This is the results for round Perfect Hand Magic League 32:02.
Round Perfect Hand Magic League 32:02
This round was 3 Card Extra Land Rule - No Main.
Commentary
Today we enjoy a world without sorcery-speed spells! Lands were everywhere this week, I really wish I had played Raze - I think it would have kicked ass!
Next week's format will be Madmanquail's "3 Card - Rolling Discount" - check it out in next week's thread.
Calculate Your Row Now
Please submit your score row in the following format:
You don't need to calculate the final PTs or score, just your individual results. The scoring conventions are outlined in the rules at the bottom of this post. If there are any difficult or controversial matchups, please highlight these in some way and provide a brief note in your post.
3 Card Extra Land Rule - No Main
Deck Size: 3 Land Rule: Extra Land Rule (7.3b, below) Additional Banned list: Land Rule Banned List, (please remember to check the Land rule and PHM Banned Lists)
1. Overview
2. Game Rules
3. Deck Construction Rules
4. Entry
5. Perfect Hand Magic League
6. Scoring
7. Variant Format Rules
1. Overview
Perfect Hand Magic (PHM) is a competitive strategy game for two or more players. It can be played using pencil and paper; however, it's most commonly played via online forum. To play the game, each player secretly chooses a specified number of Magic cards which form that player's hand. Once all players have chosen hands, the hands are revealed and scored.
The object of the game is to choose the hand that will score the most points. The score for each hand is determined by the result that it would achieve if it were used to play two games of Magic – one match – against each competing hand; the rules for these theoretical games are covered in Section 2 – Game Rules. During each theoretical game, the theoretical player of each hand employs the strategy that will maximize the score for his or her hand, taking into account the strategy of his or her opponent.
A hand scores 3 points for each game that it would win, 0 points for each game it would lose, and 1 point for each game that would end in a draw. However, a hand scores only 2 points for any match that would have a symmetrical result, regardless of whether the result would be two drawn games or a win for each hand.
The composition of a hand is limited only by a short banned list and a few restrictions on the game states that it can enable; these restrictions are covered in Section 3 – Deck Composition.
2. Game Rules
2.1. Except for the changes described in these rules, games follow the rules for a normal game of Magic.
2.1a. Changes to the Comprehensive Rules or the Oracle text of a card take effect at the following times:
i. Changes that would take effect during the prerelease for a set take effect during the first round for which cards from that set may be submitted instead.
ii. Changes that would take effect at any other time take effect during the first round for which those rules have been in effect since the start of the round instead.
2.1b. Ignore any part of an instruction that isn't covered by these rules or the rules of Magic.
2.2. A player's opening hand contains that player's chosen cards.
2.3. Players' libraries begin the game empty.
2.3a. A player doesn't lose the game as a result of being unable to draw a card.
2.4. A cost or effect that would produce a random result produces the result that least benefits the player who paid that cost or the owner of the source of that effect instead.
2.5. Each player is the starting player for one game in each match.
2.6. Players know the identities of all face-down cards and cards in hidden zones, and players know which decisions have been made by other players.
2.7. If a game would continue indefinitely, then the game is a draw.
2.8. If a loop containing at least one optional action would be repeated indefinitely during a turn, then any player may propose a number of times for that loop to repeat instead. If a player does, then each other player may propose a different number and the loop is repeated for the greatest number of times proposed instead. No player is required to make a choice that would end a loop that crosses multiple turns.
2.9. Cards can't be brought into the game from outside the game.
3. Hand Construction Rules
3.1. A player may not choose an opening hand that could enable that player to achieve any of the following results before an opponent's second turn would begin, such that that opponent could make no sequence of decisions that would not result in at least one of these results:
i. win the game
ii. take an infinite number of turns
iii. cause a card to leave an opponent's hand.
Ignore this rule in the following cases:
3.1a. That player's hand would be legal if that player's opponents' cards had no rules text.
3.1b. That player's hand would be legal if that player's opponents had no maximum hand size.
3.1c. That player could achieve one of these results only during a game that was restarted after an opponent's second turn had begun.
