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Author:	CommanderJim [ Sat Aug 27, 2016 1:31 am ]
Post subject:	[3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Welcome to 3 Card Magic, the most minimalist Magic format in the world! What's 3CM? The basic concept is simple: make a deck consisting of any three Magic cards, and try to beat all the other decks! If you're new here, you should start by reading the 3CM Primer. Deck submissions should be PM'd to me, CommanderJim, or emailed to [email protected]. The Rules Deckbuilding Each player creates a deck of three Magic cards following the banned list, and any additional restrictions imposed by the current format. (See Round Types below.) Decks are submitted to me via private message with "3CM" and "Deck" somewhere in the title. My deck is finalized before reading these PMs; if you'd like me to send you a verification PM with my list in it, just ask. You may update your decklist up until the deadline. (Unless you've asked me to share my list with you.) If you send me a deck that can't win against a deck with three blank cards, I'll ask you to confirm that you're aware of this fact. This rule exists to prevent people from accidentally submitting decks that don't work, while still allowing Karn Liberated decks and other such shenanigans. Gameplay After the round is closed, each deck plays against each other deck twice, once going first and once going second. Normal Magic rules apply to a game of 3CM, except for the following exceptions. Players don't lose the game for drawing from an empty library. If the original source of a random effect (i.e. coinflip) comes from one player's deck, the other player chooses its outcome. Effects that get cards from outside the game (Wishes, Research // Development, Ring of Ma'ruf) cannot be used to find anything. Games are played with the contents of both decks known to each player at all times. Players will always play optimally and to win. Scoring When the round is closed, a spreadsheet of all the decks and matchups is posted, to be filled in by the players. Players are encouraged to double-check the matchups graded by other players, since mistakes are often made when complicated decks are involved. A win is worth 3 points, a draw is 1 point, and a loss is 0 points. Round Types A season consists of four rounds: two vanilla and two alternate formats. Vanilla: These rounds follow normal rules, but have a banned list that changes every season. Alternate Formats: These rounds use special rules that might effect deckbuilding, gameplay, or both! Fabulous Prizes When a round is done being graded, prizes are awarded! Grand Prizes are given out at the end of the season. Round Prizes: The winner of each round may suggest an alternate format (in either category) to be put on the poll next season. Consolation Prizes: The lowest-scoring player of each Vanilla round picks one card from that round's winning deck to add to the next season's Vanilla banned list. Grand Prizes: The top-scoring players of the entire season each get to make some number of changes to the Vanilla banned list, based on their rank. Each change allows that player to either add a card or remove a card. First place gets three changes, second place gets two, and third place gets one. Note: A card may not be unbanned if it was newly banned at the start of the season. Tiebreakers 1. Head-to-head: Whoever has the most points from games against other the other tied player(s) wins the tie. 2. Match-Wins: Whoever won the most games wins the tie. (Ignore draws.) Previous Seasons Season 1 Season 2 (Winners: thatmarkguy, CommanderJim, Yarium) Season 3 (Winners: Hello World, purple shrimp, mjack33) Season 4 (Winners: razorborne, masterofdoom, thatmarkguy) Season 5 (Winners: razorborne, door (dooooooooooor), Hello World) Season 6 (Winners: POSValkir, thatmarkguy, door (dooooooooooor)) Season 7 (Winners: CommanderJim, thatmarkguy, GobO_Scarlet) Season 8 (Winners: CommanderJim, thatmarkguy, mjack33) Season 9 (Winners: thatmarkguy, silasw, POSValkir) Season 10 (Winners: vlord, thatmarkguy, silasw) Season 11 (Winners: POSValkir, mjack33, silasw) Season 12 (Winners: Rubik, POSValkir, CommanderJim) Season 13 (Winners: thatmarkguy, Rubik, POSValkir) Season 14 (Winners: Rubik, Golgari_Spy, thatmarkguy) Season 15 (Winners: Golgari_Spy, thatmarkguy, Rubik) Season 16 (Winners: thatmarkguy, POSValkir, Golgari_Spy) Season 17 (Winners: door (dooooooooooor), thatmarkguy, Golgari_Spy) Season 18 (Winners: Golgari_Spy, Edacade, door (dooooooooooor)) Scoreboard Your average match points for each round are summed together to generate your score. Rank\|Name\|Total Score\|Round 1\|Round 2\|Round 3\|Round 4 1\|thatmarkguy\|14.64\|4.00\|3.43\|2.38\|4.83 2\|POSValkir\|14.30\|5.50\|3.43\|3.38\|2.00 3\|Zlehtnoba\|9.74\|2.83\|2.57\|3.00\|1.33 4\|Aaarrrgh\|9.21\|0.50\|3.71\|0.00\|5.00 5\|Edacade\|8.96\|1.00\|3.71\|2.25\|2.00 6\|CommanderJim\|8.95\|4.00\|2.57\|2.38\|0.00 7\|Golgari_Spy\|8.78\|2.83\|2.57\|2.38\|1.00 8\|mark777\|7.75\|0.00\|0.00\|3.75\|4.00 9\|Hello World\|3.00\|0.00\|0.00\|3.00\|0.00 10\|Rubik\|2.75\|0.00\|0.00\|2.75\|0.00 11\|door (dooooooooooor)\|1.71\|0.00\|1.71\|0.00\|0.00 Season 19 Vanilla Banned List Any card banned in Vintage. Any deck that can win before a blank opponent can take a full turn. (A blank opponent is an opponent with three blank cards.) Any deck that can reduce the number of cards in a blank opponent's hand by more than one card during a single turn. Black Lotus Blackmail Cabal Therapy Chancellor of the Annex Channel City of Traitors Dark Depths Daze Encroach Energy Field Ensnaring Bridge Foil Force of Will Frost Titan Ghost Quarter Grave Titan Inkmoth Nexus Inquisition of Kozilek Karakas Laboratory Maniac Lion's Eye Diamond Lupine Prototype Mishra's Factory Mishra's Workshop Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath Panoptic Mirror Powder Keg Ratchet Bomb Shelldock Isle Shrieking Affliction Sphere of Resistance Steel Overseer Storm World Strip Mine The Rack The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Thought-Knot Seer Thoughtseize Wasteland Wood Elemental Newly banned Newly unbanned Alternate Format Banned List Any card banned in Vintage. Any deck that can win before a blank opponent can take a full turn. (A blank opponent is an opponent with three blank cards.) Any deck that can reduce the number of cards in a blank opponent's hand by more than one card during a single turn. Barren Glory Blackmail Cabal Therapy Chancellor of the Annex Channel Dark Depths Ensnaring Bridge Flash Foil Force of Will Ghost Quarter Grave Titan Inquisition of Kozilek Laboratory Maniac Leyline of Anticipation Phyrexian Revoker Shelldock Isle Show and Tell Shrieking Affliction Strip Mine The Rack Thoughtseize Wasteland Past Round: Vanilla Saturday, August 27th Ends Wednesday, August 31st Decklists 1. Aaarrrgh Forest Llanowar mentor Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre notimeforanalysisorresearch.dec 2. CommanderJim Lotus Bloom Lotus Bloom Barren Glory shoot the moon.dec 3. Edacade Crystal Vein Rakdos Carnarium Bloodhall Priest vein drinker.dec 4. Golgari_Spy Island Sea's Claim Chronomaton salt-powered robot.dec 5. POSValkir Mox Jet Mutavault Nezumi Shortfang rat tribal.dec 6. thatmarkguy Mox Pearl Undiscovered Paradise Meddling Mage PlayingLastMonthsLotteryNumbers.dec 7. Zlehtnoba Island Sea's Claim Chronomaton time's claim.dec Past Round: Vanilla Redux Begins Friday, September 2nd Ends Wednesday, September 7th Decklists 1. Aaarrrgh Chancellor of the Forge Simian Spirit Guide Artifact Blast oneweektoolate.dec 2. CommanderJim Lotus Bloom Lotus Bloom Barren Glory overshoot the moon.dec 3. door (dooooooooooor) Mutavault Confiscate Calciform Pools