First, I'd like to make an announcement and an apology:
I completely forgot about the game over the weekend. Horribly sorry. Won't happen again.
Secondly, results...
1) WhammWhamme: City of Traitors, Illusionary Mask, Phyrexian Dreadnaught, Phyrexian Dreadnaught
-Strong and Simple. Well, huge and simple.
*Apparently "Hulk Smash!" isn't a horrible approach to deck building. Gogo "Oh, crud, I need a deck before I can ask for submissions."
2) Wanderer359: Mishra's Workshop, Anvil of Bogardan, Nether Spirit, Scalding Tongs
-it's like milling, only different.dec
*A powerful effect, but a lot of decks could beat a recurring 2/2 and a 1 pt/turn ping, even with one or two less cards in hand.
3) Chimpanzee: Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Raise the Alarm
-Army of Denial
*Lotus isn't great in this format. Chalice is thus made bad.
4) spuzzem king: Forbidden Orchard, Quicksand, Oath of Druids, Akroma, Angel of Wrath
-Of Druids and Angels
*Cool, fun... sadly, most decks cut off at least one card, so this deck went to pieces a lot.
*A lot of decks had redundancy. This ended up being pretty weak overall, sadly.
7) r_x_: Mishra's Workshop, Trinisphere, Steel Golem, Culling Scales
-MUD rules
*Trinisphere is as strong and unfair as ever. Of course, it has it's weaknesses...
*Yeah... stopping the second spell, as long as it's not black, just doesn't work in this format. Sea's Claim would have been a little stronger.
12) Silver Seraph: Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
-PAMPUSLD!
*Dammit... so close... Congratulations. Excuse me while I update the ban list...
13) SALAd: Underground Sea, Hapless Researcher, Akroma, Angel of Wrath, Reanimate
-Having Akroma Day; Wish you weren't here
*Like #4, this deck has a design flaw. Fast Akroma is nice, but it's just too much setup. There's too much disruption.
14) jcsuperstar: Bayou, Funeral charm, Funeral charm, Thallid
-Charming the ladies at the dead folks' home
*Well, when it works, it's obnoxious. Sadly, two cards was often enough to beat a Thallid to keep ya down.
I think so too...I dont see it somewhere on the banned list, did you removed it?
Hah, I knew no one teched against last week this week
12) Silver Seraph: Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
vs.
4) spuzzem king: Forbidden Orchard, Quicksand, Oath of Druids, Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Current Score : 3-3
Should be : 6-0
How do I not win everytime? I mill always Oath away and Quicksand can't kill Troll.
*Searching a Tech for next week*
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I think so too...I dont see it somewhere on the banned list, did you removed it?
Hah, I knew no one teched against last week this week
12) Silver Seraph: Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
vs.
4) spuzzem king: Forbidden Orchard, Quicksand, Oath of Druids, Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Current Score : 3-3
Should be : 6-0
How do I not win everytime? I mill always Oath away and Quicksand can't kill Troll.
*Searching a Tech for next week*
Actually, you're already listed as 6-0ing him. Deck's 3 and 5 3-3'd you, however (one by dropping chalice for 0, one by dropping a Wheel of Torture).
Silver Seraph
Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
vs
Wanderer
Mishra's Workshop, Anvil of Bogardan, Nether Spirit, Scalding Tongs
Score 0-6
should be 3-3
On my play:
Me: Workshop
Seraph: Nothing or lotus
Me: Anvil, burn for one.
Seraph: Draw Bamboozle. Options: senario 1: Play it, which would force spirit into the graveyard, thus allowing for reanimation. Or senario two: Don't play it.
Me: senario one: draw nothing, discard nothing. Spirit returns. Senario two: I draw spirit/tongs. I discard spirit then play tongs, burning for one.
Seraph: senario one: Draws grove/troll, is forced to discard one. Both are needed in order to be played, so I win through Spirit beats. Senario two:Draws into grove/troll. Discards bamboozle as it is useless at this point. Play troll off the lotus from earlier or a few turns later from the grove. However, Spirit becomes an infinite blocker and Seraph dies from tong pings.
Bleh, I was sick. Kept me from entering pretty much everything. I could barely think clearly. But since next week starts the first full month, I will be sure to enter.
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of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits"
-Karl Heinrich Marx Cube
Silver Seraph
Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
vs
Wanderer
Mishra's Workshop, Anvil of Bogardan, Nether Spirit, Scalding Tongs
Score 0-6
should be 3-3
On my play:
Me: Workshop
Seraph: Nothing or lotus
Me: Anvil, burn for one.
