3cb #5

[Cait_Sith]

I am accepting submissions now until Monday, October 1, at 11:59 PM EST.

Congrats to our previous winners:

georgjorge and Whit3 Ghost


--------------Rules and Submission Guidelines--------------

Your deck is composed of 3 cards which all start in your hand.
Your library contains 0 cards and you don’t have a sideboard (Wishes fetch nothing).
Random effects always go in your opponent's favor.
You can see your opponent's hand, so you make the best possible play.
You don't lose as a result of not being able to draw a card.
You play each opponent twice; once going first and once going second.
For each win, you score 3 points.
For each draw, you score 1 point.
For each loss, you score 0 points.

Three rules restrict the kind of deck you can send. They are:
1.You may not submit a deck that can win before the opponent's first main phase.
2.You may not submit a deck that can force an opponent to lose more than one card from his hand per turn.
3. You may not submit a deck that uses a card on the 3CB banned list.

Other than the aforementioned, everything is handled exactly like a real game of Magic.

If you want to play, PM me a message with a heading similar to " 3CB Round #X", where X is the current round number. DO NOT E-MAIL YOUR LIST TO ME. The format for the message should be:

Deck Name

Card #1
Card #2
Card #3

Any Random notes that you want me to know.

The current B&R List:

--------------Current Banned List--------------

All Ante Cards
All Promo cards not available on Gatherer/Autocard
All Unglued and Unhinged Cards (excluding basic lands)

Creatures:
Mesmeric Fiend
Nezumi Shortfang
Voidstone Gargoyle
Meddling Mage
Leonin Squire
Magus of the Moon

Lands:
Wasteland
Ghost Quarter
Strip Mine
Glacial Chasm

Artifacts:
The Rack

Enchantments:
Form of the Dragon
Barren Glory

Instants:
Force of Will

Sorceries:
Abandon Hope
Balance
Blackmail
Brain Pry
Cabal Therapy
Coercion
Misguided Rage
Pulse of the Dross
Restore Balance
Show and Tell

[on1y0ne]

I am accepting submissions now until Monday, October 1, at 11:59 PM EST....

Do you mean 8 October?

[Belgareth]

Yeah, as Time travel will totally make these contests unfair ;)

[Cait_Sith]

It is actually the 9th. I copy/paste'd that from the last one to save time, but forgot to change that.

Sadly, I once again CANNOT edit my opening post.

The end date is Tuesday, October 9th, at 11:59 PM EST.

[Maveric78f]

Isn't it supposed to be over today ?

[WiLdFiRe]

What's happening with this one?

[Cait_Sith]

Okay, I have the list. What happens is that I post the lists the day after it ends.

1. APriestOfGix - Unnamed

Energy Field
Izzet Boilerworks
Keldon Megaliths

2. WiLdFiRe - Unnamed

Visara the Dreadful
Subterranean Hangar
Ice Floe

3. Lego_Army_Man -

Mishra's Workshop
Chimeric Idol
Wheel of Torture

4. satellites - Back to Skool

Black Lotus
Academy Researcher
Zephid's Embrace

5. Pinder - Unnamed

Mishra's Workshop
Chimeric Idol
Wheel of Torture

6. Pale Moon FTW - MagusReborn

Black Lotus
Dryad Arbor
Blood Moon

7. Van Phanel - Tarmogoyf and Friends

Mishra's Workshop
Steel Golem
Wheel of Torture

8. georgjorge - Everyone loves to play Islands

Black Lotus
Tidal Warrior
Imaginary Pet

9. Maveric78f - Eladamri's Lands

Eladamri's Vineyard
Treetop Village
Mishra's Factory

10. SaptulaOfTheAges - "Patience(n)- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. - Ambrose Bierce".dec

Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Kodama of the North Tree

11. frolll - Happy Keldons

Mox Ruby
Keldon Halberdier
Crack the Earth

12. Barook - Mishra vs. Predator

Trygon Predator
Mishra's Factory
Simic Growth Chamber

13. etrigan - Quote, not a Quote

Black Lotus
Sheleted Valley
Windborn Muse

14. Eladriel - Unnamed

Hickory Woodlot
Tempting Wurm
Tempting Wurm

15. Mordenkain - Bridge Reborn.dec

Black Lotus
Island Sanctuary
Tethered Griffin

16. Belgareth - Process this !

City of traitors
Phyrexian processor
Ancient tomb

17. Ridiculous Hat - Unnamed

Hickory Woodlot
Tempting Wurm
Naturalize

18. Illissius - Fair And Guiling Copesmate Death

Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Rakdos the Defiler

19. technogeek5000 - New Age Workshop

Mishra's Workshop
Sphere of Resistance
Straw Golem

20. Nihil - Little Englander

Blinkmoth Nexus
Plains
Island Sanctuary

[Illissius]

