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yakusoku Member	posted May 16, 2011 12:50 AM 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.) Multicolored: Progenitus Colorless non-artifacts: Emrakul, the Aeons Torn Lands: Dark Depths Ghost Quarter Inkmoth Nexus Karakas Maze of Ith Mishra's Factory Mishra's Workshop Mutavault Strip Mine Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Tolarian Academy Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Wasteland Artifacts: Black Lotus Blightsteel Colossus Ensnaring Bridge Mana Crypt Mana Vault Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Pithing Needle The Rack Scalding Tongs Trinisphere Black: Cabal Therapy Nether Spirit Thoughtseize Vampire Hexmage Blue: Chain of Vapor Foil Force of Will Hive Mind Leyline of Anticipation Leyline of Singularity Show and Tell Green: Channel Red: Burning Inquiry Pact of the Titan Seething Song Simian Spirit Guide Sneak Attack 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 Round 8, out of the Depths, I cry to you, oh Marit Lage - SageShadows: Dark Depths Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Thoughtseize Vampire Hexmage Vampire Hexmage Round 9, look at what he brought to Show and Tell - joz: Island Simian Spirit Guide Simian Spirit Guide Show and Tell Progenitus Round 9, played by over 1/3 of all players: Mox Jet Round 10, from a sneaky, sneaky guy - Myy: Blightsteel Colossus Sneak Attack Mox Ruby City of Traitors Seething Song Winners List: 3 yakusoku 1 coinmagic45 joz LegendaryFerret Magic1264 Myy SageShadows s14sh3r Decklists: 1. yakusoku Chancellor of the Annex Swamp Dark Ritual Oona's Prowler Reanimate 2. Magic1264 Leyline of Sanctity Plateau City of Traitors Oblivion Ring Words of War 3. MAB_Rapper City of Traitors Grim Monolith Torpor Orb Spellskite Phyrexian Dreadnaught 4. Numotflame96 Forest Sol Ring Mox Opal Thorn of Amethyst Thrun, the Last Troll 5. LemonMeringue City of Traitors Lightning Helix Isochron Scepter Unmask Contagion 6. Liq City of Traitors Leyline of Sanctity Isochron Scepter Lightning Helix Arcbound Slith 7. SageShadows Serra Avenger Leonin Relic-Hunter Serra's Sanctum Leyline of Sanctity Leyline of the Void 8. WCFmo Mental Misstep Daze Island Tidal Warrior Tidal Warrior 9. Myy Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Yawgmoth's Will Leyline of Sanctity Empty the Warrens 10. Freakonaleash2009 Urza's Mine Urza's Tower Urza's Power Plant Chimeric Mass Darksteel Plate [Edited 2 times, lastly by yakusoku on May 19, 2011]
MAB_Rapper Member	posted May 16, 2011 08:33 AM Hello boys (and any ladies)... I'M BAAACCCKKKK!!!!! __________________ MOTL's Most Likely to Play in the Pro Tour - 2007, 2008, and 2009 (My Nationals) The Official Tower Magic Facebook Page
Myy Member	posted May 16, 2011 08:59 AM quote: Originally posted by MAB_Rapper: Hello boys (and any ladies)... I'M BAAACCCKKKK!!!!! haven't you always been here? I saw you updating some lists a while back. in any case, Welcome Back. =D I wish you the best of luck This round Sir. Notable events: I won last round We're still waiting for Coinmagic to announce when he's going to give out a prize to the winner. [Edited 1 times, lastly by Myy on May 16, 2011]
yakusoku Member	posted May 18, 2011 12:38 PM Today is the LAST day to submit.
Myy Member	posted May 19, 2011 11:51 AM Super Late submission, but hopefully I'll do well against a field with hand disruption and no Island santuaries, lol
yakusoku Member	posted May 19, 2011 07:01 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: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ??
