The rules for this competition will be: Anything Goes... as in, more than usual goes!
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]Cabal Therapy[/card]
[card]Encroach[/card]
[card]Mind Swords[/card]
[card]Anvil of Bogardan[/card]
[card]Strip Mine[/card]
[card]Wasteland[/card]
[card]The Rack[/card]
[card]Balance[/card]
[card]Meddling Mage[/card]
[card]Isochron Scepter[/card]
[card]Glacial Chasm[/card]
NB this is subject to change within 48hrs of first posting.
What is 3cb?
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 in your opponent's favour.
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.
Other than the aforementioned, EVERYTHING IS HANDLED EXACTLY LIKE A REAL GAME OF MAGIC!
To make an entry, PM your deck to
combo_dude in the following format:
Subject: 3cb Tournament #62 Entry or 3cb Tournament#62 Revision
Deck Name
Card #1
Card #2
Card #3
Optional Deck discussion, random sucking up, etc.
I'll close entries after 2 weeks. Get your entries in by 25th August and I'll calculate. As I said, the banned list may change within 48 hours of this post going up. After that, it stays as it is. This is not a reason to withold your decks, though - this is not a particuarly serious format! If something's broke, please fix it whilst we can!
Sorry I've been away for so long - business as usual for this tournament; the next one might be delayed for a week in terms of results, but we can extend that to a three-week tournament and then be back to normal for the forseeable future from about the middle of September.
By the way, if anyone has any ideas regarding special formats, please post them - we haven't done one for a while, and while I'm not a great fan, if there are any really good ideas I'll definitely consider them.
Adam