18. Fair And Guiling Copesmate Death
Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Rakdos the Defiler

01. 6-0
02. 6-0
03. 6-0
04. 6-0
05. 6-0
06. 6-0
07. 6-0
08. 6-0
09. 6-0
10. 6-0
11. 1-4
12. 6-0
13. 2-2
14. 6-0
15. 6-0
16. 6-0
17. 6-0
18. N/A
19. 3-3
20. 6-0

Total: 102

Flying won three matches and drew another. Flying is awesome.

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

1. APriestOfGix - Energy Field, Izzet Boilerworks, Keldon Megaliths - LL - 0
2. WiLdFiRe - Visara the Dreadful, Subterranean Hangar, Ice Floe - WW - 6
3. Lego_Army_Man - Mishra's Workshop, Chimeric Idol, Wheel of Torture - WW - 12
4. satellites - Black Lotus, Academy Researcher, Zephid's Embrace -DD - 14
5. Pinder - Mishra's Workshop, Chimeric Idol, Wheel of Torture - WW - 20
6. Pale Moon FTW - Black Lotus, Dryad Arbor, Blood Moon - WW - 26
7. Van Phanel - Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture - WW - 32
8. georgjorge - Black Lotus, Tidal Warrior, Imaginary Pet - LL - 32
9. Maveric78f - Eladamri's Vineyard, Treetop Village, Mishra's Factory - DD - 34
10. SaptulaOfTheAges - 34
11. frolll - Mox Ruby, Keldon Halberdier, Crack the Earth - LL - 34
12. Barook - Trygon Predator, Mishra's Factory, Simic Growth Chamber - DD - 36
13. etrigan - Black Lotus, Sheleted Valley, Windborn Muse - LL - 38
14. Eladriel - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm - LL - 38
15. Mordenkain - Black Lotus, Island Sanctuary, Tethered Griffin - LL - 38
16. Belgareth - City of traitors, Phyrexian processor, Ancient tomb - WL - 41
17. Ridiculous Hat - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Naturalize - DD - 43
18. Illissius - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Rakdos the Defiler - LL - 43
19. technogeek5000 - Mishra's Workshop, Sphere of Resistance, Straw Golem - WL - 46
20. Nihil - Blinkmoth Nexus, Plains, Island Sanctuary - LL - 46

Clearly I chose the very, very, very incorrect fatty.

[Eldariel]

I think I lost almost all the matches. Something in the neighbourhood of 5 won matches or something. About 30 points. Awesome. Clearly, fatty-plan wants to start turn 1.

[Mordenkain]

15. Mordenkain - Bridge Reborn.dec

Black Lotus
Island Sanctuary
Tethered Griffin

1. LL 0
2. LL 0
3. LL 0
4. LL 0
5. LL 0
6. WW 6
7. LL 6
8. WW 12
9. WW 18
10. WW 24
11. LL 24
12. DD 26 (Not sure, anyone wanna help?)
13. DD 28
14. WW 34
15. N/A
16. WW 40
17. LL 40
18. LL 40
19. WL 43
20. WW 49

49 points.

Oh my god I suck. I want another deck, please. =(

[Cait_Sith]

12 is DD. Your fliers cannot break through each other and his Factory cannot swing through Sanctuary.

[Mordenkain]

12 is DD. Your fliers cannot break through each other and his Factory cannot swing through Sanctuary.

Thank you, that was what I thought.

[Maveric78f]

Mordenkain : 9 is WL.
If I start, I play treetop, you play your hand, I play the rest of my hand then you take 2 burns, then you deal me 2 dmgs, etc. Eventually you die at your 12th turn before being able to attack for the win.