3.1d. All cards that would leave an opponent's hand during the resolution of an effect would be put onto the battlefield by that effect.
3.1e. All cards that would leave an opponent's hand during the resolution of an effect would be in that opponent's hand once that effect resolved.
3.2. A hand may contain any number of copies of any card legal in Vintage.
3.2a. An unreleased card is treated as though it's legal in Vintage if it will become legal in Vintage upon release and if the release notes for the set that contains that card were published prior to the start of the round (See rule 4.1).
3.3. A hand may not contain any cards on the PHM Banned List.
4. Entry
4.1. A player plays a round of PHM by submitting a list of his or her chosen cards to the PHM moderator.
4.2. A player may change his or her hand until the posted deadline.
4.2a. If a player submits an illegal hand, then the moderator will try to notify that player to change his or her hand prior to the deadline. If the hand is discovered to be illegal after the deadline – or if the player does not submit a new hand – then the moderator may either disqualify that hand or replace it with a similar hand, in which any cards causing that hand to be illegal have been removed or replaced.
4.2b. The moderator also will try to notify a player if that player's hand doesn't enable that player to win the game against any possible hand.
4.3. A player may name his or her hand. If that player doesn't, then the PHM moderator may name it. The PHM moderator may also rename a player's hand at his or discretion.
5. Perfect Hand Magic League
5.1. PHM League play consists of four rounds of PHM.
5.2. Each round, a player earns League points according to the following formula:
League Points = Points Scored / Number of Opponents x 100 (rounded to the nearest integer)
5.3. The player with the most League points at the end of League play is the PHM League winner.
5.3a. If multiple players have the most League points at the end of the League, then the PHM moderator may allow those players to play additional rounds until only one of those players has the most League points or until a specified number of additional rounds have been played.
6. Scoring
6.1. A table of match results is posted at the end of each round. Each row lists one player's results against each other player. A player's points and League points are tallied at the end of his or her row.
6.2. A player may earn bonus League points as specified by the PHM moderator.
6.3. Each player is responsible for determining the match results for his or her hand.
6.3a. Players are encouraged to determine or verify additional match results.
6.3b. An undetermined match result is counted as a loss for both players in that match.
6.3c. A player may challenge any result until the moderator announces that the result is final.
7. Variant Format Rules
7.1. Perfect Hand Magic has been played with hands containing between one and seven cards. Additionally, the Game Rules and Deck Construction Rules have been adapted to create hundreds of variant formats. Five commonly-played variants are described in Sections 7.3-7.7.
7.2. The rules of a variant format overwrite any other applicable rules.
7.2a. Some variant formats generate continuous effects. A continuous effect generated by a variant format is treated as having the earliest timestamp within a layer or sublayer. If continuous effects generated by multiple variant formats would apply in the same layer or sublayer, assign timestamps to those effects in the order that the variant formats are listed in the rules or name of the round.
7.2b. Some variant formats require a player to make some number of decisions in addition to or instead of submitting a hand. A player's submission must comply with the Hand Construction Rules, taking into account any decisions made at this time.
7.2c. Some variant formats require players to make decisions "before the start of each game". For these decisions, follow the "Active Player, Nonactive Player order" rule, replacing "active player" with "starting player".
7.3. Land Rule Variant.
7.3a. This is the basic land rule (LR). 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. A hand may not contain any cards on the Land Rule Banned List.
7.3b. This is the extra land rule (ELR). 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. Any player may play an additional land on each of his or her turns from his or her hand. A hand may not contain any cards on the Land Rule Banned List.
7.3c. This is the draw land rule (DLR). If a player would draw a card from an empty library, that player puts a basic land or basic snow land card of the subtype of his or her choice from outside the game into his or her hand instead. The starting player doesn't skip the draw step of his or her first turn. A hand may not contain any cards on the Land Rule Banned List.
7.4a. Only cards contained in sets legal in the named format may be submitted.
7.5. Life Rule (LF).
7.5a. If neither player would win otherwise, then the player who maintains the higher life total wins the game.
