Lot of artifact tech this round. That + a second threat put you up near the top!
E - SorryGuy - I was duressed at how the Work in the factory was Scalding 21+2=23 (8th)
Swamp, Mishra's Factory, Scalding Tongs/Duress
Tongs just wasn't good enough this time.
F - Ankh-Morporkian - Blazing Wails of death 21+4=25 (6th) (Most creative deck)
Black Lotus, Hammerheim, Horobi, Death's Wail/Blazing Specter
Most of the decks in here can stand to lose a card and still race ol' Johnny Blaze there. Horobi is some good, though.
G - SOS - MINE!! 9+5=14 (9th)
Black Lotus, Unsummon, Force of Will/[Tempting Wurm]
(Side note: I in my infinite un-wisdom convinced SOS to switch his Tempting Wurm for Imaginary Pet. I took the liberty of running both, and so as not to punish him for my lack of skill in CB, I reinstated his original deck. Sorry)
A lot of decks had multiple threats or uncounterable threats that kept you from mise-ing the field. And Wurm was the better choice; actually won you a game.
H - worthawholebean - OMG You Lost Your Awesomeness! 11+1=12 (10th)
Black Lotus, Show and Tell - Really, do I need to list the first two?
Bringer of the Green Dawn/Akki Underminer
Your deck suffered the same fate as a lot of us Lotus-eaters this time around. And Underminer was really a suboptimal choice, as your opponent could plop down something that can deal with it easily.
J - musashi - Badges? Whee don't need no stinking lasagna. 16+7=23 (5th) (Deck Title)
Show and tell, Black lotus, Darksteel Colossus/Platinum Angel
The better Show build. Colossus < Bringer. Colossus < anything your opponent can bring down. Angel was mostly moot; Colossus was plenty
K - !Chucklez! - Lets try something stoopid 24+12=36 (^2nd^)
Avatar of Will, Saprazan Cove, Avatar of Will/Chain of Vapor
Two Av's really helped you out her; especially against those decks that have to dump their hands. You vs. Show was almost unfair (except for that whole Colossus thingy)
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Read the rules. You'll be smarter, and it'll kill a few minutes (not to mention a few brain cells)
Each player submits a deck with a total of four cards in this format:
Each match will consist of two games, each player playing first. The player playing second will play the two fixed cards and the maindeck card. The player going first may choose before his first turn whether to play his maindeck card or his sideboard card.
(Again, only the player going FIRST may change the card)
As in all CB games, the entire deck is in your hand, you don't lose to decking, and each player gets to see the other's hand, so not only does each player make the best play possible, the sideboarding player may select the better card of the two. Also, random effects go against the
caster
Banned List:
The Rack
Form of the Dragon
Trinisphere
Balance
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Glacial Chasm
Blackmail
Coercion
Cabal Therapy
Mesmeric Fiend
Abandon Hope
Nezumi Shortfang
Pulse of the Dross
All ante cards
Any card that forces your opponent to discard more than 1 card a turn.
Any non-mass-produced card (Proposal, 1996 World Champion, etc.)
Unglued
Unhinged
And, as usual, No Cheese(TM) (No multi-discarding, no 1st turn kills)
Oh Snap! It worked! Holy ****, I thought it woudl fail miserable. And only 3 points seperated from first place to! Holy Dumb Luck, Batman!
Edit: I think I actually found a mistake, so here's your chance to make me look dumb. ;-P
!Chucklez!-Let's Try Something Stoopid
Avatar of Will,Saprazan Cove,Avatar of Will/Chain of Vapor
VS
Musashi-Badges? We don't need no stinking lasagna
Show and Tell,Black Lotus,DS Collosuss/Platinum Angel
Him Going First:
Well, long story short...he rapes me.
Me Going First:
First of all, I board in Chain of Vapor.
K1:Cove (CIPT) Go
J1: Lotus,Show,Collossus Go
K2: Counter on Cove Go
J2: Swing for 11 Go
K3: Remove the counter, play Chain on Colossus,Swing for 5 Go
J3: Nothing
K4: Swing for 5
J4: Nothing
K5: Swing for 5
J5:Nothing
K6: Swing for 5 Game
If that's right it should go from 4-0 to 2-2. making me tied for second. B-)
Lightning Edit: I accounted for me playing Avatar, I just forgot to swing one turn, because I forgot Collossus can't black flying.
Also, that put me higher than I though, just tiebreakers short of my first win. :-(
"There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb
of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits"
-Karl Heinrich Marx Cube
Black Lotus, Skittering Skirge, Vendetta/Duress
Those of us playing Lotus got spanked hard by all the anti-Lotus sideboard tech. Some of me (er, us...) more than others.
B - Tahn - Spark Elemental is actually playable 18+9=27 (4th)
Mox Jet, Mishra's Factory, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale/Duress
Lot of standoffs, but Tabernacle is good against some of the strange new tech (and some of the strange old tech)
C - jcsuperstar - Buns of Steel! 24+13=36 (*1st*)
Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture/Chalice of the Void
Two threats going first, and the traditional anti-0 and 1 tech in the board. Way to metagame!
D - WhammWhamme - [With our decks combined...] 22+13=35 (!3rd!)
Scrubland, Mishra's Factory, Kataki, War's Wage/Duress
Lot of artifact tech this round. That + a second threat put you up near the top!
