I'm glad I bought my copy of Mystic Confluence when it was only $7. That card has really helped me during the last year of chainsaw massacre tournaments.
Unfortunately all the masses have now realised how potent it is, and it is now $37. I don't think it will be printed for many many years to come (if ever), so it will probably stay floating at $37 or keep steadily rising.
I recommend that the card Natural Order be banned. It is too potent a tutor and too swingy in this format. So many games are determined by which player resolves the Natural Order. Green has access to so many other tutors which search for creatures - Natural Order is just the most broken of them all. Plus, let's be realistic. It's often not a Turn 4 card. The green player will usually sacrifice a mana dork and cast it on Turn 3 if they have it in their opening hand, often finding Primeval Titan which then finds 2 more lands and ramps again, often finding the killer combo Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage. Some colors have some answers to it if they are lucky (for example Hallowed Moonlight and Containment Priest), however they are corner cases. I say "Enough is Enough!". The card Natural Order has been wreaking havoc for 2 years in a row, and now it's time to say farewell to that card.
If you disagree, then I request that Mystical Tutor be un-banned, to be fair. Please also remember that Mystical Tutor has been allowed throughout all of s100's vast history, when Wizards of the Coast maintained the ban list.
Un-bannings
I recommend that the card Sensei's Divining Top be un-banned. It is a fun card to use and not over-powered in this format. It is kept in balance because the 25 minute clock is brutal for those who wish to spin the top repeatedly. It may also help some archetypes which are currently struggling, for example Storm combo which has never been played in a chainsaw tournament. I look forward to spinning the top again. I vote "Yes" for this card.
Would you like me to continue the old tradition of creating trophies for the Champion each week? This can be my humble contribution to the chainsaw tournament.
Below is an example which I did for the Classic Pauper event.
If the answer is yes, then can I ask: Do you have the admin rights to upload trophies to Gatherling (after I email them to you each week)?
A free Gauntlet in the s100 Singleton format will commence starting from the week of Saturday, 22 October 2016 on Magic Online.
This is the first time that s100 Singleton format has been offered as a Gauntlet. What this means is that we do not need to all meet on a specific time and day, but instead you can challenge your opponent at any time during the week at a mutually convenient time.
How to Register
To join this gauntlet, go HERE and register. For the first gauntlet, there will be a minimum of 16 players, so please encourage your friends to join to help reach the required minimum.
To kickstart this event whilst waiting for a regular sponsor, I will personally contribute the prize pool for this first gauntlet, being:
1st Prize: 6 Booster packs of Kaladesh
2nd Prize: 3 Booster packs from Urza Block (one per set).
3rd Prize: 1 Booster pack (Your choice of either 1 Shadows over Innistrad Booster or 1 Battle for Zendikar Booster).
Rules and Banlist
1. Purpose of Gauntlet: This event is about building community, meeting new people and promoting this format. Please be kind to each other, respectful and most of all have fun. If this event is a success, it can lead to more gauntlets.
2. Saving your Deck on Magic Online: Your deck must be saved as a "Vintage" deck on Magic Online. The banlist will follow the same banlist from the existing Chainsaw Massacre tournament sponsored generously by MTGCardMarket (all banlist information available on Page 1 of this thread). This will avoid the need for players of the chainsaw tournament to adjust their existing decks.
3. Saving your decklist on MTGGoldfish: Your decklist must ALSO be saved on MTG Goldfish. Go to "Decks" menu, then "Submit a Deck". You must then email me (michelle.wong@mail.com) the link to your deck list on MTGGoldfish, which I will make available on this thread before the Gauntlet commences. Yes, this means that you will have the chance to see the full deck lists of your opponent before you play them, which is the way it works in the Pro Tour Top 8 events.
4. List Locked in: Your list will be locked in on Saturday 22 October at 6pm EST for the duration of the Gauntlet. (At 6pm EST on that date, I will save each of your decklists posted on MTGGoldfish to prevent players from editing their deck mid-tournament).
5. Matches will be played on Magic Online, as a best of 3 games with a 40-minute match timer.
6. Arranging the time of your match: YOU (not me!) will need to arrange the time of your matches with your opponent! You can contact your opponent either on Magic Online or by email. Email addresses will be distributed within the group (not on a public site), so please only enter this event if you are happy for the other players in the tournament to see your email address. After your match is completed, it is the winner's responsibility to go to the site "Challonge" and report the score.
