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yakusoku Member	posted April 25, 2011 08:13 PM 5-Card Blind (5CB) is a very unique game. The rules are as follows: * Your deck is composed of 5 cards, all of which start in your hand. * You have no library (technically, the library exists, but starts at 0 cards) and no sideboard (Wishes fetch nothing). * Random effects always go against the owner of the card. * You can see your opponent's hand, so you can always make the best possible play. * You don't lose as a result of not being able to draw a card. * You will play each opponent twice, once going first, once going second. * For each win, you score 3. * For each draw, you score 1. * For each loss, you get nothing. * A subgame played with the card Shahrazad where neither player has any means to win the subgame will result in an incomplete game and both players will receive ZERO points for that game, since the main game cannot be resumed. Neither player loses or draws, so neither player earns any points. * Other than the aforementioned, EVERYTHING IS HANDLED EXACTLY LIKE A REAL GAME OF MAGIC! Remember, it is important for your deck to include a way to cast your cards! (Lands, artifact mana, pitch cards, etc.) If you want to play PM me a message in this format. Subject should include "Vanishing 5-Card Blind" (Just click on the little PM icon above my post and it should work out that way.) Card #1 Card #2 Card #3 Card #4 Card #5 Be sure you really are happy with your deck before you submit. Once you send in a deck, there is no changing it except in the case of an illegal entry. Please make every effort to spell your card names correctly. It makes it easier for everyone. Thanks. The "Vanishing" part is the twist. To start off with, only Unglued, Unhinged and Ante cards are banned. After each round, the 5 cards in the winning deck plus any cards in more than 1/3 of the decks played will be banned for all future rounds. Any lands that only provide mana are exempted from the banning rules. 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: Ghost Quarter Inkmoth Nexus Karakas Maze of Ith Mishra's Factory Mishra's Workshop Mutavault Strip Mine Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Tolarian Academy Wasteland Artifacts: Black Lotus Ensnaring Bridge Mana Crypt Mana Vault Mox Emerald Mox Pearl Mox Sapphire Pithing Needle The Rack Scalding Tongs Trinisphere Black: Cabal Therapy Nether Spirit Blue: Chain of Vapor Foil Force of Will Hive Mind Leyline of Anticipation Leyline of Singularity Green: Channel Red: Burning Inquiry 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 Round 6, winning with A Rib of Cysts, A Parch of Vino, A Bleach Party, and some other stuff that's all mixed up - coinmagic45: City of Brass Chain of Vapor Cabal Therapy Burning Inquiry Nether Spirit Round 6, played by over 1/3rd of all players: Mox Sapphire Round 7, winning with lands and only lands - Magic1264: Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Wasteland Ghost Quarter Mutavault Mutavault Round 7, played by over 1/3rd of all players: Mesmeric Fiend Winners List: 3 yakusoku 1 coinmagic45 LegendaryFerret Magic1264 s14sh3r Decklists: 1. yakusoku Mox Jet Sheltered Valley Nezumi Shortfang Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 2. Magic1264 City of Traitors Sphere of Resistance Mox Jet Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 3. LemonMeringue Slippery Bogle Daze Island Sickening Shoal Unmask 4. Numotflame96 Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Call To The Netherworld Grave Titan 5. SageShadows Dark Depths Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Thoughtseize Vampire Hexmage Vampire Hexmage 6. WCFmo Innocent Blood Thoughtseize Encroach Swamp Sarcomancy 7. Myy Island Sanctuary Mox Ruby Plains Soltari Footsoldier Soltari Footsoldier 8. Liq Swamp Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor [Edited 2 times, lastly by yakusoku on April 28, 2011]
yakusoku Member	posted April 27, 2011 02:59 PM Today is the LAST day to submit.