[APriestOfGix]

2. WiLdFiRe: 6-0
3. Lego_Army_Man: 6-0
4. satellites: 6-0
5. Pinder: 6-0
6. Pale Moon FTW: 0-6
7. Van Phanel: 6-0
8. georgjorge: 6-0
9. Maveric78f: 6-0
10. SaptulaOfTheAges: 6-0
11. frolll: 0-6
12. Barook: 6-0
13. etrigan: 2-2
14. Eladriel: 6-0
15. Mordenkain: 6-0
16. Belgareth: 6-0
17. Ridiculous Hat: 0-6
18. Illissius: 0-6
19. technogeek5000: 6-0
20. Nihil - Little Englander: 6-0


Total: 96

[Mordenkain]

Mordenkain : 9 is WL.
If I start, I play treetop, you play your hand, I play the rest of my hand then you take 2 burns, then you deal me 2 dmgs, etc. Eventually you die at your 12th turn before being able to attack for the win.

Thanks for that, I was to quick there. Anyways, doesn't really matter though, since I did shitty. But thanks anyways.

EDIT: w00t, post no. 200... Well... At least it's some kind of milestone. Meh.

[Van Phanel]

So I guess I should have put some more thinking into this, but as this was the first time I participated, I thought improving the last winner might give me a chance. I'll learn from that for the next one.

My deck was called "Tarmogoyf & friends" because every deck at our local playgroup has that name at the moment, it doesn't matter if there are actual Goyfs in there:

Mishra's Workshop
Steel Golem
Wheel of Torture

1) LL - 0
2) WW - 6
3) WW - 6
4) WW - 6
5) WW - 6
6) WL - 3
7) n/a
8) WL - 3
9) WW - 6
10) WL - 3
11) WW - 6
12) LL - 0
13) WW - 6
14) LL - 0
15) WW - 6
16) WW - 6
17) LL - 0
18) LL - 0
19) WL - 3
20) WW - 6

So, if I made no mistakes, I count 72 points. I underrated the power of fatties it seems.

Spatula: You win only on the play, when you're on the draw, I win:

Me: Shop, Golem, you Kodama, burn to 19.
Me: Wheel, you go to 16 attack me to 14
Me: attack you to 13, you go to 10 attack me to 8
Me: attack you to 7, you go to 4 attack me to 2
Me: attack you to 1 and wheel kills you in your upkeep.
You have no other option , if you don't play kodama my golem kills you and if you don't attack, my wheel kills you.

[Illissius]

APriestOfGix: Your total seems 86 to me...

Van Phanel: Chimeric Idol is good because it dodges Tabernacle, sorcery speed removal, and maybe other things, while Steel Golem wins the mirror and potentially has other benefits (I can't remember if 3/4 is the smallest size which races a Thallid or the largest one which doesn't), so it's a tradeoff.

[Van Phanel]

Yes, you are correct, of course its a tradeoff.

However the downsides aren't that huge. I can't think of a single deck, this would lose to where Chimeric Idol wouldn't lose. Even with Steel Golem dying to Tabernacle I still win the race because playing Tabernacle gives you a very limited choice of an actual winoption. You can either play a manland as in "The sheltered Factory", but Wheel with a single turn of a Golem as a blocker is enough to win that race. You can also play a Storageland and something big (that has to dodge Tabernacle too) and I can't think of anything that would actually win.

[Illissius]

I knew there was a case I encountered in previous rounds where it mattered... it also stops Lotus-Preacher from stealing your dude and racing Wheel: you drop Idol to force them into action, and then never activate it again after they play Preacher, while you ride the Wheel to victory.

[etrigan]

1. DD 2
2. LL
3. LL
4. DD 4
5. LL
6. WW 10
7. LL
8. WW 16
9. LL
10. WW 22
11. WW 28
12. DD 30
13. I crushed him
14. WW 36
15. DD 38
16. LL
17. WW 44
18. DD 46
19. WL 49
20. WW 55

Total: 55

I'm not entirely sure about #16. Seems to me that I lose against one 8/8 token. I'll beat multiple tokens, and 8 seems like the best amount to pay (It's unlikely I would reach 7 upkeeps to make 9 the correct choice).

Good against creatures decks, bad against non-creatures decks, and unable to punch through flying blockers. I figured I would do well against Tabernacle decks, but we didn't see any this time. What's up with that?

[frolll]

heppy keldons! mox ruby+keldon halberdier+crack the earth

1. WW 6
2. WD 10
3. LL 10
4. WW 16
5. LL 16
6. WW 22
7. LL 22
8. DD 24
9. WD 28
10. WW 34
11. OMG it's me
12. WW 40
13. LL 40
14. WD 44
15. WW 50
16. WW 56
17. WD 60
18. WD 64
19. WL 67
20. WD 71

So total 71...

