2023 MTG Magic World Championship - Top 8 Standard Deck Lists

Unbeknownst to most of the player base, the 2023 Magic World Championship just finished. This was the first major tournament since the release of Wilds of Eldraine and paints a nice picture of the current Standard Meta. Today, I would like to review the 2023 Magic World Championship Top 8 decks, show the deck lists, and the players that piloted them. Let's get started.

2023 Magic World Championship Top 8 Decks

Top 8 Players: (From left to Right) Lorenzo Terlizzi, Greg Orange, Kazune Kosaka, Reid Duke, Simon Nielsen, Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, Willy Edel, Anthony Lee

Each deck below is for the Traditional Standard (Best-of-the-Three) Format. Esper decks made up the highest percent of the meta (as well as the Top 8), with Atraxa, Grand Unifier being second and one of the most played individual cards from the tournament.

Jean-Emmanuel Depraz – Esper Legends

Esper Legends By Jean-Emmanuel Depraz

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Main 60 cards (21 distinct)

Lands - 27

Side 15 cards (7 distinct)

Main 60 cards (21 distinct)

Lands - 27

Side 15 cards (7 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (21 distinct)

Creature (29)
4 Skrelv, Defector Mite			$2.45€3.190.30
3 Faerie Mastermind
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben			$0.640.03
4 Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition			$0.300.28
2 Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator			$0.61
2 Lord Skitter, Sewer King			$4.01
4 Raffine, Scheming Seer			$2.00
2 Ertai Resurrected
4 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (4)
3 Go for the Throat			$1.32€0.730.04
1 Make Disappear			$0.20€0.280.01
Land (27)
1 Swamp			$0.180.03
4 Caves of Koilos			$0.86€0.590.02
4 Seachrome Coast			$2.80€2.140.09
4 Darkslick Shores			$4.80€4.030.55
2 Shipwreck Marsh			$3.88€3.830.55
1 Shattered Sanctum			$10.57€11.420.17
4 Plaza of Heroes
3 Otawara, Soaring City
2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
2 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Side 15 cards (7 distinct)

2 Ao, the Dawn Sky
4 Cut Down
1 Surge of Salvation			$0.85€0.780.03
1 Negate			$0.20€0.110.03
2 Disdainful Stroke			$0.19€0.060.01
1 Blot Out
4 Wedding Announcement			$2.99

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Reid Duke – Domain Ramp

Domain Ramp By Reid Duke

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Main 60 cards (20 distinct)

Lands - 25

Side 15 cards (10 distinct)

Main 60 cards (20 distinct)

Lands - 25

Side 15 cards (10 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (20 distinct)

Creature (11)
4 Topiary Stomper			$1.38€1.310.02
4 Archangel of Wrath
3 Atraxa, Grand Unifier			$19.68€22.1714.23
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (20)
1 Go for the Throat			$1.32€0.730.04
4 Sunfall
4 Herd Migration
2 Courier's Briefcase			$0.25
2 Up the Beanstalk			$2.07€1.91
4 Leyline Binding
3 Virtue of Persistence			$12.50
Other (4)
4 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave			$0.49€0.220.03
Land (25)
4 Forest			$0.150.03
1 Island			$0.190.03
2 Plains			$0.140.03
3 Swamp			$0.180.03
4 Spara's Headquarters			$10.00
4 Jetmir's Garden			$13.00
2 Mirrex			$3.570.53
4 Ziatora's Proving Ground			$7.51
1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Side 15 cards (10 distinct)

1 Chrome Host Seedshark
1 Obstinate Baloth			$0.49€0.130.03
1 Elspeth's Smite			$0.82€0.170.03
1 Negate			$0.20€0.110.03
3 Disdainful Stroke			$0.19€0.060.01
1 Destroy Evil			$1.20€1.090.02
2 Anoint with Affliction			$0.62€0.190.03
2 Knockout Blow			$0.25€0.210.03
2 Duress			$0.20€0.100.03
1 Up the Beanstalk			$2.07€1.91

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Anthony Lee – Golgari Midrange

Golgari Midrange By Anthony Lee

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Main 60 cards (25 distinct)

Lands - 26

Side 15 cards (11 distinct)

Main 60 cards (25 distinct)

Lands - 26

Side 15 cards (11 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (25 distinct)

