This thread contains the results for week 4 of All Blind Tournament #22 and is the start of ABT#23. Week 4 of ABT#22
This round was '5CB mass extinction'.
its as if the word "creature" never existed.
its an odd format, but a cool one that i hope to try again. maybe with a different deck size? land rule?
Next Round : Week 1 of ABT#23 2CB LRLF Format Rules
Life Rule: (If neither player would win otherwise, then the player who maintains the higher life total wins the game. Determine whether a deck enables the player of that deck to win a match as though this rule didn't exist [see Rule 2.3b]).
Deck size: 2 cards
Land Rule: Basic land rule (Any player may play a basic land or basic snow land of the subtype of his or her choice from outside the game any time he or she could normally play a land.)
note the life rule, as it hasnt been used in quite some time.
Additional Banned List - the LR banlist
Black Lotus
Beacon of Creation
Maralen of the Mornsong
Nezumi Shortfang
Red Sun's Zenith
White Sun's Zenith
Balancing Act
Energy Field
Time Walk
Blind Magic is an online Magic format played here on the forums. Players play with an extremely limited deck size, such as 3 cards. Players begin with their entire deck (ie: those three cards) in hand and have no library (players don't lose when they fail to draw a card because of this). Due to the extremely limited number of play options given with their small deck size, games are calculated, rather then played, with an absolute determined winner (or a tie). Each player plays a match of two games against each other player who submitted - once going first, and once going second. Wins, losses, and ties for each of those two games are calculated by the moderator and players. The actual fun of the game comes from trying to decide which cards you will be playing.
The All Blind Tournament is a four-week XCB tournament, which spans all card blind formats and embraces a progressive anti-metagame. For each week of the four-week tournament, a new XCB format is announced for players to enter. Players compete for points (similiar to the PotM points for previous XCB games) each round. At the end of the four-week tournament, the player who has accumulated the most points over the four weeks wins the tournament, and receives a real-world prize.
Piato, you are 2-2 vs me. Because of APNAP curse deals one to me before tongs deal one to you, assuming you play it right after I play tongs.. So I just have to sit on ratchet bomb.
The last round to use the Life Rule was ABT 6.1, which was 4CB LF (no land rule).
Quite confusing: rule 2.3b doesn't exist anymore, apparently Mogg edited the rules page... And the whole sentence is not clear: which one's the rule that "didn't exist"?
2.3b is still there; see ABT Comprehensive Rules - "An entrant may not submit a deck that wouldn't enable the player of that deck to win a match (see Rule 2.4d) against the player of at least one deck satisfying all rules."
"This rule" means the rule that this text is a part of, i.e. 1.10 - the Life Rule. While checking whether a deck is legal, act as though the Life Rule weren't in effect, meaning that a player's deck must enable that player to win the match against at least one player by means other than the life rule.
3v1
Aura shuts me down on my draw.
On my play, my aura can slow him down, but he still gets aura out to disenchant mine, then elixir's back up.
0-6
3v2
This is interesting, because I can always donate Illusions back, but he can also donate crypt back, even if I drop Aura of silence. He just sacs a lotus IRSP to the donate to make sure he has 1 draw, and has a lotus on field/hand to cast the donate.
2-2
3v4
I race curse, race fayden's discard, and get through energy field.
6-0
3v5
Dust bowl doesn't touch, life gain doesn't stop, and I don't give bomb a chance to destroy my loti.
6-0
3v6
On my play, I can Aura of Silence him out of the game.
On my draw, Chalice stops my loti.
1-4
3v7
On my play, Aura of Silence stops his line.
On my draw, bomb stops the shutout/disenchant.
1-4
7 knobbodi : control
leyline of the void / ratchet bomb / pithing needle / city of traitors / scalding tongs
VS:
1 tomsloger
black lotus / city of traitors / aura of silence / elixir of immortality / zoetic cavern
On your play, aura of silence prevents me from doing anything. On mine, I stick ratchet bomb so that is not an option for you. 4-1
2 digitalfire : bazaar trader
black lotus / black lotus / jwar isle refuge / donate / illusions of grandeur
If only I had a way to gain even a single point of life. 0-6
3 feyd_ruin : i has a present for you
aura of silence / black lotus / black lotus / donate / forbidden crypt
Leyline prevents your victory, but on your play you can stick aura of silence. On mine, ratchet bomb stops you. 4-1
4 piato : dack through the heart
black lotus / sand silos / dack fayden / energy field / curse of the pierced heart
Pithing needle stops dack, and ratchet bomb stops energy field. However, due to accursed APNAP if you wait for my scalding tongs and play curse, I take the damage before you do. So I just sit there and save ratchet bomb. 2-2
5 mogg : benchmark
ancient tomb / dust bowl / elixir of immortality / ratchet bomb / zoetic cavern
I can't find a line that will win me the game, but I can force a draw easily by casting turn 1 pithing needle naming elixir. That leaves mogg with 2 permanents to destroy to get the recursion going, and I have ratchet bomb for cavern. 2-2
6 sockfresh : fistful of chalices
mishra's workshop / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of the void
On my play, needle on chalice of life. On yours, you can set chalice of the void to 1 but ratchet bomb stops that, followed by needle. 6-0
This thread contains the results for week 4 of All Blind Tournament #22 and is the start of ABT#23.
