The CAN/AM Showdown Decks 

Presented here are the the decks used in the Can-Am Challenge from Pro Tour Chicago.

Each team received the following 40 boosters for deck construction:
2 Beta, 2 Revised, 2 Fourth, 2 Fifth, 2 Chronicles, 2 Rennaisance, 2 Arabian Nights, 2 Legends, 2 Antiquities, 2 Dark, 2 Fallen Empires, 2 Ice Age, 2 Homelands, 2 Alliances, 2 Mirage, 2 Visions, 2 Weatherlight, 2 Tempest, 2 Portal, 2 Expansion X (rare 3rd party expansion reprinted exclusively for the CAN/AM, courtesy  of Donald X. Vaccarino, San Francisco, CA).

 TeamUSA


John Chinnock
Ironclaw Orcs
Orcish Artillery
Bogarden Firefiend
Viashino Sandstalker
Viashino Warrior
Hill Giant
Eron the Relentless
Highland Giant
Ambush Party
Fire Elemental
Shaku's Minion
Goblin Zombies
Feral Shadow
Skulking Ghost
Razortooth Rats
Dauthi Maurader
Cadaverous Knight
Tar Wauki

Fireball
Lightning Bolt
Terror
Geurilla Tactics

Coercion
10 Mountains
6 Swamps
Rocky Tar Pit
Sideboard:
Skull Charm
Book of Rass
Stench of Decay
Rain of Tears
Phyrexian Tribute
Builder's Bane
Shatter
Goblin Digging Team
Sideboard(cont):
Paralyze
Boiling Blood
Serenity
Nature's Ruin
Hyperion Blacksmith
Tawnos Wand
Blood Moon


Mark Chalice
Ophidian
Illusionary Forces
Coral Eel
Sea Spirit
Manta Ray
Cloud Spirit
Teferi's Drake
Soldevi Sage
Breezekeeper
Regal Unicorn
Mounted Archers
Mesa Falcon
Samite Healer
Pikemen
Icatian Town
Serra Inquisitors
Knights of Purity
Dakkon BLackblade

Soldevi Steam Beast

Command of Unsummoning
Phantom Wings

Army of Allah
Remedy

Barbed Sextant
Gemstone Mine
City of Brass
Mishra's Factory
7 Islands
7 Plains
Sideboard:
Dandan
Phantasmal Terrain
False Demise
Mimic
Death Ward
Flying Men
Unstable Mutation
Tolarian Entrancer
Sideboard(cont):
Sacred Nectar
Devouring Deep
Flux
Giant Shark
Apathy
Brainstorm
Thalakos Sentry


John Yoo
Hoar Shade
Dauthi Mercenary
Coumbajj Witches
Dauthi Marauder
Crypt Rats
Legions of Lim Dul
2 Hasran Ogress
Tar Pit Warrior
Drudge Skeletons
Mindstab Thrull
Vampire Bats
Bog Wraith
Bog Imp
Skeletal Crocodile
Terror
Dark Banishing
Ashes to Ashes
Fevered Strength
Phyrexian Boon
Reanimate
Grave Servitude

Clay Statue

Nevinyrral's Disk
16 Swamp
Sideboard:
Book of the Dead
Festering Evil
Wicked Reward
Spirit Shackle
2 Sengir Bats
Patchwork Beast
Fear
Sideboard(cont):
Soul Exchange
Living Armor
Wall of Bone
Simulacrum
Mixed Blessing
Nervous Wombat
Brimstone Cyclops


Brian Hacker
Ghazban Ogre
Bull Elephant
War Mammoth
Balduvian Bears
Wyuli Wolf
Argothian Pixies
Warthog
Scavenger Folk
2 Rogue Elephant
Llanowar Elves
Quirion Ranger
Grizzly Bear
Giant Turtle
Scryb Sprite
River Boa
Brair Djinn

Kird Ape

Scarwood Goblins
2 Giant Growth

Incinerate
Fireball
Death Spark
11 Forest
5 Mountain
Sideboard:
Keeper of Kookus
2 Goblins of the Flarg
Artifact Blast
Scorched Earth
Dwarven Warriors
Tunnel
Active Volcano
Sideboard(cont):
Battle Frenzy
Shatter
Panic
Thallid
Rust
Sandstorm
Cat Warriors


