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The Magic: The Gathering World Championships (Worlds) have been held annually since 1994. It is the most important tournament in the game of Magic: The Gathering, offering cash prizes to the winners. With the exception of the first edition, Worlds is an invitation-only event, and from 1996 to 2011, Worlds was the last event of each Pro Tour season. The invitees were mostly top finishers from the National championships, the top-ranked players of the DCI and high-level pro players. Since 2012, the World Championships have been held after the season, and the most successful players have been invited to the tournament, which has varied from the top 16 to the top 24. World Championships have been held in various countries.

History
The first World Championship was held in 1994 at the Gen Con fair in Milwaukee. The tournament was open to all competitors, and its mode was single-elimination. It was also the only World Championship to use the Vintage competitive format.

For 2012, the World Championships would be replaced by a 16-player invitational event named the Magic: The Gathering Players Championship. The Pro Player of the Year title was discontinued in favor of the Players Championship, thus attempting to merge the major individual titles, the World Champion and the Pro Player of the Year.

However, for the next season, the Players Championship was renamed to World Championship, and Pro Player of the Year was made a separate title once again. Originally the team portion of Worlds was planned to be discontinued, but Wizards of the Coast created a replacement named the World Magic Cup.

Events and winners
The 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.