3CB Tournament #65 Results and Discussion

[combo_dude]

I'd like to congratulate ReAnimator as the winner of 3CB Tournament #65!
Massive tournament this time - good stuff everyone! A "Slow and Boring" deck wins it, although it's particularly tight in the middle, here: 9 decks are within 8 points of each other!

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    -    After Eights    -    Mox Jet,   Mishra's Factory,   Addle
2.   wonkey_donkey    -    Steel Wheels    -    Mishra's Workshop,   Steel Golem,   Wheel of Torture
3.   Discozombie    -    Little Green Men    -    Rushwood Grove,   Verdant Force,   Rushwood Grove
4.   Scrappy Kid    -    Skies    -    Mox Sapphire,   Mishra's Factory,   Spiketail Hatchling
5.   TheStu    -    I can't believe it's not channel.dec    -    Havenwood Battleground,   Darksteel Colossus,   Channel
6.   Charlie    -    Blue Deck Wins    -    Saprazzan Cove,   Faerie Conclave,   Energy Field
7.   Moonkeeper    -    The Art of Sitting Back and Doing Nothing    -    Mishra's Workshop,   Wheel of Torture,   Ensnaring Bridge
8.   Chifley    -    TET    -    Treetop Village,   Eladamri's Vineyard,   The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
9.   r_x_    -    I've always liked this deck    -    Undiscovered Paradise,   Stormscape Apprentice,   Sea's Claim
10.   combo_dude    -    Ye Olde Torture Chambere    -    Mishra's Workshop,   Scalding Tongs,   Ensnaring Bridge
11.   wonkey_donkey    -    (no name)    -    City of Traitors,   Words of Wilding,   Mox Emerald
12.   Discozombie    -    MiniMask    -    City of Traitors,   Phyrexian Dreadnought,   Illusionary Mask
13.   TheStu    -    The 5 O'Clock Free Crack Giveaway    -    Mishra's Workshop,   Steel Golem,   Trinisphere
14.   Charlie    -    Blue Deck Wins (again)    -    Saprazzan Skerry,   Spiketail Hatchling,   Energy Field
15.   Chifley    -    I Hate Goblinboy.dec     -    Dwarven Hold,   Varchild's War-Riders,   Brand
16.   r_x_    -    Cyberknight.dec    -    Sulfur Vent,   Sleeper Agent,   Energy Field
17.   Scrappy Kid    -    Land-Ho!    -    Rishadan Port,   Blinkmoth Nexus,   Maze of Ith
18.   Gimbles    -    Secondary Lotus    -    Lion's Eye Diamond,   Arrogant Wurm,   Nether Spirit
19.   Ephraim    -    Revenge of the Un-Squirrel    -    Mox Emerald,   Scryb Sprites,   Form of the Squirrel
20.   Ephraim    -    Isle of Victory    -    Mox Sapphire,   (Basic Land)*,   Sea's Claim
21.   ReAnimator    -    Slow and Boring    -    Sand Silos,   Darksteel Reactor,   Energy Field
22.   ReAnimator    -    Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde    -    Mox Pearl,   Blinkmoth Nexus,   Island Sanctuary

*The card submitted was Grayscale Gharial, but as Ravnica is not legal for this tournament, it has been replaced by a basic land.

