3 years ago, Save The Dragons hosted 3-card blind. If you don't know what that is, it's essentially, you submit a magic: the gathering deck of 3 cards, and it's played off against everyone else.
Here are all the rules, but the most important ones are:
Matches will be simulated, each match will be run in the most optimal way.
Players play with their hands revealed.
Each match is played twice, with each player playing first and drawing first.
Randomness works in the opponent's favor.
Players draw cards but do not lose due to not being able to draw cards.
Wins award 3 points, draws award 1 point, and losses award 0 points.
Whenever a deck wins a tournament, all
non-mana fixing
cards in the deck will get banned.
The winner of each tournament may unban up to one card that is not in their current deck and hasn't been unbanned before.
Banned decks:
Spoiler:
Decks that can win first turn
Decks that let the opponent discard more than one card per turn
Parody cards from Unglued, Unhinged and Unstable
Non-mass produced cards e.g. 1996 World Champion
Banned cards:
Spoiler:
Abandon Hope
Balance
Barren Glory
Blackmail
Cabal Therapy
Coercion
Form of the Dragon
Ghost Quarter
Glacial Chasm
Leonin Squire
Meddling Mage
Mesmeric Fiend
Nezumi Shortfang
Pulse of the Dross
Restore Balance
Show and Tell
Strip Mine
The Rack
Thoughtseize
Wasteland
Chancellor of the Annex
Icatian Store
Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Black Lotus
Laboraty Maniac
Skullwinder
To participate, just send a list to my discord (McMenno#3027), or PM it.
Last edited by McMenno on Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:34 am, edited 7 times in total.
Chancellor of the Annex
Icatian Store
Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Spoiler: Cephrir
Black Lotus
Leyline of Anticipation
Patron Wizard
Spoiler: Save the Dragons
Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Dread
Spoiler: Wrath of Pie
Black Lotus
Chancellor of the Annex
Laboratory Maniac
Spoiler: pantaleon
Dark Ritual
Liliana's Specter
Swamp
Spoiler: entreri
Black Lotus
Sulfuric Vortex
Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Spoiler: Haschel Cedricson
Eladamri's Vineyard
Megatherium
Treetop Village
Matchups:
Spoiler: McMenno's matchups
Vs. Vijarada
Both times, a black lotus gets countered by the chancellor. Vijarada does the thing with the chancellor.
Result:
LL
McMenno - 0
Vijarada - 6
Vs. Cephrir
Both times, Cephrir flashes in the wizard with leyline on the upkeep and can counter the first black lotus, but the wizard gets bounced by the evoke ability of the aethersnipe.
Result:
DD
Cephrir - 2
McMenno - 2
Vs. Save the Dragons
Both times, both players hold their cards in their hands since the aethersnipe would bounce the dread, and the dread would win against the aethersnipe.
Result:
DD
McMenno - 4
Save the Dragons - 2
Vs. Wrath of Pie
Both times, a black lotus gets countered by the chancellor trigger and the lab maniac either gets bounced by the evoke ability of the aethersnipe or never gets played.
Result:
DD
McMenno - 6
Wrath of Pie - 2
Vs. pantaleon
If McMenno goes first, aethersnipe outraces the specter with damage. If pantaleon goes first, the specter makes McMenno discard a black lotus, and he bounces the specter with the evoke ability.
Result:
WD
McMenno - 10
pantaleon - 1
Vs. entreri
Both times, either the sulfuric vortex gets bounced by the aethersnipe or is never played, and the aethersnipe is killed by the tabernacle effect if it is played.
Result:
DD
McMenno - 12
entreri - 2
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
Whenever something of Haschel's gets bounced, he can replay it. If Haschel attacks with just the megatherium, McMenno is forced to block it or die, and then Haschel can kill him with the village if he blocks.
Result:
LL
Haschel Cedricson - 6
McMenno - 12
Spoiler: Vijarada's matchups
Vs. Cephrir
Both times, the black lotus gets countered by the chancellor, and vijarada then does the thing with the chancellor.
Result:
WW
Cephrir - 2
Vijarada - 12
Vs. Save the Dragons
Both times, a black lotus gets countered by the chancellor, which means STD can't play dread. Then, vijarada does the thing with the chancellor.
Result:
WW
Save the Dragons - 2
Vijarada - 18
Vs. Wrath of Pie
Both times, the black lotus gets countered by the chancellor, and vijarada does the thing with the chancellor.
Result:
WW
Vijarada - 24
Wrath of Pie - 2
Vs. pantaleon
The thing with the chancellor happens.
Result:
WW
pantaleon - 1
Vijarada - 30
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
The thing with the chancellor happens.
Result:
WW
Haschel Cedricson - 6
Vijarada - 36
Spoiler: Cephrir's matchups
Vs. Save the Dragons
Cephrir has to hold up patron wizard forever and STD doesn't play into it, so they draw.
Result:
DD
Cephrir - 4
Save the Dragons - 4
Vs. Wrath of Pie
Black lotus gets countered by chancellor, laboratory maniac draws a card.
Result:
LL
Cephrir - 4
Wrath of Pie - 8
Vs. pantaleon
Cephrir has to hold up patron wizard once again.
