3CB Tournament #59 Results and Discussion

[combo_dude]

I'd like to congratulate Endersdouble as the winner of 3CB Tournament #59! The old standby is there again - yes, I'm still in favour of banning it, so this is a step in the right direction! Well done.

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]
[card]Glacial Chasm[/card]

1. combo_dude - The Plaigiarist Harbour - Rishadan Port, Mox Sapphire, Imaginary Pet
2. Revvik   - (no name) - Island, Flying Men, Daze
3. Chifley   - (no name) - Treetop Village, Eladmiri's Vineyard, Nantuko Vigilante
4. o - the flood - Island, Quicksand, Floodbringer
5. endersdouble - (no name) - Mishra's Workshop, Mana Crypt, Leveler
6. Godder - Down in the Swamp - Bayou, Duress, Thallid
7. 49 Cents - Eat This! - Forbidden Orchard, Duress, Brand
8. ReAnimator - Fr0mz of the D4rg0n!!1 - Saprazzan Cove, Show and Tell, Form of the Dragon
9. Nazdakka - Same deck twice? It'll never work... - Saprazzan Cove, Energy Field, Darksteel Reactor
10. rvs - (no name) - Forest, Eladmiri's Vineyard, Words of Wilding
11. wonkey_donkey - Mrs. Thatcher.dec - Subterranean Hangar, Maze of Ith, Visara the Dreadful

12. combo_dude - <3sphere - Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Trinisphere
13. Godder - Ramosian Aggro* - Remote Farm, Kami of Ancient Law, Leonin Skyhunter
14. 49 Cents - Chalice the Channel! - Hickory Woodlot, Channel, Darksteel Colossus
15. ReAnimator - mws aggro - Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Ferropede
16. Nazdakka - Beatdown - Lion's Eye Diamond, Arrogant Wurm, Nether Spirit
17. rvs - (no name) - Saprazzan Skerry, Phantasmal Terrain, Imaginary Pet
18. wonkey_donkey - Steel Wheel - Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture
19. Chifley - (no name) - Tropical Island, Chain of Vapor, Thallid

* Godder - you sent me a decklist with "Ramosian Farm" in it (which doesn't exist), but I assumed that you meant Remote Farm and changed it.

   _ 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   T   (P)
1|   x   6   6   6   0   3   3   6   6   3   6   3   6   4   3   0   2   3   6   72  (4)
2|   0   x   6   3   3   0   0   0   0   6   0   3   0   6   3   3   2   0   0   35  (16)
3|   0   0   x   0   0   0   6   6   6   0   3   0   1   0   6   0   2  0    6   36  (15)
4|   0   3   6   x   0   0   2   6   6   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   27  (18)
5|   6   3   6   6   x   3   3   6   6   3   0   6   6   3   6   0   6   6   6   81  (1)
6|   3   6   6   6   3   x   3   6   6   6   0   0   0   6   0   3   2   0   2   58  (8)
7|   3   6   6   2   3   3   x   6   6   6   0   3   2   6   0   3   2   1   6   64  (6)
8|   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   x   0   6   0   6   0   3   0   3   2   6   0   32  (17)
9|   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   6   x   0   6   6   0   3   0   6   2   6   6   47  (11)
0|   3   0   0   6   3   0   0   0   6   x   6   3   0   0   6   6   6   0   6   51  (10)
1|   0   6   3   2   6   6   6   6   0   0   x   6   6   6   6   6   2   0   6   73  (3)
2|   3   3   6   6   0   6   3   0   0   3   0   x   6   6   0   3   6   0   6   57  (9)
3|   0   6   4   6   0   6   2   6   6   6   0   0   x   0   0   0   2   0   0   44  (12)
4|   1   0   6   6   3   0   0   3   3   6   0   0   6   x   3   2   4   0   0   43  (14)
5|   3   3   0   6   0   6   6   6   6   0   0   6   6   3   x   0   2   0   6   59  (7)
6|   6   3   6   6   6   3   3   3   0   0   0   3   6   2   6   x   6   6   0   65  (5)
7|   2   2   2   2   0   2   2   2   2   0   2   0   2   1   2   0   x   0   0   23  (19)
8|   3   6   6   6   0   6   4   0   0   6   6   6   6   6   6   0   6   x   6   79  (2)
9|   0   6   0   6   0   2   0   6   0   0   0   0   6   6   0   6   6   0   x   44  (12)

Two things:

Metagame comments - not many, really: people went for decks designed to beat storage land decks, for the most part, and so the top four decks were the fastest single-threat deck, the fastest double-threat deck, the storage-land deck with the best defensive card, and the best Port deck, in that order. Still, the decision to go light on removal seems to have cost a lot of people in this field.

Results/Corrections: As you can see, there are some question marks in the results table; they are there because I can't work out what's going on, really - so I haven't spent massive amounts of energy to try and figure it out when I anticipate being corrected. So if you'd all like to test yourselves and give me a good argument for a suitable score, please let me know!

Adam

EDIT: Results modified and deck added.

[wonkey_donkey]

First comment to make is that you've got a deck number 18 in the table but not in the list - I take it that it's my steel wheels deck?

As for 3vs10, it's 6-0 to Chifley. Dropping a vineyard by either side will just mean that a face-down vigilante comes into play which can destroy the words before 3 bears get into play (the minimum to make a fight of it).

2vs7 is 6-0 to 49 Cents - he can duress, mana burn a couple of times and then cast brand. Going second will mean his life total goes 20-18-17-14-13-9 and then cast brand. It's quick enough.

6vs7 is a bit more complicated, but I think it's 4-1 to Godder. Compared with 2vs7, thallid is stronger than the flying men, but not enough to make it 6-0, as whenever he attacks with the thallid itself brand will be played, killing the thallid and winning. Can't quite calculate it in my head, but I'm fairly sure that 4-1's right.

Tom

[Godder]

Can the missing deck be entered in its correct place? I'd like to have something to do at work tomorrow...

[Godder]

2vs7 is 6-0 to 49 Cents - he can duress, mana burn a couple of times and then cast brand. Going second will mean his life total goes 20-18-17-14-13-9 and then cast brand. It's quick enough.

He doesn't even need to burn – the games go in favour of 49 cents, play or draw, the same way. T1, Duress for Daze, T2 Brand, and he has two 1/1s vs one Flying Men.

6vs7 is a bit more complicated, but I think it's 4-1 to Godder. Compared with 2vs7, thallid is stronger than the flying men, but not enough to make it 6-0, as whenever he attacks with the thallid itself brand will be played, killing the thallid and winning. Can't quite calculate it in my head, but I'm fairly sure that 4-1's right.

I calculated it out, and although Duress for Brand wins easily, he wins when he's on the play by T1 Duress, T2-4 burn (eot), T5 Brand, and his 5 tokens win (on 1 life!), so 3 points each.

[Chifley]

Where is my second deck? I don't have a record of it, but it the thread, you said you recieved both of my decks:

Yes - both. Thanks for the entries, there's about 15 there now!

[49 Cents]

7-3 should be 6-0 for #7, not 6-0 for #3..

Greetz,

Hugo

[combo_dude]

Sorry for the mistakes and/or omissions - edited into first post. Especially to Chifley - I got them but for some reason your second deck didn't get typed up into Excel. Sorry.