That's it?! Nine Submissions? Come on people, give me some work! Anyway, lifegain was popular, and surprisingly, combo, not so much.
1 jcsuperstar - Buncha cards
City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance, The Rack This deck felt really strong. It always had something to try. That probably means there was more disruption than there needed to be.
2 WhammWhamme - Myoshin
Berserk, Blazing Shoal, Hollow Trees, Myojin of Infinite Rage, Vine Dryad This is a cool concept, it could be explored more, I think.
3 Wrath_of_Dog - Chalice. The FreshMaker.
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Dwarven Hold, Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Pardic Dragon Rite was useful once, against Chimp. Even then, on the play, he could sac his Lotus to take mana burn and still counter your threat for a tie.
4 andelijah - No Name
Black Lotus, Maze of Ith, Necrogen Mists, Sheltered Valley, The Rack I love me a good Rack deck, but Lotus into Mists seems a bit un-versatile.
5 Chimpanzee - Awkwardly Hateful
Black Lotus, Foil, Indentured Djinn, Island, Magus of the Moon This was a good week for a counterspell. Not much else to say.
6 The Mad Tapper - ...
City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mishra's Factory Helix was also an excellent choice for the week. What was the Epochrasite for?
7 Mogg - Good Enough?
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Empty the Warrens, Orim's Chant, Yawgmoth's Will Nothing quite like a cadre of 16 goblins all running at you at once.
8 carrion pigeons - Reset to Five
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Form of the Dragon, Powder Keg Man, Form of the Dragon is awesome! It feels like it ought to be banned, even. Oh CRAP. Oh well, no reason to delete the pairings now; I just won't count them.
9 Halinn - noname.dec
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Leveler, Lightning Helix Leveller was probably the best *ahem* legal way of abusing the format.
Please remember that a single POTM point will be deducted for each time deck has been played before the current week.
Anvil of Bogardan, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, The Rack, Wheel of Torture
Arcbound Ravager, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Soldevi Digger
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Orim's Chant
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 Digger
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Eternal Witness, Galepowder Mage, Rushwood Grove
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Kami of Ancient Law, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire
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
Basking Rootwalla, Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Befoul, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Digger
Berserk, Blazing Shoal, Hollow Trees, Myojin of Infinite Rage, Vine Dryad
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Form of the Dragon, Powder Keg
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Empty the Warrens, Orim's Chant, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Preacher
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Ray of Revelation, Preacher
Black Lotus, Castigate, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Disrupting Shoal, Riftwing Cloudskate, Viscerid Deepwalker
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Dwarven Hold, Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Pardic Dragon
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, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Leveler, Lightning Helix
Black Lotus, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Treetop Village
Black Lotus, Foil, Indentured Djinn, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Garruk Wildspeaker, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Misdirection
Black Lotus, Gemstone Caverns, Mana Tithe, Mishra's Factory, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Plains, Windborn Muse
Black Lotus, Leonin Squire, Nether Void, Shah of Naar Isle, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Maze of Ith, Necrogen Mists, Sheltered Valley, The Rack
Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Sheltered Valley, Voidstone Gargoyle
Blazing Shoal, Blazing Shoal, Dragon Tyrant, Greater Gargadon, Ornithopter
Chain of Vapor, Daze, Thallid, The Rack, Tropical Island
Chain of Vapor, Duress, Lightning Bolt, Thallid, Undiscovered Paradise
Chain of Vapor, Mishra's Factory, Thought Eater, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Soldevi Digger
Chalice of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture
Chandra Nalaar, Demonfire, Dwarven Hold, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith
Channel, Daze, Dryad Arbor, Nullstone Gargoyle, Tropical Island
City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mishra's Factory
City of Traitors, Gemstone Caverns, Glowrider, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance, The Rack
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop
Crystal Vein, Eureka, Havenwood Battleground, Illusions of Grandeur, Sky Swallower
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Evermind, Misdirection
Eladamri's Vineyard, Forest, Mox Emerald, Powder Keg, Treetop Village
Darksteel Reactor, Goblin Welder, Great Furnace, Maze of Ith, Mercadian Bazaar
Daze, Foil, Nether Spirit, Thallid, Tropical Island
Demystify, Leyline of Lifeforce, Rancor, Savannah, Vine Dryad
Doran, the Seige Tower, Selesnya Sanctuary, Swamp, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Subterranean Hangar
Dryad Arbor, Funeral Charm, Innocent Blood, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Eladamri's Vineyard, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Mox Emerald, Treetop Village
Leyline of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Raze, Taiga, Thallid
Changes for next week:
- Next week is the beginning of POTM November. We will begin with a normal week, no special rules.