7.5b. A player must choose an opening hand that enables that player to win both games of a match against at least one legal hand, irrespective of rule 7.5a.
7.6. Backbuild.
7.6a. Players exchanges hands before the start of each match. A hand must enable the player of that hand to win both games of a match against a specified hand or specified hands. Ignore rule 3.1.
7.7. Bonus Points.
7.7a. A player earns bonus points if his or her hand meets specified requirements.
PHM Banned List
The following cards are automatically banned in all Perfect Hand Magic League rounds unless otherwise specified by the round rules. Each round may have an additional banned list that extends beyond, but always includes, these cards.
Land Rule Banned List
"Land Rule" is the most common variant for PHM, and thus a separate ban list has been developed to allow for easier moderation. The following cards are banned in Perfect Hand Magic League rounds when a Land Rule is used. There will be a reminder of this on the round rules.
I see 2 main ways to play this, I have a Primary plan deck that gets beaten by a different angle, but beats mostly everything.... then ways to make my primary plan worse to try and combat the other angle, which may hurt it in the main plan
Not really, there is a strong choice, but it has fair counters to it. I can imagine this format ending up far differently than the rule was trying to push though.
Teferi seems good. Leyline of anticipation also seems good. Not too sure on what sorts of things I should be looking at. Enchantments, lands, artifacts, and creatures don't seem good (except the flashy creatures).
Format suggestion:
Vorinclex HUNGRY!
4 card Extra Land Rule
During your turn, whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana to your mana pool of any type that land produced.
During your opponents turns, whenever you tap a land for mana, that land doesn't untap during your next untap step.
Would that include all abilities, so Muscle sliver becomes "All slivers get +X/+X, where X is one more than the number of lands in play"? and Avenger of Zendikar makes the board an insane clusterbomb of triggers and plants?
And Azusa, Lost but Seeking becomes: Play any number of lands from outside the game any time the stack is empty and you have priority during your main phase.
vs 1: 6-0 Marit large is putridbroken but onlyeven on the draw, and PLA is lost in a maze.
vs 2: 6-0 Inkmoth is lost in a maze, and Marit is free to take her vengence.
vs 3: 6-0 Multiple inkmoths get in for poison, but not enough fast enough, and Marit eats them up with psuedovigilance
vs 5: 0-6 Valakut melts my face while marit ceases to exist.
vs 6: 2-2 Marit seems to want to stay in hand, but at least tefari is stuck in a maze.
vs 7: This one is harder, I think it's 4-1. Marit shows up on my turn 2, and they get a pride token on their turn 3. Once they churn out a token a turn, Marit eats it every turn, and then comes back on defense to defend against the wildwood.
Against #1: I can repeatedly block Pearl Lake Ancient with tokens from Pride of the Clouds until I build up enough power on one to attack and win.
(Isn't #2 illegal? It can play Inkmoth Nexus and a Forest on turn 1 because of the extra land rule, and play another land on turn 2 and use the other two cards to win.)
Against #3: I can block the Inkmoth Nexuses with tokens from Pride of the Clouds, receiving at most 6 poison counters, and proceed to win.
Against #4: The explanation #4 gave is mostly correct, but not completely. Going first, I can use Gavony Township to get Raging Ravine to 21/21, so that Marit Lage cannot stop it, but my opponent can simply use Maze of Ith on it.
Against #5: My opponent takes 12 turns to win; Pride of the Clouds and Gavony Township allow me to win before that.
