I'm kind of sick of this format. It's been a few rounds, switching it up for a little more originality would be a breath of fresh air, to me at least.

I see this as lacking a draw engine, but im not sure whats good, perhaps greater good?

We had that for a month or two, as combo_dude switched from 3CB to 4CB, but the interest didn't seem to be there.

And the whole turnout thing baffles me. What was different this time versus the last two? One would expect that the first time a new format is tried, it draws plenty of interest, which dies down after a couple of events. Instead, the opposite happens.

As a side note, the Smallpox deck listed here would likely have done better if the Bog was replaced by a Lotus, since I can see at least 6 points it would have gained.

Hypergenesis is green.
Suspend 3-
Starting with you, each player may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from his or her hand into play. Repeat this process until no one puts a card into play.

You always get at least one Angel, although I'm not sure if you can win with it. Both Angels can target the same Angel.

I only actually heard about this incident second-hand, but I thought that going on about how you were 'being nice' under those circumstances was a bit rude. I'm really interested to know what the official answer is, because I've asked around and noone has a clear one yet (#mtgjudge was quiet). By the letter of the law, it seems to me that A's creature should die. However, to me it's a case for a judges to use their own intelligence and go by player intent - if A wanted to not pay the echo for some reason, he obviously would have sacrificed the creature. Thus his failiure to do so implies that he was paying the echo.

Wow, I'm awful at this format. And I thought my deck was pretty stellar : (

9.   Jacob Orlove    -    Stolen Tech    -    Black Lotus,   Anurid Scavenger,   Capsize

Results:

      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7 Total Position
1|   X   6   6   0   6   6   2   6   0   0   6   2   0   6   6   6   0   58   (1)
2|   0   X   6   6   0   6   6   4   6   0   2   6   0   0   2   6   6   56   (3)
3|   0   0   X   6   0   6   4   6   3   3   0   3   3   2   2   3   3   44   (10)
4|   6   0   0   X   6   0   2   6   6   0   6   2   0   0   6   6   0   46   (8)
5|   0   6   6   0   X   6   6   6   0   6   0   2   6   2   6   0   6   58   (1)
6|   0   0   0   6   0   X   6   1   4   3   0   3   3   6   6   3   3   44   (10)
7|   2   0   1   2   0   0   X   0   6   6   0   3   6   2   2   6   4   40   (13)
8|   0   1   0   0   0   4   6   X   4   3   3   3   3   6   6   3   3   45   (9)
9|   6   0   3   0   6   1   0   1   X   6   0   6   6   0   6   6   0   47   (7)
0|   6   6   3   6   0   3   0   3   0   X   6   6   2   6   2   6   1   56   (3)
1|   0   2   6   0   6   6   6   3   6   0   X   0   0   2   6   0   0   43   (12)
2|   2   0   3   2   2   3   3   3   0   0   6   X   0   2   2   0   0   28   (16)
3|   6   6   3   6   0   3   0   3   0   2   6   6   X   6   2   6   1   56   (3)
4|   0   6   2   6   2   0   2   0   6   0   2   2   0   X   6   0   2   36   (15)
5|   0   2   2   0   0   0   2   0   0   2   0   2   2   0   X   0   2   14   (17)
6|   0   0   3   0   6   3   0   3   0   0   6   6   0   6   6   X   0   39   (14)
7|   6   0   3   6   0   3   1   3   6   4   6   6   4   2   2   6   X   56   (3)

How did 1. beat 7.?
Woodlot comes into play tapped, and dies to Cutpurse.

I'm not sure I did win with the Oblation tech - I think you forgot it can't target lands in some matchups.

OK, I'll recalculate that and let people know tomorrow what results change. Sorry for forgetting that.

As an aside, the real reason that the 14 vs. 17 match is actually 6-0 to the Vindicate deck is that in order to keep Scavenger alive, you need to keep playing spells. If you can't cast Oblation on anything, you need to burn for 3 with the Lotus to keep Scavenger alive - with the Factory beating down, 17 dies long before 14.

Adam

5.   BweeBwee    -    (no name)    -    Hollow Trees,   Crush of Wurms,   Maze of Ith

14.   Franz Ferdinand    -    No More Lotus!    -    Orzhov Basilica,   Mishra's Factory,   Vindicate

15.   BweeBwee    -    (no name)    -    Mercadian Bazaar,   (Basic Land)**,   Maze of Ith

7.   Parallax    -    Damned if you do...    -    Black Lotus,   Glowrider,   Rishadan Cutpurse

It seems this need to think is putting people off...I've only got 4 decks at the moment! More decks would be great.

I was also very pleased to see Hi-Val's deck do well, as it finished high despite having no less than five fewer e's than the average number (which is, to the nearest whole number, eleven per deck...). At least we now know why The Rack is usually banned!

1.   combo_dude    -    The Great White Hope    -    Mox Pearl,   Mishra's Factory,   Kataki, War's Wage
11.   Scrappy Kid    -    Appiness is playing 1/1s    -    Undiscovered Paradise,   Stormscape Apprentice,   Elvish Scrapper

Or you can do it easy way, just destroy the Mox with Scrapper when he plays it. Still, same result.

To me, the Hunted Horror deck looks like it could be really strong - it's unfortunate that it came up against a sea of Workshop decks, which tend to have too high a CMC to be affected by Keg.

One part of this sentence isn't actually true (you can play all five basic land types).

You can? The rules don't say that anywhere, and all cards without an 'e' in their name seems quite explicit to me. Island, Plains, Swamp, Mountain don't have an 'e' between them, so I assumed they were banned.

This format is cool. No Workshop or Factory, the only basic land is Forest, and the only non-legal Mox is Ruby . I love it!

More decks would be good...c'mon guys, did my plea for promptness sound that aggressive?

3.   Discozombie    -    Little Green Men    -    Rushwood Grove,   Verdant Force,   Rushwood Grove
4.   Scrappy Kid    -    Skies    -    Mox Sapphire,   Mishra's Factory,   Spiketail Hatchling

Oh, and one other thing: you'll see why after the results, but I am amending the banned list - UNHINGED IS ALSO BANNED. As of 66, nothing silver-bordered, please!

Had a change in result (2 vs. 3 should be 3-3, not 6-6) pointed out to me via PM - we have myself and wicketsnatcher as  joint winners!

Nice. Precisely what I wanted to see. Here's my attempt at an uncommon Madness build:

I needed a decent Madness outlet besides Bazaar.