I'm gonna confiscate the declaration of independence.dec 4. Edacade Simian Spirit Guide Artifact Blast Chancellor of the Forge throwing barrels.dec 5. Golgari_Spy Crystal Vein Mana Crypt Lodestone Golem loading screen.dec 6. POSValkir Aether Vial Chancellor of the Tangle Mayor of Avabruck chancellor of the super pac.dec 7. thatmarkguy Peat Bog Bitterblossom Smallpox ASmallPoxOnAllTheirSmallHouses.dec 8. Zlehtnoba Island Sea's Claim Chronomaton big daddy.dec Past Round: One Card Open Mark one card in your deck as "open". After the first deadline, all "open" cards are revealed to everyone and players may change their other two cards until the second deadline. Begins Friday, September 9th 1st Deadline: Monday, September 12th 2nd Deadline: Wednesday, September 14th Decklists 1. CommanderJim Nether Spirit Peat Bog Smallpox peater piper picked a pack of nether spirits.dec 2. Edacade Energy Field Sulfur Vent Sleeper Agent poppy field.dec 3. Golgari_Spy Karakas Path to Exile Cenn's Tactician path of least resistence.dec 4. Hello World Artifact Blast Simian Spirit Guide Dryad Arbor bananas.dec 5. mark777 Jinxed Choker Mishra's Workshop Glacial Chasm soyoubannedbridge?.dek 6. POSValkir Black Lotus Black Lotus Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath oath of liliana.dec 7. Rubik Mayor of Avabruck Black Lotus Pithing Needle Avabruck Flower Weave.dec 8. thatmarkguy Simian Spirit Guide Mishra's Workshop Lodestone Golem TheRedZoneIsForImmediateLodeingAndUnlodeingOfPassengersOnly.dec 9. Zlehtnoba Black Lotus Mental Misstep Liliana's Specter artifact unblast.dec Past Round: Commander Three card deck, plus a commander. All commander rules apply: singleton, color identity restriction, 40 life, commander damage, commander banlist in addition to normal banlist. You should definitely check the commander banlist, since it contains cards like Black Lotus and the original moxen. Begins Friday, September 16th Ends Wednesday, September 21st Detailed Rules Basically, we're following the same rules written here, but with 4-card decks instead of 100. Singleton: No two cards in your deck can have the same name, except for basic lands. Color identity: The color identity of each card in your deck must fit inside your commander's color identity. Life: Each player has a starting life total of 40. Commander: Your commander is a legendary creature of your choice (or a planeswalker that explicitly says it can be used as a commander). It starts the game in the command zone. You may cast your commander from the command zone by paying its normal costs plus for each previous time it was cast it from the command zone this game. If a commander would be put into a library, hand, graveyard or exile from anywhere, its owner may choose to move it to the command zone instead. Commander damage: If a player has been dealt 21 or more combat damage by a single commander this game, that player loses the game. Decklists 1. Aaarrrgh Feldon of the Third Path Lion's Eye Diamond City of Traitors Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre UlamogIsMyGirlfriendNow.dec 2. CommanderJim Skullbriar, the Walking Grave Lion's Eye Diamond Lion's Eye Diamond Gibbering Descent halloween has begun.dec 3. Edacade Brimaz, King of Oreskos City of Traitors Lion's Eye Diamond Hero's Blade just can't wait to be king.dec 4. Golgari_Spy Sigarda, Host of Herons Icatian Store Hollow Trees Ghostly Prison sigarda, host of parties.dec 5. mark777 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic Mishra's Workshop Jinxed Choker Glacial Chasm you can never escape.dec 6. POSValkir Karlov of the Ghost Council Nyx-Fleece Ram Swamp Plains counting sheep.dec 7. thatmarkguy Alesha, Who Smiles at Death Lion's Eye Diamond Peat Bog Master of Cruelties GoinAggroInAControlWorld.dec 8. Zlehtnoba Anax and Cymede Keldon Megaliths Boros Garrison Island Sanctuary rhodes.dec

