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yakusoku Member	posted October 10, 2011 03:45 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 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 Tidehollow Sculler 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 Sheltered Valley 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 Chrome Mox Elixir of Immortality Ensnaring Bridge Isochron Scepter Lion's Eye Diamond Lodestone Golem Lotus Petal Mana Crypt Mana Vault Memnite Mox Diamond Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Ornithopter Phyrexian Processor Pithing Needle The Rack Scalding Tongs Sol Ring Sphere of Resistance Trinisphere Black: Bitterblossom Blackmail Bloodghast Cabal Therapy Contagion Cry of Contrition Culling the Weak Dark Ritual Duress Exanguinate Funeral Charm Inquisition of Kozilek Leyline of the Void Mesmeric Fiend Nether Spirit Oona's Prowler Phyrexian Obliterator Reanimate Smallpox Thoughtseize Unmask Vampire Hexmage Blue: Chain of Vapor Daze Disrupting Shoal Echoing Truth Foil Force of Will Force Spike Gitaxian Probe Hive Mind Laboratory Maniac Leyline of Anticipation Leyline of Singularity Mental Misstep Sea Drake Show and Tell Spell Snare Sphinx of Jwar Isle Tidal Warrior Web of Inertia Wistful Thinking Green: Berserk Chancellor of the Tangle Channel Elvish Spirit Guide Eureka Fastbond Invigorate Nature's Claim Noxious Revival 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 Balancing Act 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 Round 24, if you aren't playing with double Lotus Petal, you just aren't trying - stab107 and Myy: Lotus Petal Lotus Petal Crystal Vein Balancing Act Memnite Swamp Lotus Petal Lotus Petal Blackmail Tideholow Sculler Round 25 - Twist on the ol' yakusoku special, stab107: Bayou Sheltered Valley Nature's Claim Bitterblossom Leyline of the Void Round 25, played by over 1/3rd of all players: Noxious Revival Round 26, his win makes you want to cry, dfitzg88: Culling the Weak Ornithopter Phyrexian Obliterator Cry of Contrition Swamp Round 27, winner of the Laboratory Maniac Round - Pringlesman: Gitaxian Probe City of Traitors Chrome Mox Laboratory Maniac Laboratory Maniac Round 28, getting a Mox banned back to back - Alexisonfyre: City of Traitors Mox Diamond Island Wistful Thinking Sea Drake Winners List: 7 yakusoku 3 Magic1264 Myy 2 dfitzg88 LemonMeringue Numotflame96 SageShadows stab107 1 Alexisonfyre coinmagic45 joz junichi LegendaryFerret Pringlesman s14sh3r Decklists: 1. yakusoku Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of FLame Barbed Shocker Eater of Days 2. dfitzg88 Tundra Tundra Island Sanctuary Runed Halo Invisible Stalker 3. Pringlesman Lotus Bloom Lotus Bloom Pyrite Spellbomb Conjurer's Bauble Second Sunrise 4. LemonMeringue Smokestack Ancient Tomb City of Traitors Eater of Days Thorn of Amethyst 5. MAB_Rapper City of Traitors Grim Monolith Time Vault Voltaic Key Slash Panther 6. Numotflame96 piracy charm kozilek the butcher oath of druids island forbidden orchard 7. Bugger City of Traitors Forest Beast Within Soldevi Digger Mayor of Avabruck 8. Magic1264 Remote Farm Scrubland Nevermore Vindicate Cenn's Tactician 9. Alexisonfyre Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of Flame Barbed Shocker Shah of Naar Isle [Edited 3 times, lastly by yakusoku on October 13, 2011]
yakusoku Member	posted October 12, 2011 06:56 AM Last day to submit.
dfitzg88 Member	posted October 12, 2011 10:36 AM quite a turnout...