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
Meddling Mage
Force of Will
Trinisphere
Mycosynth Lattice
Anurid Scavenger
Form of the Dragon
Unmask
The deadline for next week will be Thursday, Nov. 8 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.
There will still be 4 weeks in November (8th, 15, 22nd, 29th), but the 22nd is Thanksgiving, and I don't expect to have time for calculating results. Unless anyone objects, I will post the decks, and you can post results for your own decks in the thread. I will complete calculations for anything not done, Tuesday-ish. Any objections? Also, I would really appreciate ideas for specialty weeks, as I am only the second most imaginative person in the world.
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.'
Not that it really matters at this point, but how do I lose to jcsuperstar when I'm on the play?
Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Orim's Chant
Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Empty the Warrens
On jcsupertar's upkeep, I'll sacrifice the remaining lotus to play Orim's Chant and he won't be able to keg.
And shouldn't I lose to Wrath_of_DoG's Chalice on the draw?
I want to play it. I was playing 5CB on another forum but it's taking too long per round and there aren't enough people. So do I just Private Message my decklist to carrion pigeons???
1 jcsuperstar - Buncha cards
City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance, The Rack
This deck felt really strong. It always had something to try. That probably means there was more disruption than there needed to be.
2 WhammWhamme - Myoshin
Berserk, Blazing Shoal, Hollow Trees, Myojin of Infinite Rage, Vine Dryad
This is a cool concept, it could be explored more, I think.
3 Wrath_of_Dog - Chalice. The FreshMaker.
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Dwarven Hold, Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Pardic Dragon
Rite was useful once, against Chimp. Even then, on the play, he could sac his Lotus to take mana burn and still counter your threat for a tie.
4 andelijah - No Name
Black Lotus, Maze of Ith, Necrogen Mists, Sheltered Valley, The Rack
I love me a good Rack deck, but Lotus into Mists seems a bit un-versatile.
5 Chimpanzee - Awkwardly Hateful
Black Lotus, Foil, Indentured Djinn, Island, Magus of the Moon
This was a good week for a counterspell. Not much else to say.
6 The Mad Tapper - ...
City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mishra's Factory
Helix was also an excellent choice for the week. What was the Epochrasite for?
7 Mogg - Good Enough?
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Empty the Warrens, Orim's Chant, Yawgmoth's Will
Nothing quite like a cadre of 16 goblins all running at you at once.
8 carrion pigeons - Reset to Five
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Form of the Dragon, Powder Keg
Man, Form of the Dragon is awesome! It feels like it ought to be banned, even. Oh CRAP. Oh well, no reason to delete the pairings now; I just won't count them.
9 Halinn - noname.dec
Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Leveler, Lightning Helix
Leveller was probably the best *ahem* legal way of abusing the format.
X-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
1|X-6-6-2-3-2-6-I-0 25
2|0-X-6-0-0-0-0-f-0 6
3|0-0-X-2-4-0-0-e-0 6
4|2-6-2-X-3-0-0-e-0 13
5|3-6-1-3-X-6-0-l-6 25
6|2-6-6-6-0-X-0-d-0 20
7|0-6-6-6-6-6-X-u-6 36
8|3-6-6-6-1-6-6-m-6 40
9|6-6-6-6-0-6-0-b-X 30
1. carrion pigeons - (Reset to Five) 40
2. Mogg - (Good Enough?) 36
3. Halinn - () 30
4. Chimpanzee - (Awkwardly Hateful) 25
4. jcsuperstar - (Buncha cards) 25
6. The Mad Tapper - (...) 20
7. andelijah - (No Name) 13
8. Wrath_of_Dog - (Chalice. The FreshMaker.) 6
8. WhammWhamme - (Myoshin) 6
Congratulations to Mogg for winning 5CB#6 and POTM October!
