Only deck that gave you fits was r_x_'s. Otherwise, having two threats was your biggest asset.
4 Ikaros - untitled.dec (30 - 7th(T))
Underground Sea, Merfolk of the Pearl Trident, Force of Will/Duress
Fish? Why not Flying Men? Or even Cloud Sprite? Anyway, Force got you some points going second
5 NavyJoe - Please don't counter my Lotus. (18 - 10th)
Treasure Hunter, Black Lotus, Elephant Guide/Charisma
Charisma wasn't very useful in that there were no creatures that you could damage that wouldn't kill the Hunter, thus making Charisma go away. It's hard to be charismatic when you're dead
Going first gave you some wins, but Blaze wasn't good going second most of the time.
11 dasheiff - Establishing Ban.dec (38 - 4th)
Black Lotus, Treasure Hunter, Diabolic Edict/Pulse of the Dross
The better Hunter/Pulse build. Didn't win the world, but won every game that didn't start with "F" and end in "orce of Will"
12 deari - Will sell children for Dross banning. (19 - 11th)
Black Lotus, Treasure Hunter, Rishadan Cutpurse / SB: Glowrider
Lot of creature decks this time around, so Glowy didn't help as much.
<edit> Here's the win-loss chart I set it up differently than usual; the vertical axis is the player going first, the horizontal, going second. That way I can calculate scores easier in Excel. The number in the chart is the player that won. A "D", of course, indicates a Draw
[font=Fixedsys] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 X D D D 1 1 7 D 1 1 1 1
2 2 X 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 2 X 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 D 3 X 4 D D D 4 4 4 4
5 1 2 D D X 5 7 5 5 5 11 D
6 1 2 D D 5 X 7 D 9 10 11 6
7 7 7 3 7 7 7 X 7 7 7 7 7
8 D 2 8 D 8 8 8 X 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 D 9 9 9 9 X 9 9 9
10 D D 3 D 10 10 D 10 D X D 10
11 11 11 11 D 11 11 11 11 11 11 X 11
12 D 12 3 D 12 6 7 D 12 12 12 X[/font]
Congratulations to r_x_ for winning 3.5CB #2 and gets 10 bonus points
Belated congratulations to dasheiff for his 10 bonus points for winning last week
deari gets Best Deck Title and 5 bonus points
Chimpanzee gets Most Creative Deck and 5 bonus points
First change, by popular demand is the banning of Pulse of the Dross effective, like, right now. Also, Trinisphere will be banned as well. But first, I want all of you to know the hell I went through with this card. Therefore, this week's format will be:
There will be an untapped, untouchable Trinisphere in play at all times
This should slow things down a scoche. Should make for an interesting metagame.
Okay, for those with short attention...
Banned List:
The Rack
Form of the Dragon
Balance
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Glacial Chasm
Blackmail
Coercion
Cabal Therapy
Mesmeric Fiend
Abandon Hope
Nezumi Shortfang
Pulse of the Dross
Meddling Mage
Leonin Squire
Show and Tell
All ante cards
Any card that forces your opponent to discard more than 1 card a turn.
Any non-mass-produced card (Proposal, 1996 World Champion, etc.)
Unglued
Unhinged
And, as usual, No Cheese(TM) (No multi-discarding, no 1st turn kills)
Deadline is next Sunday 3/27/05 @ 11:59:59 PM EST (that's just before midnight Eastern time. If you see 12's on your clock, you're late!)
Oh, and let's see if we can bump up the attendance a bit.
1 SALAd - The Best Ideas Are Stolen.dec (31 - 6th)
Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Curfew/Hesitation
I ran Curfew thinking I might run into untargetables, and it actually won me a couple games. Not as good as I had hoped, though.
2 r_x_ - Classic.dec (48 - 1st)
Mishra's Workshop, Scalding TOngs, Ensnaring Bridge/Trinisphere
One of the many reasons for this week's special format. Congratulations on the win.
3 Chimpanzee - Steeling 3rd-and-a-half (45 - 2nd)
Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Serrated Biskellion/Trinisphere
Only deck that gave you fits was r_x_'s. Otherwise, having two threats was your biggest asset.