7. Pace of Gauntlet: The rule is to play at least one match per week (the full week is a maximum, not a minimum, so you are welcome to play your next rounds as soon as your opponent is ready). Do your best and let me know if you are having scheduling or communication issues that are causing delays. Hopefully we can all be reasonable and flexible. If it becomes clear towards the end of each week that your schedules are incompatible, I will reserve the right to specify a time for your match (doing my best to take into account your recommended preferences). At the end of the day, I will not allow a small minority to stall this gauntlet because of an inability to be flexible or to make an effort.
8. When will this Gauntlet end? The pace is determined by you, not me. Each round is a maximum of 1 week, and the Gauntlet will last for 5 rounds (assuming a pool of 16 players in the event). I am guessing that the first round will take a full 1 week, then the second round will take 80% of that duration, and after that the rounds will become exponentially faster (lasting only 1 or 2 days for each of the last three rounds). But these are only guesses - ultimately the pace is up to you as a community, with a maximum of 5 weeks for the Gauntlet to reach its end.
9. How does the bracket system work? This is a double-elimination tournament, with two brackets. The first bracket is for the starting/undefeated players, and the second bracket is for the players who have lost one match. The finals is between the winner of the first bracket (winner's bracket) and the winner of the second bracket (losers' bracket). In summary, you will be knocked out of the gauntlet when you have lost your second match. So my advice is simple: just avoid losing more than 1 match in the Gauntlet. If you stick to this advice throughout the whole gauntlet, you will win the tournament!!
In the Grand Final (which is the battle between the leader of the winner's bracket and the leader of the loser's bracket), the latter must defeat the winner of the winner's bracket twice (two best of 3 matches) in order to win the Gauntlet. This is the protection which double elimination offers, namely that it is impossible to lose this tournament if you avoid losing 2 matches.
If this sounds confusing, don't worry because the brackets graph will be available here when the tournament commences, which will clearly show your path to victory from beginning to the end of the tournament (Try to avoid viewing the pairings in the brackets graph before the Gauntlet has started, because you will see only temporary pairings. Please ignore those temporary pairings. They are quite meaningless because the pairings will be generated when the tournament starts).
If you have any questions or comments, let me know.
Michelle
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Unfortunately all the masses have now realised how potent it is, and it is now $37. I don't think it will be printed for many many years to come (if ever), so it will probably stay floating at $37 or keep steadily rising.
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Bannings
I recommend that the card Natural Order be banned. It is too potent a tutor and too swingy in this format. So many games are determined by which player resolves the Natural Order. Green has access to so many other tutors which search for creatures - Natural Order is just the most broken of them all. Plus, let's be realistic. It's often not a Turn 4 card. The green player will usually sacrifice a mana dork and cast it on Turn 3 if they have it in their opening hand, often finding Primeval Titan which then finds 2 more lands and ramps again, often finding the killer combo Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage. Some colors have some answers to it if they are lucky (for example Hallowed Moonlight and Containment Priest), however they are corner cases. I say "Enough is Enough!". The card Natural Order has been wreaking havoc for 2 years in a row, and now it's time to say farewell to that card.
If you disagree, then I request that Mystical Tutor be un-banned, to be fair. Please also remember that Mystical Tutor has been allowed throughout all of s100's vast history, when Wizards of the Coast maintained the ban list.
Un-bannings
I recommend that the card Sensei's Divining Top be un-banned. It is a fun card to use and not over-powered in this format. It is kept in balance because the 25 minute clock is brutal for those who wish to spin the top repeatedly. It may also help some archetypes which are currently struggling, for example Storm combo which has never been played in a chainsaw tournament. I look forward to spinning the top again. I vote "Yes" for this card.
As noted above, I vote for Mystical Tutor to be un-banned (if Natural Order stays legal).
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Would you like me to continue the old tradition of creating trophies for the Champion each week? This can be my humble contribution to the chainsaw tournament.
Below is an example which I did for the Classic Pauper event.
If the answer is yes, then can I ask: Do you have the admin rights to upload trophies to Gatherling (after I email them to you each week)?
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A free Gauntlet in the s100 Singleton format will commence starting from the week of Saturday, 22 October 2016 on Magic Online.
This is the first time that s100 Singleton format has been offered as a Gauntlet. What this means is that we do not need to all meet on a specific time and day, but instead you can challenge your opponent at any time during the week at a mutually convenient time.