Against #6: I easily win.
vs. 01 Madmanquail: On the play, kill before Putrefy. OTD, don't. 3-3
vs. 03 Danxor: Ack! Too many nexi! 0-6
vs. 04 nerdyjoe: Ack! Maze! 0-6
vs. 05 tomsloger: Nexus outraces Valakut? 6-0
vs. 06 turkeytron: I goldfish unopposed? 6-0
vs. 07 plopfill: Nexus swings into Pride with Invigorate, forces block, Berserk kills Ravine. 6-0
...wait, we were using extra land rule? Oh crumbs. This is why it annoys me that there's multiple land rules rather than sticking to the best one... yep, DQ'd. Poot.
vs. 01 Madmanquail: On the play, kill before Putrefy. OTD, don't. 3-3
vs. 03 Danxor: Ack! Too many nexi! 0-6
vs. 04 nerdyjoe: Ack! Maze! 0-6
vs. 05 tomsloger: Nexurs outraces Valakut? 6-0
vs. 06 turkeytron: I goldfish unopposed? 6-0
vs. 07 plopfill: Nexus swings into Pride with Invigorate, forces block, Berserk kills Ravine. 6-0
...wait, we were using extra land rule? Oh crumbs. This is why it annoys me that there's multiple land rules rather than sticking to the best one... yep, DQ'd. Poot.
vs. 01 Madmanquail: Putrefyed Out 0-6
vs. 02 WhammeWhamme: DQ
vs. 04 nerdyjoe: I'm way too slow 0-6
vs. 05 tomsloger: I outrace 6-0 by 1 turn on draw
vs. 06 turkeytron: I outrace 6-0
vs. 07 plopfill: Tokens much me up 0-6
07 plopfill :: "Pridelands" Pride of the Clouds / Gavony Township / Raging Ravine
actually, you cant beat me with pride/gavony. you cant make a token until turn 4, put counters on it 5 and 6. then i can kill it with valakut on my turn 6.
you can, however, beat me with raging ravine. 0-6
5 | 0 0 0 6 X 6 0 | 12 | 200
just a note:
i tried really hard to metagame this week. the lands did alright.
arcane denial was literally useless. it got me zero points.
here's how some other third cards would have done:
leyline of singularity - +6
path to exile - +18 (beating everyone but danxor)
leyline of the void - +2 (mmq on the play by preventing a second spell for prowess since putrefy has no targets)
teferi - +6
inkmoth nexus - +12
dust bowl - +18 (everyone but mmq)
beast within - +10
I should score 3 against the modified #2: if I go first, I survive to start getting tokens from Pride of the Clouds, and can always block Inkmoth Nexus with them thereafter, eventually winning with the spares.
I should score 3 against the modified #2: if I go first, I survive to start getting tokens from Pride of the Clouds, and can always block Inkmoth Nexus with them thereafter, eventually winning with the spares.
You don't get a token until turn 3... you have to play out a plains and an island and THEN get a turn. And Berserk gives Trample anyway, so you get nibbled for 1 on my turn 2 and then trampled over for 9 on my turn 3.
I should score 3 against the modified #2: if I go first, I survive to start getting tokens from Pride of the Clouds, and can always block Inkmoth Nexus with them thereafter, eventually winning with the spares.
I should score 3 against the modified #2: if I go first, I survive to start getting tokens from Pride of the Clouds, and can always block Inkmoth Nexus with them thereafter, eventually winning with the spares.
You don't get a token until turn 3... you have to play out a plains and an island and THEN get a turn. And Berserk gives Trample anyway, so you get nibbled for 1 on my turn 2 and then trampled over for 9 on my turn 3.
trample is really the important part. whamme wins 6-0
This is the results for round Perfect Hand Magic League 32:02.
Round Perfect Hand Magic League 32:02
This round was 3 Card Extra Land Rule - No Main.
Commentary
Today we enjoy a world without sorcery-speed spells! Lands were everywhere this week, I really wish I had played Raze - I think it would have kicked ass!
Next week's format will be Madmanquail's "3 Card - Rolling Discount" - check it out in next week's thread.
Calculate Your Row Now
Please submit your score row in the following format:
X | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 | PT | Points
1 | X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
You don't need to calculate the final PTs or score, just your individual results. The scoring conventions are outlined in the rules at the bottom of this post. If there are any difficult or controversial matchups, please highlight these in some way and provide a brief note in your post.
