Another small round, but I can hardly blame you guys. The holiday season can be stressful, and I've been struggling to get this out in decent time myself.
Anyway, a special format is coming up which ought to spice things up a little, and it is very in-theme, given the time of year.
1 jcsuperstar - Turns out Colossus is functionally different from Dread...
Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River Yes, it is. It takes five more turns to get out.
2 Death_By_Beebles - I don't understand 5CB metas.dec
Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate The choice of Duress over Thoughtseize was interesting; I don't think it made a difference anywhere, though.
3 Xyre - Pax Angela
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact I'm not sure I understand what creatures you were afraid of after Angel comes out. Slaughter Pact was almost totally pointless.
4 WhammWhamme - I'm Pop.dec?
Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity Not bad at all. Keg and Ring generally fought for the same design space; it might be better to find something less redundant for one of those slots. Very much a metagame call, though.
5 Chimpanzee - Rack and Roll
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, The Rack, The Rack Workshop was one of the few good mana producers left if you wanted the extra points. You had a hard time exerting much pressure with this deck, though.
6 Mogg - At least I'll get the bonus points.
Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize Man, Smokestack was awesome. *Goes off to experiment*
7 carrion pigeons - Criminal R&D
Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk I forgot the cardinal rule of 5CB: always have the ability to do something turn 1.
8 Halinn - Viz-à-wizard
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard, Yawgmoth's Will Patron Wizard seems vaguely unnecessary when you have access to so many other more powerful cards, but hey, it works.
9 Wrath_of_Dog - WTF?
Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser A deck that is a total dog to any and every discard spell or counterspell in the format is probably a bad choice. A deck that kills itself if it loses it's one mana sink is, too.
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 x2
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Thoughtseize x2
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, 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
Basking Rootwalla, Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Bayou, Black Lotus, Channel, Platinum Angel, Thoughtseize
Beacon of Destruction, Dwarven hold, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Befoul, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoth's Will x2
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Empty the Warrens, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Preacher
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, Bridge from Below, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit
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, 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, Demonfire, Hickory Woodlot, Pact of Negation
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
Black Lotus, Commandeer, Dryad Arbor, Misdirection, Venser, Shaper Savant
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, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard
Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Treasure Hunter, Venser, Shaper Savant
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, Glowrider, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Leonin Squire, Magus of the Moon, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Plains, Windborn Muse
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Mox Sapphire, Rishadan Port, Sower of Temptation
Black Lotus, Leonin Squire, Nether Void, Shah of Naar Isle, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Sheltered Valley, Voidstone Gargoyle
Blazing Shoal, Blazing Shoal, Dragon Tyrant, Greater Gargadon, Ornithopter
Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
Chain of Vapor, Daze, Thallid, The Rack, Tropical Island
Chain of Vapor, Duress, Lightning Bolt, Thallid, Undiscovered Paradise
Chain of Vapor, Mishra’s Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Thoughtseize, Underground Seax2
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 Digger
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, 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, Epochrasite, Powder Keg, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
City of Traitors, Gemstone Caverns, Glowrider, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Powder Keg, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
Crystal Vein, Eureka, Havenwood Battleground, Illusions of Grandeur, Sky Swallower
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Evermind, Misdirection
Commandeer, Energy Field, Palinchron, Sand Silos, Snapback
Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
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 Island
Demystify, Leyline of Lifeforce, Rancor, Savannah, Vine Dryad
Doran, the Seige Tower, Selesnya Sanctuary, Swamp, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
Dread, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Subterranean Hangar
Dryad Arbor, Funeral Charm, Innocent Blood, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
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
Elvish Spirit Guide, Mesmeric Fiend, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp
Energy Field, Foil, Island, Palinchron, Sand Silos
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, The Rack, The Rack
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Kataki, War's Wage, Windborn Muse
Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mana Tithe, Swords to Plowshares
Leveler, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance
Leyline of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Raze, Taiga, Thallid
Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Urza's Mine, Urza's Power Plant, Urza's Tower
Changes for next week: - In honor of Christmas, each player will be giving his opponent his deck to play with. In other words, points will be counted in the above graph using columns instead of rows. - Each submitted deck must be able to 6-0 the following: 5 Basic land.dec Swamp, Mountain, Island, Plains, Forest - You must be able play every spell in your deck (this does not include targeting requirements). - Planar Overlay is banned, nothing else is.
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, Dec. 20 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.'
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.'
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.'
1 jcsuperstar - Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 0-6
Thoughtseize is trumped by Junktroller. Energy Field is trumped by Nevinyrral’s Disk. Darksteel Colossus is too slow to do anything. Why is this match a draw?