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yakusoku Member	posted April 28, 2011 11:39 PM The decklists have been posted. PLEASE make sure you use the proper deck number for your deck. Replace the '?' on the bottom line with the number next to your name on the decklist. Scoring: Play your deck against each other deck twice, once with you going first, once with them going first. 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 points for a loss. Some examples: 2 wins (WW) is 6 points. A win and a draw (WD) is 4 points. A win and a loss (WL) is 3 points. 2 draws (DD) is 2 points. A draw and a loss (DL) is 1 point. 2 losses (LL) is 0 points. Plug YOUR deck number into the ? below the ##, and your score against each deck into the other slots. Do not play your deck against itself. Just enter an 'x' in the chart under your deck number. Please copy-and-paste the following code into your Message box in order to assist you with scoring: code: code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
SageShadows Member	posted April 29, 2011 12:19 AM 1. yakusoku WL On the play, I grab the Mox Jet and win with no disruption. On the draw, he needs to Thoughtseize away my Thoughtseize. I play a land, and he plays Bitterblossom (Life: 21). I play Vampire Hexmage, and pass. He gets a Fae token, then plays Nezumi Shortfang. I play a second Vampire Hexmage, swinging with the first and getting a block from a Fae token. He gets a new token and pumps up his Nezumi Shortfang into a 3/3. By this time, even the mighty Marit Lage cannot beat a measly 1/1. 2. Magic1264 WL On the play, I steal the Sphere of Resistance. He plays Bitterblossom, and loses to my Marit Lage token or getting pinged slowly. On the draw, a Thoughtseize for my Thoughtseize and a Sphere of Resistance is game for me. 3. LemonMeringue WW On the play, I grab the Daze and he can’t stop Marit Lage Token beatdown. On the draw, he has Daze ready, and Unmasks away my Thoughtseize, but I can just play my second copy of Vampire Hexmage to win. 4. Numotflame96 WW On the play, stealing one Lion’s Eye Diamond wins me the game easily. On the draw, he dumps his hand for a Grave Titan + 2 zombies. (10 points of damage). I pass with a land. Since shuffle effects go against the player, he draws the Kozilek and swings me down to 10. He has 4 zombie tokens now. I play a Vampire Hexmage and pass. He draws LED 1, and swings with the army. I pop the Vampire Hexmage to play Marit Lage (who is indestructible) to block Grave Titan and go down to 2. The next turn, I swing for twenty to barely win. 5. SageShadows XX 6. WCFmo WL On the play, I nab the Encroach. He leads with Sarcomancy. I play a Vampire Hexmage. My first striker wins in combat, and I win as a result. If he innocent bloods, he’ll die to Sarcomancy. On the draw, an Encroach on Urborg is an auto lose. 7. Myy WW Island Sanctuary does nothing to stop Marit Lage. 8. Liq WW Not a fast enough clock to win against Marit Lage. code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL 05 3 3 6 6 X 3 6 6 33 There goes thoughtseize... [Edited 1 times, lastly by SageShadows on April 29, 2011]
WCFmo Member	posted April 29, 2011 04:44 AM 1. yakusoku DL 1 Mox Jet Sheltered Valley Nezumi Shortfang Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 2. Magic1264 DL 1 City of Traitors Sphere of Resistance Mox Jet Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 3. LemonMeringue DL 1 Slippery Bogle Daze Island Sickening Shoal Unmask 4. Numotflame96 LL 0 Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Call To The Netherworld Grave Titan 5. SageShadows WL 3 Dark Depths Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Thoughtseize Vampire Hexmage Vampire Hexmage 6. WCFmo XX X Innocent Blood Thoughtseize Encroach Swamp Sarcomancy 7. Myy WL 3 Island Sanctuary Mox Ruby Plains Soltari Footsoldier Soltari Footsoldier 8. Liq LL 0 Swamp Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL 06 1 1 1 0 3 X 3 0 9 Ouch, this is what happens when you miss a couple weeks and don't know the meta __________________ <Liq> you just can't expect a sig worthy line to appear out of nowhere on demand <stacker> i dont hang out with the patients afterwards, we got nurses for that <WCFmo> is your y button broke :D? <WCFmo> "ou" <LemonM> wow <LemonM> mabe it is <LemonM> ...
