorovic, Borut ™ [SVN]6Goblin Bidding
Tomse, Jakob [SVN]13Tooth and Nail
Torres, Eduardo ™ [PER]3AffinitySober Hoverguard + Pyrite Spellbomb
Trevilyan, Bryce [AUS]4G/W Slide
Tsai, Min-ta ™ [TWN]9AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Tsakiris, Panagiotis [GRC]6Goblin Bidding
Tsumura, Kenji ™ [JPN]6AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Twiefel, Torben ™ [USA]9Goblins
Urziceanu, Valentin [ROU]9U/R March of the Machines
Vasic, Zeljko ™ [SVN]3Krark-Clan Ironworks
Verrier, Diarmuid ™ [IRL]9Mantle Affinity
Vila, Ferran [ESP]6Mono-Red Land Destruction
Villarraga, Junes ™ [COL]15U/W March of the Machines
Volberg, Mats ™ [EST]6Mono-Red Land Destruction
Walls, Gabe [USA]12Affinity
Washington, Thomas ™ [WAL]9Goblins
Wen, Sheng-Chun [ZAF]6Tooth and Nail
White, James ™ [NZL]6AffinityPyrite + Scale of Chiss-Goria
Wiegersma, Jelger [NLD]3Affinity
Williams, David [USA]9Goblins
Willis, Paul ™ [ENG]9Tooth and Nail
Wise, Joseph Gary [CAN]1U/R March of the Machines
Yosef, Danny ™ [ISR]3AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Night's Whispers
Zhang, Jingpeng ™ [CAN]6Tooth and Nail
Zhang, Shu Nu ™ [CHN]12AffinitySomber Hoverguard + Night's Whispers
Zink, Daniel [DEU]12AffinitySomber Hoverguard
Zink, Sebastian ™ [DEU]12AffinityPyrite Spellbomb
Zorc, Sasha ™ [HRV]18Tooth and Nail
Zoz, Ben ™ [USA]12G/W Slide
Zunko, Bojan ™ [SVN]12U/W Control
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