I'd like to congratulate Alfred as the winner of 3CB tournament #50.
He had a monster deck for the bonuses - a massive 57 bonus points (a total higher than anyone else's total score!) carried him home.The bonuses...
*Your deck gets the highest pre-bonus score - 1 pt per person you played against
*Find a good use for Ancestral Recall (the deck must actually benefit from casting this spell) - 25 pts
*Find a good use for Upwelling (the deck must actually benefit from casting this spell) - 20pts
*Use two cards from the same set (Mirrodin/Odyessy/Onslaught etc basic lands don't count) - 8 pts (+5pts extra if that set is legions or homelands)
*The first letter of your three cards is the same as the first three letters of your screen name, or the last letter of your three cards is the same as the last three letters of your screen name, (no dummy accounts) (Those with a "Q" or "X" or "Z" in their first three letters or those who don't have three letters may substitute an "S" or "T") - 12 pts
*Most number of letters in the cards used among entries (i.e. Fog, Fog, Taiga would NOT win this) - 12 pts
*Least number of letters in the cards used among entries (i.e. Fog, Fog, Taiga would win this) - 12 pts
*Most different letters used in your entry - 12pts
*A deck with 3 different coloured mana symbols on the spells in it - 10pts
*A deck with a number contained in the card name of one of the spells (e.g. bONE shredder) - 7pts per number
*Your deck completes two or more of the goals on this list (does not count towards "Three/Four or more goals") - 15 pts
*Your deck completes three or more of the goals on this list (does not count towards "Four or more goals")- 5 pts
*Your deck completes four or more of the goals on this list - 20 pts
(To make it more interesting, these are not cumulative - you can't win more than one of these bonuses. I'd recommend getting 2 or 4 bonuses
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*Your deck completes none of the goals on this list - (-10)pts
Banned list:
Portal
Unglued
[card]Black Lotus[/card]
[card]Mesmeric Fiend[/card]
[card]Nezumi Shortfang[/card]
[card]Blackmail[/card]
[card]Chain of Smog[/card]
[card]Hymn to Tourach[/card]
[card]Cabal Therapy[/card]
[card]Encroach[/card]
[card]Mind Swords[/card]
[card]Forget[/card]
[card]Anvil of Bogarden[/card]
[card]Strip Mine[/card]
[card]Wasteland[/card]
[card]Raze[/card]
[card]The Rack[/card]
[card]Wheel of Torture[/card]
[card]Balance[/card]
[card]Meddling Mage[/card]
[card]Isochron Scepter[/card]
[card]Phrexian Dreadnaught[/card]
[card]Lions Eye Diamond[/card]
[card]Evil Presence[/card]
[card]Seas Claim[/card]
1. wonkey_donkey - The Numbers Game - Gemstone Mine, Roc Hatchling, Bonesplitter
2. goobafish - (No Name) - Hickory Woodlot, Snake Basket, Channel
3. fadeblue - reused.dec - Fountain of Cho, Akroma, Angel of Wrath, Daru Sanctifier
4. combo_dude - The Brick - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm
5. Alfred - (No Name) - Force of Will, Altar of Bone, Lim-Dul's Vault
6. virtual - Escapees - Undiscovered Paradise, Stormscape Apprentice, Nightscape Apprentice
7. ReAnimator - The Bizarre Bazaar - Mercadian Bazaar, Jokulhaups, Myojin of Infinite Rage
8. doomhed - (No Name) - Mox Sapphire, Mana Crypt, Donate
The table: B=Bonus score,
T=Total score, (P)=Position.
0_1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 B T (P)1| x 0 6 0 2 0 4 3 37
52 (3)
2| 6 x 6 6 2 6 6 0 06
38 (6)
3| 0 0 x 6 6 2 2 0 40
56 (2)
4| 6 0 0 x 6 6 0 6 08
32 (8)
5| 2 2 0 0 x 0 2 2 57
65 (1)
6| 6 0 2 0 6 x 2 0 33
49 (4)
7| 1 0 2 6 2 2 x 2 34
49 (4)
8| 3 6 6 0 2 6 2 x 12
37 (7)
The size of the field meant that many of the decks that were strong without the bonuses suffered fairly heavily. Quite interesting, and would have been better with a bigger field. It clearly wasn't to be, however.
Sorry for the lateness, it completely slipped my mind last week as I've been away a bit etc. I know I keep saying things like this, but it shouldn't happen again.
Tom