MAB_Rapper Member	posted May 19, 2011 07:23 PM 1. yakusoku LL 0 Chancellor of the Annex Swamp Dark Ritual Oona's Prowler Reanimate 2. Magic1264 WW 6 - Spellskite becomes fodder for the Ring. Leyline of Sanctity Plateau City of Traitors Oblivion Ring Words of War 3. MAB_Rapper XX X City of Traitors Grim Monolith Torpor Orb Spellskite Phyrexian Dreadnaught 4. Numotflame96 WL 3 - I can't play Orb or Monolith on the draw. Forest Sol Ring Mox Opal Thorn of Amethyst Thrun, the Last Troll 5. LemonMeringue WL 3 City of Traitors Lightning Helix Isochron Scepter Unmask Contagion 6. Liq WW 6 City of Traitors Leyline of Sanctity Isochron Scepter Lightning Helix Arcbound Slith 7. SageShadows WW 6 - Lead with Spellskite making it the target of Hunter. Serra Avenger Leonin Relic-Hunter Serra's Sanctum Leyline of Sanctity Leyline of the Void 8. WCFmo LL 0 - Autolose to Mental... Mental Misstep Daze Island Tidal Warrior Tidal Warrior 9. Myy WW 6 - Um, he can't win, cause I don't think he can actually cast Empty. Not a mise deck though. Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Yawgmoth's Will Leyline of Sanctity Empty the Warrens 10. Freakonaleash2009 WW 6 - I'm way too fast for this. Urza's Mine Urza's Tower Urza's Power Plant Chimeric Mass Darksteel Plate code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 03 0 6 X 3 3 6 6 0 6 06 36 __________________ MOTL's Most Likely to Play in the Pro Tour - 2007, 2008, and 2009 (My Nationals) The Official Tower Magic Facebook Page
Myy Member	posted May 19, 2011 07:33 PM OMG!, you're right, the leyline is suposed to be a LED, but I wanted somethign to help me survive hand disruption. and I didn't even see that.
SageShadows Member	posted May 19, 2011 10:03 PM 1. yakusoku DD Leyline of the Void nullifies the Reanimate strategy, and leading with Leonin to get countered, then Serra Avenger results in a draw both games. 2. Magic1264 LL I play Leonin Relic Warden on my own Leyline of Sanctity. His turn is a land drop. I swing for 2. He can either play Oblivion Ring on my Leonin Relic Warden, or play Words of War, killing my Leonin Relic Warden on his turn, then casting O-Ring on my Leyline of Sanctity. He wins after some really convoluted game play. 3. MAB_Rapper LL Spellskite is auto lose. 4. Numotflame96 WW I can cast Leonin Relic Warden to grab his sol ring. 5. LemonMeringue DD He can’t play Scepter without losing, so I wait until I play a Serra Avenger, which he needs to Contagion or play a Scepter to deal with it. The only option is for both of us to stare. 6. Liq LL Arcbound Slith provides enough threats for me to lose. 7. SageShadows XX 8. WCFmo LD Tidal Warrior provides enough disruption on my mana base so that I lose on the draw and on the play, I can only get my Leonin Relic Warden out. 9. Myy WW Leyline of the Void removes everything. 10. Freakonaleash2009 WW Leonin Relic Warden removes the Chimeric Mass. ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 07 2 0 0 6 2 0 X 1 6 06 23 [Edited 2 times, lastly by SageShadows on May 20, 2011]
WCFmo Member	posted May 20, 2011 07:28 AM These are all off the top of my head, I'm going to SCG this weekend I think...will try to post on sunday night or later today. 1. yakusoku WL 3 Chancellor of the Annex Swamp Dark Ritual Oona's Prowler Reanimate On play, I play MM, he reanimates Chancellor, I can't play anything. 2. Magic1264 WW 6 Leyline of Sanctity Plateau City of Traitors Oblivion Ring Words of War Daze means he can't play Words of War, at best he can only Oblivion Ring one tidal warrior. 3. MAB_Rapper WW 6 City of Traitors Grim Monolith Torpor Orb Spellskite Phyrexian Dreadnaught 2 warriors get past 1 skite. 4. Numotflame96 WD 3 Forest Sol Ring Mox Opal Thorn of Amethyst Thrun, the Last Troll On draw he plays amethyst, I can't play my creatures b/c I have to keep one open for MM or Daze. 5. LemonMeringue WL 3 City of Traitors Lightning Helix Isochron Scepter Unmask Contagion Think my hand gets ripped on draw 6. Liq WL 3 City of Traitors Leyline of Sanctity Isochron Scepter Lightning Helix Arcbound Slith Win on play b/c i always hold back a dude to block slith and swing in for 1 till he's dead 7. SageShadows WD 4 Serra Avenger Leonin Relic-Hunter Serra's Sanctum Leyline of Sanctity Leyline of the Void He can't play Avenger till turn 4, first game on play I can daze his relic hunter and then turn serra's sanctum into an island and bash with the other one. 8. WCFmo XX X Mental Misstep Daze Island Tidal Warrior Tidal Warrior 9. Myy WW 6 Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Yawgmoth's Will Leyline of Sanctity Empty the Warrens He never gets enough mana b/c of MM 10. Freakonaleash2009 LL 0 Urza's Mine Urza's Tower Urza's Power Plant Chimeric Mass Darksteel Plate I'm pretty sure I just lose this one, check this one out somebody.