Meh. I was just trying it.
And BTW, Rakdos is mad tech. (or more and less than I was thinking : he does not have modafuxing Haste WOOT.)

[Ridiculous Hat]

17. Ridiculous Hat - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Naturalize

1. APriestOfGix - Energy Field, Izzet Boilerworks, Keldon Megaliths - WW - 6
2. WiLdFiRe - Visara the Dreadful, Subterranean Hangar, Ice Floe - LL - 6
3. Lego_Army_Man - Mishra's Workshop, Chimeric Idol, Wheel of Torture - WW - 12
4. satellites - Black Lotus, Academy Researcher, Zephid's Embrace - WW - 18
5. Pinder - Mishra's Workshop, Chimeric Idol, Wheel of Torture - WW - 24
6. Pale Moon FTW - Black Lotus, Dryad Arbor, Blood Moon - LL - 24
(techy, dude. if i understand this correctly, dryad arbor is a 1/1 land creature - mountain... anyone please correct me if i'm wrong.)
7. Van Phanel - Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture - WW - 30
8. georgjorge - Black Lotus, Tidal Warrior, Imaginary Pet - DL - 31
9. Maveric78f - Eladamri's Vineyard, Treetop Village, Mishra's Factory - WW - 37
10. SaptulaOfTheAges - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Kodama of the North Tree - DD - 39
11. frolll - Mox Ruby, Keldon Halberdier, Crack the Earth - DL - 40
12. Barook - Trygon Predator, Mishra's Factory, Simic Growth Chamber - WW - 46
13. etrigan - Black Lotus, Sheleted Valley, Windborn Muse - LL - 46
14. Eladriel - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm - LL - 46
15. Mordenkain - Black Lotus, Island Sanctuary, Tethered Griffin - WW - 52
16. Belgareth - City of traitors, Phyrexian processor, Ancient tomb - WD - 56
18. Illissius - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Rakdos the Defiler - LL - 56
19. technogeek5000 - Mishra's Workshop, Sphere of Resistance, Straw Golem - LL - 56
20. Nihil - Blinkmoth Nexus, Plains, Island Sanctuary - WW - 62

[WiLdFiRe]

1 LL 0
2 0
3 WL 3
4 WL 6
5 WL 9
6 LL 9
7 WL 12
8 WW 18
9 LL 18
10 LL 18
11 WW 24
12 WW 30
13 WW 36
14 WW 42
15 WW 48
16 LL 48
17 WW 54
18 LL 54 (Curse you flying!)
19 WW 60
20 WW 66

Please check my results, I had to do them in a hurry.

[Illissius]

frolll: We both have our matchup at DL, oddly; I think it's a WD on your end. Going first you can suspend Halberdier before Cracking after I play Rakdos; going second you're forced to Crack first. I'm quite willing to be convinced otherwise, however.

[georgjorge]

08. Tidal Warrior, Black Lotus, Imaginary Pet


01. 00 (stop playing blue cards, damnit)
02. 33
03. 03
04. 33 (Reseachers seems broken though...no better Auras ?)
05. 03
06. 33
07. 03
09. 33 (I turn whatever creature is attacking into an island, removing it from combat)
10. 11
11. 11
12. 33
13. 00
14. 03
15. 00 (Islandwalk...lol)
16. 03
17. 13
18. 00 (Rakdos seems VERY scary...better than Visara...)
19. 03
20. 11

...for a total of (disappointing) 58 points...I didn't really expect Island Sanctuary, maybe next time a flyer will show up instead of Pet. I also counted on many people to play last round's succesful deck of Vindicate + Bounceland.

@VanPhanel: You don't win both, you lose on the draw. I get Warrior active before you can drop your second threat, and Pet races your first threat.

@frolll: It's a draw both times, as I always sac my Warrior, and Pet can damage you enough before Halberdier comes into play that you will have to hold it back to block.

@Wildfire: You lose both times. I just turn Floe into an Island and beat with Pet, fast enough that you can't get Visara down in time.

I'm not sure why so many people think they beat me when in fact it's a draw or loss...

[Maveric78f]

09. 33 (I turn whatever creature is attacking into an island, removing it from combat)

Mmmh, you can't do that. Turning into island does not remove from combat. It remains a creature. Even if you answer the activation, the effect is no the stack and it will become a creature. Your only option is to transform it before the main phase and then I can animate the second land.

