3CB Tournament #61 Results and Discussion

[combo_dude]

I'd like to congratulate combo_dude (again) as the winner of 3CB Tournament #61! Come on guys, surely you didn't think last time was a fluke?

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 Bogarden[/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]

1. combo_dude -    The Brick -    Hickory Woodlot,   Tempting Wurm,   Tempting Wurm
2. wonkey_donkey -    The Harbour -    Mox Sapphire,   Rishadan Port,   Imaginary Pet
3. Chifley -    (no name) -    Taiga,   Thallid,   Crack the Earth
4. r_x_ -    Stax is Back -    Mishra's Workshop,   Metalworker,   Smokestack
5. Godder -  Down in the Swamp -   Bayou,   Thallid,   Duress
6. ReAnimator -    Junky -    Pendelhaven,   Scavenger Folk,   Pithing Needle
7. Joblin Velder -    Zombies Ate My Baby -    Swamp,   Sarcomancy,   Duress

8. combo_dude -    Lumbercrack -    Taiga,   Orcish Lumberjack,   Aftershock
9. wonkey_donkey -    not bodyroc -    Tropical Island,   Thallid,   Daze
10. r_x_ -    I'm for real -    City of Traitors,   Soldevi Sentry,   Tsabo's Web
11. Godder -    (no name) -    City of Traitors,   Coretapper,   Umezawa's Jitte
12. ReAnimator -    Random terrible hate -    Taiga,   Llanowar Elves,   Artifact Mutation
13. Joblin Velder -    Pillage'd! -    Dwarven Hold,   Varchild's War-Riders,   Brand

      Â  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   1   2   3  Total   Position
1|     x   3   1   0   6   6   6   3   6   6   6   6   6   55     (1)
2|     3   x   6   4   3   6   3   3   3   2   6   6   6   51     (2)
3|     4   0   x   6   2   4   6   3   1   6   3   6   6   47     (4)
4|     6   1   0   x   0   2   0   1   3   2   2   0   6   23     (9)
5|     0   3   2   6   x   6   6   6   1   6   3   6   6   51     (2)
6|     0   0   1   2   0   x   4   6   3   6   6   6   2   36     (6)
7|     0   3   0   6   0   1   x   6   0   2   3   6   6   33     (7)
8|     3   3   3   4   0   0   0   x   0   2   2   6   6   29     (8)
9|     0   3   4   3   4   3   6   6   x   3   6   6   0   44     (5)
10|   0   2   0   2   0   0   2   2   3   x   0   3   0   14     (12)
11|   0   0   3   2   3   0   3   2   0   6   x   1   6   26     (10)
12|   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   3   4   x   0   13     (13)
13|   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   6   6   0   6   x   20     (11)


A huge weighting towards mana-threat-removal decks, which left the only two-threat deck in the tournament doing pretty well! I think that Lumbercrack's time is done, though - it's just too slow nowadays. No Leveler or Masknaught helped a lot, I suspect, since they would have outpaced most of the decks here.

Adam