Numotflame96 Member	posted May 20, 2011 08:41 AM bye the way WCFmo you go WW against me. you don't need mana to cast MM so you can just counter sol ring even on the draw. ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 04 1 6 3 X 3 3 0 0 6 02 22 1. yakusoku LD 1 Chancellor of the Annex Swamp Dark Ritual Oona's Prowler Reanimate on the play he shows the chancellr, i cast mox, it get countered then i cast sol ring and thorn. sthorn stops him from casting anything. o nthe draw he gets the chancelor out and it counters all my spells. 2. Magic1264 WW 6 Leyline of Sanctity Plateau City of Traitors Oblivion Ring Words of War turn 1 thorn stops him from casting and thing. 3. MAB_Rapper WL 3 - He can't play Orb or Monolith on the draw. City of Traitors Grim Monolith Torpor Orb Spellskite Phyrexian Dreadnaught 4. Numotflame96 XX Forest Sol Ring Mox Opal Thorn of Amethyst Thrun, the Last Troll 5. LemonMeringue WL 3 on the plat thorn stops him from casting anything. on the draw unmask on my sol ring kills me. City of Traitors Lightning Helix Isochron Scepter Unmask Contagion 6. Liq WL 3 City of Traitors Leyline of Sanctity Isochron Scepter Lightning Helix Arcbound Slith on the play thron stops scepter and thrun owns his creature. on the draw he gets cepter out and races me, 7. SageShadows LL 0 Relic hunter eats sol ring and stops thrun from being cast Serra Avenger Leonin Relic-Hunter Serra's Sanctum Leyline of Sanctity Leyline of the Void 8. WCFmo LL 0 - Autolose to Mental... Mental Misstep Daze Island Tidal Warrior Tidal Warrior 9. Myy WW 6 - Um, he can't win Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Yawgmoth's Will Leyline of Sanctity Empty the Warrens 10. Freakonaleash2009 DD 2 - can't stop him from casting the mass but i can block it infinitely. Urza's Mine Urza's Tower Urza's Power Plant Chimeric Mass Darksteel Plate
Liq Member	posted May 20, 2011 10:31 AM code: ## 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Total 06 03 01 00 03 06 XX 06 03 00 06 28 __________________ <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
WCFmo Member	posted May 20, 2011 11:21 AM Numot, you are right, I thought your Mox was Mox Emerald, I do go WW. code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 09 3 6 6 6 3 3 4 X 6 00 37 [/B][/QUOTE]
MAB_Rapper Member	posted May 20, 2011 11:36 AM dang, come out of retirement to lose by 1 point __________________ MOTL's Most Likely to Play in the Pro Tour - 2007, 2008, and 2009 (My Nationals) The Official Tower Magic Facebook Page
WCFmo Member	posted May 20, 2011 11:56 AM quote: Originally posted by MAB_Rapper: dang, come out of retirement to lose by 1 point Dunno, Yak's deck is probably pretty high too. __________________ <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> ...