Author:	CommanderJim [ Sat Aug 27, 2016 1:31 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Psst! You! Yes, you! Get over here! Can you keep a secret? I'll take your silence as a yes. Look, my usual sources have assured me that there is no new set legal this season, but... I found something. It all started at the beginning of last season. We were playing Vanilla, as usual. I was ready to see some decks similar to the previous season, but then out of an Ancient Tomb appeared a pair of not-so-ancient wolf-operated mechs. They quickly destroyed the competition, leaving door and thatmarkguy to share the victory. I immediately went to my superiors. "What, we're just printing 5/5's for now? You didn't tell me a new set came out!" They gave some bland excuse, "Oh, we thought you already knew", and sent me on my way. In the Vanilla Redux, I noticed that the wolves had migrated to other lands, but the Ancient Tomb was still there. I checked inside, ready to fight a robot, but found myself blinded by a brightly glowing ball. Before I could figure out what was hapenning, I heard some frantic ticking and blacked out. When I woke up, Golgari_Spy had claimed victory. I never trusted that guy. Something about the name... Anyway, that's not all. We then played a round where we bid life for the chance to use an extra card. Some players bid high, some bid low, and some decided to go right in the middle. door took the biggest risk, bidding down to a starting life total of 3, with no life gain whatsoever. This let him cast 10/10 shadows for just one black mana a piece, winning him the round. That's when I started putting it together. 3 life plus 1 mana plus 10 plus 10 is 24. Add 1 more for 1st place, then subtract that from the 30 points door scored that round, and what do you get? 5. That's right, the exact number of colors one would expect to see in a new Magic set. But wait, there's more. In the final round, everybody got free mana every turn. Edacade took advantage of this by using the brutal counterspell Dismal Failure alongside an increasingly-large manland. Golgari_Spy, meanwhile, decided to invite Emrakul, the Aeons Torn through the breach, wait a few turns for suspense, then do it again to finish the job. Both players tied for the victory, and I started to realize... there were multiple ties for first place this season. In fact, there were 2 ties, each tie between 2 players. The 2's must be important, but... aha! That's when I figured it all out. There is a new set legal this season. Something secret, something involving 2's. It must be... Conspiracy 2! Eureka! Well now that we've torn apart that web of deception and lies, let's get to this season's banlist changes. Bans: Inkmoth Nexus, Lupine Prototype, Panoptic Mirror, Sphere of Resistance Unbans: Thought-Knot Seer, Wood Elemental Several powerful colorless threats have been eliminated. Thought-Knot Seer is back, though. It first appeared in a world where Black Lotus was legal, so it'll be interesting to see how it does without a painless way to play it on turn one. Wood Elemental is also legal again, in case you enjoy using your entire deck and several turns just to put a 1/1 onto the battlefield. Uh oh, here come my superiors. Just play it cool, act like everything's normal, and join me for some 3 Card Magic. New Round: Vanilla Saturday, August 27th Ends Wednesday, August 31st Season 19 Vanilla Banned List Any card banned in Vintage. Any deck that can win before a blank opponent can take a full turn. (A blank opponent is an opponent with three blank cards.) Any deck that can reduce the number of cards in a blank opponent's hand by more than one card during a single turn. Black Lotus Blackmail Cabal Therapy Chancellor of the Annex Channel City of Traitors Dark Depths Daze Encroach Energy Field Ensnaring Bridge Foil Force of Will Frost Titan Ghost Quarter Grave Titan Inkmoth Nexus Inquisition of Kozilek Karakas Laboratory Maniac Lion's Eye Diamond Lupine Prototype Mishra's Factory Mishra's Workshop Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath Panoptic Mirror Powder Keg Ratchet Bomb Shelldock Isle Shrieking Affliction Sphere of Resistance Steel Overseer Storm World Strip Mine The Rack The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Thought-Knot Seer Thoughtseize Wasteland Wood Elemental Newly banned Newly unbanned

