The following information has been compiled for all 27 All Blind Tournaments.
the first post contains player information. the next two contain card use information (only updated through the end of ABT 25).
chancellor of the forge 48
ulamog 45
emrakul 40
simian spirit guide 30
mayor of avabruk 25
chancellor of the annex 22
phyrexian revoker 18
SoW 15
virulent sliver 15
chancellor of the dross 14
elvish sprit guide 14
chancellor of the tangle 14
chronomaton 13
nether spirit 12
Most used instants and sorceries:
foil 40
mental misstep 28
arcane denial 24
beast within 23
daze 23
vindicate 20
crack the earth 16
path to exile 16
serene remembrance 14
pact of the titan 13
summer bloom 13
counterspell 11
eureka 11
chain of vapor 10
angel's grace 10
dark ritual 10
force of will 9
unburial rites 9
blazing shoal 8
Most used enchantments
leyline of singularity 28
leyline of the meek 28
exploration 26
leyline of sanctity 18
bitterblossom 18
wheel of sun and moon 16
shrieking affliction 14
helix pinnacle 11
leyline of lifeforce 11
march of the machines 7
leyline of vitality 7
runed halo 7
nether void 6
Planeswalkers:
nicol bolas, planeswalker 12
vraska, the unseen 10
ajani vengeant 5
lilliana of the veil 4
ajani, caller of pride 2
elspeth, sun's champion 2
garruk, caller of beasts 2
gideon, champion of justice 1
chandra, pyromaster 1
kiora, the crashing wave 1
dack fayden 1
we have submitted a total of 2978 cards to the ABT. 957 were creatures, 646 instants and sorceries, 550 lands, 455 artifacts, 343 enchantments, and 27 planeswalkers
1040 unique cards have been submitted. (106 artifacts, 133 lands, 415 creatures, 250 instants and sorceries, 124 enchantments, 12 planeswalkers)
most used card in a single week:
13 black lotus 6-2
11 black lotus 1-3
10 black lotus 1-1
10 chancellor of the dross 8-3
9 black lotus 3-3, 11-4 & 16-3
8 black lotus 3-1 & 6-1
7 mishra's workshop 4-2
[reserved for land rule/non-land rule breakdown]
some of my favorite random statistical anomalies from this:
6 cards were played in ABT 1-1, then never again. [glowrider (twice), slippery bogle (twice), nezumi shortfang (twice), palinchron, steel golem, subterranean hangar]
when bateleur played augur of skulls in 11-3, it hadnt been played in 30 weeks (4-1)
in 9-1, only 5 out of 36 cards submitted were creatures. 3 of those 5 were in the winning deck.
counterspell has been used 4 more times than mana drain
with a combined 29 uses, the spirit guides have been more played than all mana sources except black lotus, city of traitors, and mishra's workshop
im trying to come up with an archetype breakdown for 5cb. maybe for other formats as well, but starting with 5cb, no land rule.
i think it would be interesting to do the data for how each one does against the others.
so what are the distinct strategies that decks use?
archetypes im thinking of are:
"cheating it in" - any deck that puts its win cons in play without paying the mana cost. (reanimator, eureka/sneak attack effects, shelldock isle, meekforge)
"lands" - any deck that contains at least 4 lands.
"bringing it back" - any deck that plans to play its spells multiple times. wheel of sun and moon, isochron scepter, soldevi digger, bow of nylea
"slow roll" - any deck that cannot win before its 10th turn - (incremental damage, darksteel reactor, fountain of cho)
"control" - not sure how to define this. do we include discard? mana denial? ensnaring bridge? this is where it starts to break down.
"combo" - or do we separate them into different kinds of combos? is dark depths the same archetype as splinter twin?
aggro? big mana? what else?
edit: first 4 posts are fully edited through ABT 16. congrats to whammewhamme for taking the overall points lead
updated the first post for a final time. congratulations to me for scoring the most total points over the course of 27 months, AKA submitting almost every week
if anyone is interested in this other than me, i'll make a new one for Perfect Hand Magic.
i'll definitely be reformatting significantly. separating land rule from non for card use, adding in average score (which im pretty sure notgreat would be running away with)
the first post contains player information. the next two contain card use information (only updated through the end of ABT 25).