     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   1   2   Total   Position
1   x   0   6   1   6   2   2   6   2   0   3   0   0   6   6   6   0   1   4   6   6   3   66     (9)
2   6   x   6   6   6   0   6   0   6   6   6   0   6   0   6   0   6   0   6   6   0   6   84     (2)
3   0   0   x   3   0   0   2   0   6   0   0   0   6   0   6   0   6   0   0   6   0   0   35     (19)
4   4   0   3   x   6   2   2   6   4   3   3   3   3   6   6   6   2   3   4   6   0   4   76     (5)
5   0   0   6   0   x   0   2   2   0   0   6   0   0   0   6   0   0   3   0   2   3   0   30     (20)
6   2   6   6   2   6   x   2   0   2   2   6   6   6   2   6   0   2   6   2   2   0   2   68     (6)
7   2   0   2   2   2   2   x   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   0   2   2   2   2   0   2   36     (18)
8   0   6   6   0   2   6   2   x   2   6   0   0   2   2   6   6   0   6   6   2   6   0   66     (9)
9   2   0   0   1   6   2   2   2   x   6   0   2   1   6   6   6   6   0   2   6   6   6   68     (6)
0   6   0   6   3   6   2   2   0   0   x   6   6   6   2   6   0   6   6   2   6   0   6   77     (4)
1   3   0   6   3   0   0   2   6   6   0   x   0   3   0   6   0   6   6   0   6   0   0   53     (15)
2   6   6   6   3   6   0   2   6   2   0   6   x   3   0   6   0   0   6   0   6   3   0   67     (8)
3   6   0   0   3   6   0   2   2   4   0   3   3   x   6   6   6   0   3   4   6   0   3   63     (11)
4   0   6   6   0   6   2   2   2   0   2   6   6   0   x   6   2   2   6   2   2   0   2   60     (14)
5   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   x   0   2   0   0   2   0   0   6      (22)
6   0   6   6   0   6   6   6   0   0   6   6   6   0   2   6   x   2   6   2   2   6   6   80     (3)
7   6   0   0   2   6   2   2   6   0   0   0   6   6   2   2   2   x   0   2   2   2   2   50     (17)
8   4   6   6   3   3   0   2   0   6   0   0   0   3   0   6   0   6   x   0   6   0   0   51     (16)
9   1   0   6   1   6   2   2   0   2   2   6   6   1   2   6   2   2   6   x   6   0   2   61     (12)
0   0   0   0   0   2   2   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   2   2   0   0   x   2   2   20     (21)
1   0   6   6   6   3   6   6   0   0   6   6   3   6   6   6   0   2   6   6   2   x   6   88     (1)
2   3   0   6   1   6   2   2   6   0   0   6   6   3   2   6   0   2   6   2   2   0   x   61     (12)

Well, what can I say - incredible turnout! Sorry for the slight delay - not used to a 20-deck tournament, especially when my computer has been very sick with a virus and has only just recovered.

And yes, the Unhinged comment was for Form of the Squirrel. It might be possible to break it more, but I don't want to know, frankly.

Sorry to both Ephraim and Moonkeeper - still, it's a mistake you only make once.

Adam

EDIT: Scrappy Kid is right; result changed.

[Moonkeeper]

Doh! That's right, the opponent can choose to not do anything......

[combo_dude]

Correct! Hence my choice of Scalding Tongs...

Also, after a cursory glance at Ravnica it looks fairly harmless, but please post any queries/thoughts about particular cards.

[ReAnimator]

Well its nice to know that after missing 2 3cb's in a row i could come back to take this one. 

I've noticed a trend with these tournaments, if a leveler/eater/dreadnought deck wins, usually an energy field deck wins the very next tourney. I don't exactly know why, but I guess my hunch payed off.

I notice that no one ran pithing needle this time. Does the  existence of needle make the MM storage lands obsolete? and if so does the 1 extra turn of speed you loose from using the FE ones matter in any important matchups?

[combo_dude]

I think that in theory, Needle would obsolete them - but in practice, since they're the only widely-played card (i.e. fits into more than one deck) that Needle really deals with, it doesn't cost much to use the MM lands instead for the added flexibility.

As for your hunch, I think you're right - everyone concerns themselves with beating the fastest decks, which normally depend on a creature to win it for them rather than an enchantment and an indestructible artifact.

[Scrappy Kid]

3.   Discozombie    -    Little Green Men    -    Rushwood Grove,   Verdant Force,   Rushwood Grove
4.   Scrappy Kid    -    Skies    -    Mox Sapphire,   Mishra's Factory,   Spiketail Hatchling

I think this should be 3-3 not 6-0

If I'm playing I win as follows:

T1: I drop Hatchling, he plays land
T2: I attack (17), he plays second land (1 counter)
T3: I attack (14), ha taps both land (3 counters)
T4: Attack (11), 5 Counters
T5: Attack (8), 7 Counters
T6: Attack (5) 9 Counters
T7: Attack (2) he resolves Verdant Force
T8: Attack with Spiketail Hatchling (1), he attacks for some number less than 20
T9 Attack with Spiketail (0)

When he plays he drops Verdant Force on 5 life and wins.