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 3 Xyre - Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
Listed as: 3-3 Should be: 6-0
Duress + Vindicate > Angel + Pact. No?
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Listed as: 6-0 Should be: 2-2
DBB Vindicates Store. Maze draws the game.
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 6 Mogg - Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Listed as: 0-6 Should be: 3-3
Duress takes Mox and Vindicate destroys golem.
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 4-1
Vindicate takes out Hall before you can play anything.
3 Xyre - Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 4-1 Should be: 6-0
It seems like you’re trying to draw the game with Disk. Let’s play it out. C: Hall X: 14, Angel C: 17, Shop, Disk (Pact) X: attack C: 10, Junktroller, return Disk X: attack C: 3, Disk X: attack, win The life loss from Hall adds up really quickly.
4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 6-0
All the spells in your deck conveniently have the same mana cost. Here’s how it might play out: C: Hall W: Store C: 17, shop, Eater W: 1, Maze W: 2 W: 3 C: 14, Disk W: builds up a lot of counters, then plays Powder Keg and gets 4 counters on it, pops keg, plays Purity C: 11, Junktroller (return Eater) W: attack C: 2, Eater W: Ring on Eater, attack, win
4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity vs. 9 Wrath_of_Dog - Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 6-0 Ring takes out a Braid and Maze stops Factory. Purity stops any shenanigan with Geyser and is a 6/6 to boot. Alternately, Powder Keg kills factory and WoD dies to manaburn.
6 Mogg - Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize vs. 8 Halinn - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard, Yawgmoth's Will
Listed as: 0-6 Should be: 1-4 I play Smokestack. I have three permanents. Halinn has three permanents. We trade.
1 jcsuperstar - Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 0-6
Thoughtseize is trumped by Junktroller. Energy Field is trumped by Nevinyrral’s Disk. Darksteel Colossus is too slow to do anything. Why is this match a draw?
Unfortunately, Energy Field doesn't need to come out until after I play Eater, at which point Nevinyrral's Disk does little, and I can't race Field. I actually lose this 6-0.
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 3 Xyre - Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Listed as: 6-0 Should be: 2-2
DBB Vindicates Store. Maze draws the game.
Fixed.
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 6 Mogg - Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Listed as: 0-6 Should be: 3-3
Duress takes Mox and Vindicate destroys golem.
Fixed.
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 4-1
Vindicate takes out Hall before you can play anything.
Fixed.
3 Xyre - Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 4-1 Should be: 6-0 It seems like you’re trying to draw the game with Disk. Let’s play it out. C: Hall X: 14, Angel C: 17, Shop, Disk (Pact) X: attack C: 10, Junktroller, return Disk X: attack C: 3, Disk X: attack, win The life loss from Hall adds up really quickly.
Fixed.
4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity vs. 7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 6-0
All the spells in your deck conveniently have the same mana cost. Here’s how it might play out: C: Hall W: Store C: 17, shop, Eater W: 1, Maze W: 2 W: 3 C: 14, Disk W: builds up a lot of counters, then plays Powder Keg and gets 4 counters on it, pops keg, plays Purity C: 11, Junktroller (return Eater) W: attack C: 2, Eater W: Ring on Eater, attack, win
Fixed.
4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity vs. 9 Wrath_of_Dog - Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
Listed as: 2-2 Should be: 6-0 Ring takes out a Braid and Maze stops Factory. Purity stops any shenanigan with Geyser and is a 6/6 to boot. Alternately, Powder Keg kills factory and WoD dies to manaburn.
Fixed.
6 Mogg - Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize vs. 8 Halinn - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard, Yawgmoth's Will
Listed as: 0-6 Should be: 1-4 I play Smokestack. I have three permanents. Halinn has three permanents. We trade.
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.'
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.'
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Anyway, a special format is coming up which ought to spice things up a little, and it is very in-theme, given the time of year.
1 jcsuperstar - Turns out Colossus is functionally different from Dread...
Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
Yes, it is. It takes five more turns to get out.
2 Death_By_Beebles - I don't understand 5CB metas.dec
Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
The choice of Duress over Thoughtseize was interesting; I don't think it made a difference anywhere, though.
3 Xyre - Pax Angela
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
I'm not sure I understand what creatures you were afraid of after Angel comes out. Slaughter Pact was almost totally pointless.
4 WhammWhamme - I'm Pop.dec?
Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Not bad at all. Keg and Ring generally fought for the same design space; it might be better to find something less redundant for one of those slots. Very much a metagame call, though.
5 Chimpanzee - Rack and Roll
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, The Rack, The Rack
Workshop was one of the few good mana producers left if you wanted the extra points. You had a hard time exerting much pressure with this deck, though.