3 Card Extra Land Rule - No Main
Deck Size: 3
Land Rule: Extra Land Rule (7.3b, below)
Additional Banned list: Land Rule Banned List, (please remember to check the Land rule and PHM Banned Lists)
The Entries
01 Madmanquail :: "Putrid Pearls"
Pearl Lake Ancient / Memory's Journey / Putrefy
02 WhammeWhamme :: "Instafect"
Inkmoth Nexus / Groundswell / Berserk
03 Danxor :: "Tri-nexus"
Inkmoth Nexus / Inkmoth Nexus / Inkmoth Nexus
04 nerdyjoe :: "Dark Maze"
Dark Depths / Thespian's Stage / Maze of Ith
05 tomsloger :: "Travelling the land to find the source of denial"
Karakas / Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle / Arcane Denial
06 turkeytron :: "Land of Teferi"
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir / Karakas / Cavern of Souls
07 plopfill :: "Pridelands"
Pride of the Clouds / Gavony Township / Raging Ravine
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1. Overview
2. Game Rules
3. Deck Construction Rules
4. Entry
5. Perfect Hand Magic League
6. Scoring
7. Variant Format Rules
1. Overview
Perfect Hand Magic (PHM) is a competitive strategy game for two or more players. It can be played using pencil and paper; however, it's most commonly played via online forum. To play the game, each player secretly chooses a specified number of Magic cards which form that player's hand. Once all players have chosen hands, the hands are revealed and scored.
The object of the game is to choose the hand that will score the most points. The score for each hand is determined by the result that it would achieve if it were used to play two games of Magic – one match – against each competing hand; the rules for these theoretical games are covered in Section 2 – Game Rules. During each theoretical game, the theoretical player of each hand employs the strategy that will maximize the score for his or her hand, taking into account the strategy of his or her opponent.
A hand scores 3 points for each game that it would win, 0 points for each game it would lose, and 1 point for each game that would end in a draw. However, a hand scores only 2 points for any match that would have a symmetrical result, regardless of whether the result would be two drawn games or a win for each hand.
The composition of a hand is limited only by a short banned list and a few restrictions on the game states that it can enable; these restrictions are covered in Section 3 – Deck Composition.
2. Game Rules
2.1. Except for the changes described in these rules, games follow the rules for a normal game of Magic.
2.2. A player's opening hand contains that player's chosen cards.
2.3. Players' libraries begin the game empty.
2.4. A cost or effect that would produce a random result produces the result that least benefits the player who paid that cost or the owner of the source of that effect instead.
2.5. Each player is the starting player for one game in each match.
2.6. Players know the identities of all face-down cards and cards in hidden zones, and players know which decisions have been made by other players.
2.7. If a game would continue indefinitely, then the game is a draw.
2.8. If a loop containing at least one optional action would be repeated indefinitely during a turn, then any player may propose a number of times for that loop to repeat instead. If a player does, then each other player may propose a different number and the loop is repeated for the greatest number of times proposed instead. No player is required to make a choice that would end a loop that crosses multiple turns.
2.9. Cards can't be brought into the game from outside the game.
3. Hand Construction Rules
3.1. A player may not choose an opening hand that could enable that player to achieve any of the following results before an opponent's second turn would begin, such that that opponent could make no sequence of decisions that would not result in at least one of these results:
Ignore this rule in the following cases:
3.2. A hand may contain any number of copies of any card legal in Vintage.
3.3. A hand may not contain any cards on the PHM Banned List.
4. Entry
4.1. A player plays a round of PHM by submitting a list of his or her chosen cards to the PHM moderator.
4.2. A player may change his or her hand until the posted deadline.
4.3. A player may name his or her hand. If that player doesn't, then the PHM moderator may name it. The PHM moderator may also rename a player's hand at his or discretion.
5. Perfect Hand Magic League
5.1. PHM League play consists of four rounds of PHM.
5.2. Each round, a player earns League points according to the following formula:
5.3. The player with the most League points at the end of League play is the PHM League winner.
6. Scoring
6.1. A table of match results is posted at the end of each round. Each row lists one player's results against each other player. A player's points and League points are tallied at the end of his or her row.
