NO MISE DECKS!

Any deck submitted MUST have some win condition. Any deck that can do no better than a draw against any possible deck will be rejected. A deck that can't win any game is mathematically eliminated from winning the round, and thus would just be taking a chance to win away from someone who could actually have a shot.

ALL players will assist in judging. The way this will work is that after the submission period is over, After all decks are revealed, judge your own deck against every other deck (going first and going second). Post your findings here in this thread. They will be reviewed by everyone for accuracy. Once a winner is determined the winners deck will be added to the banned list and the next round will begin. Repeated failure to do your own scoring will result in suspensions!

--------------Current banned list--------------
All Unglued cards
All Unhinged cards
All Ante cards
All cards not appearing in Gatherer (World Champion, Shichifukujin Dragon, cards from a new set not yet released, etc.)

Colorless non-artifacts:

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Lands:

Inkmoth Nexus
Karakas
Maze of Ith
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Workshop
Strip Mine
Tolarian Academy

Artifacts:

Black Lotus
Ensnaring Bridge
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Mox Emerald
Mox Pearl
Pithing Needle
The Rack
Scalding Tongs
Trinisphere

Blue:

Foil
Force of Will
Hive Mind
Leyline of Anticipation
Leyline of Singularity

Green:

Channel

Red:

Pact of the Titan

White:

Balance

Banned Decks (History)

Round 1, eschewing Black Lotus and Force of Will - yakusoku:

Mishra's Workshop
Ensnaring Bridge
Trinisphere
Scalding Tongs
Scalding Tongs

Round 1, played by over 1/3 of players:

Black Lotus
Force of Will

Round 2, from s14sh3r:

Mox Pearl
City of Traitors
Balance
The Rack
The Rack

Round 2, played by over 1/3 of all players:

Leyline of Anticipation

Round 3, uncounterable - yakusoku:

Leyline of Singularity
Karakas
Karakas
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Factory

Round 3, played by over 1/3rd of all players:

Foil

Round 4, almost perfect - yakusoku:

Mox Emerald
Mox Emerald
Channel
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Pithing Needle

Round 4, played by over 1/3rd of the field (3/7):

Strip Mine
Inkmoth Nexus
Maze of Ith

Round 5, he's in your mind, making you cast spells - LegendaryFerret:

Tolarian Academy
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Hive Mind
Pact of the Titan

Winners List:

3

yakusoku

1

LegendaryFerret
s14sh3r

Decklists:

1. yakusoku

Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors
Echoing Truth
Show and Tell
Form of the Dragon

2. LemonMeringue

City of Traitors
Thorn of Amethyst
Bayou
Anurid Scavenger
Fleshbag Marauder

3. Myy

Woodfall Primus
Flash
Epochrasite
Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors

4. Magic1264

Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mesmeric Fiend
Nezumi Shortfang
Wasteland

5. SageShadows

DarkDepths
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vampire Hexmage
Unmask
Innocent Blood

6. Numotflame96

Swamp
Mox Sapphire
Snuff Out
Thopter Foundry
Sword of the Meek

7. DerFisch

Leyline of Sanctity
Bloodghast
Bloodghast
Burning Inquiry
Undiscovered Paradise

8. LegendaryFerret

Mox Ruby
City of Traitors
Blightsteel Colossus
Seething Song
Sneak Attack

9. WCFmo

Memnite
Cabal Therapy
Encroach
Swamp
Sarcomancy

10. coinmagic45

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Originally posted by SageShadows:
Well, there goes my anti ScepterHelix tech that wasn't really tech...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Myy:
what was it?

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By the way, my comment about my tech for this week is moot now.... was gonna go:
mana vault
mana vault
mana crypt
tolarian academy
sky swallower

I get an 8/8 flyer, and you get 2 points per turn, yeah!

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Scoring:

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Always remember that each deck is to be played perfectly.

