world champion pokemon cards TCG: Championship Decks 2025 - Riley McKay contender’s deck from the 2022 Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships 2023 Pokemon TCG World Championships

Ad Nauseam by Jeremy Jarvis Ad Nauseam | Illustration by Jeremy Jarvis Another art director, this piece was originally commissioned for the original Ravnica: City of Guilds set, which you might guess from the subtle Dimir insignia on the subjects forehead

Long a staple in Panharmonicon builds, the ability to double-filter when it enters the battlefield and eventually draw eight cards (and discard four) with eternalize is incredibly powerful

Siding it in against other fair midrange decks just to try and catch a Snapcaster Mage flashing back Brainstorm or Swords to Plowshares is rarely worth the card slot

Creature - Warrior Dog Angelic Sell-Sword Flying, vigilance Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control enters, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with ": Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn

This deck doesn't have Pokemon V, so the damage is the only thing that matters here

With Zedruu the Greathearted as your commander, your foes will curse you as your friends grow stronger