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yakusoku
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posted February 23, 2013 09:55 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for yakusoku Click Here to Email yakusoku Send a private message to yakusoku Click to send yakusoku an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
3-Card Blind (3CB) is a very unique game.
The rules are as follows:
* Your deck is composed of 3 cards, all of which start in your hand.
* You have no library (technically, the library exists, but starts at 0 cards) and no sideboard (Wishes fetch nothing).
* Random effects always go against the owner of the card.
* You can see your opponent's hand, so you can always make the best possible play.
* You don't lose as a result of not being able to draw a card.
* You will play each opponent twice, once going first, once going second.
* For each win, you score 3.
* For each draw, you score 1.
* For each loss, you get nothing.
* A subgame played with the card Shahrazad will result in an incomplete game and both players will receive ZERO points, since the main game cannot be resumed. Neither player loses or draws, so neither player earns any points.
* Other than the aforementioned, EVERYTHING IS HANDLED EXACTLY LIKE A REAL GAME OF MAGIC!
Remember, it is important for your deck to include a way to cast your cards! (Lands, artifact mana, pitch cards, etc.)
If you want to play PM me a message in this format.
Subject should include "Vanishing 3-Card Blind" (Just click on the little PM icon above my post and it should work out that way.)
Card #1
Card #2
Card #3

Be sure you really are happy with your deck before you submit. Once you send in a deck, there is no changing it except in the case of an illegal entry.
Please make every effort to spell your card names correctly. It makes it easier for everyone. Thanks.
The "Vanishing" part is the twist. To start off with, only Unglued, Unhinged and Ante cards are banned. After each round, the 3 cards in the winning deck plus any cards in more than 1/3 of the decks played will be banned for all future rounds. Any lands that only provide mana are exempted from the banning rules.


--------------Current banned list--------------

White:

Chancellor of the Annex

Blue:

Laboratory Maniac

Artifacts:

Black Lotus
Ensnaring Bridge
Scalding Tongs

Land:

Dryad Arbor
Mishra's Workshop
Strip Mine
Wasteland

Banned Decks (history):

Round 1: yakusoku and walkerdog

Chancellor of the Annex
Strip Mine
Dryad Arbor

Chancellor of the Annex
Wasteland
Dryad Arbor

Round 2: yakusoku and Moonkeeper

Mishra's Workshop
Ensnaring Bridge
Scalding Tongs

--------------End of Banning list--------------

I will try and post a new round every Sunday, allow submissions through Tuesday, reveal deck lists first thing on Wednesday and allow scoring until Saturday.

NO MISE DECKS!

Any deck submitted MUST have some win condition. Any deck that can do no better than a draw against any possible deck will be rejected. A deck that can't win any game is mathematically eliminated from winning the round, and thus would just be taking a chance to win away from someone who could actually have a shot.

ALL players will assist in judging. The way this will work is that after the submission period is over, After all decks are revealed, judge your own deck against every other deck (going first and going second). Post your findings here in this thread. They will be reviewed by everyone for accuracy. Once a winner is determined the winners deck will be added to the banned list and the next round will begin. Repeated failure to do your own scoring will result in suspensions!

Instead of the normal 40+ weeks that I normally try to drag out the tournament, with no clear winner until our numbers diminish into nothing, we will instead be running each round for only 10 weeks, and at the end declare a winner.

Winner's List:

2

yakusoku

1

Moonkeeper
walkerdog

Decks:

1. yakusoku

Mox Jet
Blackmail
The Rack

2. Magic1264

Ghost Quarter
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Factory

3. ectomanic

Sulfur Vent
Flash
Worldspine Wurm

4. MAB_Rapper

Crystal Vein
Mox Ruby
Magus of the Moon

5. MTGEngineer

Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

6. LemonMeringue

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

7. Bugger

Cavern of Souls
Meddling Mage
Lotus Petal

8. junichi

Karakas
Leyline of Singularity
Tethered Griffin

9. walkerdog

Mise deck.

