The rules are as follows:

* At the beginning of your turn, you may put a basic land token of your choice onto the battlefield untapped. If you do, this counts as your one land per turn. This does not need to be part of your hand/deck/library. You can get a free basic land every turn.
* Your deck is composed of 3 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!

If you want to play PM me or send me an e-mail in this format:
Card #1
Card #2
Card #3

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.

To start off with Unglued, Unhinged and Ante cards and the cards on the list are banned. After each round, the 3 cards in the winning deck plus any cards in more than 1/3 of the decks played will be banned for all future rounds.

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:

Gerrard's Verdict
Meddling Mage
Tidehollow Sculler

Lands:

Ancient Tomb
City of Traitors
Gaea's Cradle
Mishra's Workshop
Serra Sanctum
Tolarian Academy

Artifacts:

Black Lotus
Chrome Mox
Lion's Eye Diamond
Lotus Petal
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Mox Diamond
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Sol Ring

Black:

Blackmail
Cabal Therapy
Cry of Contrition
Dark Ritual
Duress
Funeral Charm
Hymn to Tourach
Inquisition of Kozilek
Mesmeric Fiend
Mind Twist
Smallpox
Thoughtseize
Unmask

Blue:

Force of Will
Laboratory Maniac
Piracy Charm
Wistful Thinking

Green:

Chancellor of the Tangle
Channel
Elvish Spirit Guide
Fastbond
Metamorphosis
Nature's Claim
Parallel Lives
Skyshroud Cutter
Tinder Farm

Red:

Barbed Shocker
Burning Inquiry
Red Sun's Zenith
Rite of Flame
Shocker
Simian Spirit Guide

White:

Balance
Oblivion Ring
Voidstone Gargoyle

Winning decks that caused cards to be banned (History):

Round 1 - breaking the format, LemonMeringue:

Chancellor of the Tangle
Chancellor of the Tangle
Wistful Thinking

Round 2 - So good, his deck got Bant, yakusoku:

Meddling Mage
Oblivion Ring
Nature's Claim

Round 3 - green cards enable wins, yakusoku and Magic1264:

Skyshroud Cutter
Metamorphosis
Voidstone Gargoyle

Tinder Wall
Parallel Lives
Red Sun's Zenith

Winners List:

2

yakusoku

1

LemonMeringue
Magic1264

Decklists:

1. yakusoku

Leyline of Sanctity
Island Sanctuary
White Sun's Zenith

2. Numotflame96

Garruk Primal Hunter
Maze of Ith
Leyline of sanctity

3. LemonMeringue

Progenitus
Blazing Shoal
Inkmoth Nexus

4. WeedIan

Lightning Bolt
Capsize
Soldevi Digger

5. Myy

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Sneak Attack
Dismember

6. Jtrade77

White Sun's Zenith
Chancellor of the Annex
Leyline of Sanctity

7. Magic1264

quote:

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Originally posted by BoltBait:
1) Does it just kill you that I don't play 3CB anymore?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Myy:
lol, I believe he confused Yaku with Yukizora.

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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:

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## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL
?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??

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Leyline of Sanctity
Island Sanctuary
White Sun's Zenith

2. Numotflame96 WW

Garruk Primal Hunter
Maze of Ith
Leyline of sanctity

3. LemonMeringue WW

Progenitus
Blazing Shoal
Inkmoth Nexus

4. WeedIan WW

Lightning Bolt
Capsize
Soldevi Digger

5. Myy Xx

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Sneak Attack
Dismember

6. Jtrade77 WW

White Sun's Zenith
Chancellor of the Annex
Leyline of Sanctity

7. Magic1264 DL

Pithing Needle
Wheel of Fortune
Nether Spirit

Leyline of Sanctity
Island Sanctuary
White Sun's Zenith

2. Numotflame96 LL

Garruk Primal Hunter
Maze of Ith
Leyline of sanctity

3. LemonMeringue

Progenitus
Blazing Shoal
Inkmoth Nexus

4. WeedIan LL

Lightning Bolt
Capsize
Soldevi Digger

5. Myy LL

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Sneak Attack
Dismember

6. Jtrade77 WW

White Sun's Zenith
Chancellor of the Annex
Leyline of Sanctity

7. Magic1264 WW

Pithing Needle
Wheel of Fortune
Nether Spirit

code:

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## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL
03 6 0 ? 0 0 6 6 18

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MOTL Fantasy NBA 2010 Champion

quote:

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Originally posted by junichi:
Myy, against Magic1264, you should be able to force a draw on the play.

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6. Jtrade77
White Sun's Zenith
Chancellor of the Annex
Leyline of Sanctity

1 ww Chancellor of the Annex flies around IS, and my wsz tokens trade with his on the ground.

2 ww thanks to +1 mana from reveal annex garruk takes an extra turn to cast, so even if Maze is layed, it means I can stall or kill Garruk until Chancellor comes down, at which point I out-token and win.

3 ll (faster than me)

4 ww -- wsz makes multiple tokens, I outrace

5 ll on my play:
reveal chancellor, land
him land
... my t4 wsz 1...
his t4 land dismember pay 1
t5 2 wsz2
t5 sneak, use it I lose

7 wl on my play: reveal chancellor
him needle, let it get countered
me 2 plains
him 2 land
me 3 plains wsz = 0
him wheel of fortune, drop ns
me wsz =1
him ns come back... wsz wins for me

quote:

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Originally posted by junichi:
Myy, against Magic1264, you should be able to force a draw on the play.

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"If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the other 3% ?"

## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL
02 0 X 6 0 0 0 2 8

He attacks, Magic loses his Nether Spirit and gets it back next turn, but it can't attack.

LemonMeringue, how do I win against you (on the play)? Island Sanctuary doesn't stop flying or islandwalking creatures.

1. yakusoku XX

2. Numotflame96 WW. Island Sanctuary stops the creatures from Garruk and I just overwhelm him with Cat tokens.

3. LemonMeringue LL. Island Sanctuary can't stop Inkmoth Nexus.

4. WeedIan WW. Leyline stops Lightning Bolt and by the time he has enough to Capsize with buyback, I'm making Cat tokens every turn which is too much for him.

5. Myy LL. Island Sanctuary doesn't stop Emrakul.

6. Jtrade77 LL. We both have WSZ, but he has Chancellor.

7. Magic1264 WL. On the play I can WSZ repeatedly for the win, on the draw, I lose to Wheel.

code:

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## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL
01 X 6 0 6 0 0 3 15

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code:

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## 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL
07 3 2 0 0 4 3 X 12

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code:

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01 X 6 0 6 0 0 3 15
02 0 X 6 0 0 0 2 08
03 6 0 ? 0 0 6 6 18
04 0 6 6 x 0 0 0 12
05 6 6 6 6 X 6 1 31 <= winner!
06 6 6 0 6 0 X 3 21
07 3 2 0 0 4 3 X 12

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