6 Mogg - At least I'll get the bonus points.
Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Man, Smokestack was awesome. *Goes off to experiment*
7 carrion pigeons - Criminal R&D
Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
I forgot the cardinal rule of 5CB: always have the ability to do something turn 1.
8 Halinn - Viz-à-wizard
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard, Yawgmoth's Will
Patron Wizard seems vaguely unnecessary when you have access to so many other more powerful cards, but hey, it works.
9 Wrath_of_Dog - WTF?
Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
A deck that is a total dog to any and every discard spell or counterspell in the format is probably a bad choice. A deck that kills itself if it loses it's one mana sink is, too.
X-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
1|X-0-4-2-4-3-6-0-6 25
2|6-X-6-2-0-3-4-0-6 27
3|1-0-X-0-4-3-6-3-6 23
4|2-2-6-X-6-0-6-0-6 28+15
5|1-6-1-0-X-2-6-1-6 23+15
6|3-3-3-6-2-X-6-1-6 30+15
7|0-1-0-0-0-0-X-0-6 7+15
8|6-6-3-6-4-4-6-X-6 41
9|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-X 0
1. Mogg - (At least I'll get the bonus points.) 45
2. WhammWhamme - (I'm Pop.dec?) 43
3. Halinn - (Viz-à-wizard) 41
4. Chimpanzee - (Rack and Roll) 38
5. Death_By_Beebles - (I don't understand 5CB metas.dec) 27
6. jcsuperstar - (Turns out Colossus is functionally different from Dread...) 25
7. Xyre - (Pax Angela) 23
8. carrion pigeons - (Criminal R&D) 22
9. Wrath_of_Dog - (WTF?) 0
Congratulations to Mogg for winning 5CB#12!
1. WhammWhamme 67
3. Chimpanzee 63
4. Halinn 59
5. Xyre 55
6. jcsuperstar 44
7. GiftsTrix 26
8. Death_By_Beebles 27
8. Charm_Master3125 5
9. Wrath_of_Dog 0
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 x2
Archaeological Dig, Barren Glory, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Thoughtseize x2
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, 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
Basking Rootwalla, Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Bayou, Black Lotus, Channel, Platinum Angel, Thoughtseize
Beacon of Destruction, Dwarven hold, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground Sea
Befoul, Black Lotus, City of Traitors, Kodama of the North Tree, Soldevi Digger
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Hunting Pack, Yawgmoth's Will x2
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Chalice of the Void, Empty the Warrens, Yawgmoth's Will
Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Preacher
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, Bridge from Below, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit
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, 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, Demonfire, Hickory Woodlot, Pact of Negation
Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
Black Lotus, Commandeer, Dryad Arbor, Misdirection, Venser, Shaper Savant
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, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard
Black Lotus, Foil, Island, Treasure Hunter, Venser, Shaper Savant
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, Glowrider, Foil, Island, Magus of the Moon
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Leonin Squire, Magus of the Moon, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Magus of the Moon, Plains, Windborn Muse
Black Lotus, Glowrider, Mox Sapphire, Rishadan Port, Sower of Temptation
Black Lotus, Leonin Squire, Nether Void, Shah of Naar Isle, Vindicate
Black Lotus, Mishra's Factory, Mox Sapphire, Sheltered Valley, Voidstone Gargoyle
Blazing Shoal, Blazing Shoal, Dragon Tyrant, Greater Gargadon, Ornithopter
Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
Chain of Vapor, Daze, Thallid, The Rack, Tropical Island
Chain of Vapor, Duress, Lightning Bolt, Thallid, Undiscovered Paradise
Chain of Vapor, Mishra’s Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Thoughtseize, Underground Seax2
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 Digger
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, 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, Epochrasite, Powder Keg, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
City of Traitors, Gemstone Caverns, Glowrider, Mox Pearl, Orim's Chant
City of Traitors, Isochron Scepter, Lightning Helix, Powder Keg, Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop
Crumbling Sanctuary, Darksteel Reactor, Mana Crypt, Mishra's Workshop, Soldevi Digger
Crystal Vein, Eureka, Havenwood Battleground, Illusions of Grandeur, Sky Swallower
Commandeer, Disrupting Shoal, Dryad Arbor, Evermind, Misdirection
Commandeer, Energy Field, Palinchron, Sand Silos, Snapback
Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
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 Island
Demystify, Leyline of Lifeforce, Rancor, Savannah, Vine Dryad
Doran, the Seige Tower, Selesnya Sanctuary, Swamp, Thoughtseize, Vindicate
Dread, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
Dread, Foil, Island, Nether Spirit, Subterranean Hangar
Dryad Arbor, Funeral Charm, Innocent Blood, Swamp, Thoughtseize
Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
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
Elvish Spirit Guide, Mesmeric Fiend, Mishra's Factory, Nezumi Shortfang, Swamp
Energy Field, Foil, Island, Palinchron, Sand Silos
Ensnaring Bridge, Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, The Rack, The Rack
Foil, Fountain of Cho, Island, Kataki, War's Wage, Windborn Muse
Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Isamaru, Hound of Konda, Karakas, Leyline of Singularity, Mana Tithe, Swords to Plowshares
Leveler, Mishra's Workshop, Mishra's Workshop, Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance
Leyline of the Void, Lightning Bolt, Raze, Taiga, Thallid
Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Urza's Mine, Urza's Power Plant, Urza's Tower
Changes for next week:
- In honor of Christmas, each player will be giving his opponent his deck to play with. In other words, points will be counted in the above graph using columns instead of rows.