Myy Member	posted April 29, 2011 07:01 AM 1. yakusoku LL Mox Jet Sheltered Valley Nezumi Shortfang Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 2. Magic1264 LL City of Traitors Sphere of Resistance Mox Jet Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 3. LemonMeringue WL Slippery Bogle Daze Island Sickening Shoal Unmask 4. Numotflame96 WW Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Call To The Netherworld Grave Titan 5. SageShadows LL Dark Depths Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Thoughtseize Vampire Hexmage Vampire Hexmage 6. WCFmo WL Innocent Blood Thoughtseize Encroach Swamp Sarcomancy 7. Myy Xx Island Sanctuary Mox Ruby Plains Soltari Footsoldier Soltari Footsoldier 8. Liq WW Swamp Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL 07 0 0 3 6 0 3 X 6 18 I wasn't expecting so many fliers... Oh well kudos to that Sheltered Valley Yaku, I'd never seen it before.
yakusoku Member	posted April 30, 2011 02:23 AM quote: Originally posted by Myy: kudos to that Sheltered Valley Yaku, I'd never seen it before. Well, that's not really MY tech. I blatantly stole that. code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL 01 X 3 6 3 3 3 6 6 30 1. yakusoku XX Mox Jet Sheltered Valley Nezumi Shortfang Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 2. Magic1264 WL. On the draw, he plays Mox, Thoughtseize, City, Sphere and I'm left helpless. On the play, I get out Mox, Sheltered Valley and Bitterblossom. Any sequence of plays on his part results in me winning the race since I gain a life every turn. 3. LemonMeringue WW. On the play, I get out Bitterblossom and it's enough to win. On the draw, he can Daze Bitterblossom or Unmask it. I Thoughtseize him to grab either Daze or Unmask and I can force through Nezumi Shortfang to win. 4. Numotflame96 WL. On the play, I take an LED. On the draw, he gets out Grave Titan and I can't stop him. 5. SageShadows WL. I Thoughtseize his Thoughtseize, play Bitterblossom, then win with Nezumi Shortfang after it flips. 6. WCFmo WL. On the play, I get Bitterblossom. On the draw, he Thoughtseizes my Mox away. 7. Myy WW. Island Sanctuary only prevents me from attacking with Nezumi Shortfang, then Bitterblossom wins. 8. Liq WW. Bitterblossom + Nezumi Shortfang flipped allows me to race both on the play and draw.
Numotflame96 Member	posted April 30, 2011 09:11 AM ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL 04 3 3 6 X 0 6 0 6 24 1. yakusoku WL Mox Jet Sheltered Valley Nezumi Shortfang Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 2. Magic1264 WL City of Traitors Sphere of Resistance Mox Jet Bitterblossom Thoughtseize 3. LemonMeringue WW Slippery Bogle Daze Island Sickening Shoal Unmask 4. Numotflame96 XX Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Call To The Netherworld Grave Titan 5. SageShadows LL Dark Depths Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Thoughtseize Vampire Hexmage Vampire Hexmage 6. WCFmo WW Innocent Blood Thoughtseize Encroach Swamp Sarcomancy 7. Myy LL Island Sanctuary Mox Ruby Plains Soltari Footsoldier Soltari Footsoldier 8. Liq WW Swamp Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Myr Servitor Still not qite getting there
Liq Member	posted May 02, 2011 08:20 AM code: ## 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Total 08 00 00 06 00 00 06 00 XX 12 __________________ <Jazaray> LIQ! <Jazaray> you broke MOTL <Liq> totally <BoltBait> Don't make me kick you <Slinga> Have no fear, MOTL's janitor is here! <nderdog> So we're all agreed, it's Liq's fault, right? <Leshrac> let me deal with that * Liq has been banned
Magic1264 Member	posted May 02, 2011 11:29 AM code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL 02 3 X 3 3 3 4 6 6 28
yakusoku Member	posted May 02, 2011 05:01 PM Final scores: code: 01 X 3 6 3 3 3 6 6 30 02 3 X 3 3 3 4 6 6 28 03 0 3 X 0 0 4 3 0 10 04 3 3 6 X 0 6 0 6 24 05 3 3 6 6 X 3 6 6 33 <= winner! 06 1 1 1 0 3 X 3 0 09 07 0 0 3 6 0 3 X 6 18 08 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 X 12

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