Since Knowledge submitted on time this week, I figured I'd try something a little different. I'm going to post this publicly without having done any of the matches at all. I'm going to be working on matches for the next several hours until the end of my shift, but if anyone feels like helping out, they are welcome to post. This should speed things up, while also allowing me to avoid moving/saving bunches of text whenever I need to move to a different computer.
Anyway, the Grand Arbiter tech has become quite popular lately; we'll have to see how that works out for people. I suspect it will wreck me, but then again, most things would, this week. The majority of decks ran Lotus as their main mana source, but surprisingly, I see zero Lotus hate, so maybe they won't be punished too badly.
1 GiftsTrix - BW Control
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Scrubland, Thoughtseize, Vindicate Good deck that uses good cards. It seems like you kind of went out of your way to squeeze in Vindicate; a less demanding piece of disruption might have let your deck run more smoothly.
2 The Mad Tapper - Trying to do too much at once
Black Lotus, Foil, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Magus of the Moon, Tundra As I've noted in previous weeks, Arbiter and Magus make a beautiful team. Nice win.
3 jcsuperstar - No ordinary arbiter
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Conjurer's Bauble, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Island Bauble is a cute trick, but what really killed this deck was that you can't deal with counterspells.
4 Mogg - Angels on the Moon
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel I was surprised that no one has tried double Pact of Negation yet. I thought you were being ballsy running a handicapped deck, but when I checked, it turned out no one had even run a fairly obvious deck.
5 Chimpanzee - Beastly Control
Chain of Vapor, City of Brass, Durkwood Baloth, Swords to Plowshares, Thoughtsieze Nice variation, here, but I think the lack of Daze was the killer.
6 Knowledge - Single Aura Hound
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity The Aura didn't help much. If you had run Chalice in its place, this deck would have done a lot better.
7 bateleur - It's a Sanctuary for Islands
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Island Sanctuary, Purity Island Sanctuary is probably quite good, but it's mediocre when it can't come out before turn 3.
8 Xyre - Blue Like Neon
Annul, Black Lotus, Daze, Island, Magus of the Moon Magus was very good, but Annul seems like an odd choice. I'd be interested to hear why you thought that was optimal.
9 carrion pigeons - Our Children's Children
Black Lotus, Boros Garrison, Children of Korlis, City of Traitors, Phyrexian Processor That's what I get for making a deck incapable of anything before turn 3, no disruption of any kind, and no possibility of a win before turn 5, I guess. I'm not sure what I was thinking.
Please remember that a single POTM point will be deducted for each time deck has been played before the current week.
Æther Snap, Black Lotus, Forbidden Orchard, Hunted Horror, Mox Jet
Æther Spellbomb, Black Lotus, Channel, Darksteel Collusus, Island
Acid Rain, Guiltfeeder, Sand Silos, Subterranean Hangar, Word of Command
Ajani Goldmane, Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Karakas
Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Channel, Snake Basket
Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Garruk Wildspeaker
Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Sheltered Valley, Sickening Shoal, Unmask
Aladdin's Lamp, Aladdin's Lamp, Dakkon Blackblade, Diamond Kaleidoscope, Icatian Store
Aladdin's Ring, Mishra's Bauble, Mishra's Bauble, Mishra's Bauble, Saprazzan Cove
Ali from Cairo, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Island, Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Ancient Spring, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Donate, Illusions of Grandeur
Ancient Tomb, Bayou, Call of the Herd, Duress, Elephant Graveyard
Ancient Tomb, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Defense Grid, Hunting Pack
Ancient Tomb, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Distress, Kodama of the North Treex2
Ancient Tomb, Black Lotus, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Soldevi Digger
Ancient Tomb, Brain Pry, Lotus Petal, Mox Jet, Yixlid Jailer
Ancient Tomb, Diamond Kaleidoscope, Lotus Bloom, Upwelling, Yore-Tiller Nephilim
Ancient Tomb, Donate, Illusions of Grandeur, Mox Sapphire, Mana Crypt
Ancient Tomb, Eureka, Hickory Woodlot, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Pestermite
Ancient Tomb, Illusion // Reality, Isochron Scepter, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix
Ancient Tomb, Illusionary Mask, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Phyrexian Dreadnought
Ancient Tomb, Illusionary Mask, Mana Vault, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Phyrexian Dreadnought
Annul, Black Lotus, Daze, Island, Magus of the Moon
Anvil of Bogardan, Black Lotus, Channel, Mindslaver, Platinum Angel
Anvil of Bogardan, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, The Rack, The Rack
Anvil of Bogardan, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, The Rack, Wheel of Torture
Apathy, Breeding Pool, Conjurer's Bauble, Daze, Thallid
Arcbound Ravager, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Soldevi Digger
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Orim's Chant x2
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Thoughtseize x2
Archaeological Dig, Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Jotun Grunt, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity
Artifact Blast, Chandra Nalaar, Mercadian Bazaar, Pyroblast, Simian Spirit Guide
Ashling, the Pilgrim, Ashling, the Pilgrim, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mountain
Auntie's Hovel, Boggart Birth Rite, Molten Slagheap,Tarfire, Wort, Boggart Auntie
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Diggerx2
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Eternal Witness, Galepowder Mage, Rushwood Grove
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Kami of Ancient Law, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Jet, Nezumi Shortfang
Avalanche Riders, Boros Garrison, City of Traitors, Soldevi Digger, Windborn Muse
Azorious First-Wing, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Meddling Mage, Meddling Mage
Badlands, Black Lotus, Darksteel Collosus, Shrouded Lore, Sneak Attack
Badlands, City of Traitors, Ingot Chewer, Offalsnout, Shriekmaw
Balance, Darksteel Colossus, Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Coercion
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Misguided Rage
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Orim's Chant
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Peace Talks
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Yawgmoth's Will
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glimmervoid, Thoughtseize
Basking Rootwalla, Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Basking Rootwalla, Diabolic Edict, Dryad Arbor, Peat Bog, Smallpox
Bayou, Black Lotus, Channel, Platinum Angel, Thoughtseize
Bazaar of Baghdad, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Darksteel Colossus, Infernal Genesis
Bazaar of Baghdad, Bridge from Below, Chalice of the Void, Leyline of the Void, Nether Spirit
Beacon of Destruction, Dwarven hold, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground Seax2
Befoul, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Digger
Bitterblossom, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoth's Will x2