2. jcsuperstar 163
3. Chimpanzee 144
4. The Mad Tapper 132
5. Halinn 93
6. Wrath_of_Dog 83
7. Tlaon 77
8. Meat Popsicle 76
9. GlenNZ 74
10. andelijah 62
11. SumPhatGuy 44
12. Error1 36
13. BweeBwee 28
14. Death_by_Beebles 18
15. WhammWhamme 6
Anvil of Bogardan, Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, The Rack, Wheel of Torture
Arcbound Ravager, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Soldevi Digger
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Orim's Chant
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 Digger
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Eternal Witness, Galepowder Mage, Rushwood Grove
Aura of Silence, Black Lotus, Kami of Ancient Law, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire
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
Basking Rootwalla, Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Befoul, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Digger
Berserk, Blazing Shoal, Hollow Trees, Myojin of Infinite Rage, Vine Dryad
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Form of the Dragon, Powder Keg
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Empty the Warrens, Orim's Chant, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Preacher
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Ray of Revelation, Preacher
Black Lotus, Castigate, Leonin Squire, Leonin Squire, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Chain of Vapor, Disrupting Shoal, Riftwing Cloudskate, Viscerid Deepwalker
Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Dwarven Hold, Hidetsugu's Second Rite, Pardic Dragon
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, City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Leveler, Lightning Helix
Black Lotus, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Eladamri's Vineyard, Treetop Village
Black Lotus, Foil, Indentured Djinn, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Garruk Wildspeaker, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Misdirection
Black Lotus, Gemstone Caverns, Mana Tithe, Mishra's Factory, Venser, Shaper Savant
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Plains, Windborn Muse
Black Lotus, Leonin Squire, Nether Void, Shah of Naar Isle, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Maze of Ith, Necrogen Mists, Sheltered Valley, The Rack
Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Sheltered Valley, Voidstone Gargoyle
Blazing Shoal, Blazing Shoal, Dragon Tyrant, Greater Gargadon, Ornithopter
Chain of Vapor, Daze, Thallid, The Rack, Tropical Island
Chain of Vapor, Duress, Lightning Bolt, Thallid, Undiscovered Paradise
Chain of Vapor, Mishra's Factory, Thought Eater, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Chalice of the Void, City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Soldevi Digger
Chalice of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture
Chandra Nalaar, Demonfire, Dwarven Hold, Maze of Ith, Maze of Ith
Channel, Daze, Dryad Arbor, Nullstone Gargoyle, Tropical Island
City of Traitors, Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
City of Traitors, Epochrasite, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Mishra's Factory
City of Traitors, Gemstone Caverns, Glowrider, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
City of Traitors, Mishra's Factory, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance, The Rack
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop
Crystal Vein, Eureka, Havenwood Battleground, Illusions of Grandeur, Sky Swallower
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Evermind, Misdirection
Eladamri's Vineyard, Forest, Mox Emerald, Powder Keg, Treetop Village
Darksteel Reactor, Goblin Welder, Great Furnace, Maze of Ith, Mercadian Bazaar
Daze, Foil, Nether Spirit, Thallid, Tropical Island
Demystify, Leyline of Lifeforce, Rancor, Savannah, Vine Dryad
Doran, the Seige Tower, Selesnya Sanctuary, Swamp, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Subterranean Hangar
Dryad Arbor, Funeral Charm, Innocent Blood, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Eladamri's Vineyard, Garruk Wildspeaker, Maze of Ith, Mox Emerald, Treetop Village
Leyline of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Raze, Taiga, Thallid
Changes for next week:
- Next week is the beginning of POTM November. We will begin with a normal week, no special rules.
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
Meddling Mage
Force of Will
Trinisphere
Mycosynth Lattice
Anurid Scavenger
Form of the Dragon
Unmask
The deadline for next week will be Thursday, Nov. 8 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.
There will still be 4 weeks in November (8th, 15, 22nd, 29th), but the 22nd is Thanksgiving, and I don't expect to have time for calculating results. Unless anyone objects, I will post the decks, and you can post results for your own decks in the thread. I will complete calculations for anything not done, Tuesday-ish. Any objections? Also, I would really appreciate ideas for specialty weeks, as I am only the second most imaginative person in the world.
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Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Orim's Chant
Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Empty the Warrens
On jcsupertar's upkeep, I'll sacrifice the remaining lotus to play Orim's Chant and he won't be able to keg.
And shouldn't I lose to Wrath_of_DoG's Chalice on the draw?
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