10. Moonkeeper

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

11. edsillars

Vampire Hexmage
Peat Bog
Dark Depths

[Edited 2 times, lastly by yakusoku on February 27, 2013]

 
yakusoku
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posted February 23, 2013 09:58 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for yakusoku Click Here to Email yakusoku Send a private message to yakusoku Click to send yakusoku an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Let me address this now, since this seems to come up every time:

Mishra's Workshop IS banned.

It does only provide mana, so it would seem to violate the rules, but this is one of those times that you have to understand the spirit, not the letter of the law. I'm running this and I will interpret as I see fit, including the fact that Mishra's Workshop is too overpowered to see play after it wins a round.

We have tried *not* banning it and the format very quickly degenerates into Workshop, anti-Workshop, anti-anti-Workshop. Those of you who played during the Affinity Standard era will recognize this metagame all too well.

Ultimately, this game is meant to be a fun diversion and if the format becomes stale, people won't have fun, and when that happens, people stop playing, and the game itself dies.

 
LemonMeringue
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posted February 25, 2013 10:08 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for LemonMeringue Click Here to Email LemonMeringue Send a private message to LemonMeringue Click to send LemonMeringue an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View LemonMeringue's Trade Auction or SaleView LemonMeringue's Trade Auction or Sale
i remembered to submit this time woo
 
yakusoku
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posted February 26, 2013 11:35 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for yakusoku Click Here to Email yakusoku Send a private message to yakusoku Click to send yakusoku an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Today is the last day to submit.
 
yakusoku
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posted February 27, 2013 03:04 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for yakusoku Click Here to Email yakusoku Send a private message to yakusoku Click to send yakusoku an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
The decklists have been posted.

You may use other formats as well, but this one is a must. Also PLEASE make sure you use the proper deck number for your deck. Replace the '?' on the bottom line with the number next to your name on the decklist.

Scoring:

Play your deck against each other deck twice, once with you going first, once with them going first. Always remember that each deck is to be played perfectly.

For each of the 2 games, score 3 points if your deck wins or 1 point if the game is a draw, with no points for a loss.

Some examples:
2 wins (WW) is 6 points.
A win and a draw (WD) is 4 points.
A win and a loss (WL) is 3 points.
2 draws (DD) is 2 points.
A draw and a loss (DL) is 1 point.
2 losses (LL) is 0 points.

Plug YOUR deck number into the ? below the ##, and your score against each deck into the other slots.

Do not play your deck against itself. Just enter an 'x' in the chart under your deck number.

Please copy-and-paste the following code into your Message box in order to assist you with scoring:

code:


## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
XX X X X X X X X X X XX XX XX


 
MAB_Rapper
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posted February 27, 2013 04:16 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for MAB_Rapper Click Here to Email MAB_Rapper Send a private message to MAB_Rapper Click to send MAB_Rapper an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View MAB_Rapper's Trade Auction or SaleView MAB_Rapper's Trade Auction or Sale
4. MAB_Rapper

Crystal Vein
Mox Ruby
Magus of the Moon

The results...

1. yakusoku LL 0

Mox Jet
Blackmail
The Rack

2. Magic1264 WW 6

Ghost Quarter
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Factory

3. ectomanic WW 6

Sulfur Vent
Flash
Worldspine Wurm

5. MTGEngineer WL 3

Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

6. LemonMeringue LL 0

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

7. Bugger WL 3

Cavern of Souls
Meddling Mage
Lotus Petal

8. junichi WL 3

Karakas
Leyline of Singularity
Tethered Griffin

9. walkerdog MISE

Force of Will
Misthollow Griffin
Saprazzan Skerry

10. Moonkeeper LL 0

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

11. edsillars WW 6

Vampire Hexmage
Peat Bog
Dark Depths

code:

## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
04 0 6 6 X 3 0 3 3 X 00 06 27

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hilikuS: Also, as much as MAB's list has become the list on the T/A Forum, I do miss Slinga's.


[Edited 1 times, lastly by MAB_Rapper on February 27, 2013]

 
MTGEngineer
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posted February 27, 2013 07:11 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for MTGEngineer Send a private message to MTGEngineer Click to send MTGEngineer an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
5. MTGEngineer

Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

The results...