Seraph: Draw Bamboozle. Options: senario 1: Play it, which would force spirit into the graveyard, thus allowing for reanimation. Or senario two: Don't play it.
Me: senario one: draw nothing, discard nothing. Spirit returns. Senario two: I draw spirit/tongs. I discard spirit then play tongs, burning for one.
Seraph: senario one: Draws grove/troll, is forced to discard one. Both are needed in order to be played, so I win through Spirit beats. Senario two:Draws into grove/troll. Discards bamboozle as it is useless at this point. Play troll off the lotus from earlier or a few turns later from the grove. However, Spirit becomes an infinite blocker and Seraph dies from tong pings.
At least I think that's right.
Actually, he draws both Grove and Bamboozle after you play Anvil... and has to discard one. Okay, 3-3 record upheld, thanks awfully for letting me win...
I'll update the page.
EDIT: Apparently I _did_ catch this myself, but only half way. Enjoy your extra 6 points from my recounting your score... sadly, this doesn't change standings.
EDITEDIT: Actually, I do win, albeit not through this. Thanks for making me go over Seraph's matches again.
I completely forgot about the game over the weekend. Horribly sorry. Won't happen again.
Secondly, results...
1) WhammWhamme: City of Traitors, Illusionary Mask, Phyrexian Dreadnaught, Phyrexian Dreadnaught
-Strong and Simple. Well, huge and simple.
*Apparently "Hulk Smash!" isn't a horrible approach to deck building. Gogo "Oh, crud, I need a deck before I can ask for submissions."
2) Wanderer359: Mishra's Workshop, Anvil of Bogardan, Nether Spirit, Scalding Tongs
-it's like milling, only different.dec
*A powerful effect, but a lot of decks could beat a recurring 2/2 and a 1 pt/turn ping, even with one or two less cards in hand.
3) Chimpanzee: Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Raise the Alarm
-Army of Denial
*Lotus isn't great in this format. Chalice is thus made bad.
4) spuzzem king: Forbidden Orchard, Quicksand, Oath of Druids, Akroma, Angel of Wrath
-Of Druids and Angels
*Cool, fun... sadly, most decks cut off at least one card, so this deck went to pieces a lot.
5) aurorasparrow: Mishra's Workshop, Wheel of Torture, Steel Golem, Culling Scales
-Good ol' Stax
*Good, solid results. Uhm... yeah. What more can I say?
6) Shadowlord: Swamp, Funeral Charm, Entomb, Nether Spirit
-Charmed
*A lot of decks had redundancy. This ended up being pretty weak overall, sadly.
7) r_x_: Mishra's Workshop, Trinisphere, Steel Golem, Culling Scales
-MUD rules
*Trinisphere is as strong and unfair as ever. Of course, it has it's weaknesses...
8) Tahn: Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm, Naturalize
-Whatever
*Big creatures, steady beats, what's not to love?
9) Beaker: Mishra's Workshop, Trinisphere, Ferropede, Chimeric idol
-let's try it here
*Trinisphere is powerful. Ferropede, not so much. Storage lands aren't very popular for some reason.
10) dasheiff: Mishra's Workshop, Mesmeric Orb, Nether Spirit, Wheel of Torture
-Using Swamps is so 1996
*Respectable. Of course, it's a little too easy to play around the Orb.
11) fadeblue: Bayou, Evil Presence, Thallid, Elvish Scrapper
-Experimental Evil
*Yeah... stopping the second spell, as long as it's not black, just doesn't work in this format. Sea's Claim would have been a little stronger.
12) Silver Seraph: Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
-PAMPUSLD!
*Dammit... so close... Congratulations. Excuse me while I update the ban list...
13) SALAd: Underground Sea, Hapless Researcher, Akroma, Angel of Wrath, Reanimate
-Having Akroma Day; Wish you weren't here
*Like #4, this deck has a design flaw. Fast Akroma is nice, but it's just too much setup. There's too much disruption.
14) jcsuperstar: Bayou, Funeral charm, Funeral charm, Thallid
-Charming the ladies at the dead folks' home
*Well, when it works, it's obnoxious. Sadly, two cards was often enough to beat a Thallid to keep ya down.