Total tournament points:
mogg 28758
whammwhamme 27328
feyd_ruin 25182
reyemile 23544
aurorasparrow 16073
bateleur 15712
knobbodi 10089
draco9 10048
benbuzz790 8941
piato 7710
fnord 7692
parsley 6092
vikingmetal4l 5572
grolleter 5498
rush_clasic 5033
atheistgod 4700
lithel 4680
psly4mne 4537
notgreat 4509
clairval 4482
antonia 3686
naphtali 3610
cruelshy 3581
casual johnny 3337
personman 3439
faradan 2872
Madmanquail 4546
yarn 3276
mynameisfourtee 2650
dragondart 2644
Heinsun 2415
bronyaur 2144
cogmonocle 2114
sockfresh 2088
wildeep 1762
hinotama 1718
MrPhysics13 1532
Sand_Crab 1442
Subtle_Relevance 1421
keyboard_mash 1385
NemataGG 1326
killerofgiants 1320
nerdyjoe 1277
psymunn42 1255
electrohydra 1235
ced395 1204
catmurderer 1135
thisjourneyends 1094
SilentViolins 1026
tane 920
quasimodern 854
chess_76 812
plopfill 808
blawa 807
creamedkarn 796
zombie33 700
ajfirecracker 616
zzzeagle 481
nonexistentflow 444
hugepotatoe 430
MiceandMen 390
GUMinion 370
chrono007 353
inkmothnexus 291
skajonny 234
digital fire 233
plopfill 233
Ultrablobman 230
pininja 176
draccon136 158
hiadel 153
abydosl 145
itchni 136
oldfashionedloverboi 100
spring onion 82
uranium 75
flez 57
veracite 55
planeswalkerspoiler 000
tomsloger 5
whammwhamme 3
feyd_ruin 2
piato 2
dragondart 1
aurorasparrow 1
psly4mne 1
bateleur 1
notgreat 1
WhammWhamme: 12
Feyd_Ruin: 11
Reyemile: 10
tomsloger: 7
notgreat: 7
psly4mne: 5
aurorasparrow: 4
VikingMetal4L: 3
benbuzz790: 3
bateleur: 3
fnord: 2
rush_clasic: 2
cog monocle: 2
personman: 2
yarn: 2
mrphysics13: 2
ced395: 1
faradan: 1
Grolleter: 1
Naphtali: 1
Parsley: 1
cruelshy: 1
knobboddi: 1
madmanquail: 1
creamedkarn: 1
1 - black lotus 168
2 - city of traitors 52
3 - chancellor of the forge 48
4 - ulamog the infinite gyre 45
5 - inkmoth nexus 44
6 - pithing needle 41
7 - foil 40
7 - emrakul the aeons torn 40
9 - karakas 39
9 - mishra's workshop 39
11 - island 35
12 - lion's eye diamond 31
13 - simian spirit guide 30
14 - mental misstep 28
14 - leyline of singularity 28
14 - leyline of the meek 28
17 - ancient tomb 26
17 - exploration 26
19 - ensnaring bridge 25
19 - mayor of avabruck 25
19 - ratchet bomb 25
pithing needle 41
LED 31
ratchet bomb 25
ensnaring bridge 25
elixir of immortality 24
scalding tongs 16
sphere of resistance 12
isochron scepter 11
sol ring 10
soldevi digger 10
aether vial 8
city of traitors 52
inkmoth nexus 44
mishra's workshop 39
karakas 39
island 35
ancient tomb 26
gemstone caverns 23
shelldock isle 23
forest 23
dark depths 18
cavern of souls 17
urborg, tomb of yawgmoth 16
tabernacle at pendrell vale 16
maze of ith 12
valakut 11
cycle information:
island 35
forest 23
plains 9
mountain 9
swamp 6
tropical island 12
underground sea 12
volcanic island 11
tundra 10
badlands 4
plateau 3
taiga 3
savannah 1
scrubland 1
bayou 0
orzhov basilica 4
gruul turf 2
selesnya sanctuary 2
azorius chancery 3
simic growth chamber 3
dimir aqueduct 1
boros garrison 0
rakdos carnarium 0
izzet boilerworks 1
golgari rot farm 1
chancellor of the forge 48
ulamog 45
emrakul 40
simian spirit guide 30
mayor of avabruk 25
