2 Card Blind Upwelling (2CBU) is a weekly Magic tournament, run entirely within this forum. To compete, entrants submit decks containing X cards which are played against each other. Scoring assumes optimal play, without randomness or concealed information.
Deck Construction Rules
1. A deck must contain exactly two cards.
2. A deck may contain any number of copies of any Vintage-legal card, but can't contain any cards on the 2CB Banned List.
3. A player's deck must not enable that player to win the game before each player has completed one turn.
4. A player's deck must not enable that player to force an opponent to lose any number of cards in his or her hand before each player has completed one turn.
5. A player's deck must enable that player to win the game.
Deck Submission Rules
6. An entrant submits his or her deck to the XCB moderator by private message (pm).
Playing the Decks
7. Entrants don't actually play their decks, because game results can be determined theoretically.
8. Each player starts the game with the cards in his or her deck in his or her hand.
9. A player doesn't lose the game as a result of being unable to draw a card.
10. A random effect resolves in favor of the opponent of the owner of that effect.
11. Players know all information that would normally be concealed from them.
12. Each player plays one two-game match against each other player, and each player is the starting player once per match.
Points
13. The entrant with the most points is the winner. For each match, an entrant earns 3 points per game win and 1 point per drawn game. However, an entrant earns only 2 points for a split match (each player wins a game).
Extra Rules
14. Some optional rules may be used; see Optional Rules.
15. The Basic Rules don't cover every issue. For in-depth rules, see Comprehensive Rules.
Optional Rules
Land Rule
Any player may play a basic land of his or her choice from outside the game any time he or she could normally play a land.
Expanded Land Rule
Any player may play a basic land 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.
Alternative Land Rule
If a player would draw a card from an empty library, that player puts a basic land card 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.
Sanctioned Magic Format
A deck may contain only cards contained in sets legal in the specified format.
Counter Rule
Until each player has completed two turns, each player ignores any part of an effect of a source an opponent owns that would counter a spell that player controls.
Life Rule
If neither player would win otherwise, then the player who maintains the higher life total wins the game. Determine whether a deck enables the player of that deck to win the game as though this rule didn't exist.
Special Format
Other rules are specified.
I will not be playing a deck.
A few ideas if I decide later to continue with this:
Idea #1: Additional cards will not be added to the banned list. Instead, an eligible card that appears most frequently among deck submissions for a given week will be put on a penalty list. You may continue to use that card in future rounds, but it will cost an additional to cast. Cards that are not eligible are lands and cards with converted mana cost :0mana:.
Idea #2: Style points. Similar to Bonus points for satisfying optional conditions. Each time you go 6-0 against a deck while satisfying a deckbuilding condition, you get 1 style point per condition. Example:
* Build a deck with two creature cards.
* Have a card in your deck with reach.
Chancellor of the Tangle / Llanowar Elves will give you 2 style points each time you 6-0 an opponent. Even if you don't win the normal tournament round, you can try to win...WITH STYLE!
Format: 2CB, No Land Rule
Emblem: Mana pools don't empty as steps and phases end.
Due Date: April 25, 2013 @ 03:00 PM EST
Banned List: Ghost Quarter, Laboratory Maniac, Strip Mine, Wasteland
Basic Rules
Overview
Deck Construction Rules
Deck Submission Rules
Playing the Decks
Points
Extra Rules
Optional Rules
Land Rule
Expanded Land Rule
Alternative Land Rule
Sanctioned Magic Format
Counter Rule
Life Rule
Special Format
A few ideas if I decide later to continue with this:
Idea #1: Additional cards will not be added to the banned list. Instead, an eligible card that appears most frequently among deck submissions for a given week will be put on a penalty list. You may continue to use that card in future rounds, but it will cost an additional to cast. Cards that are not eligible are lands and cards with converted mana cost :0mana:.
Idea #2: Style points. Similar to Bonus points for satisfying optional conditions. Each time you go 6-0 against a deck while satisfying a deckbuilding condition, you get 1 style point per condition. Example:
* Build a deck with two creature cards.
* Have a card in your deck with reach.
Chancellor of the Tangle / Llanowar Elves will give you 2 style points each time you 6-0 an opponent. Even if you don't win the normal tournament round, you can try to win...WITH STYLE!
well you should still tell us the results
and i will continue to submit for any form of card blind. but i dont actually have a real job, so im just kind of here...
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