Sensei's Divining Top
FOIL Preordain
FOIL Preordain
FOIL Ponder (M10)
FOIL Ponder (M10)
FOIL Dissipate
FOIL Student of Warfare
FOIL Mana Leak (9th)
FOIL Coatal Tower (INV)
FOIL Arcane Sanctum
FOIL Qasali Pridemage
Counterbalance
Glacial Fortress (M10)
Forest (Unhinged)
Island (Unglued)
FOIL Staggershock
FOIL Burst Lightning
FOIL Arc Trail
FOIL Lightning Bolt (M10)
FOIL Duress (M10)

As promised, even if you are the *worst* deckbuilder or have no idea how to play the game, I will be still giving you many, many other chances to win free cards with your decks.

There will be TWENTY different achievements that you can try to "unlock" with your decks. Some of them will sound familiar (highest number of points), some of them will be very unfamiliar (most creative, as determined by me), and some play off of a very new rule...

For the veterans and the long-time lurkers, I'm offering a one-shot twist that will be huge and unseen by the tournament in the months it has been running:

For the first time ever, you will be entering TWO DECKS.

Yes.

TWO.

DECKS.

Due to the unprecedented nature of this change, I will be extending the submission deadline to August 4 and I will allow you at any time before the tournament starts to TWICE make changes to your deck (I will obviously be exempt from this rule).

Each deck will be scored separately, although you will not score them against each other. For example, my decks will be number 1A and 1B.

Here's how it might look for four people entering:

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## 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B TOTAL
1A XX XX 06 03 02 02 00 00 13
1B XX XX 03 03 00 00 06 02 14
2A 00 03 XX XX 06 06 02 02 19
2B 03 03 XX XX 06 04 03 03 22
3A 02 06 00 00 XX XX 06 03 17
3B 02 06 00 01 XX XX 03 06 18
4A 06 00 02 03 00 03 XX XX 14
4B 06 02 02 03 03 00 XX XX 16

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In this case, player #2 would be the winner and his second deck would win the tournament.

However, that's just the normal rules and just adds to the total number of victories.

For reference, here's the other standard rules:

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THE RULES:

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 or send me an e-mail 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. Exceptions may be made for lands which are deemed too powerful for the environment such as Mishra's Workshop and Tolarian Academy.

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
Meddling Mage
Progenitus

Colorless non-artifacts:

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Lands:

Dark Depths
Ghost Quarter
Inkmoth Nexus
Karakas
Maze of Ith
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Workshop
Mutavault
Shelldock Isle
Strip Mine
Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Tolarian Academy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Wasteland

Artifacts:

Black Lotus
Blightsteel Colossus
Chalice of the Void
Elixir of Immortality
Ensnaring Bridge
Isochron Scepter
Lion's Eye Diamond
Lodestone Golem
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Phyrexian Processor
Pithing Needle
The Rack
Scalding Tongs
Sol Ring
Sphere of Resistance
Trinisphere

Black:

Cabal Therapy
Contagion
Dark Ritual
Funeral Charm
Nether Spirit
Oona's Prowler
Reanimate
Thoughtseize
Unmask
Vampire Hexmage

Blue:

Chain of Vapor
Daze
Disrupting Shoal
Echoing Truth
Foil
Force of Will
Force Spike
Hive Mind
Leyline of Anticipation
Leyline of Singularity
Mental Misstep
Show and Tell
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Tidal Warrior
Web of Inertia

Green:

Chancellor of the Tangle
Channel
Eureka

Red:

Burning Inquiry
Pact of the Titan
Seething Song
Simian Spirit Guide
Sneak Attack

White:

Balance
Chancellor of the Annex
Decree of Justice
Leonin Relic-Warder
Leyline of Sanctity
Path to Exile
Serra Ascendant
Swords to Plowshares

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

Round 14 - Blue spells for the win, Magic1264:

Disrupting Shoal
Force Spike
Saprazzan Cove
Web of Inertia
Sphinx of Jwar Isle

Round 15 - he may be immortal, but he can be killed, just not by more than one person, Numotflame96:

Path to Exile
Serra Ascendant
Plains
Elixir of Imortality
City of Traitors

Round 16, winning with Ulamog, but not *THAT* Ulamog deck - Numotflame96 and junichi:

Swords to Plowshares
Leonin Relic Warder
Plains
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Fountain of Cho

Lion's Eye Diamond
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Shelldock Isle
Underground Sea
Funeral Charm