chancellor of the annex 22
phyrexian revoker 18
SoW 15
virulent sliver 15
chancellor of the dross 14
elvish sprit guide 14
chancellor of the tangle 14
chronomaton 13
nether spirit 12
foil 40
mental misstep 28
arcane denial 24
beast within 23
daze 23
vindicate 20
crack the earth 16
path to exile 16
serene remembrance 14
pact of the titan 13
summer bloom 13
counterspell 11
eureka 11
chain of vapor 10
angel's grace 10
dark ritual 10
force of will 9
unburial rites 9
blazing shoal 8
leyline of singularity 28
leyline of the meek 28
exploration 26
leyline of sanctity 18
bitterblossom 18
wheel of sun and moon 16
shrieking affliction 14
helix pinnacle 11
leyline of lifeforce 11
march of the machines 7
leyline of vitality 7
runed halo 7
nether void 6
nicol bolas, planeswalker 12
vraska, the unseen 10
ajani vengeant 5
lilliana of the veil 4
ajani, caller of pride 2
elspeth, sun's champion 2
garruk, caller of beasts 2
gideon, champion of justice 1
chandra, pyromaster 1
kiora, the crashing wave 1
dack fayden 1
1040 unique cards have been submitted. (106 artifacts, 133 lands, 415 creatures, 250 instants and sorceries, 124 enchantments, 12 planeswalkers)
most used card in a single week:
13 black lotus 6-2
11 black lotus 1-3
10 black lotus 1-1
10 chancellor of the dross 8-3
9 black lotus 3-3, 11-4 & 16-3
8 black lotus 3-1 & 6-1
7 mishra's workshop 4-2
some of my favorite random statistical anomalies from this:
6 cards were played in ABT 1-1, then never again. [glowrider (twice), slippery bogle (twice), nezumi shortfang (twice), palinchron, steel golem, subterranean hangar]
when bateleur played augur of skulls in 11-3, it hadnt been played in 30 weeks (4-1)
in 9-1, only 5 out of 36 cards submitted were creatures. 3 of those 5 were in the winning deck.
counterspell has been used 4 more times than mana drain
with a combined 29 uses, the spirit guides have been more played than all mana sources except black lotus, city of traitors, and mishra's workshop
i think it would be interesting to do the data for how each one does against the others.
so what are the distinct strategies that decks use?
archetypes im thinking of are:
"cheating it in" - any deck that puts its win cons in play without paying the mana cost. (reanimator, eureka/sneak attack effects, shelldock isle, meekforge)
"lands" - any deck that contains at least 4 lands.
"bringing it back" - any deck that plans to play its spells multiple times. wheel of sun and moon, isochron scepter, soldevi digger, bow of nylea
"slow roll" - any deck that cannot win before its 10th turn - (incremental damage, darksteel reactor, fountain of cho)
"control" - not sure how to define this. do we include discard? mana denial? ensnaring bridge? this is where it starts to break down.
"combo" - or do we separate them into different kinds of combos? is dark depths the same archetype as splinter twin?
aggro? big mana? what else?
edit: first 4 posts are fully edited through ABT 16. congrats to whammewhamme for taking the overall points lead
if anyone is interested in this other than me, i'll make a new one for Perfect Hand Magic.