For each of the 2 games, score 3 points if your deck wins or 1 point if the game is a draw, with no

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Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors
Echoing Truth
Show and Tell
Form of the Dragon

2. LemonMeringue WW

City of Traitors
Thorn of Amethyst
Bayou
Anurid Scavenger
Fleshbag Marauder

3. Myy Xx

Woodfall Primus
Flash
Epochrasite
Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors

4. Magic1264 WL

Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mesmeric Fiend
Nezumi Shortfang
Wasteland

5. SageShadows LL

DarkDepths
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vampire Hexmage
Unmask
Innocent Blood

6. Numotflame96 WW

Swamp
Mox Sapphire
Snuff Out
Thopter Foundry
Sword of the Meek

7. DerFisch WL

Leyline of Sanctity
Bloodghast
Bloodghast
Burning Inquiry
Undiscovered Paradise

8. LegendaryFerret WL

Mox Ruby
City of Traitors
Blightsteel Colossus
Seething Song
Sneak Attack

9. WCFmo WL

Memnite
Cabal Therapy
Encroach
Swamp
Sarcomancy

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## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
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Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors
Echoing Truth
Show and Tell
Form of the Dragon

2. LemonMeringue WW 6

City of Traitors
Thorn of Amethyst
Bayou
Anurid Scavenger
Fleshbag Marauder

3. Myy WL 3

Woodfall Primus
Flash
Epochrasite
Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors

4. Magic1264 WL 3

Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mesmeric Fiend
Nezumi Shortfang
Wasteland

5. SageShadows WW 6

DarkDepths
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vampire Hexmage
Unmask
Innocent Blood

6. Numotflame96 WL 3

Swamp
Mox Sapphire
Snuff Out
Thopter Foundry
Sword of the Meek

7. DerFisch LL 0

Leyline of Sanctity
Bloodghast
Bloodghast
Burning Inquiry
Undiscovered Paradise

20 - 3 = 17, play land, 14, attack 4 (16), 11, (12), 9, block 1 memnite (10), 7, block 1 memnite (7)

8. LegendaryFerret WL 3

Mox Ruby
City of Traitors
Blightsteel Colossus
Seething Song
Sneak Attack

9. WCFmo XX X

Memnite
Cabal Therapy
Encroach
Swamp
Sarcomancy

10 coinmagic45 WL 3
City of Brass
Chain of Vapor
Cabal Therapy
Burning Inquiry
Nether Spirit

Will double check scores for * and ***, and add them all together. Not a bad deck

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City of Brass
Chain of Vapor
Cabal Therapy
Burning Inquiry
Nether Spirit

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    ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
    10 6 3 4 3 4 6 2 3 3 XX 34

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1. yakusoku - On the draw, he gets out Form. I bounce it then make him lose his hand to Inquiry. WW

2. LemonMeringue - Thorn beats me on the draw. Inquiry wins on the draw. WL

3. Myy - On the draw, he plays turn 1 land + Mox. If he plays Epoc, then I Therapy him, then bounce Epoc, then play Inquiry. So he doesn't play Epoc. If I try to play anything, he responds with Flash and we draw. On the play, I Therapy his Flash, then bounce his Epoc, then Inquiry for the win. WD

4. Magic1264 - On the draw, his turn 1 Fiend takes Spirit for the loss. On the play, Inquiry wins. WL

5. SageShadows - On the draw, his best chance is turn 1 Unmask my Inquiry. I play Therapy on myself, discarding Spirit. He plays Hexmage, and we draw. I can't bounce it or he'll respond with sacrificing it. On the play, Inquiry wins. WD

6. Numotflame96 - On the draw, he plays turn 1 Foundry. I play land. He plays turn 2 Sword. I bounce Foundry, then play Inquiry for the win. WW

7. DerFisch - I wait for him to play Inquiry, then I drop City and bounce a Bloodghast, and my 2/2 comes into play before his 2/1 so I win the race. So, he does nothing and I do nothing. DD

8. LegendaryFerret - I get infected on the draw. Inquiry wins on the play. WL

9. WCFmo - On the draw, he plays turn 1 Encroach for the win. On the play, I play turn 1 Inquiry for the win. WL

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2. LemonMeringue DD
On the play, I Unmask away the Anurid Scavenger. We then stare at each other; whoever makes the first move loses.
On the draw, he gets his Thorn down before I unmask away his Anurid Scavenger and we stare some more.

3. Myy WW
On the play, I steal his Mox Sapphire and go along with my plan unimpeded.
On the draw, he flashes in the Woodfall Primus, which destroys his Mox Sapphire or plays the Epochrasite. On my turn, I Unmask the whatever is left and procede with 20/20 beats.

4. Magic1264 LL
Wasteland beats me senseless.

5. SageShadows XX

6. Numotflame96 WL
I Unmask for the Thopter Foundry on the play, and easily win.
On the draw, he gets his Thopter Foundry out, unmolested. I unmask away his Sword of the Meek. On his turn, he needs to Thopter away his Mox Sapphire to get a Thopter and the Sword of the Meek out. I get my Marit Lage token out, and he makes a second Thopter on his turn. I lose by slow and certain 1/1 beatdown.

