3CB Tournament #47 Results and Discussion

[wonkey_donkey]

Congratulations to combo_dude for winning 3CB Tournament #47
Other than combo_dude 1-2ing it, there were no other notable results (i.e. no mise-prize winners)

wonkey_donkey - Buddha.dec - Fountain of Cho, Balancing Act,   Eternal Dragon
Un4givenKnight - Postponing the Inevitable.dec - Swamp,   Duress,   Vebulid
Goblinboy - Neo-zumi - Mox Jet,   Mishra's Factory,   Cabal Interrogator
combo_dude - My other pet deck - Mox Sapphire,   Mishra's Factory,   Lingering Mirage
fadeblue - Secret Agent Man - Sulphur Vent,   Sleeper Agent,   Energy Field
Alfred - IthinkIactuallywonthemisepriz eherepeople.dec - Saprazzan Cove,   Force of Will,   Energy Field
CaptainPlanet.dec - Mask-not - Subterranean Hangar,   Braids, Cabal Minion,   Unmask
r_x_ - (No Name) Treetop Village,   Eladmiri's Vineyard,   Maze of Ith
Zelc - Seal Factory - Mox Pearl,   Mishra's Factory,   Seal of Cleansing

wonkey_donkey - Not Bodyroc - Tropical Island,   Thallid,   Daze
Alfred - Devout Witness? More like Devout ASSKICKING! - Fountain of Cho,   Devout Witness,   Swords to Plowshares
combo_dude - My other other pet deck - Hickory Woodlot,   Tempting Wurm,   Tempting Wurm
CaptainPlanet.dec - I'm meta'd for harbour and leveler.dec - Hickory Woodlot,   Blurred Mongoose,   Naturalize

0  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3  Total (Position)
1|   x   6   0   0   6   6   2   0   6   6   2   0   6 40 (4)
2|   0   x   3   4   6   6   2   2   4   1   6   0   6 40 (4)
3|   6   3   x   0   6   2   1   3   0   1   6   0   6 34 (6)
4|   6   1   6   x   6   2   4   2   2   0   6   6   6 47 (2)
5|   0   0   0   0   x   2   2   0   0   0   0   6   0 10 (13)
6|   0   0   2   2   2   x   2   2   2   2   2   2   0 18 (12)
7|   2   2   1   1   2   2   x   2   2   1   2   2   2 21 (11)
8|   6   2   3   2   6   2   2   x   2   0   2   0   2 29 (8)
9|   0   1   6   2   6   2   2   2   x   0   0   0   2 23 (9)
0|   0   6   4   6   6   2   4   6   6   x   0   0   6 46 (3)
1|   2   2   0   0   6   2   2   2   6   6   x   0   2 30 (7)
2|   6   6   6   0   0   2   2   6   6   6   6   x   6 52 (1)
3|   0   2   0   0   6   6   2   2   2   0   2   0 x 22 (10)

Many thanks to leviat for the new format for results, has saved me a lot of time. Especially as there's no need to put anything that's not desperately meaningful here!

Please post any corrections/discussion

Tom

[CaptainPlanet.dec]

Damn. Experimental decks suck.

[Alfred]

Wonkey, this would be much easier to read if the people's decks were numbered.

[fadeblue]

I agree. Numbering would help.

I also think Alfred's mise deck 2-2's your Buddha deck, wonkey. You both build up mana, and then you either play Balancing Act (he discards FoW), or you play Dragon (he hardcasts FoW just to get it out of his hand, then plays Field), or you cycle Dragon and play Act (he has enough mana to hardcast FoW against your Act).

In any case, I need to go think of something that will get me better than last place...

[CaptainPlanet.dec]

I think fadeblue got jipped points.
r_x_ - (No Name) Treetop Village, Eladmiri's Vineyard, Maze of Ith

Village
Vent
Vineyard
Sleeper
Swing, Maze
Field

Vent
Village
Sleeper
Vineyard, Maze
Field

Fade wins. In both games.

[fadeblue]

Unfortunately, Energy Field doesn't prevent mana burn

[Goblinboy]

I think I go 4-1 vs. CaptainPlanet, not 1-4.
If he goes first, he Unmasks the Mox and draws the game (since Braids is gone, he can't win)
If I go first, I cast everything and make him discard Braids before he can play it, making me win.

I'm pretty sure I'm 4-1 vs. r_x_, not 3-3
If he goes first, he can get everything down, but manaburn doesn't hit me because I pump it all into the Factory.  If he swings with the Village, I can block and pump with Factory, killing both, and then I pump Vinyard mana into the Interrogator, killing him first. Thus, he doesn't attack, and the game is a draw.

And like the others, I think that numbers would help here, too.  It's hard to see what's what.

Great round!

-Goblinboy

[combo_dude]

I'll see if I can field any of the complaints as wonkey_donkey has just left the country and is pretty much out of contact for the next week. Skiing holidays are tech, clearly.

First, the numbering:

1. wonkey_donkey - Buddha.dec - Fountain of Cho, Balancing Act, Eternal Dragon
2. Un4givenKnight - Postponing the Inevitable.dec - Swamp, Duress, Vebulid
3. Goblinboy - Neo-zumi - Mox Jet, Mishra's Factory, Cabal Interrogator
4. combo_dude - My other pet deck - Mox Sapphire, Mishra's Factory, Lingering Mirage
5. fadeblue - Secret Agent Man - Sulphur Vent, Sleeper Agent, Energy Field
6. Alfred - IthinkIactuallywonthemisepriz eherepeople.dec - Saprazzan Cove, Force of Will, Energy Field
7. CaptainPlanet.dec - Mask-not - Subterranean Hangar, Braids, Cabal Minion, Unmask
8. r_x_ - (No Name) Treetop Village, Eladmiri's Vineyard, Maze of Ith
9. Zelc - Seal Factory - Mox Pearl, Mishra's Factory, Seal of Cleansing

10. wonkey_donkey - Not Bodyroc - Tropical Island, Thallid, Daze
11. Alfred - Devout Witness? More like Devout ASSKICKING! - Fountain of Cho, Devout Witness, Swords to Plowshares
12. combo_dude - My other other pet deck - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm
13. CaptainPlanet.dec - I'm meta'd for harbour and leveler.dec - Hickory Woodlot, Blurred Mongoose, Naturalize



Matches: fadeblue, Alfred loses. wonkey can play the Dragon, and if he plays Field rather than countering, then the Balancing Act forces the discard, killing Field. If he counters, then the Balancing Act will force him to sacrifice a permanent (Balancing Act is "permanents", not creatures and lands like Balance), again killing Field and allowing the Dragon to be recycled at will.

Goblinboy - can't fault them, as far as I can see.

Oh, and I now need to play 3 decks at once; then I can try for success with <3sphere as well. Which was my creation. Ah well - I'll stick with a 1-2.