Planeswalker (4)
3 Liliana of the Veil			$22.78€15.654.40
1 Nissa, Ascended Animist			$2.460.35
Creature (19)
1 Bramble Familiar			$0.39
4 Mosswood Dreadknight			$1.49
1 Tenacious Underdog			$0.33
1 Misery's Shadow			$0.50
1 Sentinel of Lost Lore			$0.39
2 Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton			$0.50€0.872.73
3 Glissa Sunslayer			$6.49€4.510.26
3 Blossoming Tortoise			$6.24
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (11)
2 Cut Down
3 Go for the Throat			$1.32€0.730.04
1 Tear Asunder			$1.69€1.170.02
2 Duress			$0.20€0.100.03
1 Gix's Command			$2.00
2 Virtue of Persistence			$12.50
Land (26)
4 Forest			$0.150.03
6 Swamp			$0.180.03
4 Llanowar Wastes			$1.28€1.700.04
4 Deathcap Glade			$11.35
2 Mishra's Foundry			$0.74
4 Restless Cottage			$4.27€2.33
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Side 15 cards (11 distinct)

1 Obstinate Baloth			$0.49€0.130.03
2 Cut Down
1 Go for the Throat			$1.32€0.730.04
1 Tear Asunder			$1.69€1.170.02
2 Duress			$0.20€0.100.03
2 Path of Peril			$2.02
1 Rankle's Prank			$0.75
1 Gix's Command			$2.00
2 Phyrexian Arena			$3.420.03
1 Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator			$0.52€0.76
1 Nissa, Ascended Animist			$2.460.35

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Simon Nielsen – Azorius Soldiers

Azorius Soldiers By Simon Nielsen

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Main 60 cards (20 distinct)

Lands - 24

Side 15 cards (7 distinct)

Main 60 cards (20 distinct)

Lands - 24

Side 15 cards (7 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (20 distinct)

Creature (28)
2 Yotian Frontliner			$0.24€0.090.03
4 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom			$0.35€0.370.03
4 Recruitment Officer			$0.20€0.140.03
4 Resolute Reinforcements
4 Zephyr Sentinel			$0.20€0.100.03
2 Regal Bunnicorn			$1.90
3 Harbin, Vanguard Aviator			$0.35
1 Werefox Bodyguard			$1.47
4 Knight-Errant of Eos
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (8)
4 Make Disappear			$0.20€0.280.01
4 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity			$2.99
Land (24)
4 Plains			$0.140.03
4 Adarkar Wastes			$7.07€4.280.06
4 Seachrome Coast			$2.80€2.140.09
1 Deserted Beach			$3.86€4.602.30
1 Secluded Courtyard			$0.64
4 Fortified Beachhead			$0.54
2 Mirrex			$3.570.53
2 Otawara, Soaring City
2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

Side 15 cards (7 distinct)

1 Regal Bunnicorn			$1.90
2 Elspeth's Smite			$0.82€0.170.03
2 Lantern Flare			$0.41
2 Destroy Evil			$1.20€1.090.02
3 Protect the Negotiators			$0.25€0.140.02
3 Tocasia's Welcome			$3.25
2 The Wandering Emperor

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Lorenzo Terlizzi – Esper Midrange

Esper Midrange By Lorenzo Terlizzi

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Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Lands - 26

Side 15 cards (11 distinct)

Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Lands - 26

Side 15 cards (11 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Planeswalker (3)
3 The Wandering Emperor
Creature (16)
4 Faerie Mastermind
4 Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition			$0.300.28
1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King			$4.01
4 Raffine, Scheming Seer			$2.00
2 Ertai Resurrected
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (15)
3 Cut Down
4 Go for the Throat			$1.32€0.730.04
3 Make Disappear			$0.20€0.280.01
4 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity			$2.99
1 Virtue of Loyalty			$7.32
Land (26)
1 Island			$0.190.03
2 Underground River			$6.07€4.140.02
2 Adarkar Wastes			$7.07€4.280.06
2 Caves of Koilos			$0.86€0.590.02
4 Darkslick Shores			$4.80€4.030.55
3 Seachrome Coast			$2.80€2.140.09
4 Shattered Sanctum			$10.57€11.420.17
2 Restless Fortress			$0.59€0.69
3 Raffine's Tower			$9.99
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Side 15 cards (11 distinct)

2 Razorlash Transmogrant			$0.48
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Cut Down
1 Negate			$0.20€0.110.03
2 Disdainful Stroke			$0.19€0.060.01
2 Destroy Evil			$1.20€1.090.02
1 Anoint with Affliction			$0.62€0.190.03
1 Knockout Blow			$0.25€0.210.03
2 Duress			$0.20€0.100.03
1 Gix's Command			$2.00
1 Kaito Shizuki

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Kazune Kosaka – Esper Midrange

Esper Midrange By Kazune Kosaka

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Main 60 cards (23 distinct)

