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
Gemstone Caverns
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
Undiscovered Paradise
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Wasteland

Artifacts:

Amulet of Vigor
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:

Bloodghast
Cabal Therapy
Contagion
Dark Ritual
Duress
Exanguinate
Funeral Charm
Inquisition of Kozilek
Nether Spirit
Oona's Prowler
Reanimate
Smallpox
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
Spell Snare
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Tidal Warrior
Web of Inertia

Green:

Berserk
Chancellor of the Tangle
Channel
Elvish Spirit Guide
Eureka
Fastbond
Invigorate

Red:

Blazing Shoal
Burning Inquiry
Chancellor of the Forge
Pact of the Titan
Red Sun's Zenith
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

Round 20, better than 39 other decks - LemonMeringue:

Swamp
Inquisition of Kozilek
Bloodghast
Undiscovered Paradise
Smallpox

Round 21, Izzet for real? Turn one counter every game - dfitzg88

Spell Pierce
Gemstone Caverns
Steam Vents
Dwarven Hold
Red Sun's Zenith

Round 22, No Johnny-Combo-Come-Lately; he wins on turn 1 - LemonMeringue:

Fastbond
Elven Spirit Guide
Amulet of Vigor
Golgari Rot Farm
Exsanguinate

Round 23, Fiery, juiced-up Goblins with bear shirts for the win - Sage Shadows:

Chancellor of the Forge
Forest
Invigorate
Blazing Shoal
Berserk

Round 23, played by over 1/3rd of all players:

Duress

Winners List:

7

yakusoku

3

Magic1264

2

LemonMeringue
Myy
Numotflame96
SageShadows

1

coinmagic45
dfitzg88
joz
junichi
LegendaryFerret
s14sh3r

Suspensions for Round 24 (failure to score Round 23):

mattw

Decklists:

1. yakusoku

Bayou
Badlands
Encroach
Bitterblossom
Tin Street Hooligan

2. WeedIan

animate dead
chancellor of the dross
rotting rats
swamp
blinkmoth nexus

3. Pringlesman

Lotus Bloom
Lotus Bloom
Pyrite Spellbomb
Second Sunrise
Conjurer's Bauble

4. Bugger

Bayou
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Noxious Revival
Innocent Blood
Llanowar Mentor

5. Numotflame96

nature's claim
dismember
death's shadow
city of brass
student of warfare

6. SageShadows

City of Traitors
Lotus Petal
Magus of the Moon
Greater Gargadon
Shattering Spree

7. stab107

Lotus Petal
Lotus Petal
Crystal Vein
Balancing Act
Memnite

8. Myy

swamp
lotus petal
lotus petal
blackmail
tideholow sculler

9. Magic1264

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The Rules:

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!

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The list of rules is meant to supercede (overwrite) the normal rules of Magic. Normally, you have a deck of 60 cards for constructed; we are only playing with 5. Normally, you lose for not being able to draw; we are ignoring that. Normally, random effects are, well, random, but in order to make things consistent and indisputable, "random" => "worst possible outcome for the person controlling a spell or ability". Normally, you don't see your opponents hand and have to guess as to what they are playing. Everything here is known. Each player plays optimally, and that sometimes means playing to a draw. Normally, you play until one player wins two games. In this tournament, you play just two games, so if one or more games end in a draw, that is how the match is recorded.

Now, I am NOT going to add the following clarification to the V#CB rules, but I will explain it here once so we are all on the same page.

There was a questioned asked about the last rule:

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* Other than the aforementioned, EVERYTHING IS HANDLED EXACTLY LIKE A REAL GAME OF MAGIC!

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I don't mean that everything is played out like a game you would play in a real tournament. There is no time limit on games, so if you can take an infinite sequence of actions that benefits you, there is nothing to stop that. In a NORMAL tournament, you can't stall the match out forever to force a draw just for the sake of forcing a draw. In this tournament, this is possible (Round 23 featured a deck that could take infinite turns with Time Vault + Voltaic Key). I will not penalize anyone for stalling, nor force you to name a finite number of times you want to repeat an unbounded loop, execute it, then proceed as normal, and I will definitely not force a draw to turn into a loss because one person refuses to concede.