[Maveric78f]

[b]
1. APriestOfGix - Energy Field, Izzet Boilerworks, Keldon Megaliths - WW - 6 (burn is not damage but life loss)
2. WiLdFiRe - Visara the Dreadful, Subterranean Hangar, Ice Floe - WW - 12
3. Lego_Army_Man - Mishra's Workshop, Chimeric Idol, Wheel of Torture - LL - 12
4. satellites - Black Lotus, Academy Researcher, Zephid's Embrace - WL - 15
5. Pinder - Mishra's Workshop, Chimeric Idol, Wheel of Torture - LL - 15
6. Pale Moon FTW - Black Lotus, Dryad Arbor, Blood Moon - LL - 15
7. Van Phanel - Mishra's Workshop, Steel Golem, Wheel of Torture - WW - 15
8. georgjorge - Black Lotus, Tidal Warrior, Imaginary Pet - LL - 15 (it's close but I can't do anything)
10. SaptulaOfTheAges - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Kodama of the North Tree - LL - 15
11. frolll - Mox Ruby, Keldon Halberdier, Crack the Earth - WW - 21 (I play mishra first, in order to sac it to crack the earth)
12. Barook - Trygon Predator, Mishra's Factory, Simic Growth Chamber - LL - 21
13. etrigan - Black Lotus, Sheleted Valley, Windborn Muse - LL - 21 (I can't pay the attack cost with vineyard and the valley gives you life to win the race)
14. Eladriel - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Tempting Wurm - LL - 21
15. Mordenkain - Black Lotus, Island Sanctuary, Tethered Griffin - WL - 24
16. Belgareth - City of traitors, Phyrexian processor, Ancient tomb - LL - 24
17. Ridiculous Hat - Hickory Woodlot, Tempting Wurm, Naturalize - LL - 24
18. Illissius - Black Lotus, Black Lotus, Rakdos the Defiler - LL - 24
19. technogeek5000 - Mishra's Workshop, Sphere of Resistance, Straw Golem - WW - 30
20. Nihil - Blinkmoth Nexus, Plains, Island Sanctuary - LL - 30

Quite awesome result. A lot of hate : island sanctuary, manlands,

[frolll]

@frolll: It's a draw both times, as I always sac my Warrior, and Pet can damage you enough before Halberdier comes into play that you will have to hold it back to block.

Halberdier has First Strike, you're doomed if you attack me. First Strike pwns, sometimes. :D
Ahem, after thinking for like... 5 more seconds : yup, it's double draw. *frowns*

@Illissius: Humm... Yup, you're right, it's WD for me since Rakdos the Demon doesn't have Haste to go along his Flying and Trample. Crack the Earth is kinda nice against Single-Permanent.dec. ;)

[Nihil Credo]

27 points. WTF, half the decks had fliers in there.

[APriestOfGix]

frolll: We both have our matchup at DL, oddly; I think it's a WD on your end. Going first you can suspend Halberdier before Cracking after I play Rakdos; going second you're forced to Crack first. I'm quite willing to be convinced otherwise, however.

Beater going first: Slap down beater, he dropps Mox, cracks, and it's a draw.
Beater going second: Mox, suspend, beater comes down, crack, win.

so yes it's DW (from the order i gave)

[georgjorge]

Props to Illisius (I'll assume he wins that one)...Rakdos the Defiler is a original choice, and much scarier than Visara or Kodama.

Also, what's it with those Sanctuaries...isn't Energy Field almost always better than that ?

As for my deck, let's just say that Tidal Warrior is no Magus of the Moon although I thought it would be. Also, the format seems to be too fast for playing storage lands now, which would get owned by Warrior.

[Maveric78f]

Rakdos should be banned I guess... This deck is clearly too strong...

[Nihil Credo]

Rakdos should be banned I guess... This deck is clearly too strong...
I'm pretty sure you're joking, but on the off-chance you're not, the deck loses to Unmask/Shoal/Arbor, Workshop/Bridge/Tongs, Vineyard/Tabernacle/Village, Leyline/Isamaru/Karakas, which is the majority of "Tier 1" decks, as well as all sorts of other stuff.

[georgjorge]

Mmmh, you can't do that. Turning into island does not remove from combat. It remains a creature. Even if you answer the activation, the effect is no the stack and it will become a creature. Your only option is to transform it before the main phase and then I can animate the second land.