Round 16, played by over 1/3rd of all players:

Channel
Chancellor of the Tangle
Eureka

Round 17, 2 artifacts that tap 2 add 2 mana allowing 1st turn 4 cost spells are 2 good 4 this round - Magic1264:

City of Traitors
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Lodestone Golem
Phyrexian Processor

Round 18, Resistance is futile - yakusoku:

Ancient Tomb
Chalice of the Void
Decree of Justice
Fountain of Cho
Sphere of Resistance

Round 19, NO, you can't cast that, so says - yakusoku:

Leyline of Sanctity
Meddling Mage
Echoing Truth
Plains
Island

Winners List:

7

yakusoku

3

Magic1264

2

Myy
Numotflame96

1

coinmagic45
joz
junichi
LegendaryFerret
SageShadows
s14sh3r

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Now, here are the twenty achievements you can try to get to win a prize:

Single Deck Achievements

SPIKE: Highest single deck points

TIMMY1: Largest creature

TIMMY2: Non-creature card with the highest converted mana cost

JOHNNY: Best use of a normal constructed format (Standard, Extended, Legacy, Vintage) unplayable card

WARP SPEED: Fastest win (you must actually WIN a game)

GLACIER: Slowest win (you must actually WIN a game)

HIGHLANDER: Most number of unique cards to the tournament (only you are running the card)

TARMOGOYF: Most number of permanent types of all cards in one of your decks (Artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, sorcery, and tribal are card types.)

WUBRG: Most number of different colors between your mono-colored cards in your deck

MONO-BROWN: Fewest number of colored cards in your deck

MEAN: Closest to the mathematical average (mean) of all deck scores

QUICK BROWN FOX: Most number of different letters in the names of all cards in a single deck

TERSENESS: Shortest combined length of all card names in a single deck

VERBOSITY: Longest combined length of all card names in a single deck

X-MEN: Most number of "X spells" (Fireball, Stroke of Genius, Green Sun's Zenith) in your deck

Double Deck Achievements

DOUBLE SPIKE: Highest combined deck points

JEKYLL/HYDE: Greatest point difference between the two decks

DOPPELGANGER: Lowest point difference between the two decks

FACEPALM: Lowest non-zero point total between both decks

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Originally posted by SageShadows:
Thanks for spicing this up! I'm excited!

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2nd deck to:

__________________
MOTL's Most Likely to Play in the Pro Tour - 2007, 2008, and 2009
(My Nationals)

Doubt I'll win though.

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yakusoku:

Due to the unprecedented nature of this change, I will be extending the submission deadline to August 4 and I will allow you at any time before the tournament starts to TWICE make changes to your deck (I will obviously be exempt from this rule).

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Originally posted by yakusoku:
Decks are due by NEXT Thursday.

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Oh sweet, I'm gonna come up with some insane tech then. You'll rue the day you gave me an extra week!

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Originally posted by MasterWolf:
Oh my. We might need two weeks to SCORE them.

Do we really need to wait until Aug 4th with 32 decks already?

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having 20 players would be a good since there are 20 prizes (even if some people get more then 1)

also saw this in the rules

"Any lands that only provide mana are exempted from the banning rules."

Mishra's Workshop only produces mana.?

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Originally posted by TimeBeing:
having 20 players would be a good since there are 20 prizes (even if some people get more then 1)

also saw this in the rules

"Any lands that only provide mana are exempted from the banning rules."

Mishra's Workshop only produces mana.?

deck submitted.

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No, workshop is banned. Check the list.

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Originally posted by eXtremeEagle:
That's the point he's making. There's a rule that says lands that only make mana are exempt from banning, but Workshop and Academy are on the ban list.

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It would seem reasonable to conclude, given that this is the case, that when the list clashes with the baseline rules, the list wins. Considering the fact that while yak likely cuts and pastes the baseline rules, he personally updates the list each time it is posted, it only makes sense that workshop and academy are indeed banned, and therefore the baseline rule is either outdated or imprecisely worded and actually means to suggest that basic and dual lands that do nothing but tap to produce a single unit of mana are exempt from any bannings (give or take a few deviations from that criteria, a range which academy and workshop clearly are not part of).

There was a time where workshop was not banned, but The meta degenerated into decks with workshops, and decks without workshops. To the point where to win, you'd have to have a workshop, or have an antiworkshop Deck that lost to everythign else.

Since the meta was an unhealthy one, Workshop had to be banned.