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Sporesower Thallid, Sporoloth Ancient
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Blood Oath, Blood Oath, Swamp
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Empty the Warrens, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Chandra Nalaar, City of Traitors, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Ban, Empty the Warrens, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoths Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Darksteel Reactor, Energy Field, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Empty The Warrens, Timetwister, Restock
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, Meddling Mage, Sower of Temptation
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Preacherx3
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Ray of Revelation, Preacher
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Guilty Conscience, Loaming Shaman, Stuffy Doll
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Visara the Dreadful, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Powder Keg, Rancor, Sakura-Tribe Springcaller
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Rakdos, the Defiler, Swamp, Thoughtsieze
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Rakdos the Defiler, Thoughtsieze, Urborg
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Saproling Burst, Shizo, Death's Storehouse, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Saproling Burst, Swamp, Thoughtsieze
Black Lotus, Black Vise, Draco, Lotus Petal, Mana Cache
Black Lotus, Boros Garrison, Children of Korlis, City of Traitors, Phyrexian Processor
Black Lotus, Bridge from Below, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit
Black Lotus, Castigate, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Conjurer's Bauble, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Island
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Disrupting Shoal, Riftwing Cloudskate, Viscerid Deepwalker
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Chandra Nalaar, City of Traitors, Powder Keg, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, Channel, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mindslaver
Black Lotus, Channel, Demonfire, Engineered Explosives, Spinerock Knoll
Black Lotus, Channel, Demonfire, Hickory Woodlot, Pact of Negation
Black Lotus, Channel, Disrupting Shoal, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel
Black Lotus, Channel, Gemstone Array, Reverse the Sands, Subversion
Black Lotus, Channel, Mindslaver, Mirror Universe, Scalding Tongs
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Deadly Insect, Epochrasite, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Duress, Epochrasite, Smokestack
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Solitary Confinement, Squee Goblin Nabob
Black Lotus, Coercion, Diabolic Edict, Eternal Witness, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Crack the Earth, Empty the Warrens, Mountain
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Crumbling Sanctuary, Roiling Horror, Subterranean Hangar
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Desert, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, Garruk Wildspeaker
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Desert, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Garruk Wildspeaker, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Commandeer, Dryad Arbor, Misdirection, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Darksteel Colossus, Mountain, Overmaster, Show and Tell
Black Lotus, Darksteel Reactor, Gemstone Mine, Invervention Pact, Mana Cache
Black Lotus, Diabolic Edict, Kodama of the North Tree, Maze of Ith, Peat Bog
Black Lotus, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Treetop Village
Black Lotus, Eureka!, Leonin Squire, Mythic Proportions, Sekki, Season's Guide
Black Lotus, Foil, Glowrider, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Foil, Glowrider, Island, Rishadan Cutpurse
Black Lotus, Foil, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Magus of the Moon, Tundra
Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard
Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Treasure Hunter, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Foil, Magus of the Moon, Misdirection, Snow-Covered Island
Black Lotus, Forest, Garruk Wildspeaker, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg
Black Lotus, Garruk Wildspeaker, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Misdirection
Black Lotus, Gemstone Caverns, Magus of the Moon, Orim's Chant, Presence of the Master
Black Lotus, Gemstone Caverns, Mana Tithe, Mishra's Factory, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Ghostly Prison, Kataki, War's Wage, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Leonin Squire, Magus of the Moon, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Leyline of Singularity, Magus of the Moon, Misdirection
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Plains, Windborn Muse
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Mox Sapphire, Rishadan Port, Sower of Temptation
Black Lotus, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Magus of the Moon, Scrubland, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Horobi, Death's Wail, Izzet Boilerworks, Jangling Automaton, Keldon Megaliths
Black Lotus, Island, Glitterfang, Upwelling, Reality Twist
Black Lotus, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Leyline of the Void, Opalescense
Black Lotus, Leonin Squire, Nether Void, Shah of Naar Isle, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Sheltered Valley, Voidstone Gargoyle
Black Lotus, Rakdos the Defiler, Show and Tell, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Black Vise, Icatian Store, Karma, Mind Bend, North Star
Black Vise, Karma, Mind Bend, North Star, Sand Silos
Blazing Shoal, Blazing Shoal, Dragon Tyrant, Greater Gargadon, Ornithopter
Blinkmoth Nexus, Dust Bowl, Maze of Ith, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Blood Oath, Calciform Pools, Steam Vents, Sunder, Twincast
Blood Oath, Fountain of Cho, Gemstone Array, Kaervek's Spite, Sunder
Boomerang, Daze, Meddling Mage, Mox Sapphire, Tundra
Boros Garrison, Ghitu Encampment, Honden of Infinite Rage, Pillage, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Bottomless Vault, Consume Spirit, Darksteel Collossus, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith
Bottomless Vault, Darksteel Collossus, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith, Reiver Demon
Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
Brainstorm, Foil, Island, Shelldock Isle, Storm Herd
Bravado, Dwarven Hold, Sustaining Spirit, Sustaining Spirit, White Mana Battery
Calciform Pools, Followed Footsteps, Lava Tubes, Ramosian Rally, Sustaining Spirit
Castigate, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mox Pearl, Mox Jet
Chain Lightning, City of Traitors, Lightning Bolt, Mox Ruby, Soldevi Digger
Chain of Vapor, City of Brass, Durkwood Baloth, Swords to Plowshares, Thoughtsieze
Chain of Vapor, Daze, Thallid, The Rack, Tropical Island
Chain of Vapor, Duress, Lightning Bolt, Thallid, Undiscovered Paradise
Chain of Vapor, Gilded Drake, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Thorn of Amethyst
Chain of Vapor, Meddling Mage, Mox Sapphire, Tundra, Swords to Plowshares
Chain of Vapor, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Thoughtseize, Underground Seax4
Chain of Vapor, Mishra's Factory, Thought Eater, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Soldevi Diggerx2
Chalice of the Void, Crush of Wurms, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Rushwood Grove
