The rules for this competition will be: Anything Goes... as in, more than usual goes!
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]
NB this is subject to change within 48hrs of first posting.
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 lose, 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 wonkey_donkey in the following format:
Subject: 3cb Tournament #57 Entry or 3cb Tournament#57 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 26th May and I'll calculate. As I said, the banned list may change within 48 hours of this post going up. After that, it stays as it is. This is not a reason to withold your decks, though - this is not a particuarly serious format! If something's broke, please fix it whilst we can!
Again, we've got the cut down banned list. I'll be making a couple of additions to it, I'm sure, after this week, but for the time being I'm trying to see what is going to need putting back on the list. One tournament was not enough - maybe this one isn't either - but each one gives a better idea of what needs to go.
Results up later in the week - I'm still calculating, for once, as the matches are so horrifically complicated most of the time!
Tom