LemonMeringue Member	posted October 12, 2011 01:50 PM Hope nobody saw my decklist when I accidentally posted it to the thread instead of PMing it to yaku again...
yakusoku Member	posted October 13, 2011 07:22 AM The decklists have been posted. 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: code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
Alexisonfyre Member	posted October 13, 2011 07:44 AM Nice deck yakusoku :P
yakusoku Member	posted October 13, 2011 07:54 AM code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 01 X 6 6 3 4 6 6 3 3 37 1. yakusoku XX Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of FLame Barbed Shocker Eater of Days 2. dfitzg88 WW. Both games he is too slow to stop me from playing Barbed Shocker and making him discard everything else. 3. Pringlesman WW. He can suspend the Blooms, but I make him discard the other combo pieces. 4. LemonMeringue WL. On the play, he loses everything. On the draw, Thorn stops me. 5. MAB_Rapper WD. On the play, I make him discard his hand. On the draw, our creatures trade. 6. Numotflame96 WW. See below. 7. Bugger WW. I win before he can Beast Within or play Mayor. 8. Magic1264 WL. On the play, he loses everything. On the draw, he can play Cenn's Tactician and lose everything else, but build his guy up until it's a 20/20 and I'm forced to block and lose the next turn. 9. Alexisonfyre WL. First to play wins. [Edited 3 times, lastly by yakusoku on October 13, 2011]
MAB_Rapper Member	posted October 13, 2011 08:27 AM 1. yakusoku DL 1 - On the draw, Shocker blows me out. On the draw, I can play Slash Panther turn 1, which means he can't "Shock" me. If he does, I block, then get infinite turns. If he doesn't, I get infinite turns and can't win. Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of FLame Barbed Shocker Eater of Days 2. dfitzg88 DD 2 - I will get a ton of turns, but by the time I can get there, I won't be able to attack. Tundra Tundra Island Sanctuary Runed Halo Invisible Stalker 3. Pringlesman WW 6 - I get infinite turns before Bloom comes into play. Lotus Bloom Lotus Bloom Pyrite Spellbomb Conjurer's Bauble Second Sunrise 4. LemonMeringue DL 1 - On the draw, can't get past Thorn. On the play, I just do infinite turns and can't swing into an Eater. Smokestack Ancient Tomb City of Traitors Eater of Days Thorn of Amethyst 5. MAB_Rapper XX X City of Traitors Grim Monolith Time Vault Voltaic Key Slash Panther 6. Numotflame96 WD 4 - On the play, I can go off before he gets the dumb eldrazi in play. On the draw, he has a 12/12 and I can not attack. piracy charm kozilek the butcher oath of druids island forbidden orchard 7. Bugger LL 0 City of Traitors Forest Beast Within Soldevi Digger Mayor of Avabruck 8. Magic1264 LL 0 Remote Farm Scrubland Nevermore Vindicate Cenn's Tactician 9. Alexisonfyre DL 1 - Same as yaku. Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of Flame Barbed Shocker Shah of Naar Isle code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 05 1 2 6 1 X 4 0 0 1 15 __________________ MOTL's Most Likely to Play in the Pro Tour - 2007, 2008, and 2009 (My Nationals) The Official Tower Magic Facebook Page
Alexisonfyre Member	posted October 13, 2011 08:32 AM quote: 6. Numotflame96 LL. Kozilek gives him everything back and he can eventually win. I don't agree with this. The rules say that random effects go against the owner to the card. I believe that Kozilek's shuffle effect should be considered random, and since its owner is Numotflame96, its effects should go against him. That is, if he shuffles his graveyard back in his library, the cards should be shuffled in the worst possible way for him. He should then draw Kozilek first. The next turn, when Barbed Shocker deals damage, he has to discard Kozilek and shuffle him back to his library. Kozilek should then always be shuffled on top of his library, until Numotflame96 dies. [Edited 1 times, lastly by Alexisonfyre on October 13, 2011]
yakusoku Member	posted October 13, 2011 08:50 AM Good point. I changed my score.