You're right about this, sorry...but I still think I win the games. I can turn Village into an Island during your upkeep, and you can animate the Factory and attack me with it. So both of us take four damage every turn, but I barely win the race on the draw since I deal you four before you deal me four. On the play, I am even faster of course.

[Illissius]

Props to Illissius (I'll assume he wins that one)...Rakdos the Defiler is a original choice, and much scarier than Visara or Kodama.


Thanks for the props, but I unfortunately must report that I didn't come up with the idea myself. (I did think of Leyline-Karakas, Force-Arbor, and Megaliths-Keg/Field independently (if not first), though, if that's any consolation). And while it probably is better than Visara, Kodama does have many advantages, so that's mainly a metagame decision. Some things which beat Rakdos: Tabernacle, Maze of Ith, Karakas, Swords to Plowshares, Pox, Ensnaring Bridge, Energy Field (played turn one). City-Lotus-Kodama dodges the first half of these.

[frolll]

Even Plains+Isamaru+StP does beat the Rakdos.dec :o But hey! Illissius will beat us all ont the back of a very very good metagame call, props to him. :)

/damned, why did I not choose to play Dryad/Unmask/Shoal ? :(

[georgjorge]

/damned, why did I not choose to play Drayd/Unmask/Shoal ? :(

Because the people who did that didn't do well last round ?

[satellites]

04. 33 (Reseachers seems broken though...no better Auras ?)


It was down to either this or Mythic Proportions, and ultimately, I chose untargetability and flying over Beef. Maybe I should have chosen beef.

Oh, well. Maybe next time?

[Illissius]

Arbor-Unmask-Shoal would have done pretty horribly this time as well, as far as I can tell from skimming the lists. It seems people still have it at the back of their minds even when it's not doing so well (and it doesn't hurt that Wheel of Torture and Megaliths are very strong decks all on their own).

[satellites]

OK, here's my totals, with notes about a couple.

Again, correct me if I'm wrong.

1. LL
2. WW: Shroud means I can race his Ice Floe for the 5 turns I need to win.
3. LL: I can't race this...
4. --
5. LL: Same as 3.
6. WW
7. LL: this plays out the same as 3 and 5.
8. DD: If he swings with both, I kill the Tidal Warrior, then there's a Pet/Researcher stalemate.
9. LL: Manaburn + stomping trees = pain.
10. DD: He swings, I block, letting 2 trample damage through. Then we both have no permanents.
11. LL: So close...I was about to put this as DD, but then saw that the Halberdier has 1st strike.
12. LL: Predator is hot. That is all.
13. DD: I can't attack, but if Muse does, I kill it.
14. LL
15. WW
16. LL: This one hurt me in the head to figure out. And I still lost.
17. LL
18. LL: Ouch.
19. WL: If I'm on the play, I beat face. If I'm on the draw, I can't play anything.
20. WW: Sanctuary seems like it would be good, but there's hella flyers running around.

Total: 35

I should have used my other choice...I could have raced a little faster.

[Maveric78f]

I'm pretty sure you're joking, but on the off-chance you're not, the deck loses to Unmask/Shoal/Arbor, Workshop/Bridge/Tongs, Vineyard/Tabernacle/Village, Leyline/Isamaru/Karakas, which is the majority of "Tier 1" decks, as well as all sorts of other stuff.

I'm not joking. And it makes 3/3 against unmask. And my experience in this metagame is still small but it does not look like that they are the "majority" of tier1 decks (unmask shoal arbor is awful for instance).

[Barook]

My deck: Mishra vs. Predator

Trygon Predator
Mishra's Factory
Simic Growth Chamber

If anything is wrong, correct me:

1. LL - 0
2. LL - 0
3. WW - 6
4. DD - 2 (You don't lose here, satellites. I can't swing into a flying 4/4 and you can't swing because otherwise, the Predator would seal the deal.)
5. WW - 6
6. LL - 0
7. WW - 6
8. LL - 0
9. WW - 6
10. LL - 0
11. LL - 0
12. N/A
13. DD - 2
14. LL - 0
15. DD - 2
16. ? (I'm not calculating this - I'm waiting for Belgareth's try on this one)
17. LL - 0
18. LL - 0
19. DD - 2
20. WW - 6

Total points so far: 38

Wow, this was a rather bad meta choice (props to Illissius for his deck).

[frolll]

Yep, the Unmasked Sick Dryad would have fail badly, but alas beats Rakdos deck :D
So... Road to a format ruled by the mighty Megaliths ?