How to Register
To join this gauntlet, go HERE and register. For the first gauntlet, there will be a minimum of 16 players, so please encourage your friends to join to help reach the required minimum.
To kickstart this event whilst waiting for a regular sponsor, I will personally contribute the prize pool for this first gauntlet, being:
1st Prize: 6 Booster packs of Kaladesh
2nd Prize: 3 Booster packs from Urza Block (one per set).
3rd Prize: 1 Booster pack (Your choice of either 1 Shadows over Innistrad Booster or 1 Battle for Zendikar Booster).
Rules and Banlist
1. Purpose of Gauntlet: This event is about building community, meeting new people and promoting this format. Please be kind to each other, respectful and most of all have fun. If this event is a success, it can lead to more gauntlets.
2. Saving your Deck on Magic Online: Your deck must be saved as a "Vintage" deck on Magic Online. The banlist will follow the same banlist from the existing Chainsaw Massacre tournament sponsored generously by MTGCardMarket (all banlist information available on Page 1 of this thread). This will avoid the need for players of the chainsaw tournament to adjust their existing decks.
3. Saving your decklist on MTGGoldfish: Your decklist must ALSO be saved on MTG Goldfish. Go to "Decks" menu, then "Submit a Deck". You must then email me (michelle.wong@mail.com) the link to your deck list on MTGGoldfish, which I will make available on this thread before the Gauntlet commences. Yes, this means that you will have the chance to see the full deck lists of your opponent before you play them, which is the way it works in the Pro Tour Top 8 events.
4. List Locked in: Your list will be locked in on Saturday 22 October at 6pm EST for the duration of the Gauntlet. (At 6pm EST on that date, I will save each of your decklists posted on MTGGoldfish to prevent players from editing their deck mid-tournament).
5. Matches will be played on Magic Online, as a best of 3 games with a 40-minute match timer.
6. Arranging the time of your match: YOU (not me!) will need to arrange the time of your matches with your opponent! You can contact your opponent either on Magic Online or by email. Email addresses will be distributed within the group (not on a public site), so please only enter this event if you are happy for the other players in the tournament to see your email address. After your match is completed, it is the winner's responsibility to go to the site "Challonge" and report the score.
7. Pace of Gauntlet: The rule is to play at least one match per week (the full week is a maximum, not a minimum, so you are welcome to play your next rounds as soon as your opponent is ready). Do your best and let me know if you are having scheduling or communication issues that are causing delays. Hopefully we can all be reasonable and flexible. If it becomes clear towards the end of each week that your schedules are incompatible, I will reserve the right to specify a time for your match (doing my best to take into account your recommended preferences). At the end of the day, I will not allow a small minority to stall this gauntlet because of an inability to be flexible or to make an effort.
8. When will this Gauntlet end? The pace is determined by you, not me. Each round is a maximum of 1 week, and the Gauntlet will last for 5 rounds (assuming a pool of 16 players in the event). I am guessing that the first round will take a full 1 week, then the second round will take 80% of that duration, and after that the rounds will become exponentially faster (lasting only 1 or 2 days for each of the last three rounds). But these are only guesses - ultimately the pace is up to you as a community, with a maximum of 5 weeks for the Gauntlet to reach its end.
9. How does the bracket system work? This is a double-elimination tournament, with two brackets. The first bracket is for the starting/undefeated players, and the second bracket is for the players who have lost one match. The finals is between the winner of the first bracket (winner's bracket) and the winner of the second bracket (losers' bracket). In summary, you will be knocked out of the gauntlet when you have lost your second match. So my advice is simple: just avoid losing more than 1 match in the Gauntlet. If you stick to this advice throughout the whole gauntlet, you will win the tournament!!
In the Grand Final (which is the battle between the leader of the winner's bracket and the leader of the loser's bracket), the latter must defeat the winner of the winner's bracket twice (two best of 3 matches) in order to win the Gauntlet. This is the protection which double elimination offers, namely that it is impossible to lose this tournament if you avoid losing 2 matches.
If this sounds confusing, don't worry because the brackets graph will be available here when the tournament commences, which will clearly show your path to victory from beginning to the end of the tournament (Try to avoid viewing the pairings in the brackets graph before the Gauntlet has started, because you will see only temporary pairings. Please ignore those temporary pairings. They are quite meaningless because the pairings will be generated when the tournament starts).
If you have any questions or comments, let me know.
Michelle