X/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/0/1/2/3/4
1 X 3 6 6 6 3 3 6 3 6 6 0 6 0 = 54
2 3 X 6 6 0 6 2 4 6 1 6 3 3 3 = 49
3 0 0 X 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 6 3 6 3 = 30
4 0 0 6 X 6 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 = 23
5 0 6 6 0 X 2 6 0 6 6 2 3 0 4 = 41
6 3 0 0 6 2 X 0 1 0 2 6 3 0 6 = 29
7 3 2 6 6 0 6 X 6 6 2 6 0 6 4 = 53
8 0 1 6 3 6 4 0 X 3 6 0 3 0 3 = 34
9 3 0 6 6 0 6 0 3 X 0 6 0 6 3 = 39
0 0 4 0 6 0 2 2 0 6 X 6 3 0 6 = 35
1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 X 0 1 0 = 9
2 6 3 3 6 3 3 6 3 6 3 4 X 6 1 = 53
3 0 6 0 2 6 6 0 6 0 6 6 0 X 0 = 38
4 6 3 3 6 1 0 1 3 3 0 6 4 6 X = 42
1) #1: WhammWhamme (54)
2) #12: Silver Seraph (53)
2) #7: r_x_ (53)
4) #2: Wanderer359 (49)
5) #14: jcsuperstar (42)
6) #5: aurorasparrow (41)
7) #9: Beaker (39)
8) #13: SALAd (38)
9) #8: Tahn (34)
10) #10: dasheiff (33)
11) #3: Chimpanzee (30)
12) #6: Dhadowlord (29)
13) #4: spuzzem king (23)
14) #11: fadeblue (8)
Thirdly, since by the next one it will be May, I declare Silver Seraph the official Player of the Month. Congratulations are in order!
EDIT: Still PoTM, but surprisingly NOT the winner this week. My bad.
Fourthly, the game must go on. I will now have the new results go up on Wednesdays (to me); i.e. just after the #3CB results. So you have one week.
Fifthly, the rules:
Banned List:
Vision Charm
Dampen Thoughts
Vision Charm
Brain Freeze
Vision Charm
Ray of Erasure
Vision Charm
Foreshadow
Vision Charm
Predict
Vision Charm
Grinding Station
Vision Charm
Worry Beads
Vision Charm
Extract
Vision Charm
Bamboozle
Vision Charm
Nether Spirit
Strip Mine
Wasteland
The Rack
Okay. Submissions for a normal format (like the first, second and only two to date...) commence.
And please note the banned list has been updated!
EDIT: I just rechecked some matches. Dammit.
That's how to remember my name. Or, you could just read the Discworld Novels by Terry Pratchett. I recommend the second method.:)
And dear god, it's on the INTERNET! It has to be true!
...riight.
Hah, I knew no one teched against last week this week
12) Silver Seraph: Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
vs.
4) spuzzem king: Forbidden Orchard, Quicksand, Oath of Druids, Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Current Score : 3-3
Should be : 6-0
How do I not win everytime? I mill always Oath away and Quicksand can't kill Troll.
*Searching a Tech for next week*
Actually, you're already listed as 6-0ing him. Deck's 3 and 5 3-3'd you, however (one by dropping chalice for 0, one by dropping a Wheel of Torture).
Black Lotus, Bamboozle, Rushwood Grove, Troll Ascetic
vs
Wanderer
Mishra's Workshop, Anvil of Bogardan, Nether Spirit, Scalding Tongs
Score 0-6
should be 3-3
On my play:
Me: Workshop
Seraph: Nothing or lotus
Me: Anvil, burn for one.
Seraph: Draw Bamboozle. Options: senario 1: Play it, which would force spirit into the graveyard, thus allowing for reanimation. Or senario two: Don't play it.
Me: senario one: draw nothing, discard nothing. Spirit returns. Senario two: I draw spirit/tongs. I discard spirit then play tongs, burning for one.
Seraph: senario one: Draws grove/troll, is forced to discard one. Both are needed in order to be played, so I win through Spirit beats. Senario two:Draws into grove/troll. Discards bamboozle as it is useless at this point. Play troll off the lotus from earlier or a few turns later from the grove. However, Spirit becomes an infinite blocker and Seraph dies from tong pings.
At least I think that's right.
of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits"
-Karl Heinrich Marx
Cube
Actually, he draws both Grove and Bamboozle after you play Anvil... and has to discard one. Okay, 3-3 record upheld, thanks awfully for letting me win...
I'll update the page.
EDIT: Apparently I _did_ catch this myself, but only half way. Enjoy your extra 6 points from my recounting your score... sadly, this doesn't change standings.
EDITEDIT: Actually, I do win, albeit not through this. Thanks for making me go over Seraph's matches again.
That WOULD explain a lot, however. Hold on while I go do OTTCB#3.