Chalice of the Void, Dust Bowl, Eladamri's Vineyard, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Treetop Village
Chalice of the Void, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Scalding Tongs, Steel Golem
Chalice of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture
Chalice of the Void, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Thopter Squadron
Chandra Nalaar, Demonfire, Dwarven Hold, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith
Chandra Nalaar, Demonfire, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith, Mercadian Bazaar
Channel, Daze, Dryad Arbor, Nullstone Gargoyle, Tropical Island
City of Brass, Epic Struggle, Glacial Chasm, Hollow Trees, Kher Keep
City of Traitors, Coretapper, Coretapper, Energy Chamber, Umezawa's Jitte
City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Epochrasite, Powder Keg, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
City of Traitors, Fire/Ice, Isochron Sceptre, Isochron Sceptre, Lightning Helix
City of Traitors, Gemstone Caverns, Glowrider, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Powder Keg, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Coercion, Diamond Kaleidoscope, Dwarven Hold, Hammerhead Shark, Planar Birth
Conjurer's Bauble, Foil, Island, Saprazzan Cove, Stuffy Doll
Corpulent Corpse, Daze, Maze of Ith, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Underground Sea
Crucible of Worlds, Dwarwen Ruins, Flaming Gambit, Forbidden Orchard, Mana Cache
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
Crush of Wurms, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Rushwood Grove, Soldevi Digger
Crush of Wurms, Rushwood Grove, Swamp, Thoughtsieze, Vendetta
Crystal Vein, Eureka, Havenwood Battleground, Illusions of Grandeur, Sky Swallower
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Misdirection
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Evermind, Misdirection
Commandeer, Energy Field, Palinchron, Sand Silos, Snapback
Cut the Earthly Bond, Daze, Flying Men, Island, Mark of Eviction
Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
Darksteel Colossus, Echoing Truth, Foil, Island, Sand Silos
Darksteel Reactor, Goblin Welder, Great Furnace, Maze of Ith, Mercadian Bazaar
Daze, Foil, Island, Mishra's Factory, Nether Spirit
Daze, Foil, Nether Spirit, Thallid, Tropical Islandx2
Daze, Island, Meddling Mage, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity
Daze, Island, Mox Emerald, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm
Demystify, Leyline of Lifeforce, Rancor, Savannah, Vine Dryad
Desecration Elemental, Forbidden Orchard, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale
Disenchant, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mox Ruby, Plains
Doran, the Seige Tower, Selesnya Sanctuary, Swamp, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Scrubland, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Dust Bowl, Fireball, Maze of Ith, Molten Slagheap
Dread, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Subterranean Hangar
Dread, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Subterranean Hangar, Vindicate
Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Palinchron, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Dreadship Reef, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Stalking Stones
Dryad Arbor, Funeral Charm, Innocent Blood, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Dryad Arbor, Intervention Pact, Pact of Negation, Pact of the Titan, Summoner's Pact
Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
Dust Bowl, Mishra's Factory, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Thoughtseize, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Ebony Charm, Mana Cache, Mirror Universe, Rainbow Vale, Tinder Farm
Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Eater of Days, Leveler, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg
Eladamri's Vineyard, Forest, Mox Emerald, Powder Keg, Treetop Village
Eladamri's Vineyard, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Mox Emerald, Treetop Village
Eladamri's Vineyard, Imperious Perfect, Imperious Perfect, Imperious Perfect, Pendelhaven
Eladamri's Vineyard, Maze of Ith, Mishra's Factory, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Treetop Village
Eladamri's Vineyard, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale x2
Eldamari's Vineyard, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Sorrow's Path
Elvish Spirit Guide, Mesmeric Fiend, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp
Energy Field, Foil, Island, Palinchron, Sand Silos
Energy Field, Misdirection, Sleeper Agent, Snapback, Sulfur Vent
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Pithing Needle, Scalding Tongs, Sphere of Resistance
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, The Rack, The Rack
Epochrasite, Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Mox Pearl, Smokestack
Epochrasite, Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring
Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Smokestack, Sol Ring
Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Sphere of Resistance
Ferropede, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Soldevi Digger
Flaming Gambit, Molten Slagheap, No Mercy, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Island Sanctuary, Purity
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Kataki, War's Wage, Windborn Muse
Forbidden Orchard, Island, Mountain, Peach Garden Oath, Shadow Sliver
Forbidden Orchard, Karakas, Kataki, War's Wage, Leyline of Singularity, Nihilith
Gemstone Caverns, Island, Meddling Mage, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
Gruul Turf, Maze of Ith, Sudden Shock, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Treetop Village
Godless Shrine, Mana Vault, Spectral Searchlight, Summoner's Pact, Summoner's Pact
Humility, Icatian Store, Opalescence, Opalescence, Parallax Wave
Hunting Pack, Mana Crypt, Mox Emerald, Mox Sapphire, Retract
Hypergenesis, Lich's Tomb, Lotus Bloom, Oath of Mages, Pillar of the Paruns
Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mana Tithe, Swords to Plowshares
Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mishra's Factory, Mox Jet, Thoughtseize
Juntu Stakes, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Meddling Mage, Mox Sapphire
Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp
Kataki, War's Wage, Lingering Death, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Scrubland
Kataki, War's Wage, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Scrubland, Thoughtseize
Kataki, War's Wage, Mishra's Factory, Plains, Soldevi Digger, Swords to Plowshares
Krosan Cloudscraper, Krosan Colossus, Krosan Groundshaker, Rushwood Grove, Scaled Wurm
Leveler, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance
Leyline of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Raze, Taiga, Thallid
Meddling Mage, Swords to Plowshares, Thoughtsieze, Underground Sea, Vec Townships
Mishra's Factory, Mishra's Factory, Mishra's Factory, Mishra's Factory, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Mishra's Factory, Sinkhole, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Vesuva
Mishra's Factory, Sudden Death, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Vesuva
Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Thopter Squadron
Mishra's Workshop, Rackling, Smokestack, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Sphere of Resistance, Steel Golem
Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Steel Golem, Thorn of Amethyst
Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Thopter Squadron, Thorn of Amethyst
Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Urza's Mine, Urza's Power Plant, Urza's Tower
Changes for next week:
- No changes.