Alan Comer
Moss Conscripts
Burning Palm Efreet
Crimson Manitcore
Wall of Heat
Grizzled Woverine
Rougues of the Underworld
Goblin Ski Patroll
Wall of Granite
Gorilla Shaman
Atog
Storm Shaman
Wall of Earth
Cone of Flame
Agility
Giant Strength
Retribution
Battering Ram
Onulet
2 Grapeshot Catapult

Helm of Obedience
Voodoo Doll
Magma Mine
Tawnos' Weaponry
Parallax's Map
15 Mountain
1 Desert
Sideboard:
Crookshank Kobold
Mon's Goblin Raiders
Orcish Oriflame
Goblin Recruiter
Obelisk of Undoing
Pentagram of the Ages
Raging Bull
Heart Wolf
Sideboard(cont):
Desert Nomads
Magnetic Mountain
Feldon's Cane
Goblin Swine Herder
Desperate Gambit
Firebreathing
Imposing Visage


Darwin Kastle
Willow Faerie
Wolverine Pack
Craw Giant
Pixie Queen
Striped Bears
Giant Beetle
Durkwood Boars
Leaping Lizard
Underwood Wurm
Skyshroud Troll
Lizard Warrior
Hill Giant
Anaba Bodygurard
Raging Golrilla
Bird Maiden
Frog Curse
Sylvan Library
Rampant Growth
Desert Twister
Stunted Growth

Rock Slide
Tahngarth's Rage
Chaos Charm
10 Forest
7 Mountain
Sideboard:
Stone Rain
Goblin Vandal
Shatter
Flashfires
Active Volcano
Tranquility
Elven Cache
Familiar Ground
Sideboard(cont):
Tarpan
Spore Cloud
Mobilize
Instill Energy
Web
Fyndhorn Brownie
Skyshroud Ranger


Michael Long
Regal Unicorn
Aysen Bureaucrats
Icatian Javilineers
Master at Arms
Soul Sheperd
Cursets Knight
Farrel Zealot
Benalish Hero
War Elephant
Order of Leitbur
Petra's Spy
Savannah Lion
Guardian Angel
Armor of Fate
Pacifism
Angelic Reversal
Holy Light
Warriors Honor
Disenchant
Eye for an Eye
Guided Strike
Wall of Spears
Soldevi Steam Beast
Squee's Toy
14 Plains
Sideboard:
Tongo
Morale
Tundra Wolves
Tawnos's Wand
Sling
Icatian Scout
Licid
Holy Armor
Sideboard(cont):
Guardian Angel
Wall of Resistance
Justice
Hope Charm
Carrier Pigeon
Seeker
Duskrider Falcon


Aaron Muranaka
Maskness ?
Yavimaya Gnats
Whip Vine
Radjan Spirit
Stalking Tiger
War Mammoth
Giant Spider
Folk of the Pines
Fire Sprite
Redwood Treefold
Skyshroud Elf
Wall of Roots
Ironroot Treefolk
Mammoth Cavalry
2 War Elephants
Moorish Cavalry
Melesee Spirit
Spirit Wolves
Jasmine Boreal
Johan

Yotian Soldier

Rod of Ruin
8 Forest
7 Plains
2 Mountain
Sideboard:
Misers Cage
Shrink
Abbey Matron
Abu Jafar
COP: Blue
COP: Red
Staff of Zagon
Orrims Prayer
Sideboard(cont):
Iron Maiden
Chub Toad
Crumble
Seren Heart
Sandstorm
Wall of Wood
Kismet


Matthew Place
Ethereal Drake
Ovinomancer
Prodigal Sorcerer
Wall of Wonder
Wind Drake
Cloud Spirit
Kukemsa Serpent
Giant Octopus
Wall of Bone
Zombie Scavengers
Norrit