1. yakusoku WL 3

Mox Jet
Blackmail
The Rack

2. Magic1264 DD 2

Ghost Quarter
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Factory

3. ectomanic WW 6

Sulfur Vent
Flash
Worldspine Wurm

4. MAB_Rapper WL 3

Crystal Vein
Mox Ruby
Magus of the Moon

6. LemonMeringue WL 3

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

7. Bugger WL 3

Cavern of Souls
Meddling Mage
Lotus Petal

8. junichi WL 3

Karakas
Leyline of Singularity
Tethered Griffin

9. walkerdog MISE

Force of Will
Misthollow Griffin
Saprazzan Skerry

10. Moonkeeper WL 3

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

11. edsillars WW 6

Vampire Hexmage
Peat Bog
Dark Depths

code:
## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
05 3 2 6 3 X 3 3 3 X 03 06 32



[Edited 1 times, lastly by MTGEngineer on February 28, 2013]
 
MAB_Rapper
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posted February 27, 2013 07:18 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for MAB_Rapper Click Here to Email MAB_Rapper Send a private message to MAB_Rapper Click to send MAB_Rapper an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View MAB_Rapper's Trade Auction or SaleView MAB_Rapper's Trade Auction or Sale
quote:
Originally posted by MTGEngineer:
5. MTGEngineer

Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

9. walkerdog WW 6 - skerry can't ever cast the griffin, right?

Force of Will
Misthollow Griffin
Saprazzan Skerry


Actually, that's a very good point. This is a MISE deck.
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[Edited 1 times, lastly by MAB_Rapper on February 27, 2013]

 
walkerdog
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Whoops, wrong land. Oh well.
 
edsillars
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posted February 27, 2013 08:25 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for edsillars Click Here to Email edsillars Send a private message to edsillars Click to send edsillars an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
1. yakusoku LL - I get blackmailed out of the game play or draw.

Mox Jet
Blackmail
The Rack

2. Magic1264 LL - I get Ghost Quartered out of the game play or draw.

Ghost Quarter
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Factory

3. ectomanic WW - 20/20 flier turn 2 is quick enough even on the draw.

Sulfur Vent
Flash
Worldspine Wurm

4. MAB_Rapper LL - Turn 1 Magus shuts me down play and draw.

Crystal Vein
Mox Ruby
Magus of the Moon

5. MTGEngineer LL - blackmail is sad times for me.

Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

6. LemonMeringue LL - Ghost Quarter is more sad times.

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

7. Bugger LL - So much hate this round, wasn't expecting this.

Cavern of Souls
Meddling Mage
Lotus Petal

8. junichi LL - bounces my guy(s)

Karakas
Leyline of Singularity
Tethered Griffin

9. walkerdog MISE (methinks he meant the other storage land cycle from MM, but oh well.)

Force of Will
Misthollow Griffin
Saprazzan Skerry

10. Moonkeeper LL - can't beat ghost quarter.

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

code:


## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
11 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 X 00 XX 06

Apparently it was too early in the format for this combo.


 
junichi
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posted February 27, 2013 10:09 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for junichi Click Here to Email junichi Send a private message to junichi Click to send junichi an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View junichi's Have/Want ListView junichi's Have/Want List
code:

## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
08 0 6 6 3 3 0 6 x x 00 06 30

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DO NOT send cards to Jon Strickland, 1971 St.Laurent Blvd
Apt 705, Ottawa Ontario, Canada K1G 3P8. He is a known ripper/hacker.



[Edited 3 times, lastly by junichi on February 27, 2013]

MAB_Rapper
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posted February 27, 2013 12:30 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for MAB_Rapper Click Here to Email MAB_Rapper Send a private message to MAB_Rapper Click to send MAB_Rapper an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View MAB_Rapper's Trade Auction or SaleView MAB_Rapper's Trade Auction or Sale
quote:
Originally posted by junichi:

quote:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally posted by MTGEngineer:
5. MTGEngineer
Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

8. junichi WD 4

Karakas
Leyline of Singularity
Tethered Griffin

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think it's DL for you.


I don't think so. I think it is WL.

On the play, he Blackmails and takes Karakas. On the draw, he gets crushed.

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junichi
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quote:
Originally posted by MAB_Rapper:
I don't think so. I think it is WL.