Basic Rules
- Your deck is composed of exactly 5 cards, all of which start in your hand.
- Your deck has no sideboard.
- You don't lose as a result of not being able to draw a card.
- You can see your opponent's hand, so you can always make the best possible play.
- Random effects always go in their owner's opponent's favor.
- All other rules of magic remain unchanged, unless otherwise stated.
Tournament Rules
- All matches are played out by the moderator (participants only submit the decks).
- Tournaments are run in round-robin fashion.
- Each matchup consists of 2 games, with each deck going first once.
- Participants earn 3 points if their deck wins a match, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
- The moderator may confer any number of Deck Awards. Each Deck Award is worth 10 POTM points unless otherwise specified.
Deck-Building Rules
- You may not submit a deck that can win before the opponent's first main phase.
- You may not submit a deck that can force an opponent to lose more than 1 card from their hand per turn
- You may not submit a deck that can generate infinite (or an arbitrarily large amount of) mana on the first turn.
- You may not include a card that is illegal in T1 (Classic). However you may include any number of restricted cards.
- You may not include a card that appears on the 5CB Banned List.
The Banned List
Ghost Quarter
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Force of Will
Trinisphere
Mycosynth Lattice
Anurid Scavenger
Form of the Dragon
Barren Glory
Unmask
The deadline for next week will be Thursday, Mar. 27 at 3PM EST. Results will be posted before the end of the following Saturday.
For bookkeeping purposes, I would appreciate it if you could alphebetize your decks. Just to save me 10 minutes. Don't bother if you're dyslexic, though.
What?! Look at the initial post; he is dead. Deceased. Kaputt. Indefinitely horizontal. In mafia games, you see, people are occasionally "killed off," and when that sad event occurs, he or she is no longer allowed to post, on account of rigor mortis and what-have-you.
'Welcome to Mafia Salvation', it said, 'Population: 3,660.' And someone, they never figured out who, had painted on the sign in red letters: '1,831 to lynch.'
Congrats to TMT! A three-way tie for second followed a full nine points behind him. Overall, given the number of submissions, this was a really low-scoring round. Chimpanzee ran probably the best OMC I've seen. That said, I have yet to see OMC actually win a round, and I keep my two point POTM lead.
On 1-5, GT can tie going second. Either Chimp plays first turn Baloth, or else Baloth gets killed by Thoughtseize and Chimp can't win. If he does suspend Baloth on turn 1, GT Thoughtseizes away Thoughtseize and saves up mana to Vindicate Baloth away five turns later.
On 2-6, TMT counters Isamaru going second, and plays Magus, to which Knowledge has zero response.
On 3-4, jcs plays GAA which you must counter (because otherwise you can't counter his Chain and you lose), then he plays Chain, which you must counter if you want to win. Then he plays Bauble and gets back Chain, and you have no counterspells left to prevent the tie.
On 3-5, Chimp can tie going first, barely. He can Thoughtseize GAA, which prevents it from coming out for a turn, but more importantly prevents jcs from playing Chain twice, so Chimp can stabilize at 2 life after Baloth resolves the second time.
On 4-5, you play out Angel on turn 1, and Chimp can aim two removal spells at it, which will not be enough to prevent your win.
What?! Look at the initial post; he is dead. Deceased. Kaputt. Indefinitely horizontal. In mafia games, you see, people are occasionally "killed off," and when that sad event occurs, he or she is no longer allowed to post, on account of rigor mortis and what-have-you.
'Welcome to Mafia Salvation', it said, 'Population: 3,660.' And someone, they never figured out who, had painted on the sign in red letters: '1,831 to lynch.'
CP: In 1v5 I can chain of vapor my Baloth in response to vindicate. In 4v5 I can thoughtsieze for one of the counters and then he won't have enough to prevent both of my removal spells.
CP: In 1v5 I can chain of vapor my Baloth in response to vindicate. In 4v5 I can thoughtsieze for one of the counters and then he won't have enough to prevent both of my removal spells.
Good calls. That puts you into the lead for POTM.
This is kind of historic, I think. Mogg has won every single POTM since I started running it; if Chimp wins, he'll be the first person to beat him.
What?! Look at the initial post; he is dead. Deceased. Kaputt. Indefinitely horizontal. In mafia games, you see, people are occasionally "killed off," and when that sad event occurs, he or she is no longer allowed to post, on account of rigor mortis and what-have-you.
'Welcome to Mafia Salvation', it said, 'Population: 3,660.' And someone, they never figured out who, had painted on the sign in red letters: '1,831 to lynch.'
On 1-5, GT can tie going second. Either Chimp plays first turn Baloth, or else Baloth gets killed by Thoughtseize and Chimp can't win. If he does suspend Baloth on turn 1, GT Thoughtseizes away Thoughtseize and saves up mana to Vindicate Baloth away five turns later.
No. Chimp explained this one.
On 2-6, TMT counters Isamaru going second, and plays Magus, to which Knowledge has zero response.
No. Aura does a good job of stopping lotus.
On 3-4, jcs plays GAA which you must counter (because otherwise you can't counter his Chain and you lose), then he plays Chain, which you must counter if you want to win. Then he plays Bauble and gets back Chain, and you have no counterspells left to prevent the tie.
Fixed.
On 3-5, Chimp can tie going first, barely. He can Thoughtseize GAA, which prevents it from coming out for a turn, but more importantly prevents jcs from playing Chain twice, so Chimp can stabilize at 2 life after Baloth resolves the second time.
No. Thoughtseize gets Foiled. jc plays Magus and Chimp can't play anything. Alternately, Chimp suspends Baloth. jc plays Magus and counters Baloth later.
On 4-5, you play out Angel on turn 1, and Chimp can aim two removal spells at it, which will not be enough to prevent your win.
No. Chimp explained this one, too.
It means there are no rules changes for the next week. i.e. rules are as written.
Chimp and I should currently be tied for first in POTM.