yakusoku Member	posted May 20, 2011 05:47 PM #9 is a mise deck. Don't count it in your score. When I tally everything at the end, I'll ignore any score vs. 9. code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 01 X 6 6 4 3 6 2 3 X 06 32 1. yakusoku XX Chancellor of the Annex Swamp Dark Ritual Oona's Prowler Reanimate 2. Magic1264 WW. He can resolve either Oblivion Ring or Words of War, both of which only stop one threat and I can race Words of War. 3. MAB_Rapper WW. I can race him, even on the draw, as he doesn't get to play his 12/12 until turn 3 and attack until turn 4 and kill me on turn 5. 4. Numotflame96 WD. On the play, he can't stop Chancellor from entering the battlefield and he loses to flying guys by the time Thrun comes out. On the draw, he plays Mox, then Sol Ring, then Thorn and neither of us does anything else. 5. LemonMeringue WL. On the play, I play everything and he can Contagion one creature away and lose to the other. On the draw, he plays Unmask, taking Chancellor and resolves Scepter with Helix and wins. 6. Liq WW? On the play, I play my hand out and he can't resolve anything. On the draw, I think I also win. I reveal Chancellor and he can't run Scepter into that, so he runs Slith out there first and I play out my hand and he still can't resolve Scepter and I can just attack with one creature while the other sits back to block. 7. SageShadows DD. SS already covered this. I agree that we can't do anything to each other. 8. WCFmo WL. On the play, Mental Misstep is countered by Chancellor's ability, then I resolve everything else and he can't resolve anything. On the draw, he can counter Dark Ritual with both Daze and MM after playing a creature and I can't do anything. 9. Myy Illegal decklist. Well, I caught 2 out of 3 this week and missed the third. 10. Freakonaleash2009 WW. A small Chimeric Mass gets blocked by Chancellor and a big Mass is raced by Chancellor.
LemonMeringue Member	posted May 20, 2011 11:58 PM 1. yakusoku - WL Chancellor of the Annex Swamp Dark Ritual Oona's Prowler Reanimate 2. Magic1264 - LL Leyline of Sanctity Plateau City of Traitors Oblivion Ring Words of War 3. MAB_Rapper - WL City of Traitors Grim Monolith Torpor Orb Spellskite Phyrexian Dreadnaught 4. Numotflame96 - WL Forest Sol Ring Mox Opal Thorn of Amethyst Thrun, the Last Troll 5. LemonMeringue City of Traitors Lightning Helix Isochron Scepter Unmask Contagion 6. Liq - LL City of Traitors Leyline of Sanctity Isochron Scepter Lightning Helix Arcbound Slith 7. SageShadows - DD Serra Avenger Leonin Relic-Hunter Serra's Sanctum Leyline of Sanctity Leyline of the Void 8. WCFmo - WW Mental Misstep Daze Island Tidal Warrior Tidal Warrior 9. Myy Dark Ritual Lotus Petal Yawgmoth's Will Leyline of Sanctity Empty the Warrens 10. Freakonaleash2009 - WW Urza's Mine Urza's Tower Urza's Power Plant Chimeric Mass Darksteel Plate code: code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 05 3 0 3 3 ? 0 2 ? 6 06 23
MAB_Rapper Member	posted May 21, 2011 06:25 AM Edited for the "mise" code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 03 0 6 X 3 3 6 6 0 X 06 30 So I lose by 2 points.. smh __________________ MOTL's Most Likely to Play in the Pro Tour - 2007, 2008, and 2009 (My Nationals) The Official Tower Magic Facebook Page [Edited 1 times, lastly by MAB_Rapper on May 21, 2011]
Magic1264 Member	posted May 22, 2011 08:39 PM code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL 02 0 X 0 0 6 4 6 0 X 06 22
yakusoku Member	posted May 23, 2011 11:30 AM A quick reminder: quote: 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. Almost every week, someone gets this wrong. Look at the first post in this thread and make sure you know which number you are. It makes things very confusing when I get two people submitting the same number or one person submitting two different numbers when I compile all the scores. Also, everyone should score their decks BEFORE Monday morning when I try to post the next round. I've been a little lax about it for awhile, but I'm going to start handing out suspensions again if it becomes a problem. It delays the tournament and gives people less time to prepare for the next round, so then the tournament doesn't start until late on Thursday, and so on. Final Scores: code: 01 X 6 6 4 3 6 2 3 X 06 32 <= winner! 02 0 X 0 0 6 4 6 0 X 06 22 03 0 6 X 3 3 6 6 0 X 06 30 04 1 6 3 X 3 3 0 0 X 02 18 05 3 0 3 3 X 0 2 X X 06 17 06 3 1 0 3 6 X 6 3 X 06 28 07 2 0 0 6 2 0 X 1 X 06 17 08 3 6 6 6 3 3 4 X X 00 31 09 X X X X X X X X X XX XX 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 X XX 08

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