4 Ikaros - untitled.dec (30 - 7th(T))
Underground Sea, Merfolk of the Pearl Trident, Force of Will/Duress
Fish? Why not Flying Men? Or even Cloud Sprite? Anyway, Force got you some points going second
5 NavyJoe - Please don't counter my Lotus. (18 - 10th)
Treasure Hunter, Black Lotus, Elephant Guide/Charisma
Charisma wasn't very useful in that there were no creatures that you could damage that wouldn't kill the Hunter, thus making Charisma go away. It's hard to be charismatic when you're dead
6 bateleur - "Mezcal" (10 - 12th)
Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai, Elvish Spirit Guide, Tempting Wurm / Nether Spirit
Mox Emerald would have been a better choice than the Spirit Guide. And Nether Spirit wasn't useful at all
7 help im a bug - Tossed (44 - 3rd)
Thallid, Tropical Island, Chain of Vapor/Daze
A classic. Chain helped you a bit more than my Curfew as it could bounce artifacts
8 spuzzem king - artifantastic (30 - 7th(T))
city of traitors; soldevi sentry; phyrexian furnace/ sphere of resistance
Sphere was a good metagame choice. Furnace, not so much. Would have been more useful were there more Nether Spirits on the field.
9 SorryGuy - Lets go to Washington and get her banned! (35 - 5th)
Black Lotus, Treasure Hunter, Devour in Shadow/Pulse of the Dross
Well, you got your wish; congratulations. Interesting choice in Devour. dasheiff had the better choice, though
10 chrome moxen - durrromination.dec (21 - 9th)
black lotus, blazing specter, swamp/swamp
Going first gave you some wins, but Blaze wasn't good going second most of the time.
11 dasheiff - Establishing Ban.dec (38 - 4th)
Black Lotus, Treasure Hunter, Diabolic Edict/Pulse of the Dross
The better Hunter/Pulse build. Didn't win the world, but won every game that didn't start with "F" and end in "orce of Will"
12 deari - Will sell children for Dross banning. (19 - 11th)
Black Lotus, Treasure Hunter, Rishadan Cutpurse / SB: Glowrider
Lot of creature decks this time around, so Glowy didn't help as much.
<edit> Here's the win-loss chart I set it up differently than usual; the vertical axis is the player going first, the horizontal, going second. That way I can calculate scores easier in Excel. The number in the chart is the player that won. A "D", of course, indicates a Draw
Congratulations to r_x_ for winning 3.5CB #2 and gets 10 bonus points
Belated congratulations to dasheiff for his 10 bonus points for winning last week
deari gets Best Deck Title and 5 bonus points
Chimpanzee gets Most Creative Deck and 5 bonus points
Current Standings
1 dasheiff (63+38) = 101
2 Chimpanzee (49+50) = 99
3 help im a bug (50+44) = 94
4 r_x_ (31+58) = 89
5 deari (52+24) = 76
6 spuzzem king (44+30) = 74
7 SorryGuy (34+35) = 69, dude!
8 SALAd (31+31) = 62
9 T-Greebo (49+ 0) = 49
9 T-Ankh-Moporian (49+ 0) = 49
11 Silver Seraph (42+ 0) = 42
12 Alfred (40+ 0) = 40
13 bateleur (28+10) = 38
14 silicon (32+ 0) = 32
15 chrome moxen (10+21) = 31
16 Ikaros ( 0+30) = 30
17 NavyJoe ( 0+18) = 18
Next Week's format
First change, by popular demand is the banning of Pulse of the Dross effective, like, right now. Also, Trinisphere will be banned as well. But first, I want all of you to know the hell I went through with this card. Therefore, this week's format will be:
There will be an untapped, untouchable Trinisphere in play at all times
This should slow things down a scoche. Should make for an interesting metagame.
Okay, for those with short attention...
Banned List:
The Rack
Form of the Dragon
Balance
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Glacial Chasm
Blackmail
Coercion
Cabal Therapy
Mesmeric Fiend
Abandon Hope
Nezumi Shortfang
Pulse of the Dross
Meddling Mage
Leonin Squire
Show and Tell
All ante cards
Any card that forces your opponent to discard more than 1 card a turn.
Any non-mass-produced card (Proposal, 1996 World Champion, etc.)
Unglued
Unhinged
And, as usual, No Cheese(TM) (No multi-discarding, no 1st turn kills)
Deadline is next Sunday 3/27/05 @ 11:59:59 PM EST (that's just before midnight Eastern time. If you see 12's on your clock, you're late!)
Oh, and let's see if we can bump up the attendance a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpgjnU7C3Aw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7kkZixasc
P.S. Why does it say dude next to my name?
have you ever seen bill and ted's excelten adventure?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpgjnU7C3Aw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7kkZixasc
'Fraid I have not. It is a refernce to the number 69 then?
yup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpgjnU7C3Aw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe7kkZixasc
Please make a note of it.
I thought that was a joke... (no, not really - needed to rtft)