6.2. A player may earn bonus League points as specified by the PHM moderator.
6.3. Each player is responsible for determining the match results for his or her hand.
7. Variant Format Rules
7.1. Perfect Hand Magic has been played with hands containing between one and seven cards. Additionally, the Game Rules and Deck Construction Rules have been adapted to create hundreds of variant formats. Five commonly-played variants are described in Sections 7.3-7.7.
7.2. The rules of a variant format overwrite any other applicable rules.
7.3. Land Rule Variant.
7.4. Sanctioned Magic Format Variant.
7.5. Life Rule (LF).
7.6. Backbuild.
7.7. Bonus Points.
PHM Banned List
The following cards are automatically banned in all Perfect Hand Magic League rounds unless otherwise specified by the round rules. Each round may have an additional banned list that extends beyond, but always includes, these cards.
Acceleration
Channel
Fastbond
Flash
Show and Tell
Disruption
Pact of Negation
Chancellor of the Annex
Force of Will
Leyline of Anticipation
Trinisphere
Lands
Ghost Quarter
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Win Conditions
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Barren Glory
Laboratory Maniac
Magus of the Moon
Meddling Mage
The Rack
Vampire Hexmage
Land Rule Banned List
"Land Rule" is the most common variant for PHM, and thus a separate ban list has been developed to allow for easier moderation. The following cards are banned in Perfect Hand Magic League rounds when a Land Rule is used. There will be a reminder of this on the round rules.
Acceleration
Black Lotus
Disruption
Balancing Act
Energy Field
Time Walk
Win Conditions
Beacon of Creation
Maralen of the Mornsong
Nezumi Shortfang
Red Sun's Zenith
White Sun's Zenith
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Format suggestion:
Vorinclex HUNGRY!
4 card Extra Land Rule
During your turn, whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana to your mana pool of any type that land produced.
During your opponents turns, whenever you tap a land for mana, that land doesn't untap during your next untap step.
Karona, False Promises
3 card Basic Land Rule
All Permanents have: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player untaps ~this~ and gains control of it. ~this~ gains haste until EOT.
And Azusa, Lost but Seeking becomes: Play any number of lands from outside the game any time the stack is empty and you have priority during your main phase.
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X | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | PT | Points
4 | 6 6 6 X 0 2 4 | 24 | 400
vs 1: 6-0 Marit large is
putridbrokenbut onlyeven on the draw, and PLA is lost in a maze.vs 2: 6-0 Inkmoth is lost in a maze, and Marit is free to take her vengence.
vs 3: 6-0 Multiple inkmoths get in for poison, but not enough fast enough, and Marit eats them up with psuedovigilance
vs 5: 0-6 Valakut melts my face while marit ceases to exist.
vs 6: 2-2 Marit seems to want to stay in hand, but at least tefari is stuck in a maze.
vs 7: This one is harder, I think it's 4-1. Marit shows up on my turn 2, and they get a pride token on their turn 3. Once they churn out a token a turn, Marit eats it every turn, and then comes back on defense to defend against the wildwood.
7 | 6 ? 6 1 6 6 X
Against #1: I can repeatedly block Pearl Lake Ancient with tokens from Pride of the Clouds until I build up enough power on one to attack and win.
(Isn't #2 illegal? It can play Inkmoth Nexus and a Forest on turn 1 because of the extra land rule, and play another land on turn 2 and use the other two cards to win.)
Against #3: I can block the Inkmoth Nexuses with tokens from Pride of the Clouds, receiving at most 6 poison counters, and proceed to win.
Against #4: The explanation #4 gave is mostly correct, but not completely. Going first, I can use Gavony Township to get Raging Ravine to 21/21, so that Marit Lage cannot stop it, but my opponent can simply use Maze of Ith on it.
Against #5: My opponent takes 12 turns to win; Pride of the Clouds and Gavony Township allow me to win before that.