The phrase "everything is handled exactly like a real game of Magic" is meant to clarify that you still take your normal sequence of steps in each turn, untapping, getting an upkeep, draw (although you usually don't draw any cards), main phase, attack, second main phase, and end of turn. More importantly, this line is there to emphasize the fact that you must still generate mana as you normally would and cast your creatures and other spells.

This is NOT Type 4 ("infinite mana Magic"), where you can play with no lands and just cast everything for free. So, yes, that means some of your cards must be lands or other resources. Just like in a normal game of Magic.

This is NOT "mana drop", so you can only play one land per turn.

You can have multiple copies of the same card. This is not EDH or Highlander/Singleton.

Each of the cards are exactly what they are. This is not mental Magic.

You can have rares in your deck. This is not pauper.

You play your deck in a one-on-one duel against another person. We don't get everyone together to play one huge game. This is not multiplayer and this is not 2-headed giant.

Each person brings their own deck and plays against another person. This is not "big deck Magic" where we share the same library.

No outside cards are allowed and no one is opening booster packs. This is not booster draft, sealed, or pack wars.

This an alternate format to Standard, Extended, Block, Legacy, Vintage, and Modern, but you don't have 60 cards.

There are no judges here, no tables, and no one actually uses real Magic cards. We don't play games on MTGO or MWS. Look at previous rounds if you want to see how the matches are "played".

However, given my track record, I'm going to carefully read each card before I decide to submit a list.

You may use other formats as well, but this one is a must. Also 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:

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2. WeedIan WW6 - Balancing Act strips his hand to one on the play. He can't keep a land in hand and on the board to unearth Rats on the play thanks to Balancing Act.

3. Pringlesman WD4 - Balancing Act strips his hand to one on the play. On the draw, I can't disrupt his cycle once he suspends the 'Blooms. Edit: However, I had not considered the fact that he can't keep everything in hand. Pyrite Spellbomb kills Memnite and we stare.

4. Bugger LL0 - Kozilek's reshuffle gets me.

5. Numotflame96 WW6 - Balancing Act strips his hand to one on the play. On the draw, the same thing happens even if he commits anything to the board. I can Balancing Act in my first main and after any mana floated leaves his pool, I can safely play Memnite.

6. SageShadows WL3 - Balancing Act strips his hand to one on the play. On the draw, Magus prevents me from Balancing and proceeds to throw salt in the wound by entering the red zone.

7. stab107 XX - That's me!

8. Myy WL3 - Balancing Act strips his hand to one on the play. On the draw, Blackmail gets me.

9. Magic1264 WW6 - Balancing Act strips his hand to one on the play. No disruption on the draw leads to the the same result.

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Meh. Not too bad. Woulda been better if Time Vault was banned :P

2. WeedIan LL
Chancellor of the Dross is enough to race me.

3. Pringlesman LL
From my perspective, it doesn’t seem like I can beat this combo. Props. This is some great egg in the face.

4. Bugger WW
Lock him out of mana both games.

5. Numotflame96 LL
He dismembers the Magus and wins with Death’s Shadow and Student of Warfare.

6. SageShadows XX

7. stab107 WL
Covered above.

8. Myy DL
On the play, the game is a draw because he has to use the sculler as blocking bait. On the draw, I get blown out with Tidehollow and Blackmail.

9. Magic1264 WW
City of Traitors
Voltaic Key
Time Vault
Icatian Store
White Sun's Zenith

Magus of the Moon locks him out both games.

## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL
06 3 0 0 6 0 X 3 1 6 19

1. yakusoku

Bayou
Badlands
Encroach
Bitterblossom
Tin Street Hooligan

WL - On the play i get to animate Chancellor who makes my life total too high. On the draw he Encroaches my Blinkmoth.

