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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''1996 Decipher World Championship''' was the first Star Wars CCG World Championship, played in Vail, Colorado. [[Raphael Asselin]] (Canada) defeated [[Bjørn Sørgjerd]] (Norway) in the final. [[Joe Alread]] finished 3rd and [[Kevin Reitzel]] 4th.<ref name="trando">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050517110350/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/wf00p2.htm History of the World Finals], [[Trandosite]]</ref><ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Star Wars Customizable Card Game], Wikipedia</ref><br />
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The constructed pool was [[Premiere - A New Hope]]. Mains decks dominated: there was still little to counter [[Sense]] / [[Alter]], or the raw power of Obi-Wan and Vader. Trandosite notes Joe Alread using seven [[Dark Maneuvers]] in his Dark deck.<ref name="trando" /><br />
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== Format ==<br />
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* '''Environment:''' [[Premiere - A New Hope]]<br />
* '''Site:''' Vail, Colorado<br />
* '''Field:''' 32 (Wikipedia Round 1 count)<ref name="wp" /><br />
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== Finalists ==<br />
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The twelve finalists, alphabetical, from Trandosite (via Alex Tennet): [[Joe Alread]], [[Raphael Asselin]], Sergio Domenech, [[Paul Todd Feldman]], Greg Hefner, Brent Johnson, [[Maarten Logghe]], Wayne Martinez, [[Kevin Reitzel]], Dennis Shea, [[Bjørn Sørgjerd]], Rusty Zion.<ref name="trando" /><br />
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Several finalists later became Decipher staff or [[Squadron Members]] (Kevin Reitzel, and on Trandosite's list Tom Lischke, Kyle Heuer, Carl Mike Hardy, Paul Todd Feldman).<ref name="trando" /><br />
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== Results ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Finish !! Player !! Dark !! Light<br />
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| 1 || [[Raphael Asselin]] || [[1996 Decipher World Championship Raphael Asselin DS|Death Star]] || [[1996 Decipher World Championship Raphael Asselin LS|Yavin 4: Massassi War Room]]<br />
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| 2 || [[Bjørn Sørgjerd]] || — || —<br />
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| 3 || [[Joe Alread]] || — || —<br />
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| 4 || [[Kevin Reitzel]] || [[1996 Decipher World Championship Kevin Reitzel DS|Death Star]] || [[1996 Decipher World Championship Kevin Reitzel LS|Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room]]<br />
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Asselin's lists are the Scrye-era championship lists as reconstructed on SWCCGDB (2018). Reitzel published his own 1996 pair in 2025–2026 from the decks he kept; a commenter remembered those lists in Scrye.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Championships]]<br />
* [[List of SWCCG tournaments]]<br />
* [[Raphael Asselin]] · [[Bjørn Sørgjerd]] · [[Joe Alread]] · [[Kevin Reitzel]]<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050517110350/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/wf00p2.htm History of the World Finals], Trandosite (Wayback 17 May 2005)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Customizable_Card_Game Wikipedia: Star Wars Customizable Card Game] (World Champions table)<br />
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/1/1996-world-champion-light-1.0 1996 World Champion (Light)], SWCCGDB<br />
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/2/1996-world-champion-dark-1.0 1996 World Champion (Dark)], SWCCGDB<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/kevin.reitzel/posts/its-been-30-years-my-star-wars-ccg-1996-championship-deck-lists-that-i-used-at-t/10241711434940142/ Kevin Reitzel, 1996 championship deck lists] (Facebook)<br />
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