Boomerang
Impulse
Ray of Command
Removel Soul
Temporal Banishing
Douse
Ancestral Memories
Weakness
Raise Dead
Labyrinth
Mind Warp
Coercion
Cruel Fate
7 Swamp
9 Island
1 Quicksand
Sideboard:
Krovikan Plague
Shattered Crypt
Omen
Drowned
Syphon Soul
Phyrexian Gremlins
Cursed Land
Giant Slug
Sideboard(cont):
Fear
Leshrac's Rite
Warp Artifact
Boomerang
Dream Fighter
Hydroblast
Betrayal


Jason Zila
Heavy Ballista
Errand of Duty
Clergy en-Vec
Border Guard
Femeref Scouts
Unyaro Griffin
Kjeldoran Escort
Spirit Wall
Kjeldoran Home Guard
2 Path of Peace
Anoint

Giant Tortoise
Horned Turtle
Wind Drake
Soldevi Hereitic
Rainbow Efreet
Spell Blast
Powersink
Flood
2 Browse

Dancing Scimitar
Soldevi Digger
9 Island
8 Plains
1 Desert
Sideboard:
Inner Peace
Flash Counter
Throne of Bone
Omen
Puppet Master
Tidal Influence
Spectral Cloak
Homarid Warrior
Sideboard(cont):
Vision Charm
Glasses of Urza
COP: Blue
COP: Red
COP: Green
COP: White
COP: Black


 TeamCANADA


Jeff Donais
Shimmian Night Stalker
Grandmother Sengir
Greater Werewolf
Balduvian Dead
Gorgon
Shadow Rider
Coumbajj Witches
Oubliette
Spirit Shackle
Fevered Convulsions
Animate Dead
Terror
Funeral Charm

Ambush Party
Hill Giant
Wall of Earth
Wall of Heat
Kaervek's Torch
Firespitting
Magnetic Bolt
Flare
Burning Cloak

Tor Wauki
10 Swamp
7 Mountain
Sideboard:
Panic
Sadistic glee
Casting of Bones
Keeper of Kookus
Active Volcano
Pyroblast
Stone Throwing Devils
Wall of Opposition
Sideboard(cont):
Fatal Blow
Goblin Rock Sled
Goblin War Drums
Gorrila Shaman
Shatter
Hearth Charm
Stone Rain


Gary Krakower
2 Dandan
Azimet Drake
Giant Octopus
Prodigal Sorcerer
Air Elemental
Manta Ray
Mahamoti Djinn
Clone
2 Merfolk Traders
Azure Drake
Force Spike
Flood
Time Barrier
Ray of Command
2 Power Sink
Flooded Shoreline
Remove Soul
2 Yotian Soldier

Serrated Arrows
Mind Stone
17 Island
Sideboard:
Mind Bend
2 Wall of Vapor
Blue Elemntal Blast
Phantasmal Sphere
Fishliver Oil
Flight
Sinbad
Sideboard(cont):
Thalakos Sentry
Homarid
Merchant Scroll
Iron Heart Chimera
Updraft
Sunken City
Energy Flux


Matthew Vieneau
Orgg
Sandstone Warrior
2 Stone Giant
2 Flame Elemental
1 Lava Hounds
Goblin Reinforcements
Searing Spear Askari
Hurloon Minotaur
Uthden Troll
Dwarven Soldiers
2 Ironclaw Orcs
Jackal Pup
Veteran Voice
1 Fireblast
2 Lava Flow
1 Rain of Ashes
2 Kindle
1 Thunderbolt
Mishra's Factory
16 Mountain
Sideboard:
Red Elemental Blast
Tremor
Amulet of Kroog
2 Bird Maiden
Goblin Vandal
Pyron
Builder's Bane
Sideboard(cont):
Subterranean Ooze
Arena of the Ancients
Fire Dragon
Artifact Blast
Goblin Digging Team
Goblin Hero
Hurr Jackal


Terry Lau
Underwood Wolves
Granger Guildmage
Shambling Strider
Scragnoth
Ironroot Treefolk
Emerald Dragonfly
Magebane Tiger

Gaea's Blessing
Emerald Charm
Viashino Warrior
Gorilla Berserkers
Desert Nomads
Granite Gargoyle
Sabretooth Tiger
Enslaved Scout