Result:
DD
Cephrir - 6
pantaleon - 3
Vs. entreri
Wizard dies to tabernacle, and entreri gets to play his spells with impunity..
Result:
LL
Cephrir - 6
entreri - 8
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
You know the thing where Cephrir has to hold up wizard? Yeah.
Result:
DD
Cephrir - 8
Haschel Cedricson - 8
Spoiler: Save the Dragons' matchups
Vs. Wrath of Pie
A black lotus gets countered by chancellor, laboratory maniac draws a card.
Result:
LL
Save the Dragons - 2
Wrath of Pie - 14
Vs. pantaleon
Either dread outraces the specter, or a black lotus gets discarded by the specter and it can attack freely.
Result:
WL
pantaleon - 4
Save the Dragons - 5
Vs. entreri
Dread dies to tabernacle, and STD dies to vortex.
Result:
LL
entreri - 10
Save the Dragons - 5
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
Whenever one of Haschel's creatures attacks, it gets destroyed by dread, and dread can attack through Haschel's creatures with fear.
Result:
WW
Haschel Cedricson - 6
Save the Dragons - 11
Spoiler: Wrath of Pie's matchups
Vs. pantaleon
Dark ritual gets countered by chancellor, and laboratory maniac draws a card.
Result:
WW
pantaleon - 4
Wrath of Pie - 20
Vs. entreri
Black lotus gets countered by chancellor, and laboratory dies to tabernacle before it can draw a card.
Result:
DD
entreri - 12
Wrath of Pie - 22
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
Vineyard gets countered by chancellor, and laboratory maniac draws a card.
Result:
WW
Haschel Cedricson - 6
Wrath of Pie - 28
Spoiler: pantaleon's matchups
Vs. entreri
Either the specter makes entreri discard black lotus/vortex and then dies to tabernacle, or entreri plays out his hand on turn 1 and wins with vortex.
Result:
DL
entreri - 16
pantaleon - 5
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
The specter makes Haschel discard megatherium, but the village outraces the specter.
Result:
LL
Haschel Cedricson - 12
pantaleon - 5
Spoiler: entreri's matchup
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
Treetop village isn't affected by tabernacle, so Haschel kills entreri with it.
Result:
LL
entreri - 16
Haschel Cedricson - 18
Results:
Spoiler: Final Results
Vijarada - 36
Wrath of Pie - 28
entreri - 20
Haschel Cedricson - 20
Save the Dragons - 13
McMenno - 12
Cephrir - 8
pantaleon - 7
Spoiler:
Vijarada has won! Chancellor of the Annex, Icatian Store and Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale have been banned.
Last edited by McMenno on Mon Jun 24, 2019 4:45 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Starting now, all winning cards will get banned, including mana fixing.
The winner of each tournament may unban up to one card that wasn't in their current deck and hasn't been unbanned before.
Black Lotus
Chalice of the Void
Master of the Feast
Spoiler: Wrath of Pie
Black Lotus
Skullwinder
Laboratory Maniac
Spoiler: Save the Dragons
Black Lotus
Naturalize
Basking Rootwalla
Spoiler: pantaleon
Black Lotus
Black Lotus
Barren Glory
Spoiler: Haschel Cedricson
Remote Farm
Knight of the Holy Nimbus
Knight of the Holy Nimbus
Spoiler: entreri
Fountain of Cho
Walking Ballista
Path to Exile
Spoiler: Vijarada
Gatekeeper of Malakir
Black Lotus
Inquisition of Kozilek
Spoiler: NotAJumbleOfNumbers
Plains
Plains
Plains
Jumble's deck just loses every time so I'm not going to play those matchups out.
Matchups
Spoiler: McMenno's Matchups
Vs. Cephrir
If McMenno is on the play, he can play three memnites and they can kill Gideon. If he is on the draw, Cephrir can Pact one memnite and can lock down the other with gideon, the other one has to keep attacking Gideon.
Result:
WD
Cephrir - 1
McMenno - 4
Vs. D3f3nd3r
Master of the Feast outraces the Memnites straight up either way.
Result:
LL
D3f3nd3r - 6
McMenno - 4
Vs. Wrath of Pie
Laboratory Maniac draws a card.
Result:
LL
McMenno - 4
Wrath of Pie - 6
Vs. Save the Dragons
Two memnites outrace one rootwalla.
Result:
WW
McMenno - 10
Save the Dragons - 0
Vs. pantaleon
Barren Glory... Exists.
Result:
LL
McMenno - 10
pantaleon - 6
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
The knights outrace the memnites.
Result:
LL
Haschel Cedricson - 6
McMenno - 10
Vs. entreri
entreri makes his ballista big enough fast enough to kill off the memnites.
Result:
LL
entreri - 6
McMenno - 10
Vs. Vijarada
The gatekeeper and the two memnites just kind of stare at each other.
Result:
DD
McMenno - 12
Vijarada - 2
Spoiler: Cephrir's Matchups
Vs. D3f3nd3r
On the play, Cephrir puts down Gideon and pacts the lotus. On the draw, he can't play his lotus due to chalice.