This is kind of historic, I think. Mogg has won every single POTM since I started running it; if Chimp wins, he'll be the first person to beat him.
I just saw this because you posted while I was typing. I wanted to point out that Chimp almost certainly would have won POTM for January if he had submitted a deck in each round.
Anyway, the Grand Arbiter tech has become quite popular lately; we'll have to see how that works out for people. I suspect it will wreck me, but then again, most things would, this week. The majority of decks ran Lotus as their main mana source, but surprisingly, I see zero Lotus hate, so maybe they won't be punished too badly.
1 GiftsTrix - BW Control
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Scrubland, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Good deck that uses good cards. It seems like you kind of went out of your way to squeeze in Vindicate; a less demanding piece of disruption might have let your deck run more smoothly.
2 The Mad Tapper - Trying to do too much at once
Black Lotus, Foil, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Magus of the Moon, Tundra
As I've noted in previous weeks, Arbiter and Magus make a beautiful team. Nice win.
3 jcsuperstar - No ordinary arbiter
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Conjurer's Bauble, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Island
Bauble is a cute trick, but what really killed this deck was that you can't deal with counterspells.
4 Mogg - Angels on the Moon
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel
I was surprised that no one has tried double Pact of Negation yet. I thought you were being ballsy running a handicapped deck, but when I checked, it turned out no one had even run a fairly obvious deck.
5 Chimpanzee - Beastly Control
Chain of Vapor, City of Brass, Durkwood Baloth, Swords to Plowshares, Thoughtsieze
Nice variation, here, but I think the lack of Daze was the killer.
6 Knowledge - Single Aura Hound
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity
The Aura didn't help much. If you had run Chalice in its place, this deck would have done a lot better.
7 bateleur - It's a Sanctuary for Islands
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Island Sanctuary, Purity
Island Sanctuary is probably quite good, but it's mediocre when it can't come out before turn 3.
8 Xyre - Blue Like Neon
Annul, Black Lotus, Daze, Island, Magus of the Moon
Magus was very good, but Annul seems like an odd choice. I'd be interested to hear why you thought that was optimal.
9 carrion pigeons - Our Children's Children
Black Lotus, Boros Garrison, Children of Korlis, City of Traitors, Phyrexian Processor
That's what I get for making a deck incapable of anything before turn 3, no disruption of any kind, and no possibility of a win before turn 5, I guess. I'm not sure what I was thinking.
X-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
1|X-0-6-3-1-4-6-3-3 26
2|6-X-2-3-6-4-6-3-6 36
3|0-2-X-4-6-0-0-3-6 21
4|3-3-1-X-0-0-6-6-6 25
5|4-0-0-6-X-6-2-3-6 27
6|1-1-6-6-0-X-2-3-6 25
7|0-0-6-0-2-2-X-0-6 16
8|3-3-3-0-3-3-6-X-6 27
9|3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-X 3
1. The Mad Tapper (Trying to do too much at once) 36
2. Chimpanzee (Beastly Control) 27
2. Xyre (Blue Like Neon) 27
4. GiftsTrix (BW Control) 26
5. Mogg (Angels on the Moon) 25
5. Knowledge (Single Aura Hound) 25
7. jcsuperstar (No ordinary arbiter) 21
8. bateleur (It's a Sanctuary for Islands) 16
9. carrion pigeons (Our Children's Children) 3
Congratulations to The Mad Tapper for winning 5CB#26!
1. Chimpanzee 106
3. Xyre 101
3. The Mad Tapper 99
5. bateleur 71
5. jcsuperstar 71
7. Knowledge 64
8. WhammWhamme 62
9. DragonDart 51
10. GiftsTrix 50
11. Thoomor 39
12. Halinn 25
13. dasheiff 22
14. YuanTi 21
Æther Snap, Black Lotus, Forbidden Orchard, Hunted Horror, Mox Jet
Æther Spellbomb, Black Lotus, Channel, Darksteel Collusus, Island
Acid Rain, Guiltfeeder, Sand Silos, Subterranean Hangar, Word of Command
Ajani Goldmane, Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Karakas
Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Channel, Snake Basket
Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Garruk Wildspeaker
Ajani Goldmane, Black Lotus, Sheltered Valley, Sickening Shoal, Unmask
Aladdin's Lamp, Aladdin's Lamp, Dakkon Blackblade, Diamond Kaleidoscope, Icatian Store
Aladdin's Ring, Mishra's Bauble, Mishra's Bauble, Mishra's Bauble, Saprazzan Cove
Ali from Cairo, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Island, Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Ancient Spring, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Donate, Illusions of Grandeur
Ancient Tomb, Bayou, Call of the Herd, Duress, Elephant Graveyard
Ancient Tomb, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Defense Grid, Hunting Pack
Ancient Tomb, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Distress, Kodama of the North Treex2
Ancient Tomb, Black Lotus, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Soldevi Digger
Ancient Tomb, Brain Pry, Lotus Petal, Mox Jet, Yixlid Jailer
Ancient Tomb, Diamond Kaleidoscope, Lotus Bloom, Upwelling, Yore-Tiller Nephilim
Ancient Tomb, Donate, Illusions of Grandeur, Mox Sapphire, Mana Crypt
Ancient Tomb, Eureka, Hickory Woodlot, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Pestermite
Ancient Tomb, Illusion // Reality, Isochron Scepter, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix
Ancient Tomb, Illusionary Mask, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Phyrexian Dreadnought
Ancient Tomb, Illusionary Mask, Mana Vault, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Phyrexian Dreadnought
Annul, Black Lotus, Daze, Island, Magus of the Moon
Anvil of Bogardan, Black Lotus, Channel, Mindslaver, Platinum Angel
Anvil of Bogardan, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, The Rack, The Rack
Anvil of Bogardan, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, The Rack, Wheel of Torture
Apathy, Breeding Pool, Conjurer's Bauble, Daze, Thallid
Arcbound Ravager, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Soldevi Digger
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Orim's Chant x2
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Thoughtseize x2
Archaeological Dig, Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Jotun Grunt, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity
Artifact Blast, Chandra Nalaar, Mercadian Bazaar, Pyroblast, Simian Spirit Guide
Ashling, the Pilgrim, Ashling, the Pilgrim, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mountain
Auntie's Hovel, Boggart Birth Rite, Molten Slagheap,Tarfire, Wort, Boggart Auntie
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Diggerx2
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Eternal Witness, Galepowder Mage, Rushwood Grove
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Kami of Ancient Law, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Jet, Nezumi Shortfang
Avalanche Riders, Boros Garrison, City of Traitors, Soldevi Digger, Windborn Muse
Azorious First-Wing, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Meddling Mage, Meddling Mage
Badlands, Black Lotus, Darksteel Collosus, Shrouded Lore, Sneak Attack
Badlands, City of Traitors, Ingot Chewer, Offalsnout, Shriekmaw
Balance, Darksteel Colossus, Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Coercion
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Misguided Rage
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Orim's Chant
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Peace Talks
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Yawgmoth's Will
Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glimmervoid, Thoughtseize
Basking Rootwalla, Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Basking Rootwalla, Diabolic Edict, Dryad Arbor, Peat Bog, Smallpox
Bayou, Black Lotus, Channel, Platinum Angel, Thoughtseize