- Each submitted deck must be able to 6-0 the following:
5 Basic land.dec
Swamp, Mountain, Island, Plains, Forest
- You must be able play every spell in your deck (this does not include targeting requirements).
- Planar Overlay is banned, nothing else is.
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, Dec. 20 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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I don't know if it's possible to meet a deadline that's in the past, but I can try.
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
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Of course, then the question becomes: what are the results?
1. carrion pigeons - Winnar
Plains, Plains, Plains, Plains, Eager Cadet
How this deck won is beyond me, but you can't argue with success.
1|1
1|X
1. carrion pigeons - Winnar - 0
carrion pigeons wins 5CB #12!
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
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1 jcsuperstar - Darksteel Colossus, Dreadship Reef, Energy Field, Thoughtseize, Underground River
vs.
7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2
Should be: 0-6
Thoughtseize is trumped by Junktroller. Energy Field is trumped by Nevinyrral’s Disk. Darksteel Colossus is too slow to do anything. Why is this match a draw?
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
vs.
3 Xyre - Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
Listed as: 3-3
Should be: 6-0
Duress + Vindicate > Angel + Pact. No?
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
vs.
4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
Listed as: 6-0
Should be: 2-2
DBB Vindicates Store. Maze draws the game.
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
vs.
6 Mogg - Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
Listed as: 0-6
Should be: 3-3
Duress takes Mox and Vindicate destroys golem.
2 Death_By_Beebles - Duress, Mishra's Factory, Mox Pearl, Swamp, Vindicate
vs.
7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2
Should be: 4-1
Vindicate takes out Hall before you can play anything.
3 Xyre - Black Lotus, Channel, Pact of Negation, Platinum Angel, Slaughter Pact
vs.
7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 4-1
Should be: 6-0
It seems like you’re trying to draw the game with Disk. Let’s play it out.
C: Hall
X: 14, Angel
C: 17, Shop, Disk (Pact)
X: attack
C: 10, Junktroller, return Disk
X: attack
C: 3, Disk
X: attack, win
The life loss from Hall adds up really quickly.
4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
vs.
7 carrion pigeons - Eater of Days, Hall of the Bandit Lord, Junktroller, Mishra's Workshop, Nevinyrral's Disk
Listed as: 2-2
Should be: 6-0
All the spells in your deck conveniently have the same mana cost. Here’s how it might play out:
C: Hall
W: Store
C: 17, shop, Eater
W: 1, Maze
W: 2
W: 3
C: 14, Disk
W: builds up a lot of counters, then plays Powder Keg and gets 4 counters on it, pops keg, plays Purity
C: 11, Junktroller (return Eater)
W: attack
C: 2, Eater
W: Ring on Eater, attack, win
4 WhammWhamme - Icatian Store, Maze of Ith, Oblivion Ring, Powder Keg, Purity
vs.
9 Wrath_of_Dog - Braid of Fire, Braid of Fire, Mishra's Factory, Mountain, Volcanic Geyser
Listed as: 2-2
Should be: 6-0
Ring takes out a Braid and Maze stops Factory. Purity stops any shenanigan with Geyser and is a 6/6 to boot. Alternately, Powder Keg kills factory and WoD dies to manaburn.
6 Mogg - Mishra's Workshop, Mox Jet, Smokestack, Steel Golem, Thoughtseize
vs.
8 Halinn - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Magus of the Moon, Patron Wizard, Yawgmoth's Will
Listed as: 0-6
Should be: 1-4
I play Smokestack. I have three permanents. Halinn has three permanents. We trade.
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GWRhys the Redeemed
GUKruphix, God of Horizons
GRXenagos, God of Revels
GThrun, the Last Troll
GStompy
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