Against #6: I easily win.
vs. 03 Danxor: Ack! Too many nexi! 0-6
vs. 04 nerdyjoe: Ack! Maze! 0-6
vs. 05 tomsloger: Nexus outraces Valakut? 6-0
vs. 06 turkeytron: I goldfish unopposed? 6-0
vs. 07 plopfill: Nexus swings into Pride with Invigorate, forces block, Berserk kills Ravine. 6-0
X | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | PT | Points
2 | 3 X 0 0 6 6 6 | 20 |
...wait, we were using extra land rule? Oh crumbs. This is why it annoys me that there's multiple land rules rather than sticking to the best one... yep, DQ'd. Poot.
Is there a consensus best land rule?
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
Edit: Titanic Growth in place of Invigorate seems like a reasonable substitution to make the hand legal.
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
vs. 02 WhammeWhamme: DQ
vs. 04 nerdyjoe: I'm way too slow 0-6
vs. 05 tomsloger: I outrace 6-0 by 1 turn on draw
vs. 06 turkeytron: I outrace 6-0
vs. 07 plopfill: Tokens much me up 0-6
X | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | PT | Points
2 | 0 ? X 0 6 6 0 | 12 |
Groundswell would preserve my intent better.
Karakas / Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle / Arcane Denial
Pearl Lake Ancient / Memory's Journey / Putrefy
0-6 pla is faster than me by a turn. stupid prowess.
02 WhammeWhamme :: "Instafect"
Inkmoth Nexus / Invigorate / Berserk
0-6 inkmoth outraces me no matter what your other cards end up being.
03 Danxor :: "Tri-nexus"
Inkmoth Nexus / Inkmoth Nexus / Inkmoth Nexus
0-6 see #2
04 nerdyjoe :: "Dark Maze"
Dark Depths / Thespian's Stage / Maze of Ith
6-0 i meta-ed for this
06 turkeytron :: "Land of Teferi"
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir / Karakas / Cavern of Souls
6-0 see #4
07 plopfill :: "Pridelands"
Pride of the Clouds / Gavony Township / Raging Ravine
actually, you cant beat me with pride/gavony. you cant make a token until turn 4, put counters on it 5 and 6. then i can kill it with valakut on my turn 6.
you can, however, beat me with raging ravine. 0-6
5 | 0 0 0 6 X 6 0 | 12 | 200
just a note:
i tried really hard to metagame this week. the lands did alright.
arcane denial was literally useless. it got me zero points.
here's how some other third cards would have done:
leyline of singularity - +6
path to exile - +18 (beating everyone but danxor)
leyline of the void - +2 (mmq on the play by preventing a second spell for prowess since putrefy has no targets)
teferi - +6
inkmoth nexus - +12
dust bowl - +18 (everyone but mmq)
beast within - +10
results:
1 | X 3 6 1 6 0 0 | 15 |
2 | 3 X 0 0 3 6 6 | 16 | (calculated with groundswell
3 | 0 6 X 0 6 6 0 | 12 |
4 | 4 6 6 X 0 2 4 | 22 | 367
5 | 0 3 0 6 X 6 0 | 14 |
6 | 6 0 0 2 0 X 0 | 08 |
7 | 6 0 6 1 6 6 X | 25 |
2v5 because of extra land rule, teferi comes out turn 3.
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
02 WhammeWhamme :: "Instafect"
Inkmoth Nexus / Groundswell / Berserk
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You don't get a token until turn 3... you have to play out a plains and an island and THEN get a turn. And Berserk gives Trample anyway, so you get nibbled for 1 on my turn 2 and then trampled over for 9 on my turn 3.
yup
see whamme
marit lage token is legendary. karakas does the trick
trample is really the important part. whamme wins 6-0
fixed
1 | X 3 6 0 6 0 0 | 14 | 233
2 | 3 X 0 0 3 6 6 | 16 | 267
3 | 0 6 X 0 6 6 0 | 18 | 300
4 | 6 6 6 X 0 2 4 | 24 | 400
5 | 0 3 0 6 X 6 0 | 14 | 233
6 | 6 0 0 2 0 X 0 | 08 | 133
7 | 6 0 6 1 6 6 X | 25 | 417