Bazaar of Baghdad, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Darksteel Colossus, Infernal Genesis
Bazaar of Baghdad, Bridge from Below, Chalice of the Void, Leyline of the Void, Nether Spirit
Beacon of Destruction, Dwarven hold, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground Seax2
Befoul, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Digger
Bitterblossom, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoth's Will x2
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Sporesower Thallid, Sporoloth Ancient
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Blood Oath, Blood Oath, Swamp
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Empty the Warrens, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Chandra Nalaar, City of Traitors, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Ban, Empty the Warrens, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoths Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Darksteel Reactor, Energy Field, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Empty The Warrens, Timetwister, Restock
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, Meddling Mage, Sower of Temptation
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Preacherx3
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Ray of Revelation, Preacher
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Guilty Conscience, Loaming Shaman, Stuffy Doll
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Visara the Dreadful, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Powder Keg, Rancor, Sakura-Tribe Springcaller
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Rakdos, the Defiler, Swamp, Thoughtsieze
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Rakdos the Defiler, Thoughtsieze, Urborg
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Saproling Burst, Shizo, Death's Storehouse, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Saproling Burst, Swamp, Thoughtsieze
Black Lotus, Black Vise, Draco, Lotus Petal, Mana Cache
Black Lotus, Boros Garrison, Children of Korlis, City of Traitors, Phyrexian Processor
Black Lotus, Bridge from Below, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit
Black Lotus, Castigate, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Conjurer's Bauble, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Island
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Disrupting Shoal, Riftwing Cloudskate, Viscerid Deepwalker
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Chandra Nalaar, City of Traitors, Powder Keg, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, Channel, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mindslaver
Black Lotus, Channel, Demonfire, Engineered Explosives, Spinerock Knoll
Black Lotus, Channel, Demonfire, Hickory Woodlot, Pact of Negation
Black Lotus, Channel, Disrupting Shoal, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel
Black Lotus, Channel, Gemstone Array, Reverse the Sands, Subversion
Black Lotus, Channel, Mindslaver, Mirror Universe, Scalding Tongs
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Deadly Insect, Epochrasite, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Duress, Epochrasite, Smokestack
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Solitary Confinement, Squee Goblin Nabob
Black Lotus, Coercion, Diabolic Edict, Eternal Witness, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Crack the Earth, Empty the Warrens, Mountain
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Crumbling Sanctuary, Roiling Horror, Subterranean Hangar
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Desert, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, Garruk Wildspeaker
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Desert, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Black Lotus, Conjurer's Bauble, Garruk Wildspeaker, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Commandeer, Dryad Arbor, Misdirection, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Darksteel Colossus, Mountain, Overmaster, Show and Tell
Black Lotus, Darksteel Reactor, Gemstone Mine, Invervention Pact, Mana Cache
Black Lotus, Diabolic Edict, Kodama of the North Tree, Maze of Ith, Peat Bog
Black Lotus, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Treetop Village
Black Lotus, Eureka!, Leonin Squire, Mythic Proportions, Sekki, Season's Guide
Black Lotus, Foil, Glowrider, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Foil, Glowrider, Island, Rishadan Cutpurse
Black Lotus, Foil, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Magus of the Moon, Tundra
Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard
Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Treasure Hunter, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Foil, Magus of the Moon, Misdirection, Snow-Covered Island
Black Lotus, Forest, Garruk Wildspeaker, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg
Black Lotus, Garruk Wildspeaker, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Misdirection
Black Lotus, Gemstone Caverns, Magus of the Moon, Orim's Chant, Presence of the Master
Black Lotus, Gemstone Caverns, Mana Tithe, Mishra's Factory, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Ghostly Prison, Kataki, War's Wage, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Leonin Squire, Magus of the Moon, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Leyline of Singularity, Magus of the Moon, Misdirection
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Plains, Windborn Muse
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Mox Sapphire, Rishadan Port, Sower of Temptation
Black Lotus, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Magus of the Moon, Scrubland, Thoughtseize
Black Lotus, Horobi, Death's Wail, Izzet Boilerworks, Jangling Automaton, Keldon Megaliths
Black Lotus, Island, Glitterfang, Upwelling, Reality Twist
Black Lotus, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Leyline of the Void, Opalescense
Black Lotus, Leonin Squire, Nether Void, Shah of Naar Isle, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Sheltered Valley, Voidstone Gargoyle
Black Lotus, Rakdos the Defiler, Show and Tell, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Black Vise, Icatian Store, Karma, Mind Bend, North Star
Black Vise, Karma, Mind Bend, North Star, Sand Silos
Blazing Shoal, Blazing Shoal, Dragon Tyrant, Greater Gargadon, Ornithopter
Blinkmoth Nexus, Dust Bowl, Maze of Ith, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Blood Oath, Calciform Pools, Steam Vents, Sunder, Twincast
Blood Oath, Fountain of Cho, Gemstone Array, Kaervek's Spite, Sunder
Boomerang, Daze, Meddling Mage, Mox Sapphire, Tundra
Boros Garrison, Ghitu Encampment, Honden of Infinite Rage, Pillage, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Bottomless Vault, Consume Spirit, Darksteel Collossus, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith
Bottomless Vault, Darksteel Collossus, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith, Reiver Demon
Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
Brainstorm, Foil, Island, Shelldock Isle, Storm Herd
Bravado, Dwarven Hold, Sustaining Spirit, Sustaining Spirit, White Mana Battery
Calciform Pools, Followed Footsteps, Lava Tubes, Ramosian Rally, Sustaining Spirit
Castigate, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mox Pearl, Mox Jet
Chain Lightning, City of Traitors, Lightning Bolt, Mox Ruby, Soldevi Digger
Chain of Vapor, City of Brass, Durkwood Baloth, Swords to Plowshares, Thoughtsieze
Chain of Vapor, Daze, Thallid, The Rack, Tropical Island
Chain of Vapor, Duress, Lightning Bolt, Thallid, Undiscovered Paradise
Chain of Vapor, Gilded Drake, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Thorn of Amethyst
Chain of Vapor, Meddling Mage, Mox Sapphire, Tundra, Swords to Plowshares
Chain of Vapor, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Thoughtseize, Underground Seax4
Chain of Vapor, Mishra's Factory, Thought Eater, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Soldevi Diggerx2