LemonMeringue Member	posted October 13, 2011 10:23 AM 1. yakusoku - WL On the play thorn wins, on the draw I get a shocker Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of FLame Barbed Shocker Eater of Days 2. dfitzg88 - WW Thorn to stop halo wins, or I can play smokestack and let him sac all his stuff Tundra Tundra Island Sanctuary Runed Halo Invisible Stalker 3. Pringlesman - WW - Thorn wins Lotus Bloom Lotus Bloom Pyrite Spellbomb Conjurer's Bauble Second Sunrise 4. LemonMeringue Smokestack Ancient Tomb City of Traitors Eater of Days Thorn of Amethyst 5. MAB_Rapper - WD - Thorn keeps him from playing anything besides key on the play, on the draw eater of days holds him back. City of Traitors Grim Monolith Time Vault Voltaic Key Slash Panther 6. Numotflame96 - WW - Thorn keeps him from ever doing anything piracy charm kozilek the butcher oath of druids island forbidden orchard 7. Bugger - WL - On the play, I get down a smokestack T2, and I think I win the race. On the draw I think I lose the race, have to recheck this one City of Traitors Forest Beast Within Soldevi Digger Mayor of Avabruck 8. Magic1264 - WW - Thorn takes it, Cenn's Tactician vs. Eater of Days Remote Farm Scrubland Nevermore Vindicate Cenn's Tactician 9. Alexisonfyre - WL - Thorn wins on the play, another shocker on the draw Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of Flame Barbed Shocker Shah of Naar Isle Barbed shocker is the sickest tech I've seen hats off to you two gentlemen code: code: ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL ?? 3 6 6 ? 4 6 3 6 3 37 [Edited 2 times, lastly by LemonMeringue on October 13, 2011]
dfitzg88 Member	posted October 14, 2011 10:26 AM 1. yakusoku Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of FLame Barbed Shocker Eater of Days LL 2. dfitzg88 Tundra Tundra Island Sanctuary Runed Halo Invisible Stalker XX 3. Pringlesman Lotus Bloom Lotus Bloom Pyrite Spellbomb Conjurer's Bauble Second Sunrise WW 4. LemonMeringue Smokestack Ancient Tomb City of Traitors Eater of Days Thorn of Amethyst LL 5. MAB_Rapper City of Traitors Grim Monolith Time Vault Voltaic Key Slash Panther DD 6. Numotflame96 piracy charm kozilek the butcher oath of druids island forbidden orchard WW On the play, I put out island sanctuary, and then he puts out kozilek, but can't hit me (too bad cuz piracy charm would be sick tech lol). On the draw, he plays land. I play land. He plays land, oath. I play land, Sanctuary. He gets out kozilek, I skip a draw and he can't attack. 7. Bugger City of Traitors Forest Beast Within Soldevi Digger Mayor of Avabruck LL 8. Magic1264 Remote Farm Scrubland Nevermore Vindicate Cenn's Tactician LL 9. Alexisonfyre Mountain Rite of Flame Rite of Flame Barbed Shocker Shah of Naar Isle LL code: # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 2 0 X 6 0 2 6 0 0 0 14
Alexisonfyre Member	posted October 16, 2011 08:00 AM code: # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 9 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 3 X 37
Pringlesman Member	posted October 16, 2011 11:03 AM code: XX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 03 0 0 X 0 0 6 6 0 0 12
dfitzg88 Member	posted October 17, 2011 12:03 AM so much 37 kevin smith week
Magic1264 Member	posted October 17, 2011 01:17 AM ## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 08 3 6 6 0 6 2 3 X 3 29
yakusoku Member	posted October 17, 2011 03:59 PM Final scores: code: 01 X 6 6 3 4 6 6 3 3 37 <= winner! 02 0 X 6 0 2 6 0 0 0 14 03 0 0 X 0 0 6 6 0 0 12 04 3 6 6 X 4 6 3 6 3 37 <= winner! 05 1 2 6 1 X 4 0 0 1 15 06 0 0 0 0 1 X 0 3 0 04 07 0 6 0 3 6 6 X 3 0 18 08 3 6 6 0 6 2 3 X 3 29 09 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 3 X 37 <= winner! [Edited 1 times, lastly by yakusoku on October 17, 2011]

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