Oh the irony…

7. DerFisch LL
Burning Inquiry is an auto lose.

8. LegendaryFerret WL
On the play, I steal Mox Ruby and that’s that.
On the draw, combotastic play leads to my loss.

9. WCFmo LL
Too much hand disruption.

10. coinmagic45 DL
On the play, I nab a Burning Inquiry. The correct play is to Cabal Therapy himself for the Nether Spirit. On my turn, I cast a Vampire Hexmage. After his Nether Spirit returns, we face off; neither of us can break through, and if he Chain of Vapors my Vampire Hexmage, I can sacrifice it for Marit Lage.
On the draw, a Burning Inquiry burns any hopes of me winning as I need 3 cards to do anything.

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1. yakusoku XX

Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors
Echoing Truth
Show and Tell
Form of the Dragon

2. LemonMeringue WW. I can pay for Mox Sapphire with City of Traitors and EOT play Echoing Truth, bouncing his Thorn, then on my turn play Show and Tell and drop Form.

3. Myy LL. I have to respond to Epochrasite, making me lose Form to Woodfall Primus.

4. Magic1264 WW. On the play, I just drop down Form and win. On the draw, I bounce Fiend with Echoing Truth, then Show and Tell dropping Form.

5. SageShadows LL. He already covered it. I can't stop a FLYING creature.

6. Numotflame96 LL. He gains two life every turn and gets enough guys to kill me.

7. DerFisch DL. On the play, Form stops Bloodghast, Burning Inquiry stops my Echoing Truth. On the draw, I only get to keep two cards, which isn't enough.

8. LegendaryFerret WL. On the play, I get out Form, which stops him from attacking. On the draw, he attacks and I can't do anything.

9. WCFmo WL. On the play, I get out Form and his creatures can't do anything. On the draw, Encroach is enough to win it.

10. coinmagic45 LL. Burning Inquiry gets him Nether Spirit and Chain of Vapor stops Form.

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Originally posted by yakusoku:
Ugh. Looks like Mox Sapphire gets the axe this week.

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Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors
Echoing Truth
Show and Tell
Form of the Dragon

2. LemonMeringue WL 3 - On the play, inquiry just wins. On the draw, thorn is enough to keep me from casting inquiry, so he wins with scavenger.

City of Traitors
Thorn of Amethyst
Bayou
Anurid Scavenger
Fleshbag Marauder

3. Myy WL 3 - On the draw, primus is good enough to kill me. On the play, I think my bloodghasts can race epoch. Lemme check:
Dlay out hand
Mlay epoch
Dlay land bg's come back
M:sits because epoch cant race as 1/1
D:attack 20-18, epoch trades with 1 bg
M:epoch -susp- 2
D:attack 20-16, bg comes back
M:epoch -susp- 1
D:attack 20-12
M:cast epoch as 4/4, cant race because we're each dealing 4 per turn, and cant just sit and block, because after this turn he goes down to 10, and I get in 2 per turn. So I win this one.

Woodfall Primus
Flash
Epochrasite
Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors

4. Magic1264 1 - LD. On the play, inquiry stops him from casting a win condition, but wasteland can kill my land, so I cant return bloodghasts to play. On the draw he is able to stick a creature, and use wasteland to blow up my underdiscovered paradise, so I cant return bloodghast to play.

Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mesmeric Fiend
Nezumi Shortfang
Wasteland

5. SageShadows 6 WW - Inquiry wins this on the play. Thanks to leyline and its protection from unmask, inquiry wins this on the draw as well.

DarkDepths
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vampire Hexmage
Unmask
Innocent Blood

6. Numotflame96 WL 3 - On the play, inquiry is a win. On the draw, he is able to play swamp, mox, thopter foundry. I play out my hand.
N: tap mox, sac, bring sword. tap swamp, sac sword, bring back sword.
D: Concede. I cant race 1 new guy per turn, which can block my one of my bloodghasts without dying and gains him a life.

