After fighting through a tight blue-white-red near-mirror match against Ben Stark in the semifinals, Shahar Shenhar entered the finals as an underdog to Reid Duke's dominant green-white Hexproof deck. After falling to an 0-2 start in the match, Shenhar rallied hard to become the second World Champion from Israel, and among the youngest ever.

How did Shahar Shenhar pull off the upset apparent? Building up a critical mass of burn spells, such as Lightning Helix and Lightning Bolt, and "haste" creatures like Snapcaster Mage and Vendilion Clique let him fight to stay alive long enough to overrun whatever Duke had left. After pushing things to a fifth game, Duke's luck ran out and Shenhar used his sideboarded Engineered Explosives to seal the 2013 Magic World Championship.

You can check out the decks of the Top 4 playoff below, or head over to the official coverage on DailyMTG.com for more decks and stories from the event.

Red-White-Blue Flash - Modern | Shahar Shenhar, Winner 2013 World Championship

• Creatures (8)
• 4 Snapcaster Mage
• 2 Vendilion Clique
• 2 Restoration Angel

• Spells (26)
• 2 Sphinx's Revelation
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 2 Lightning Helix
• 3 Electrolyze
• 3 Path to Exile
• 2 Spell Snare
• 3 Mana Leak
• 3 Cryptic Command
• 2 Shadow of Doubt
• 1 Think Twice
• 1 Ajani Vengeant

• Lands (26)
• 4 Celestial Colonnade
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 2 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 2 Steam Vents
• 2 Sulfur Falls
• 3 Arid Mesa
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 3 Tectonic Edge
• 2 Island
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Plains

• Sideboard (15)
• 3 Molten Rain
• 1 Vendilion Clique
• 2 Thundermaw Hellkite
• 2 Pyroclasm
• 2 Supreme Verdict
• 2 Counterflux
• 1 Celestial Purge
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Engineered Explosives

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Hexproof - Modern | Reid Duke, Runner-Up 2013 World Championship

• Creatures (12)
• 4 Gladecover Scout
• 4 Slippery Bogle
• 4 Kor Spiritdancer

• Spells (27)
• 4 Ethereal Armor
• 4 Rancor
• 4 Hyena Umbra
• 4 Spider Umbra
• 4 Keen Sense
• 4 Daybreak Coronet
• 3 Unflinching Courage

• Lands (21)
• 1 Dryad Arbor
• 1 Forest
• 1 Wooded Bastion
• 4 Temple Garden
• 4 Horizon Canopy
• 4 Razorverge Thicket
• 3 Misty Rainforest
• 3 Verdant Catacombs

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Grafdigger's Cage
• 4 Leyline of Sanctity
• 2 Rest in Peace
• 3 Stony Silence
• 2 Dismember
• 2 Path to Exile
• 1 Suppression Field

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Red-White-Blue Flash - Modern | Ben Stark, Top 4 2013 World Championship

• Creatures (4)
• 4 Snapcaster Mage

• Spells (30)
• 2 Sphinx's Revelation
• 4 Cryptic Command
• 4 Spell Snare
• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Electrolyze
• 3 Mana Leak
• 2 Path to Exile
• 2 Think Twice
• 2 Lightning Helix
• 1 Pyroclasm
• 1 Shadow of Doubt
• 1 Gideon Jura

• Lands (26)
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Plains
• 4 Celestial Colonnade
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 3 Tectonic Edge
• 2 Hallowed Fountain
• 2 Steam Vents
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 3 Island

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Hallowed Burial
• 2 Wear & Tear
• 2 Counterflux
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Shadow of Doubt
• 1 Aven Mindcensor
• 1 Baneslayer Angel
• 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1 Threads of Disloyalty
• 1 Sowing Salt
• 1 Pyroclasm
• 1 Tectonic Edge

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The Rock - Modern | Jost Utter-Leyton, Top 4 2013 World Championship

• Creatures (16)
• 4 Deathrite Shaman
• 4 Tarmogoyf
• 4 Scavenging Ooze
• 4 Dark Confidant

• Spells (20)
• 3 Thoughtseize
• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3 Dismember
• 1 Deathmark
• 2 Abrupt Decay
• 2 Maelstrom Pulse
• 4 Liliana of the Veil
• 2 Garruk Relentless

• Lands (24)
• 4 Treetop Village
• 4 Tectonic Edge
• 4 Marsh Flats
• 4 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Forest
• 2 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Twilight Mire

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Shadow of Doubt
• 4 Fulminator Mage
• 2 Wrench Mind
• 2 Thrun, the Last Troll
• 2 Infest
• 2 Deathmark
• 1 Phyrexian Arena

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