Week 4 of ABT#22
This round was '5CB mass extinction'.
its as if the word "creature" never existed.
its an odd format, but a cool one that i hope to try again. maybe with a different deck size? land rule?
The Entries
1tomsloger
black lotus / city of traitors / aura of silence / elixir of immortality / zoetic cavern
aura of silence is as close as i could come to beast within this round. i hope not hitting lands wont hurt me
2DigitalFire : Bazaar Trader
Black Lotus / Black Lotus / jwar isle refuge / Donate / Illusions of Grandeur
welcome! i really like this decks plan, but the disruption is a little lacking.
3Feyd_Ruin : i has a present for you
Aura of Silence / Black Lotus / Black Lotus / Donate / Forbidden Crypt
crypt is incredible.
4piato : dack through the heart
Black Lotus / Sand Silos / Dack Fayden / Energy Field / Curse of the Pierced Heart
ah, the first appearance of a new planeswalker. hope theres more of him to come.
5mogg : benchmark
Ancient Tomb / Dust Bowl / Elixir of Immortality / Ratchet Bomb / Zoetic Cavern
won the last time we did this. lets see how the metagame has changed
6sockfresh : fistful of chalices
mishra's workshop / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of the void
chalice of life is a favorite, and void is an allstar
7knobbodi : control
Leyline of the Void / Ratchet Bomb / Pithing Needle / City of Traitors / Scalding Tongs
i actually expected more leyline. hopefully tongs will be enough.
The Grid
1 | X 6 6 6 2 3 1 | 23 | 383
2 | 0 X 2 6 0 0 6 | 14 | 233
3 | 0 2 X 6 6 1 1 | 16 | 267
4 | 0 0 0 X 0 0 2 | 02 | 033
5 | 2 6 0 6 X 6 2 | 22 | 367
6 | 3 6 4 6 0 X 0 | 18 | 300
7 | 4 0 4 2 2 6 X | 18 | 300
The Results
tomsloger wins week 4!
Next Round : Week 1 of ABT#23
2CB LRLF
Format Rules
Life Rule: (If neither player would win otherwise, then the player who maintains the higher life total wins the game. Determine whether a deck enables the player of that deck to win a match as though this rule didn't exist [see Rule 2.3b]).
Deck size: 2 cards
Land Rule: Basic land rule (Any player may play a basic land or basic snow land of the subtype of his or her choice from outside the game any time he or she could normally play a land.)
note the life rule, as it hasnt been used in quite some time.
Additional Banned List - the LR banlist
Black Lotus
Beacon of Creation
Maralen of the Mornsong
Nezumi Shortfang
Red Sun's Zenith
White Sun's Zenith
Balancing Act
Energy Field
Time Walk
Submit decks to tomsloger by monday, august 11
1670 | 383 520 300 467 tomsloger
909 | 367 000 075 467 mogg
870 | 000 320 550 000 whammewhamme
863 | 033 280 350 200 piato
620 | 300 320 000 000 knobbodi
470 | 300 120 050 000 sockfresh
347 | 267 080 000 000 feyd_ruin
233 | 233 000 000 000 DigitalFire
1tomsloger
black lotus / city of traitors / aura of silence / elixir of immortality / zoetic cavern
Black Lotus / Black Lotus / jwar isle refuge / Donate / Illusions of Grandeur
6-0 aura stops you
3Feyd_Ruin : i has a present for you
Aura of Silence / Black Lotus / Black Lotus / Donate / Forbidden Crypt
6-0 on the play, my aura stops you. on the draw, if you play aura i can pay for lotus with city and play my creature.
