I'd like to congratulate Ephraim SpencerForHire as the winner of 3CB Tournament #73!
The powerhouse that is Sea's Claim working its magic this week - even without a more powerful threat available from a dual land, it buried the manlands and storage lands running around. Sod that - Masknaught won it because everything else was too slow. No matter - congratulations anyway!Banned list:
Portal (in ALL its forms)
Unglued AND UNHINGED
[card]Black Lotus[/card]
[card]Nezumi Shortfang[/card]
[card]Blackmail[/card]
[card]Chain of Smog[/card]
[card]Encroach[/card]
[card]Mind Swords[/card]
[card]Strip Mine[/card]
[card]Wasteland[/card]
[card]The Rack[/card]
[card]Balance[/card]
[card]City of Traitors[/card]
[card]Nether Spirit[/card]
[card]Anvil of Bogardan[/card]
[card]Mishra's Workshop[/card]
[card]Jinxed Choker[/card]
[card]Glacial Chasm[/card]
[card]Genju of the Spires[/card]
[card]Lion's Eye Diamond[/card]
[card]Arrogant Wurm[/card]
[card]Mana Crypt[/card]
[card]Phyrexian Processor[/card]
[card]Mox Pearl[/card]
[card]Mishra's Factory[/card]
[card]Seal of Cleansing[/card]
[card]Bayou[/card]
[card]Thallid[/card]
[card]Duress[/card]
[card]Mox Jet[/card]
[card]Blinkmoth Nexus[/card]
[card]Mesmeric Fiend[/card]
[card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
[card]Meddling Mage[/card]
[card]Tundra[/card]
[card]Remote Farm[/card]
[card]Kataki, War's Wage[/card]
[card]Forbidden Orchard[/card]
[card]Brand[/card]
[card]Cabal Therapy[/card]
[card]Kjeldoran Outpost[/card]
[card]Dwarven Hold[/card]
[card]Form of the Dragon[/card]
[card]Maze of Ith[/card]
[card]Energy Field[/card]
[card]Carnophage[/card]
[card]Saprazzan Skerry[/card]
[card]Scalding Tongs[/card]
[card]Karoo[/card]
Decks:
1. combo_dude - Variations on a Theme - Treetop Village, Eladamri's Vineyard Pithing Needle
2. Ephraim - Ixidor's Crocodile - Island, Grayscaled Gharial, Sea's Claim
3. Cross - I Got land-screwed - Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai, Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai, Ice Floe
4. SpencerForHire - I Can't Believe it's Naught Banned - Ancient Tomb, Phyrexian Dreadnaught, Illusionary Mask
5. Godder - Who Ate All The Pies? - Sand Silos, Darksteel Colossus, Show and Tell
6. Nazdakka - Beware of the Stick - Ancient Tomb, Lightning Helix, Isochron Scepter
7. Joblin Velder - (no name) - Saprazzan Cove, Platinum Angel, Show and Tell
8. Matt - Why I Play Black, Pt. Deux - Peat Bog, Skittering Skirge, Hymn to Tourach
9. wonkey_donkey - The Brick - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm
10. ReAnimator - Charmed, I'm sure - Urborg, Sarcomancy, Funeral Charm
11. Norm4Eva - guess I'll take six - Ancient Tomb, Arcbound Slith, Umezawa's Jitte
Results:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Total Position1| X 0 6 3 0 6 6 3 0 6 6 36 (3)
2| 6 X 2 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 1 39 (2)
3| 0 2 X 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 (11)
4| 3 6 2 X 6 6 6 3 6 0 6 44 (1)
5| 6 0 2 0 X 3 0 0 6 0 6 23 (9)
6| 0 0 6 0 3 X 0 6 0 3 6 24 (8)
7| 0 0 6 0 6 6 X 0 6 6 0 30 (6)
8| 3 0 6 3 6 0 6 X 3 6 1 34 (4)
9| 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 3 X 6 6 33 (5)
0| 0 6 2 6 6 3 0 0 0 X 6 29 (7)
1| 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 X 16 (10)
A metagame dominated by storage lands...unfortunately some people chose to use the right sort of land, so Pithing Needle wasn't as good as I'd hoped. The two decks with real speed to them took the top spots, as they just outraced the slower threats. Still, the choices are now getting very limited...I'll decide at the end of the next tournament whether to go back to the usual format.