Chalice of the Void, Crush of Wurms, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Rushwood Grove
Chalice of the Void, Dust Bowl, Eladamri's Vineyard, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Treetop Village
Chalice of the Void, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Scalding Tongs, Steel Golem
Chalice of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture
Chalice of the Void, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Thopter Squadron
Chandra Nalaar, Demonfire, Dwarven Hold, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith
Chandra Nalaar, Demonfire, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith, Mercadian Bazaar
Channel, Daze, Dryad Arbor, Nullstone Gargoyle, Tropical Island
City of Brass, Epic Struggle, Glacial Chasm, Hollow Trees, Kher Keep
City of Traitors, Coretapper, Coretapper, Energy Chamber, Umezawa's Jitte
City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Epochrasite, Powder Keg, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
City of Traitors, Fire/Ice, Isochron Sceptre, Isochron Sceptre, Lightning Helix
City of Traitors, Gemstone Caverns, Glowrider, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Powder Keg, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Coercion, Diamond Kaleidoscope, Dwarven Hold, Hammerhead Shark, Planar Birth
Conjurer's Bauble, Foil, Island, Saprazzan Cove, Stuffy Doll
Corpulent Corpse, Daze, Maze of Ith, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Underground Sea
Crucible of Worlds, Dwarwen Ruins, Flaming Gambit, Forbidden Orchard, Mana Cache
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
Crush of Wurms, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Rushwood Grove, Soldevi Digger
Crush of Wurms, Rushwood Grove, Swamp, Thoughtsieze, Vendetta
Crystal Vein, Eureka, Havenwood Battleground, Illusions of Grandeur, Sky Swallower
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Misdirection
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Evermind, Misdirection
Commandeer, Energy Field, Palinchron, Sand Silos, Snapback
Cut the Earthly Bond, Daze, Flying Men, Island, Mark of Eviction
Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
Darksteel Colossus, Echoing Truth, Foil, Island, Sand Silos
Darksteel Reactor, Goblin Welder, Great Furnace, Maze of Ith, Mercadian Bazaar
Daze, Foil, Island, Mishra's Factory, Nether Spirit
Daze, Foil, Nether Spirit, Thallid, Tropical Islandx2
Daze, Island, Meddling Mage, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity
Daze, Island, Mox Emerald, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm
Demystify, Leyline of Lifeforce, Rancor, Savannah, Vine Dryad
Desecration Elemental, Forbidden Orchard, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale
Disenchant, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mox Ruby, Plains
Doran, the Seige Tower, Selesnya Sanctuary, Swamp, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Scrubland, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Dust Bowl, Fireball, Maze of Ith, Molten Slagheap
Dread, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Subterranean Hangar
Dread, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Subterranean Hangar, Vindicate
Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Palinchron, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Dreadship Reef, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Stalking Stones
Dryad Arbor, Funeral Charm, Innocent Blood, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Dryad Arbor, Intervention Pact, Pact of Negation, Pact of the Titan, Summoner's Pact
Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
Dust Bowl, Mishra's Factory, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Thoughtseize, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Ebony Charm, Mana Cache, Mirror Universe, Rainbow Vale, Tinder Farm
Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Eater of Days, Leveler, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg
Eladamri's Vineyard, Forest, Mox Emerald, Powder Keg, Treetop Village
Eladamri's Vineyard, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Mox Emerald, Treetop Village
Eladamri's Vineyard, Imperious Perfect, Imperious Perfect, Imperious Perfect, Pendelhaven
Eladamri's Vineyard, Maze of Ith, Mishra's Factory, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Treetop Village
Eladamri's Vineyard, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale x2
Eldamari's Vineyard, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Rainbow Vale, Sorrow's Path
Elvish Spirit Guide, Mesmeric Fiend, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp
Energy Field, Foil, Island, Palinchron, Sand Silos
Energy Field, Misdirection, Sleeper Agent, Snapback, Sulfur Vent
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Pithing Needle, Scalding Tongs, Sphere of Resistance
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, The Rack, The Rack
Epochrasite, Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Mox Pearl, Smokestack
Epochrasite, Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring
Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Smokestack, Sol Ring
Epochrasite, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Sphere of Resistance
Ferropede, Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Soldevi Digger
Flaming Gambit, Molten Slagheap, No Mercy, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Island Sanctuary, Purity
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Kataki, War's Wage, Windborn Muse
Forbidden Orchard, Island, Mountain, Peach Garden Oath, Shadow Sliver
Forbidden Orchard, Karakas, Kataki, War's Wage, Leyline of Singularity, Nihilith
Gemstone Caverns, Island, Meddling Mage, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
Gruul Turf, Maze of Ith, Sudden Shock, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Treetop Village
Godless Shrine, Mana Vault, Spectral Searchlight, Summoner's Pact, Summoner's Pact
Humility, Icatian Store, Opalescence, Opalescence, Parallax Wave
Hunting Pack, Mana Crypt, Mox Emerald, Mox Sapphire, Retract
Hypergenesis, Lich's Tomb, Lotus Bloom, Oath of Mages, Pillar of the Paruns
Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mana Tithe, Swords to Plowshares
Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mishra's Factory, Mox Jet, Thoughtseize
Juntu Stakes, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Meddling Mage, Mox Sapphire
Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp
Kataki, War's Wage, Lingering Death, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Scrubland
Kataki, War's Wage, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Scrubland, Thoughtseize
Kataki, War's Wage, Mishra's Factory, Plains, Soldevi Digger, Swords to Plowshares
Krosan Cloudscraper, Krosan Colossus, Krosan Groundshaker, Rushwood Grove, Scaled Wurm
Leveler, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance
Leyline of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Raze, Taiga, Thallid
Meddling Mage, Swords to Plowshares, Thoughtsieze, Underground Sea, Vec Townships
Mishra's Factory, Mishra's Factory, Mishra's Factory, Mishra's Factory, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Mishra's Factory, Sinkhole, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Vesuva
Mishra's Factory, Sudden Death, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Vesuva
Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Thopter Squadron
Mishra's Workshop, Rackling, Smokestack, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Sphere of Resistance, Steel Golem
Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Steel Golem, Thorn of Amethyst
Mishra's Workshop, Smokestack, Sol Ring, Thopter Squadron, Thorn of Amethyst
Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Urza's Mine, Urza's Power Plant, Urza's Tower
Changes for next week:
- No changes.
