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yakusoku Member	posted June 06, 2011 01:51 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: Lightning Helix 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 Isochron Scepter Mana Crypt Mana Vault Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Pithing Needle The Rack Scalding Tongs Trinisphere Black: Cabal Therapy Contagion Dark Ritual Nether Spirit Oona's Prowler Reanimate Thoughtseize Unmask Vampire Hexmage Blue: Chain of Vapor Daze Foil Force of Will Hive Mind Leyline of Anticipation Leyline of Singularity Mental Misstep Show and Tell Tidal Warrior Green: Channel Red: Burning Inquiry Pact of the Titan Seething Song Simian Spirit Guide Sneak Attack White: Balance Chancellor of the Annex Winning decks that caused cards to be banned (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 Round 11, doing bad, evil things with black mana (like winning) - yakusoku Chancellor of the Annex Swamp Dark Ritual Oona's Prowler Reanimate Round 12, making Lightning strike the same place every turn - Myy: Isochron Scepter Lightning Helix City of Traitors Unmask Contagion Round 13, Dazing and Confusing - yakusoku: Island Tidal Warrior Tidal Warrior Mental Misstep Daze Winners List: 5 yakusoku 2 Myy 1 coinmagic45 joz LegendaryFerret Magic1264 SageShadows s14sh3r Decklists: 1. yakusoku Gemstone Caverns Tropical Island Chancellor of the Tangle Force Spike Durkwood Baloth 2. Magic1264 Disrupting Shoal Force Spike Saprazzan Cove Web of Inertia Sphinx of Jwar Isle 3. mattw Mercenary Knight Haakon, Stromgald Scourge Duress Swamp Orzhov Basilica 4. MAB_Rapper Chancellor of the Forge Bayou Tainted Strike Invigorate Invigorate 5. Numotflame96 Elixir of Imortality Serra Ascendant Plains City of traitors Path to Exile 6. SageShadows City of Traitors Sol Ring Sol Ring Lodestone Golem Wurmcoil Engine [Edited 2 times, lastly by yakusoku on June 09, 2011]
mattw Member	posted June 06, 2011 06:13 AM i'm back for this week so there is no reason for anyone else to get shutout at least.
Myy Member	posted June 06, 2011 06:57 AM Sorry about not posting my scores... I went out of town, but I'd like to thank Yaku for helping us out. I will be more careful. ~Myy fake edit: Good job on your win Yaku. Wonder what happened to coinMagic45. =/
yakusoku Member	posted June 08, 2011 05:25 PM Today is the LAST day to submit.
yakusoku Member	posted June 09, 2011 07:52 AM 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 TOTAL ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
Myy Member	posted June 09, 2011 08:09 AM Got super caught up with work.. But I wish you All good luck. Don;t let Yaku win anymore
MAB_Rapper Member	posted June 09, 2011 08:58 AM code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL 04 2 0 3 X 3 3 11 __________________ MOTL's Most Likely to Play in the Pro Tour - 2007, 2008, and 2009 (My Nationals) The Official Tower Magic Facebook Page
Numotflame96 Member	posted June 09, 2011 12:03 PM small crowd.... 1. yakusoku WW Gemstone Caverns Tropical Island Chancellor of the Tangle Force Spike Durkwood Baloth bottom line: pte>baloth with spare mana.2. Magic1264 LL Disrupting Shoal Force Spike Saprazzan Cove Web of Inertia Sphinx of Jwar Isle T1 ascendant T1 land t2 elixir>coiunterd, attack> losing race. 3. mattw WL Mercenary Knight Haakon, Stromgald Scourge Duress Swamp Orzhov Basilica on the play i can play elivxir turn 1 and recycle pte for both of his creatures. on the draw he duresses my elixir. 4. MAB_Rapper WL Chancellor of the Forge Bayou Tainted Strike Invigorate Invigorate on the play i just pte his token. on the draw he kills me before i have mana 5. Numotflame96 XX Elixir of Imortality Serra Ascendant Plains City of traitors Path to Exile 6. SageShadows WW City of Traitors Sol Ring Sol Ring Lodestone Golem Wurmcoil Engine he has T1 golem. i play nothing. he casts WCE and attacks for 5. i pte his engine then play elixir. he hits for 5 putting me on 10. i gain 5 from elixir and shuffle pte and elixir. he attacks me to 10 again. i draw elixir and cast ascendant. he attacks, igo to 5. i draw pte, kills his golem and attack to death with ascendant. ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL 05 6 0 3 3 X 6 18 [Edited 1 times, lastly by Numotflame96 on June 09, 2011]
yakusoku Member	posted June 09, 2011 06:24 PM code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL 01 X 0 2 2 0 0 4 1. yakusoku XX Gemstone Caverns Tropical Island Chancellor of the Tangle Force Spike Durkwood Baloth 2. Magic1264 LL. He can play around Force Spike and Web of Inertia stops me cold until he kills me with Sphinx. 3. mattw DD. Duress takes out Force Spike, then our creatures stare at each other. 4. MAB_Rapper DD. I can stop the Tainted Strike, but not Invigorate which would kill my guy if I block or attack, so our creatures stare; I can win the race if he attacks; he can kill my guy if I attack. 5. Numotflame96 LL. He can play around Force Spike just fine and win easily. 6. SageShadows LL. He can play around Force Spike and win with his two creatures. City of Traitors Sol Ring Sol Ring Lodestone Golem Wurmcoil Engine
SageShadows Member	posted June 09, 2011 07:35 PM 1. yakusoku WW What Yaku said. 2. Magic1264 WW On the play, he needs to Disrupting Shoal my Sol Ring. He drops his CIPT land. I play Lodestone Golem. He gets one counter on his land. I swing for 5, and he really can’t race. On the draw, he plays his land. Once again, he needs to disrupting shoal my sol ring. 1 depletion counter, I play Lodestone. 2, I swing for 5. 3, I swing for another 5. 4 (cuz he needs to pay one more for Lodestone), I swing for another 5. He casts his Web, I discard Wurmcoil and win. 3. mattw WW On the play, a Lodestone locks him out of Mercenary Knight. On the draw, he duresses for a sol ring. I play out my mana. He plays the Orzhov Basilica. I play a Lodestone and win. 4. MAB_Rapper WL Win on the play, lose on the draw. 5. Numotflame96 LL I can’t race the Elixir. 6. SageShadows XX ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL 06 6 6 6 3 0 X 21
Magic1264 Member	posted June 10, 2011 07:34 AM code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL 02 6 X 6 6 6 0 24
yakusoku Member	posted June 13, 2011 05:21 PM code: 01 X 0 2 2 0 0 04 02 6 X 6 6 6 0 24 <= winner! 03 2 0 X 3 3 0 08 04 2 0 3 X 3 3 11 05 6 0 3 3 X 6 18 06 6 6 6 3 0 X 21

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