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'''1997 Decipher World Championship''' was the second Star Wars CCG World Championship, at the Marriott Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.<ref name="jacobs">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050405/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/iv6.htm Philipp Jacobs interview], [[Trandosite]] (24 August 2000)</ref> [[Philipp Jacobs]] (Germany) defeated [[Michael Riboulet]] (United Kingdom) in the final. It was the first Worlds final for either country.<ref name="trando">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050517110350/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/wf00p2.htm History of the World Finals], [[Trandosite]]</ref>
'''1997 Decipher World Championship''' was the second Star Wars CCG World Championship, at the Marriott Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.<ref name="jacobs">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050405/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/iv6.htm Philipp Jacobs interview], [[Trandosite]] (24 August 2000)</ref> [[Philipp Jacobs]] (Germany) defeated [[Michael Riboulet]] (United Kingdom) in the final. It was the first Worlds final for either country.<ref name="trando">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050517110350/http://trandosite.mcmail.com/wf00p2.htm History of the World Finals], [[Trandosite]]</ref>
[[File:1997 World Championship Finalist prize.jpg|thumb|right|320px|World Championship Finalist embroidery from the 1997 prize, photographed in 2015.<ref name="ars">[https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/12/that-one-time-i-played-in-the-star-wars-card-game-world-championship/ That one time I played in the Star Wars card game world championship], Eric Berger, Ars Technica (5 December 2015)</ref>]]


The constructed pool was [[Premiere - Cloud City]]. Cloud City had just hit the shelves. Defending champion [[Raphael Asselin]] made the final twelve (12th). Asselin later said he lost a game by 2 to Gavin Palmer on a [[DS-61-4]] passenger / [[Devastator]] ruling.<ref name="asselin">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041026204829/http://www.trandosite.mcmail.com/iv11.htm Raphael Asselin interview], Trandosite (21 September 2000)</ref>
The constructed pool was [[Premiere - Cloud City]]. Cloud City had just hit the shelves. Defending champion [[Raphael Asselin]] made the final twelve (12th). Asselin later said he lost a game by 2 to Gavin Palmer on a [[DS-61-4]] passenger / [[Devastator]] ruling.<ref name="asselin">[https://web.archive.org/web/20041026204829/http://www.trandosite.mcmail.com/iv11.htm Raphael Asselin interview], Trandosite (21 September 2000)</ref>
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* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/4/dagobah-turtle-1997-world-champion-1.0 Dagobah turtle: 1997 World Champion], SWCCGDB
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/4/dagobah-turtle-1997-world-champion-1.0 Dagobah turtle: 1997 World Champion], SWCCGDB
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/13/dagobah-miner-s-guild-2nd-at-worlds-1997-1.0 Dagobah Miner's Guild: 2nd at Worlds 1997], SWCCGDB
* [https://swccgdb.com/decklist/view/13/dagobah-miner-s-guild-2nd-at-worlds-1997-1.0 Dagobah Miner's Guild: 2nd at Worlds 1997], SWCCGDB
* [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/12/that-one-time-i-played-in-the-star-wars-card-game-world-championship/ That one time I played in the Star Wars card game world championship], Ars Technica (5 December 2015; Texas regional winner at Norfolk, 64-competitor recollection)
* [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/12/that-one-time-i-played-in-the-star-wars-card-game-world-championship/ That one time I played in the Star Wars card game world championship], Eric Berger, Ars Technica (5 December 2015; Texas regional winner at Norfolk; 1997 Finalist prize photo)




Latest revision as of 00:29, 8 October 2026

1997 Decipher World Championship was the second Star Wars CCG World Championship, at the Marriott Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] Philipp Jacobs (Germany) defeated Michael Riboulet (United Kingdom) in the final. It was the first Worlds final for either country.[2]

World Championship Finalist embroidery from the 1997 prize, photographed in 2015.[3]

The constructed pool was Premiere - Cloud City. Cloud City had just hit the shelves. Defending champion Raphael Asselin made the final twelve (12th). Asselin later said he lost a game by 2 to Gavin Palmer on a DS-61-4 passenger / Devastator ruling.[4]

Jacobs barely made day 2, rebuilt Saturday night, and in the final opened with a 23-Force win on Dark Mains & Toys against Riboulet's manipulator. Riboulet's Light was a Dagobah deck Jacobs had beaten the previous round. The prize Jacobs named was a 10-day trip Washington–Las Vegas–Los Angeles.[1][2]

Joe Alread called Riboulet's manipulator "a truly great deck....that I had never seen before." Trandosite treats 1997 as the birthplace of that strategy.[2]

Format

Final twelve

As listed on Trandosite: Philipp Jacobs, Michael Riboulet, Paul Todd Feldman, Gavin Palmer, Joe Alread, Enriue Pascal (Trandosite spelling; likely Enrique), Bastian Winkelhaus, Reiner Zetsche, Thaddeus Chenoweth, Michael Krause, Yannick Lapointe, Raphael Asselin.[2]

Results

Finish Player Dark Light
1 Philipp Jacobs Mains & Toys Dagobah turtle
2 Michael Riboulet Dagobah manipulator Dagobah Miner's Guild

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Finish Player Dark Light
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See also

Sources


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philipp Jacobs interview, Trandosite (24 August 2000)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 History of the World Finals, Trandosite
  3. ↑ That one time I played in the Star Wars card game world championship, Eric Berger, Ars Technica (5 December 2015)
  4. ↑ Raphael Asselin interview, Trandosite (21 September 2000)
  5. ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Wikipedia
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