Finals: Jon Finkel (USA) vs. Bob Maher, Jr. (USA)
In a battle of Magic titans, Jon Finkel, the greatest player in the history of
Magic: the Gathering, defeated Bob Maher three games to two. Playing nearly identical decks, the two friends, both of whom had previously won Pro Tours, played the maximum number of games to decide who would join Tommi Hovi as the only players to ever win more than one premiere level event.
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Team Finals Playoff : Ryan Fuller (Canada) vs. Jon Finkel (USA)
An exciting one match playoff will determine the 2000 Worlds Team Competition winner. And what better representative for the United States than Jon Finkel. Ryan Fuller isn't so shabby either and has had a great weekend himself and is looking to build on his fellow Canadians' wins and pull off a major upset.
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Team Finals: Gab Tsang (Canada) vs. Frank Hernandez (USA)
In what looked to be Team Canada's best match up, Pro Tour veteran Gab Tsang faced off against newcomer Frank Hernandez in a dual of National team third chairs. The match up, which judging by the archetypes would normally favor Hernandez, looked good for Tsang because of a sideboard loaded with Submerges and Somnophores, both excellent cards against the American's deck.
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Aaron Forsythe (USA) vs. Sam Lau (Canada)
Both players finished 4th at their respective Nationals. Aaron is using a red/green deck dubbed Angry Hermit, made of beatdown creatures and Land Destruction. Sam Lau is running Accelerated Blue, a fairly famous monoblue deck featuring Morphlings and Masticore and taking its name from Grim Monolith.
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