On the play, he Blackmails and takes Karakas. On the draw, he gets crushed.


Right, forgot blackmail can take my land. :/

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yakusoku
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posted February 27, 2013 08:00 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for yakusoku Click Here to Email yakusoku Send a private message to yakusoku Click to send yakusoku an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 

1. yakusoku XX

Mox Jet
Blackmail
The Rack

2. Magic1264 WW.

Ghost Quarter
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Factory

Ghost Quarter doesn't affect me, Blackmail takes a Factory and I race Factory damage.

3. ectomanic WW

Sulfur Vent
Flash
Worldspine Wurm

Blackmail gets Flash and he dies to Rack.

4. MAB_Rapper WW

Crystal Vein
Mox Ruby
Magus of the Moon

On the play, Blackmail gets Magus. On the draw, I race a 2/2.

5. MTGEngineer WL

Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

On the play, I run out The Rack first and he can match with Rogue Elephant, but loses the race. On the draw, his Blackmail takes Mox and I lose.

6. LemonMeringue WL.

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

First to play wins. On the play, I can Blackmail The Rack and win with my rack. On the draw, he plays out everything and I can't race.

7. Bugger WL.

Cavern of Souls
Meddling Mage
Lotus Petal

On the play, Blackmail gets the Mage. On the draw, Mage names Mox.

8. junichi WW

Karakas
Leyline of Singularity
Tethered Griffin

I race Tethered Griffin on the draw and make him discard Karakas on the play.

9. walkerdog XX

Force of Will
Misthollow Griffin
Saprazzan Skerry

Mise.

10. Moonkeeper WL

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

11. edsillars WW

Vampire Hexmage
Peat Bog
Dark Depths

I grab Vampire Hexmage with Blackmail then he dies to The Rack.

code:

## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
01 X 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 X 03 06 42

Sorry for missing the mise deck. As always, let me know if I messed up my scoring. I'm far from perfect when it comes to that.

 
LemonMeringue
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posted February 28, 2013 09:16 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for LemonMeringue Click Here to Email LemonMeringue Send a private message to LemonMeringue Click to send LemonMeringue an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote View LemonMeringue's Trade Auction or SaleView LemonMeringue's Trade Auction or Sale
Edit: Aw one point. Shoulda played red chancellor instead of memnite.

code:

code:

## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
06 3 6 6 6 3 X 3 6 X 02 06 41



Decks:

1. yakusoku - WL

Mox Jet
Blackmail
The Rack

2. Magic1264 - WW

Ghost Quarter
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Factory

3. ectomanic - WW

Sulfur Vent
Flash
Worldspine Wurm

4. MAB_Rapper - WW

Crystal Vein
Mox Ruby
Magus of the Moon

5. MTGEngineer - WL

Blackmail
Bayou
Rogue Elephant

6. LemonMeringue

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

7. Bugger - WL

Cavern of Souls
Meddling Mage
Lotus Petal

8. junichi - WW

Karakas
Leyline of Singularity
Tethered Griffin

9. walkerdog

Mise deck.

10. Moonkeeper - DD

Ghost Quarter
Memnite
The Rack

11. edsillars - WW

Vampire Hexmage
Peat Bog
Dark Depths

[Edited 2 times, lastly by LemonMeringue on February 28, 2013]

 
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code:

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 total
3 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 x 00 00 00000

 
Magic1264
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code:

## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
02 0 X 6 0 2 0 6 0 X 00 06 20

 
yakusoku
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code:

01 X 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 X 03 06 42 <- winner!
02 0 X 6 0 2 0 6 0 X 00 06 20
03 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 x 00 00 00
04 0 6 6 X 3 0 3 3 X 00 06 27
05 3 2 6 3 X 3 3 3 X 03 06 32
06 3 6 6 6 3 X 3 6 X 02 06 41
07 3 0 6 3 3 3 X 0 X 03 06 27
08 0 6 6 3 3 0 6 x x 00 06 30
09 X X X X X X X X X XX XX XX
10 3 6 6 6 3 2 3 6 X XX 06 41
11 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 X 00 XX 06

 

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