Basic Rules
- Your deck is composed of exactly 5 cards, all of which start in your hand.
- Your deck has no sideboard.
- You don't lose as a result of not being able to draw a card.
- You can see your opponent's hand, so you can always make the best possible play.
- Random effects always go in their owner's opponent's favor.
- All other rules of magic remain unchanged, unless otherwise stated.
Tournament Rules
- All matches are played out by the moderator (participants only submit the decks).
- Tournaments are run in round-robin fashion.
- Each matchup consists of 2 games, with each deck going first once.
- Participants earn 3 points if their deck wins a match, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
- The moderator may confer any number of Deck Awards. Each Deck Award is worth 10 POTM points unless otherwise specified.
Deck-Building Rules
- You may not submit a deck that can win before the opponent's first main phase.
- You may not submit a deck that can force an opponent to lose more than 1 card from their hand per turn
- You may not submit a deck that can generate infinite (or an arbitrarily large amount of) mana on the first turn.
- You may not include a card that is illegal in T1 (Classic). However you may include any number of restricted cards.
- You may not include a card that appears on the 5CB Banned List.
The Banned List
Ghost Quarter
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Force of Will
Trinisphere
Mycosynth Lattice
Anurid Scavenger
Form of the Dragon
Barren Glory
Unmask
The deadline for next week will be Thursday, Mar. 27 at 3PM EST. Results will be posted before the end of the following Saturday.
For bookkeeping purposes, I would appreciate it if you could alphebetize your decks. Just to save me 10 minutes. Don't bother if you're dyslexic, though.
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X-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
1|X-0-6-3-1-4-6-3-3 26
2|6-X-2-3-6-4-6-3-6 36
3|0-2-X-4-4-0-0-3-6 19
4|3-3-1-X-0-0-6-6-6 25
5|4-0-1-6-X-6-2-3-6 28
6|1-1-6-6-0-X-2-3-6 25
7|0-0-6-0-2-2-X-0-6 16
8|3-3-3-0-3-3-6-X-6 27
9|3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-X 3
1. The Mad Tapper
2. Chimpanzee
3. Xyre
4. GiftsTrix
5. Knowledge
5. Mogg
7. jcsuperstar
8. bateleur
9. carrion pigeons
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
3CB and 4CB5CB!On 2-6, TMT counters Isamaru going second, and plays Magus, to which Knowledge has zero response.
On 3-4, jcs plays GAA which you must counter (because otherwise you can't counter his Chain and you lose), then he plays Chain, which you must counter if you want to win. Then he plays Bauble and gets back Chain, and you have no counterspells left to prevent the tie.
On 3-5, Chimp can tie going first, barely. He can Thoughtseize GAA, which prevents it from coming out for a turn, but more importantly prevents jcs from playing Chain twice, so Chimp can stabilize at 2 life after Baloth resolves the second time.
On 4-5, you play out Angel on turn 1, and Chimp can aim two removal spells at it, which will not be enough to prevent your win.
It means there are no rules changes for the next week. i.e. rules are as written.
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Experiments Series: #5 (Courtly Intrigue Mafia) | #4 (Drunken Tracker) | #3 (Big Red Button) - coming soon | #2 (Pope Mafia) | #1 (Iso's Inflammable Mafia)
Mini Games: MTGS Mafia Redux II (Invitational, Evil Mirror Universe) | Unreal City
Old Games (bad): The Greenwood Affair | Blood Moon Mafia
3CB and 4CB5CB!Good calls. That puts you into the lead for POTM.
This is kind of historic, I think. Mogg has won every single POTM since I started running it; if Chimp wins, he'll be the first person to beat him.
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Chimp and I should currently be tied for first in POTM.
I just saw this because you posted while I was typing. I wanted to point out that Chimp almost certainly would have won POTM for January if he had submitted a deck in each round.
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
3CB and 4CB5CB!C: 17, City, Thoughtseize (Arbiter)
J: 20, Island, Conjurer’s Bauble, Black Lotus, Return Arbiter
C: 16, 5, Suspend Baloth
J: 20, Arbiter
C: 16, 4
J: 20, attack
C: 14, 3
J: 20, attack
C: 12, 2
J: 20, attack
C: 10, 1
J: 20, attack
C: 8, Baloth (eot bounce Baloth)
J: 20, attack
C: 6, 5, Baloth
J: 20, attack
C: 4, 4
J: 20, attack
C: 2, 3
J: 20, attack
C: dead
Edit: And while I was typing, you finally changed your sig.
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion
GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
Yeah. I was just looking at it and thought, "Well that seems out of date."
3CB and 4CB5CB!