Thunderbolt
Lavastorm
Fireball
Firestorm
The Lady of the Mountain
Marhault Eldragen

Ashnod's Transmorgant
Whirling Catapult
9 Mountain
9 Forest
Sideboard:
Astrolabe
Goblin Vale
Lotus Petal
Runesword
Xira Arien
False Orders
Freyalise Supplicant
Sideboard(cont):
Crumble
Tranquility
Mammoth Harness
Stone Rain
Artic Wolves
3 swamps


Gab Tsang
Wall of Roots
Hornet Cobra
Giant Tortoise
Striped Bears
Gorilla Chiftain
Panther Warriors
Gorilla Berserkers
Moss Monster
Deadly Insect

Preferred Selection
Aysen Bureaucrats
Samite Healer
Jamuraan Lion
Wild Aesthir
War Elephant

Aura of Invulnerability
Castle
Alabaster Potion
Obsianus Golem
Grapeshot Catapult

Tawnos' Coffin
Hot Springs
Desert
Elephant Graveyard
10 Forest
6 Plains
Sideboard:
Conservator
Scarecrow
Scavenger Fold
Tranquility
Aura of Invulnerability
Death Ward
Healing Salve
Kelsinko Ranger
Sideboard(cont):
COP: Black
COP: Blue
COP: White
Disempower
Divine Offering
Righteous Aura
Seeker


Pete Radonjic
Zephyr Falcon
Giant Albatross
Storm Crow
Hydron
Teferi's Drake
Snapping Drake
Knights of the Mist
Kekmessa Serpent
Sea Serpent
Phantom wings
Unsummon
Undo
Ray of Command
Power Sink
Schizophrenia

Phantasmal Fiend
Murk Dwellers
Jangling Automaton
Juggernaut
2 Clay Statue

Jalum Tome
Amber Prison
Coral Helm
Tolaria
Bad River
9 Island
5 Swamp
Sideboard:
Energy Flux
Apathy
Fishliver Oil
Tangle Kelp
Transmutation
Wizard's Ban
Torture
Shrieking Drake
Sideboard(cont):
Choking Sand
Dry Spell
Psionic Entity
Ebony Charm
Psychic Venom
Force Void
Wicked Reward


John Park
Boogeyman
Pit Imp
Erg Raiders
2 Hasran Ogress
Crypt Rats
Feral Shadow
Serpent Warrior
Sengir Vampire
Gravedigger
Lim-Dul's Cohort
Barrow Ghoul
Cyclopean Mummy
Breathstealer
Cadaverous Knight
Unholy Feast
Darki Ritual
Paralyze
Vampiric Tutor
Grave Servitutde
Coercion
Word of Binding
Howl from Beyond
Greed
15 Swamp
Strip Mine
Sideboard:
Krovikan Plague
Phyrexian Gremlins
Raise Dead
2 Lost Soul
Perish
Virtue's Ruin
Haunting Misery
Sideboard(cont):
Banshee
Agonizing Memories
Witch Doctor
Drudge Skeleton
Giant Slug
Murk Dwellers
Blight


Alvaro Marques
Jungle Lion
Elvish Hunter
Rogue Elephant
Seeker of Skybreak
Plant Elemental
Argothian Pixies
Grizzly Bears
Erhnam Djinn
Pincher Beetles
Cat Warrior
Gorilla Warrior
Elvish Spirit Guide
Elvish Ranger
Giant Spider
Land Leeches
Stampeding Wildebeests
Gorilla Chiftain
Wyluli Wolf
Giant Growth
Feral Instinct
Hurricane
Night Soil
Shrink
Broken Fall
Nature's Kiss
16 Forest
Sideboard:
Scavenger Folk
Tranquility
Tsunami
Lifeforce
Wall of Wood
Goblin Lyre
Skyshroud Elf
Wanderlust
Sideboard(cont):
Carapace
Subdue
Fog
Nervous Wombat
Mobilize
Empathic Dryad
Sabertooth Cobra


By John Robertson.
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Last Updated, October 25, 1997, 8:30 pm.



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