4piato : dack through the heart
Black Lotus / Sand Silos / Dack Fayden / Energy Field / Curse of the Pierced Heart
6-0 discard doesnt bug me really, and dack doesnt steal enchantments
5mogg : benchmark
Ancient Tomb / Dust Bowl / Elixir of Immortality / Ratchet Bomb / Zoetic Cavern
this makes me tired just looking at it. i really want to assume its a tie, but mogg may have me if he can get rid of my city at the right time.
6sockfresh : fistful of chalices
mishra's workshop / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of the void
3-3 void stops me, aura stops you.
7knobbodi
Leyline of the Void / Ratchet Bomb / Pithing Needle / City of Traitors / Scalding Tongs
0-6 answers for all my stuff.
1 | X 6 6 6 ? 3 1 |
2.3b is still there; see ABT Comprehensive Rules - "An entrant may not submit a deck that wouldn't enable the player of that deck to win a match (see Rule 2.4d) against the player of at least one deck satisfying all rules."
"This rule" means the rule that this text is a part of, i.e. 1.10 - the Life Rule. While checking whether a deck is legal, act as though the Life Rule weren't in effect, meaning that a player's deck must enable that player to win the match against at least one player by means other than the life rule.
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
3 | 0 2 X 6 6 1 1 | 16 | 267
3v1
Aura shuts me down on my draw.
On my play, my aura can slow him down, but he still gets aura out to disenchant mine, then elixir's back up.
0-6
3v2
This is interesting, because I can always donate Illusions back, but he can also donate crypt back, even if I drop Aura of silence. He just sacs a lotus IRSP to the donate to make sure he has 1 draw, and has a lotus on field/hand to cast the donate.
2-2
3v4
I race curse, race fayden's discard, and get through energy field.
6-0
3v5
Dust bowl doesn't touch, life gain doesn't stop, and I don't give bomb a chance to destroy my loti.
6-0
3v6
On my play, I can Aura of Silence him out of the game.
On my draw, Chalice stops my loti.
1-4
3v7
On my play, Aura of Silence stops his line.
On my draw, bomb stops the shutout/disenchant.
1-4
No longer staff here.
7 knobbodi : control
leyline of the void / ratchet bomb / pithing needle / city of traitors / scalding tongs
VS:
1 tomsloger
black lotus / city of traitors / aura of silence / elixir of immortality / zoetic cavern
On your play, aura of silence prevents me from doing anything. On mine, I stick ratchet bomb so that is not an option for you. 4-1
2 digitalfire : bazaar trader
black lotus / black lotus / jwar isle refuge / donate / illusions of grandeur
If only I had a way to gain even a single point of life. 0-6
3 feyd_ruin : i has a present for you
aura of silence / black lotus / black lotus / donate / forbidden crypt
Leyline prevents your victory, but on your play you can stick aura of silence. On mine, ratchet bomb stops you. 4-1
4 piato : dack through the heart
black lotus / sand silos / dack fayden / energy field / curse of the pierced heart
Pithing needle stops dack, and ratchet bomb stops energy field. However, due to accursed APNAP if you wait for my scalding tongs and play curse, I take the damage before you do. So I just sit there and save ratchet bomb. 2-2
5 mogg : benchmark
ancient tomb / dust bowl / elixir of immortality / ratchet bomb / zoetic cavern
I can't find a line that will win me the game, but I can force a draw easily by casting turn 1 pithing needle naming elixir. That leaves mogg with 2 permanents to destroy to get the recursion going, and I have ratchet bomb for cavern. 2-2
6 sockfresh : fistful of chalices
mishra's workshop / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of life / chalice of the void
On my play, needle on chalice of life. On yours, you can set chalice of the void to 1 but ratchet bomb stops that, followed by needle. 6-0
X | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Total
7 | 4 0 4 2 2 6 X | 18
7 | 3 6 3 3 0 X 1 | 19
1v5 2-2 i dont see a way for either of us to win vs constantly gaining life.
2v5 0-6 lifegain allows mogg to win slowly
so heres the current grid. there may be a change or two to go though.
1 | X 6 6 6 2 3 1 | 23 | 383
2 | 0 X 2 6 0 0 6 | 14 | 233
3 | 0 2 X 6 6 1 1 | 16 | 267
4 | 0 0 0 X 0 0 2 | 02 | 033
5 | 2 6 0 6 X 6 2 | 22 | 367
6 | 3 6 4 6 0 X 0 | 18 | 300
7 | 4 0 4 2 2 6 X | 18 | 300