I’d like to congratulate fadeblue and wonkey_donkey as the winner of 3CB Tournament #49.
Along with what has now become a Really Boring Deck ™, there was something that surprised me a lot; in a Maze of Ith and Energy Field-laden deck, the Reactor proved very strong.
In addition, Alfred finally won the mise-prize with his deck, and so as a result the following decks are BANNED for further 3CB tournaments:
1) Mishra’s Workshop, Ensnaring Bridge, Powder Keg
2) Saprazzan Cove, Force of Will, Energy Field
3) Sand Silos, Force of Will, Energy Field (because it’s functionally the same). The rules for this competition were: Anything Goes!
Banned list:
Portal
Unglued
[card]Black Lotus[/card]
[card]Mesmeric Fiend[/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 Bogardan[/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]Lion's Eye Diamond[/card]
[card]Evil Presence[/card]
[card]Sea's Claim[/card]
Decks:
1. combo_dude -
Using other people's decks is what 3CB is all about
– Volcanic Island, Roc Hatchling, Daze
2. wonkey_donkey – thorme.dec – City of Traitors, Soldevi Sentry, Powder Keg
3. AceOfJacks – Lavalamp – Mercadian Bazaar, Lavaborn Muse, Maze of Ith
4. Apprentice – Basket of DOOM – Hollow Trees, Channel, Snake Basket
5. zergwrong – Field of Dreams – Saprazzan Cove, Energy Field, Zephid
6. Alfred – MWC – Fountain of Cho, Devout Witness, Swords to Plowshares
7. Tristal – What the Heck is That.dec – Urborg, Carrion Rats, Funeral Charm
8. Nazdakka – Still not banned… - Mishra’s Workshop, Mana Vault, Leveler
9. fadeblue – Atomic.dec – Saprazzan Cove, Energy Field, Darksteel Reactor
10. virtual – Late but Great – Mishra’s Workshop, Metalworker, Smokestack
11. Machinus – Fire – City of Traitors, Iron Myr, Sword of Fire and Ice
12. combo_dude – The Brick – Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm
13. wonkey_donkey – The Harbour – Mox Sapphire, Rishadan Port, Imaginary Pet
14. Alfred – (no name) - Saprazzan Cove, Force of Will, Energy Field
15. Tristal – AtLeastItsCreative.dec – Hammerheim, Flailing Soldier, Lightning Bolt
16. AceOfJacks – You Suck – Sheltered Valley, Maze of Ith, Tanglebloom
17. Nazdakka – Dragon – Mercadian Bazaar, Form of the Dragon, Maze of Ith
How to read the table:
Match the deck # on the left with the deck # on top. Append a 1 where appropriate. The #s on the right of that deck correspond to how many points that deck received versus the deck on top. (Once again append a 1 where appropriate. The 1's are missing to make the table clearer)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total (Place)1| x 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 3 6 0 3 2 6 2 0 37 (11)
2| 3 x 2 6 2 2 2 4 0 1 6 2 2 2 2 2 0 38 (10)
3| 6 2 x 6 0 2 6 6 0 2 6 0 0 2 2 2 0 42 (9)
4| 6 0 0 x 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 6 6 36 (12)
5| 6 2 6 6 x 2 2 0 0 0 6 6 0 2 6 6 2 52 (6)
6| 6 2 2 0 2 x 2 3 6 2 6 0 2 2 2 2 6 45 (8)
7| 0 2 0 6 2 2 x 3 2 2 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 30 (14)
8| 0 1 0 6 6 3 3 x 6 6 6 4 6 2 6 6 0 61 (3)
9| 6 6 6 6 6 0 2 0 x 0 6 6 0 2 6 6 6 64 (1)
0| 3 4 2 6 6 2 2 0 6 x 4 6 1 2 0 2 2 48 (7)
1| 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 x 0 0 2 2 2 2 12 (17)
2| 6 2 6 6 0 6 6 1 0 0 6 x 1 2 6 6 0 54 (5)
3| 3 2 6 6 6 2 3 0 6 4 6 4 x 2 6 6 2 64 (1)
4| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2 2 2 32 (13)
5| 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 2 x 2 0 20 (15)
6| 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 x 0 20 (15)
7| 6 6 6 0 2 0 6 6 0 2 2 6 2 2 6 6 x 58 (4)
Once more Leveler was played, although the Maze of Ith and Energy Field made it an average pick – it’s not winning many games through the Maze. A win condition that doesn’t depend on either damage or creatures was fairly impressive, and so given the metagame the two winners weren’t surprising; one stops storage lands, the other doesn’t care about them.
Please post any corrections, and send the next set of decks to wonkey_donkey instead.
Adam
