3-Card Blind (3CB) is a very unique game.
The rules are as follows:
* 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 will result in an incomplete game and both players will receive ZERO points, 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 3-Card Blind" (Just click on the little PM icon above my post and it should work out that way.)
Card #1
Card #2
Card #3Be 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 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. Any lands that only provide mana are exempted from the banning rules.
--------------Current banned list--------------
White:
Chancellor of the Annex
Blue:
Laboratory Maniac
Black:
Blackmail
Artifacts:
Black Lotus
Ensnaring Bridge
Mox Jet
Scalding Tongs
The Rack
Land:
Dryad Arbor
Mishra's Workshop
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Banned Decks (history):
Round 1: yakusoku and walkerdog
Chancellor of the Annex
Strip Mine
Dryad Arbor
Chancellor of the Annex
Wasteland
Dryad Arbor
Round 2: yakusoku and Moonkeeper
Mishra's Workshop
Ensnaring Bridge
Scalding Tongs
Round 3: yakusoku
Mox Jet
Blackmail
The Rack
--------------End of Banning list--------------
I will try and post a new round every Sunday, allow submissions through Tuesday, reveal deck lists first thing on Wednesday and allow scoring until Saturday.
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!
Instead of the normal 40+ weeks that I normally try to drag out the tournament, with no clear winner until our numbers diminish into nothing, we will instead be running each round for only 10 weeks, and at the end declare a winner.
Winner's List:
3
yakusoku
1
Moonkeeper
walkerdog
Decks:
1. yakusoku
Mox Sapphire
Mox Pearl
Meddling Mage
2. MAB_Rapper
Crystal Vein
Mox Ruby
Magus of the Moon
3. ectomanic
Ghost Quarter
Inkmoth Nexus
Inkmoth Nexus
4. LemonMeringue
Chancellor of the Forge
Chancellor of the Forge
Leyline of the Meek
5. Magic1264
Mox Pearl
Inkmoth Nexus
Balance
[Edited 3 times, lastly by yakusoku on March 07, 2013]