2. WeedIan - not playing with myself

animate dead
chancellor of the dross
rotting rats
swamp
blinkmoth nexus

3. Pringlesman

Lotus Bloom
Lotus Bloom
Pyrite Spellbomb
Second Sunrise
Conjurer's Bauble

WW - I make him discard a combo piece Turn 2 and he can never recover since Sunrise only gets back things from the turn it dies

4. Bugger

Bayou
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Noxious Revival
Innocent Blood
Llanowar Mentor

LL - he always discards kozilek redraws, uses innocent blood to get rid of my creatures

5. Numotflame96

nature's claim
dismember
death's shadow
city of brass
student of warfare

LL - Nature's claim kills animate dead

6. SageShadows

City of Traitors
Lotus Petal
Magus of the Moon
Greater Gargadon
Shattering Spree

WW - Chancellor gives me too much life, me having mountains doesn't matter

7. stab107

Lotus Petal
Lotus Petal
Crystal Vein
Balancing Act
Memnite

LL - Balancing Act kill sme

8. Myy

swamp
lotus petal
lotus petal
blackmail
tideholow sculler

LL - Goodbye Animate dead from blackmail

9. Magic1264

City of Traitors
Voltaic Key
Time Vault
Icatian Store
White Sun's Zenith

LL - Combo city

Bayou
Badlands
Encroach
Bitterblossom
Tin Street Hooligan

2. WeedIan WW

animate dead
chancellor of the dross
rotting rats
swamp
blinkmoth nexus

3. Pringlesman WW

Lotus Bloom
Lotus Bloom
Pyrite Spellbomb
Second Sunrise
Conjurer's Bauble

4. Bugger LL

Bayou
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Noxious Revival
Innocent Blood
Llanowar Mentor

5. Numotflame96 LL

nature's claim
dismember
death's shadow
city of brass
student of warfare

6. SageShadows WD

City of Traitors
Lotus Petal
Magus of the Moon
Greater Gargadon
Shattering Spree

7. stab107 WL

Lotus Petal
Lotus Petal
Crystal Vein
Balancing Act
Memnite

8. Myy Xx

swamp
lotus petal
lotus petal
blackmail
tideholow sculler

9. Magic1264 WW

City of Traitors
Voltaic Key
Time Vault
Icatian Store
White Sun's Zenith

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Yakusoku
Bayou
Badlands
Encroach
Bitterblossom
Tin Street Hooligan

I win faster than bitterblossom can kill me, and encroach is a blank.

Weedian
animate dead
chancellor of the dross
rotting rats
swamp
blinkmoth nexus

He plays rotting rats, I lose

Pringlesman
Null
4. Bugger

Bayou
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Noxious Revival
Innocent Blood
Llanowar Mentor

No disruption, and he can't combo off prior o turn 4.

5. Numotflame96 WW

nature's claim
dismember
death's shadow
city of brass
student of warfare

I win faster than he does, and the removal is dead against me.

6. SageShadows

City of Traitors
Lotus Petal
Magus of the Moon
Greater Gargadon
Shattering Spree

Disruption does nothing to me, and I win quicker than he does.

7. stab107

Lotus Petal
Lotus Petal
Crystal Vein
Balancing Act
Memnite

He balances, I lose. He has me marked down as WL which isn't the case. If I go first I suspend the 2x blooms, on his turn he goes petal -> petal ->crystal vein -> balancing act. He has one card in hand, I have to discard some combination of my cards. If I keep bauble I am able to recycle the second sunrise for infinite mana but will be unable to play the pyrite spellbomb infinite times. The best I can do is keep the pyrite spellbomb in hand and we draw the game.

8. Myy

swamp
lotus petal
lotus petal
blackmail
tideholow sculler

Any of the discard effects beats me.

9. Magic1264

City of Traitors
Voltaic Key
Time Vault
Icatian Store
White Sun's Zenith

Infinite turns before I can win.

Well this deck did about 25 points better than I expected. Glad to see I went with Bloom/bloom over the Bloom/crystal vein combo I was thinking of playing.

scores thus far

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5 3 6 0 0 X 6 0 6 6 27
6 3 0 0 6 0 X 3 1 6 19
7 3 6 3 0 6 3 X 3 6 30
8 6 6 6 0 0 4 3 X 6 31
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