Result:
WL
Cephrir - 4
D3f3nd3r - 3
Vs. Wrath of Pie
On the play, Cephrir can pact the lotus. On the draw, he can either emblem Gideon or hold down lab maniac for a turn, but if he emblems Gideon the labman and skullwinder just kill Gideon, and if he ticks up labman draws a card and wins.
Result:
WL
Cephrir - 7
Wrath of Pie - 9
Vs. Save the Dragons
Gideon can lock down the rootwalla until he's big and strong and kills Save the Dragons.
Result:
WW
Cephrir - 13
Save the Dragons - 0
Vs. pantaleon
Barren Glory is ineffective against a Gideon emblem.
Result:
WW
Cephrir - 19
pantaleon - 6
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
The knights just kind of kill Gideon.
Result:
LL
Cephrir - 19
Haschel Cedricson - 12
Vs. entreri
Gideon can kill entreri faster than he can make a ballista that's big enough to kill Gideon.
Result:
WW
Cephrir - 25
entreri - 6
Vs. Vijarada
On the play, Cephrir can pact the lotus. On the draw, Vijarada can inquisition Gideon.
Result:
WL
Cephrir - 28
Vijarada - 5
Spoiler: D3f3nder's Matchups
Vs. Wrath of Pie
On the play, D3f3nd3r's chalice causes Wrath's locus to be countered. On the draw, labman draws a card.
Result:
WL
D3f3nd3r - 6
Wrath of Pie - 12
Vs. Save the Dragons
Master of the Feast outraces the rootwalla.
Result:
WW
D3f3nd3r - 12
Save the Dragons - 0
Vs. pantaleon
On the play, chalice exists. On the draw, Barren Glory exists.
Result:
WL
D3f3nd3r - 15
pantaleon - 9
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
The master outraces the knights.
Result:
WW
D3f3nder - 21
Haschel Cedricson - 12
Vs. entreri
Path exiles the master, and ballista has free reign.
Result:
LL
D3f3nd3r - 21
entreri - 12
Vs. Vijarada
Inquisition grabs ballista, and gatekeeper gets exiled.
Result:
DD
D3f3nd34 - 23
Vijarada - 7
Spoiler: Wrath of Pie's Matchups
Vs. Save the Dragons
Labman draws a card.
Result:
WW
Save the Dragons - 0
Wrath of Pie - 18
Vs. pantaleon
Either Barren Glory exists or
labman draws a card.
Result:
WW
pantaleon - 12
Wrath of Pie - 21
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
Labman draws a card.
Result:
WW
Haschel Cedricson - 12
Wrath of Pie - 27
Vs. entreri
Labman draws a card.
Result:
WW
entreri - 12
Wrath of Pie - 33
Vs. Vijarada
On the play, labman draws a card. On the draw, inquisition discards lotus.
Result:
WL
Vijarada - 10
Wrath of Pie - 36
Spoiler: Save the Dragons' Matchups
Vs. pantaleon
Barren Glory is a valid target for Naturalize. Hooray!
pantaleon keeps barren glory in his hand for eternity.
Result:
DD
pantaleon - 12
Save the Dragons - 6
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
The knights outrace the rootwalla.
Result:
LL
Haschel Cedricson - 18
Save the Dragons - 6
Vs. entreri
The rootwalla gets exiled, and ballista can just ping before naturalize resolves.
Result:
LL
entreri - 18
Save the Dragons - 6
Vs. Vijarada
The gatekeeper outraces the rootwalla.
Result:
LL
Save the Dragons - 6
Vijarada - 16
Spoiler: pantaleon's Results
Vs. Haschel Cedricson
Barren Glory exists.
Result:
WW
Haschel Cedricson - 18
pantaleon - 18
Vs. entreri
Barren Glory exists.
Result:
WW
entreri - 18
pantaleon - 24
Vs. Vijarada
On the play, Barren Glory exists. On the draw, inquisition discards a lotus.
Result:
WL
pantaleon - 27
Vijarada - 19
Spoiler: Haschel Cedricson's Matchups
Vs. entreri
The knights kill entreri faster than he can build a ballista that is big enough to take Haschel out.
Result:
WW
entreri - 18
Haschel Cedricson - 24
Vs. Vijarada
Gatekeeper/inquisition takes out a card. On the play, Haschel wins the race. On the draw, they have to stare at each other.
Result:
WD
Haschel Cedricson - 28
Vijarada - 20
Spoiler: entreri's Matchup
Vs. Vijarada
Inquisition discards ballista, and path exiles gatekeeper.
Result:
DD
entreri - 20
Vijarada - 22
Results:
Spoiler: Final Results
Wrath of Pie - 39
D3f3nd3r - 29
Cephrir - 28
Haschel Cedricson - 28
pantaleon - 26
Vijarada - 22
entreri - 20
McMenno - 12
Save the Dragons - 2
Spoiler:
Wrath of Pie has won! Black Lotus, Laboratory Maniac and Skullwinder have been banned.
Last edited by McMenno on Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:34 am, edited 2 times in total.