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

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