E - SorryGuy - I was duressed at how the Work in the factory was Scalding 21+2=23 (8th)
Swamp, Mishra's Factory, Scalding Tongs/Duress
Tongs just wasn't good enough this time.
F - Ankh-Morporkian - Blazing Wails of death 21+4=25 (6th) (Most creative deck)
Black Lotus, Hammerheim, Horobi, Death's Wail/Blazing Specter
Most of the decks in here can stand to lose a card and still race ol' Johnny Blaze there. Horobi is some good, though.
G - SOS - MINE!! 9+5=14 (9th)
Black Lotus, Unsummon, Force of Will/[Tempting Wurm]
(Side note: I in my infinite un-wisdom convinced SOS to switch his Tempting Wurm for Imaginary Pet. I took the liberty of running both, and so as not to punish him for my lack of skill in CB, I reinstated his original deck. Sorry)
A lot of decks had multiple threats or uncounterable threats that kept you from mise-ing the field. And Wurm was the better choice; actually won you a game.
H - worthawholebean - OMG You Lost Your Awesomeness! 11+1=12 (10th)
Black Lotus, Show and Tell - Really, do I need to list the first two?
Bringer of the Green Dawn/Akki Underminer
Your deck suffered the same fate as a lot of us Lotus-eaters this time around. And Underminer was really a suboptimal choice, as your opponent could plop down something that can deal with it easily.
J - musashi - Badges? Whee don't need no stinking lasagna. 16+7=23 (5th) (Deck Title)
Show and tell, Black lotus, Darksteel Colossus/Platinum Angel
The better Show build. Colossus < Bringer. Colossus < anything your opponent can bring down. Angel was mostly moot; Colossus was plenty
K - !Chucklez! - Lets try something stoopid 24+12=36 (^2nd^)
Avatar of Will, Saprazan Cove, Avatar of Will/Chain of Vapor
Two Av's really helped you out her; especially against those decks that have to dump their hands. You vs. Show was almost unfair (except for that whole Colossus thingy)
Results:
1 jcsuperstar (36, 13 going 2nd)
2 !Chucklez! (36, 12 going 2nd)
3 WhammWhamme (35)
4 Tahn (27)
5 Ankh-Morporkian (25)
6 musashi (23, 7 going 2nd)
7 SALAd (23, 3 going 2nd)
8 SorryGuy (23, 2 going 2nd)
9 SOS (14)
10 worthawholebean (12)
jcsuperstar wins this week and gets +10
Ankh-Morporkian gets 5 Creativity points
musashi gets 5 "bad pun"-flavored Title points
Monthly Status:
1 jcsuperstar 46
2 !Chucklez! 36
3 WhammWhamme 35
4 Ankh-Morporkian 30
5 musashi 28
6 Tahn 27
7 SALAd 23
8 SorryGuy 23
9 SOS 14
10 worthawholebean 12
Next week is another normal format.
Read the rules. You'll be smarter, and it'll kill a few minutes (not to mention a few brain cells)
Each player submits a deck with a total of four cards in this format:
[Deck title]
[Fixed card1]
[Fixed card2]
[Maindeck card]/[Sideboard card]
Each match will consist of two games, each player playing first. The player playing second will play the two fixed cards and the maindeck card. The player going first may choose before his first turn whether to play his maindeck card or his sideboard card.
(Again, only the player going FIRST may change the card)
As in all CB games, the entire deck is in your hand, you don't lose to decking, and each player gets to see the other's hand, so not only does each player make the best play possible, the sideboarding player may select the better card of the two. Also, random effects go against the
caster
Banned List:
The Rack
Form of the Dragon
Trinisphere
Balance
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Glacial Chasm
Blackmail
Coercion
Cabal Therapy
Mesmeric Fiend
Abandon Hope
Nezumi Shortfang
Pulse of the Dross
Meddling Mage
Leonin Squire
Treasure Hunter
Eternal Witness
All ante cards
Any card that forces your opponent to discard more than 1 card a turn.
Any non-mass-produced card (Proposal, 1996 World Champion, etc.)
Unglued
Unhinged
And, as usual, No Cheese(TM) (No multi-discarding, no 1st turn kills)
Deadline for results: Monday 7/11 11:59:59 pm
Edit: I think I actually found a mistake, so here's your chance to make me look dumb. ;-P
!Chucklez!-Let's Try Something Stoopid
Avatar of Will,Saprazan Cove,Avatar of Will/Chain of Vapor
VS
Musashi-Badges? We don't need no stinking lasagna
Show and Tell,Black Lotus,DS Collosuss/Platinum Angel
Him Going First:
K1:Cove (CIPT) Go
J1: Lotus,Show,Collossus Go
K2: Counter on Cove Go
J2: Swing for 11 Go
K3: Remove the counter, play Chain on Colossus,Swing for 5 Go
J3: Nothing
K4: Swing for 5
J4: Nothing
K5: Swing for 5
J5:Nothing
K6: Swing for 5 Game
If that's right it should go from 4-0 to 2-2. making me tied for second. B-)
Lightning Edit: I accounted for me playing Avatar, I just forgot to swing one turn, because I forgot Collossus can't black flying.
Also, that put me higher than I though, just tiebreakers short of my first win. :-(
of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits"
-Karl Heinrich Marx
Cube
Corrections ahoy!