On that note, I'm wondering about, for regular tournaments, banning Fire/Ice and unbanning Isochron Scepter - I can't think of anything else where the Stick becomes too
abusive, and, with the exception of Black Lotus (at least for the time being), I like to only ban abusable cards, rather than just good ones. Any thoughts?
For the next fortnight:
The banned list is different - all cards from last week were banned (as well as a small initial list), but after each tournament, all cards used (except basic lands) are banned for the following tournaments.The rules for this competition will be: Anything Goes! For Now!
Banned list:
Portal (in ALL its forms)
Unglued AND UNHINGED
[card]Black Lotus[/card]
[card]Nezumi Shortfang[/card]
[card]Blackmail[/card]
[card]Chain of Smog[/card]
[card]Encroach[/card]
[card]Mind Swords[/card]
[card]Strip Mine[/card]
[card]Wasteland[/card]
[card]The Rack[/card]
[card]Balance[/card]
[card]City of Traitors[/card]
[card]Nether Spirit[/card]
[card]Anvil of Bogardan[/card]
[card]Mishra's Workshop[/card]
[card]Jinxed Choker[/card]
[card]Glacial Chasm[/card]
[card]Genju of the Spires[/card]
[card]Lion's Eye Diamond[/card]
[card]Arrogant Wurm[/card]
[card]Mana Crypt[/card]
[card]Phyrexian Processor[/card]
[card]Mox Pearl[/card]
[card]Mishra's Factory[/card]
[card]Seal of Cleansing[/card]
[card]Bayou[/card]
[card]Thallid[/card]
[card]Duress[/card]
[card]Mox Jet[/card]
[card]Blinkmoth Nexus[/card]
[card]Mesmeric Fiend[/card]
[card]Mox Sapphire[/card]
[card]Meddling Mage[/card]
[card]Tundra[/card]
[card]Remote Farm[/card]
[card]Kataki, War's Wage[/card]
[card]Forbidden Orchard[/card]
[card]Brand[/card]
[card]Cabal Therapy[/card]
[card]Kjeldoran Outpost[/card]
[card]Dwarven Hold[/card]
[card]Form of the Dragon[/card]
[card]Maze of Ith[/card]
[card]Energy Field[/card]
[card]Carnophage[/card]
[card]Saprazzan Skerry[/card]
[card]Scalding Tongs[/card]
[card]Karoo[/card]
[card]Treetop Village[/card]
[card]Eladamri's Vineyard[/card]
[card]Pithing Needle[/card]
[card]Grayscaled Gharial[/card]
[card]Sea's Claim[/card]
[card]Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai[/card]
[card]Ice Floe[/card]
[card]Ancient Tomb[/card]
[card]Illusionary Mask[/card]
[card]Phyrexian Dreadnaught[/card]
[card]Sand Silos[/card]
[card]Darksteel Colossus[/card]
[card]Show and Tell[/card]
[card]Lightning Helix[/card]
[card]Isochron Scepter[/card]
[card]Saprazzan Cove[/card]
[card]Platinum Angel[/card]
[card]Peat Bog[/card]
[card]Skittering Skirge[/card]
[card]Hymn to Tourach[/card]
[card]Hickory Woodlot[/card]
[card]Tempting Wurm[/card]
[card]Urborg[/card]
[card]Sarcomancy[/card]
[card]Funeral Charm[/card]
[card]Arcbound Slith[/card]
[card]Umezawa's Jitte[/card]
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 #74 Entry or 3cb Tournament#74 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 20th March and I'll calculate.
Not so many dangerous cards around, but most of the big cards still have the mana sources available to power them! Keep going.
Adam
EDIT: Result and winner changed!
