3CB Tournament #44 Results and Discussion

[wonkey_donkey]

I’d like to congratulate Nazdakka as the winner of 3CB Tournament #44.
Leveler came home again, winning fairly convincingly, with a few regulars not far behind.
There were no winners of the mise-prize, but virtual came oh-so close.

The rules for this competition will be: 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 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]Lion's Eye Diamond[/card]
[card]Evil Presence[/card]
[card]Sea's Claim[/card]

Entrant – Deck Name – Deck

1. wonkey_donkey – The Harbour – [card]Mox Sapphire[/card], [card]Rishadan Port[/card], [card]Imaginary Pet[/card]
2. rvs – (No Name) – [card]Mishras Workshop[/card], [card]Steel Golem[/card], [card]Chimeric Idol[/card]
3. Fadeblue – Out of the blue – [card]Saprazzan Cove[/card], [card]Eater of Days[/card], [card]Confiscate[/card]
4. MIZEnhauer – Unoriginal.dec – [card]Mishras Workshop[/card], [card]Ferropede[/card], [card]Serrated Biskelion[/card]
5. Mortal Wombat – Deck – [card]Hickory Woodlot[/card], [card]Powder Keg[/card], [card]Viridian Zealot[/card]
6. CaptainPlanet.dec – EJET – [card]Mox Jet[/card], [card]Mishras Factory[/card], [card]Diabolic Edict[/card]
7. ReAnimator – Cuombajj control – [card]Peat Bog[/card], [card]Cuombajj Witches[/card], [card]Funeral Charm[/card]
8. combo_dude – Breaking the Girl – [card]Saprazzan Cove[/card], [card]Keiga, the Tide Star[/card], [card]Force of Will[/card]
9. Nazdakka – I’m Leveler. Play me. – [card]Mishras Workshop[/card], [card]Mana Vault[/card], [card]Leveler[/card]
10. Alfred – Heavy Petting – [card]Mox Sapphire[/card], [card]Mishras Factory[/card], [card]Imaginary Pet[/card]
11. Leviat – Elephants Never Forget – [card]Bayou[/card], [card]Ostracize[/card], [card]Rogue Elephant[/card]
12. Virtual – Draw on three… 1, 2… - [card]Saprazzan Cove[/card], [card]Energy Field[/card], [card]Maze of Ith[/card]
13. xthexpunisherx – Apprentice.dec – [card]Tundra[/card], [card]Stormscape Apprentice[/card], [card]Daze[/card]
14. Zelc – Tried and True – [card]Mox Sapphire[/card], [card]Rishadan Port[/card], [card]Imaginary Pet[/card]

15. wonkey_donkey – That Old Chestnut – [card]Treetop Village[/card], [card]Eladmiris Vineyard[/card], [card]Naturalize[/card]
16. combo_dude – (No Name) – [card]Saprazzan Cove[/card], [card]Show and Tell[/card], [card]Form of the Dragon[/card]
17. CaptainPlanet.dec – The best defence is a good offence – [card]Mishras Workshop[/card], [card]Phyrexian War Beast[/card], [card]Steel Golem[/card]
18. Nazdakka – 2 Threats and a Workshop – [card]Mishras Workshop[/card], [card]Serrated Biskelion[/card], [card]Ferropede[/card]
19. xthexpunisherx – [card]Rushwood Grove[/card], [card]Channel[/card], [card]Darksteel Colossus[/card]