[WiLdFiRe]

Satellites, I can Ice Floe in response to the trigger from Researchers....

[Van Phanel]

I didn't know Dryad stays 1/1 under Blood Moon, that costs me another point. Also, I mistook Imaginary Pet for something else, thats why I had WW recorded against it -> minus another 3 for a total of 72.

Barook, on the draw you lose to any Processor with more than 3 and less than 12 life paid. With you on the play however, he only gets one token and is never able to race you.

[etrigan]

Yep, the Unmasked Sick Dryad would have fail badly, but alas beats Rakdos deck :D
So... Road to a format ruled by the mighty Megaliths ?

Megaliths can do no better than draw vs. any deck with Sheltered Valley. I think Workshop, Wheel of Torture, Chimeric Idol is still the best deck in the format.

[APriestOfGix]

Megaliths can do no better than draw vs. any deck with Sheltered Valley. I think Workshop, Wheel of Torture, Chimeric Idol is still the best deck in the format.

wrong, i have some super tech for that next round...

[Eldariel]

The thing is, Lotus-decks rape Workshop/Wheel/Idol. So it isn't really the best. By the looks of things, the Rakdos-deck is really awesome.

[satellites]

My deck: Mishra vs. Predator

Trygon Predator4. DD - 2 (You don't lose here, satellites. I can't swing into a flying 4/4 and you can't swing because otherwise, the Predator would seal the deal.)


You would be correct.


Wildfire, so it's WL, then? I can live with that.

[Nihil Credo]

Satellites, I can Ice Floe in response to the trigger from Researchers....
You can't. Ice Floe must target a creature without flying that's attacking you.

[WiLdFiRe]

Haha, oh wow. RTFC. I shoulda played innocent blood in it's place then :/

[georgjorge]

OK, here's my totals, with notes about a couple.

8. DD: If he swings with both, I kill the Tidal Warrior, then there's a Pet/Researcher stalemate.


...which is why I WON'T swing with both, but only with the Pet (as long as researchers is untapped). You can trade, leaving me with a 1/1 and you with nothing, or you can race, which doesn't work because you take five and deal four a turn.

[Illissius]

Haha, oh wow. RTFC. I shoulda played innocent blood in it's place then :/

Or, like, Maze of Ith.

[satellites]

...which is why I WON'T swing with both, but only with the Pet (as long as researchers is untapped). You can trade, leaving me with a 1/1 and you with nothing, or you can race, which doesn't work because you take five and deal four a turn.


So...2 losses on that, then? If that's the case, I can't win against 2 creatures.

Also, I knew I was reading Ice Floe right... :confused:

[SpatulaOfTheAges]

When's the next round?

[Illissius]

I added and formatted the decklists for #3, #4, and #5 to the wiki (http://thesource3cb.pbwiki.com/); I don't know how to do the outcomes table, so could someone who does at least make the skeletons for those? We should keep the wiki up to date.

[Nihil Credo]

I added the new pages and tables; now we only need someone to fill in the results (at least what results were posted).

[Illissius]

Thanks. I've filled in my own... would do the vertical column as well, but it's a pain in the ass.

If everyone else fills in their own results, we could go back and see what's missing. So, um, please do so.

EDIT -- Disregard all this stuff below and see the next two comments.

How to: click the link (http://thesource3cb.pbwiki.com/), then #3CB #N Outcomes, Edit page, scroll down through the HTML gibberish until you find the number for your deck (23. or whatever), and then put how many points you got for each of your matches in order between each of the following <td></td> pairs, and then your total points in the last one.

So, for example, if your deck was #4 out of 5, and you lost the first match, drew the second, split the third, and won the last, it would look like this:

<td>4.</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>--</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <tr></tr>

[Nihil Credo]

Uhm... what HTML gibberish? Are you using the latest Firefox? I am, and the PBWiki editor looks as WYSIWYG as Microsoft Word.

[Illissius]

Oh, wow. I'm actually using the latest Opera, and it seems pbwiki is retarded. So never mind that, and a word to the Opera users: set it to mask as Firefox in the site preferences.

(So I've filled it in columnwise as well.)

[Cait_Sith]

I am back, now that they restored the network, and will have #CB 6 up and running soon.

[Illissius]

So are we going to start the next round, or shall I?

[Cait_Sith]

AAArgh! I got busy with the 6 tests in two weeks! You can go ahead, and I can grab #7 for you after that. Unless you are willing to wait until tomorrow.