Lands - 26

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

Main 60 cards (23 distinct)

Lands - 26

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (23 distinct)

Planeswalker (3)
3 The Wandering Emperor
Creature (13)
4 Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition			$0.300.28
2 Lord Skitter, Sewer King			$4.01
4 Raffine, Scheming Seer			$2.00
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (18)
2 Cut Down
4 Go for the Throat			$1.32€0.730.04
4 Make Disappear			$0.20€0.280.01
4 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity			$2.99
4 Virtue of Loyalty			$7.32
Land (26)
1 Plains			$0.140.03
3 Underground River			$6.07€4.140.02
2 Adarkar Wastes			$7.07€4.280.06
4 Darkslick Shores			$4.80€4.030.55
2 Seachrome Coast			$2.80€2.140.09
2 Deserted Beach			$3.86€4.602.30
4 Shattered Sanctum			$10.57€11.420.17
1 Plaza of Heroes
2 Restless Fortress			$0.59€0.69
2 Raffine's Tower			$9.99
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

2 Cut Down
2 Elspeth's Smite			$0.82€0.170.03
2 Negate			$0.20€0.110.03
3 Disdainful Stroke			$0.19€0.060.01
2 Destroy Evil			$1.20€1.090.02
1 Anoint with Affliction			$0.62€0.190.03
1 Farewell			$7.36
2 Kaito Shizuki

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Willy Edel – Domain Ramp

Domain Ramp By Willy Edel

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Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Lands - 25

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Lands - 25

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Planeswalker (1)
1 Nissa, Ascended Animist			$2.460.35
Creature (12)
2 Chrome Host Seedshark
4 Topiary Stomper			$1.38€1.310.02
4 Archangel of Wrath
2 Atraxa, Grand Unifier			$19.68€22.1714.23
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (19)
4 Sunfall
3 Herd Migration
4 Courier's Briefcase			$0.25
2 Ossification			$0.74
4 Leyline Binding
2 Virtue of Persistence			$12.50
Other (3)
3 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave			$0.49€0.220.03
Land (25)
4 Forest			$0.150.03
1 Island			$0.190.03
1 Mountain			$0.200.03
3 Plains			$0.140.03
1 Swamp			$0.180.03
1 Brushland			$3.56€2.900.22
4 Spara's Headquarters			$10.00
3 Jetmir's Garden			$13.00
1 Raffine's Tower			$9.99
1 Mirrex			$3.570.53
4 Ziatora's Proving Ground			$7.51
1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

2 Tranquil Frillback			$7.00
2 Tyrranax Rex			$5.76€6.910.20
2 Negate			$0.20€0.110.03
3 Disdainful Stroke			$0.19€0.060.01
1 Go for the Throat			$1.32€0.730.04
2 Sunset Revelry			$0.20€0.150.03
1 Depopulate			$0.45
2 The Wandering Emperor

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Greg Orange - Bant Control

Bant Control By Greg Orange

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Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Lands - 27

Side 15 cards (10 distinct)

Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Lands - 27

Side 15 cards (10 distinct)

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Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (26)
4 Lay Down Arms			$0.51
4 Leyline Binding
1 Negate			$0.20€0.110.03
1 Memory Deluge			$2.26
2 Make Disappear			$0.20€0.280.01
4 Up the Beanstalk			$2.07€1.91
3 Sunfall
3 Syncopate			$0.15€0.110.03
2 March of Otherworldly Light
1 Brokers Charm			$0.19
1 Dissipate			$0.20€0.100.03
Planeswalker (4)
4 The Wandering Emperor
Creature (3)
3 Horned Loch-Whale			$0.32
Land (27)
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
2 Jetmir's Garden			$13.00
1 Otawara, Soaring City
6 Plains			$0.140.03
1 Island			$0.190.03
4 Spara's Headquarters			$10.00
3 Raffine's Tower			$9.99
4 Yavimaya Coast			$0.75€0.630.02
3 Dreamroot Cascade			$4.07
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Mirrex			$3.570.53

Side 15 cards (10 distinct)

1 Hullbreaker Horror			$6.51
3 Chrome Host Seedshark
1 Sunset Revelry			$0.20€0.150.03
1 Elspeth's Smite			$0.82€0.170.03
2 Knockout Blow			$0.25€0.210.03
2 Negate			$0.20€0.110.03
2 Disdainful Stroke			$0.19€0.060.01
1 Memory Deluge			$2.26
1 Destroy Evil			$1.20€1.090.02
1 The Eternal Wanderer			$1.91€1.530.02

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