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 8 9 Total
1| x 4 6 0 4 2 6 2 0 2 4 2 3 2 4 6 4 0 6  57
2| 1 x 6 0 6 6 6 6 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 3 2 0 6  53
3| 0 0 x 3 6 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 3 0  38
4| 3 6 6 x 6 2 2 6 0 6 1 2 4 3 0 6 0 2 6  61
5| 1 0 0 0 x 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 0 0 0  23
6| 2 0 2 2 2 x 2 2 6 2 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 6  40
7| 0 0 0 2 2 2 x 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 6  25
8| 2 0 2 0 2 2 6 x 6 2 0 2 2 2 2 6 0 0 2  38
9| 6 6 6 6 4 0 6 0 x 6 3 2 0 6 3 6 6 6 6  78
0| 2 2 6 0 2 2 6 2 0 x 4 2 4 2 6 3 2 0 6  51
1| 1 1 2 4 2 0 4 6 3 1 x 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0  32
2| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 x 2 2 0 2 2 2 2  34
3| 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 6 1 4 2 x 3 6 0 2 1 2  41
4| 2 4 6 0 4 2 6 2 0 2 4 2 3 x 4 6 4 0 6  57
5| 1 6 6 6 1 6 6 2 3 0 6 6 0 1 x 6 6 6 0  68
6| 0 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 3 6 2 6 0 0 x 3 0 6  37
7| 1 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 2 6 2 2 1 0 3 x 6 6  67
8| 3 6 6 2 6 2 2 6 0 6 1 2 4 3 0 6 0 x 6  61
9| 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 x  30

Final Standings:

1:   Nazdakka 78
2:   wonkey_donkey 68
3:   CaptainPlanet.dec 67
4:   MIZEnhauer 61
   Nazdakka
6:   wonkey_donkey 57
   Zelc
8:   rvs 53
9:   Alfred 51
10:   xthexpunisherx 41
11:   CaptainPlanet.dec 40
12:   combo_dude 38
   fadeblue
14:   combo_dude 37
15:   Virtual 34
16:   Leviat 32
17:   xthexpunisherx 30
18:   ReAnimator 25
19:   Mortal Wombat 23

Is leveler ripe for banning? Each time I ask this, however, no one proceeds to play it at the next tournament. Meh. It seems to be very strong, though, and I’m half-tempted to ban it immediately. What do people think about it? Same deal with glacial chasm, too.

The choice of port for this metagame was not inspired. There were too many workshop decks to make it desperately effective, which is also shown by the presence of a naturalize deck near the top of the standings. When entering second decks, I always enter 2 decks that are both inherently powerful but will also do well in different metagames; usually the result is only one of them getting near the top, but no matter. A lot of the more powerful decks were out in force once more, another good sign.

I’m very tempted to ban virtual’s deck, as it was so close to winning the mise-prize. No reason to change policy just yet, though. Hopefully this won’t lead to an upsurge in mise-decks.

Sorry for the delay in getting them up - have had no time to get them done recently, but that should change for the next couple of tournaments.

Please post corrections/discussion.

Tom

[MIZEnhauer]

Woot 4th place in my first one I feal quite satisfied.  I'll see what can come up with next time.

[Alfred]

I should be in a tie for 8th, because I can sneak 1 point in against the ferropede biskellion decks:

Unoriginal/2 Threats and a Workshop
T1: Factory, Pet
T1: Serrated biskellion
T2: Attack for 6 (14,20)
T2: Ferropede, put a counter on pet
T3: Attack for 5 (9, 20)
T3: Attack with ferropede, put another counter on pet 2/2 (9, 19)
T4: Attack for 4 (5, 19)
T4: Attack with ferropede, put another counter on pet 1/1 (5, 18)
T5: Attack for 3 (2, 18)
T5: Attack with Ferropede (2, 17)
T6: Attack, block with biskellion to kill pet, and put a counter on factory (1, 17)
T6: Can't attack with ferropede.

[fadeblue]

Wouldn't the Biskelion block the Factory instead? After damage goes on the stack, the Biskelion can kill your Pet, leaving you with nothing on your side of the board, and your opponent would be left at 1 life. Then Ferropede swings for the win.

EDIT: Oh, and some corrections to mine.

Against the Biskelion/Ferropede decks (4 & 18), you gave me 3 free points.  Those should be 6-0 in their favor, not 6-3

Against CaptainPlanet, I think I should go 6-0 instead of 2-2. If I make the first move, I can play Eater. If he Edicts me, I can Confiscate his Factory and win. If he makes the first move, I can Confiscate his Factory before he can kill me.