Author:	Golgari_Spy [ Sat Aug 27, 2016 8:31 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
it was worth the wait for the quality thread title (ironically the conspiracies themselves are banned via being banned in vintage, but allowing conspiracies is probably better as an alternate-round concept honestly)

Author:	thatmarkguy [ Sat Aug 27, 2016 10:09 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Yup, we had some fun years back with an alt round based around Conspiracy I conspiracies, and I'd be happy to see us do it again. As for the rest of the new set... I expect Kaya, Ghost Assassin will become another solid option in the 4-slot in Lotus decks (particularly Leonin Squire builds). It covers a lot of bases - it has its own wincon that can outrace a 1/1, it has LotV-esque turn-it-lands discard as disruption, it can remove tokens properly (unfortunately as temporary-repeatable removal on larger threats, its own lifeloss makes it a nonpermanent solution). Don't think it's viable in nonlotusworld, though - we can land it T2 (Ancient Spring Crystal Vein can land it T2), but T2 discard isn't especially strong, especially being so vulnerable to T1 discard itself. ...I don't see anything else of any particular 3CM value though. Nothing jumps out at me like Hangarback and Lupine did.

Author:	Edacade [ Tue Aug 30, 2016 8:38 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
It bothers me when I forget what deck I submitted when it gets closer to time for the round match-ups to begin...Luckily, I hardly ever use the PM system so it's easy to go look it up. Edit: Yeah, no, I need to change my deck. I don't know why I thought that was a good list.

Author:	CommanderJim [ Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Today is the last day to submit vanilla decks!

Author:	CommanderJim [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:15 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Vanilla Spreadsheet! Decklists 1. Aaarrrgh Forest Llanowar mentor Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre notimeforanalysisorresearch.dec 2. CommanderJim Lotus Bloom Lotus Bloom Barren Glory shoot the moon.dec 3. Edacade Crystal Vein Rakdos Carnarium Bloodhall Priest vein drinker.dec 4. Golgari_Spy Island Sea's Claim Chronomaton salt-powered robot.dec 5. POSValkir Mox Jet Mutavault Nezumi Shortfang rat tribal.dec 6. thatmarkguy Mox Pearl Undiscovered Paradise Meddling Mage PlayingLastMonthsLotteryNumbers.dec 7. Zlehtnoba Island Sea's Claim Chronomaton time's claim.dec

Author:	Aaarrrgh [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
I think I did decently, but I can't do the math right now, so I could be completely wrong there. Maybe it would be a good idea to compile a list of inactive players and PM an invitation/reminder? I would love to see this get up to at least twelve players again.

Author:	thatmarkguy [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:26 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Posv, you've listed a 4 against me but I think it's a 3. On the play, Meddling Mage names Mox Jet. All you're left with is a Mutavault that can only activate itself after it taps itself, which isn't useful attacking nor blocking.

Author:	Edacade [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:56 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
On the bright side, the deck I submitted first would have done worse. On the not-so-bright side, I don't get the consolation prize.

Author:	Golgari_Spy [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 8:50 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
someone's recycling deck name puns it's clearly a conspiracy

Author:	POSValkir [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:28 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
thatmarkguy wrote: Posv, you've listed a 4 against me but I think it's a 3. On the play, Meddling Mage names Mox Jet. All you're left with is a Mutavault that can only activate itself after it taps itself, which isn't useful attacking nor blocking. grrr, I always forget you can name the mox

Author:	Aaarrrgh [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:58 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Welp, no. I did not do well at all. However, Edacade, by my count you win T6. I have four tokens by T5. How do you get the last damage through?

Author:	POSValkir [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:59 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Bloodhall's ability can target creatures. You can never get enough tokens cause Edacade just targets your mentor

Author:	Aaarrrgh [ Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:01 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
So it does. Nevermind, move along, nothing to see here.

Author:	CommanderJim [ Fri Sep 02, 2016 10:04 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
New Round: Vanilla Redux Begins Friday, September 2nd Ends Wednesday, September 7th Season 19 Vanilla Banned List Any card banned in Vintage. Any deck that can win before a blank opponent can take a full turn. (A blank opponent is an opponent with three blank cards.) Any deck that can reduce the number of cards in a blank opponent's hand by more than one card during a single turn. Black Lotus Blackmail Cabal Therapy Chancellor of the Annex Channel City of Traitors Dark Depths Daze Encroach Energy Field Ensnaring Bridge Foil Force of Will Frost Titan Ghost Quarter Grave Titan Inkmoth Nexus Inquisition of Kozilek Karakas Laboratory Maniac Lion's Eye Diamond Lupine Prototype Mishra's Factory Mishra's Workshop Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath Panoptic Mirror Powder Keg Ratchet Bomb Shelldock Isle Shrieking Affliction Sphere of Resistance Steel Overseer Storm World Strip Mine The Rack The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Thought-Knot Seer Thoughtseize Wasteland Wood Elemental Newly banned Newly unbanned

Author:	CommanderJim [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 1:56 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Oh hey look there's a format poll!

Author:	Golgari_Spy [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:18 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
proto gear is appropriately named now

Author:	Edacade [ Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:44 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
Appropriately named how?

Author:	CommanderJim [ Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:32 am ]
Post subject:	Re: [3CM] Season 19: or is it?
One day left to submit Vanilla Redux decks!

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