Swamp
Mox Sapphire
Snuff Out
Thopter Foundry
Sword of the Meek

7. DerFisch XX

Leyline of Sanctity
Bloodghast
Bloodghast
Burning Inquiry
Undiscovered Paradise

8. LegendaryFerret WL 3 - Like this deck a lot.

Mox Ruby
City of Traitors
Blightsteel Colossus
Seething Song
Sneak Attack

9. WCFmo 6 WW - See his description.

Memnite
Cabal Therapy
Encroach
Swamp
Sarcomancy

10. coinmagic45 DD 2

On the play. I cast inquiry which makes him discard spirit among 2 other cards, but my two bloodghasts are good enough to race his 1 netherspirit. because blocking does neither of us any good, since both of our creatures come back. (You shoulda used undiscovered paradise!)

On the draw: I begin with leyline in play, making it so he cant cast cabal therapy on me. So he either has to chain my leyline, or cast inquiry. Chaining my leyline allows me to play out my hand, and we are in the same situation as me on the play. Casting burning inquiry makes me discard 2 bloodghasts and burning inquiry since * Random effects always go against the owner of the card. * and in this case, he is the owner of burning inquiry. So in option 1, I play out my hand then play two bloodghasts the following turn, or in option 2 I get to play my land returning my bloodghasts to play yet again and we are back to where we started yet again, where my two bloodghasts easily race his one netherspirit.

fail logic is fail /edit/

City of Brass
Chain of Vapor
Cabal Therapy
Burning Inquiry
Nether Spirit

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Given the number of people, I think this has been my best week so far.

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Originally posted by coinmagic45:
7. DerFisch - I wait for him to play Inquiry, then I drop City and bounce a Bloodghast, and my 2/2 comes into play before his 2/1 so I win the race. So, he does nothing and I do nothing. DD

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Damnit sir, you are correct. Thought I was gonna win too!!

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Myy - WD here. With me on the draw, he plays his land and passes. If I ever go for the combo, he flashes in the primus to kill sneak attack and blocks. If he ever does anything else, I kill him on my next turn (since colossus comes back each turn, so just blocking with primus once isn't good enough if he doesnt kill the sneak attack)

Numotflame96 - WW here. Snuff out can't stop Colossus

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Originally posted by LegendaryFerret:
Quick side question: Is Tolarian Academy really banned? It's a land that just makes mana (and isn't even that great without mana crypt). Or does this fit into the same category as the workshop ban?

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It's really banned. The spirit of the rule, which I'm actually trying to follow as much as, if not more than, the letter of the rule is to allow lands like Fountain of Cho to remain legal forever, so we don't run out of lands to play spells besides one and two-drops. So, the idea was that Remote Farm won't be banned, but other lands could be. You should be able to play with Eternal Dragon, if it's still legal, and not be hindered by the fact that there's no way in the format to produce enough mana to cast him.

I've made an exception for City of Traitors because, quite frankly, it's just not powerful enough to really warrant a ban. At its worst, last tournament, it was maybe 30-40% of the metagame, and only one or two of those decks were threatening to win it. I'll consider banning it if it's a problem or enough people think it's not fun, but I don't see any reason to keep non-basics that tap for more than two mana that don't require doing nothing for three turns legal in the format.

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Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors
Echoing Truth
Show and Tell
Form of the Dragon

2. LemonMeringue

City of Traitors
Thorn of Amethyst
Bayou
Anurid Scavenger
Fleshbag Marauder

3. Myy - LL

Woodfall Primus
Flash
Epochrasite
Mox Sapphire
City of Traitors

4. Magic1264 - LL

Mox Sapphire
Mox Jet
Mesmeric Fiend
Nezumi Shortfang
Wasteland

5. SageShadows - LL I get beat down by hexmage after unmask grabs scavenger

DarkDepths
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vampire Hexmage
Unmask
Innocent Blood

6. Numotflame96 - WW

Swamp
Mox Sapphire
Snuff Out
Thopter Foundry
Sword of the Meek

7. DerFisch - WL

Leyline of Sanctity
Bloodghast
Bloodghast
Burning Inquiry
Undiscovered Paradise

8. LegendaryFerret - WL

Mox Ruby
City of Traitors
Blightsteel Colossus
Seething Song
Sneak Attack

9. WCFmo DL

Memnite
Cabal Therapy
Encroach
Swamp
Sarcomancy

10. coinmagic45 - WL

City of Brass
Chain of Vapor
Cabal Therapy
Burning Inquiry
Nether Spirit

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06 6 0 0 0 3 X 3 0 3 00 15
07 4 3 3 1 6 3 X 3 6 02 31 
08 3 3 4 3 3 6 3 x 3 03 31 
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10 6 3 4 3 4 6 2 3 3 XX 34 <= winner!

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