Magic: the Gathering in the UK

Round Eight

Banned

Black Lotus
Blinkmoth Nexus
Burning Inquiry
Calciform Pools
Chancellor of the Annex
Channel
Chronomaton
Crucible of Worlds
Dismember
Emrakul, the Aeon's Torn
Ensnaring Bridge
Foil
Force of Will
Gitaxian Probe
Hickory Woodlot
Laboratory Maniac
Leyline of Sanctity
Memnite
Mental Misstep
Mishra's Factory
Mishra's Workshop
Mutavault
Scalding Tongs
Strip Mine
The Rack
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Volcanic Island
Wasteland

Table


Name        P   W   D   L   F   A   P

Simon      45  28   6  11  56  23  90

Tom        45  25   7  13  52  28  82

Thom       39  20   9  10  41  23  69

Kieran     45  15  10  20  31  40  55

Phil       28  16   6   6  35  14  54

Louis      38  15   8  15  32  33  53

Charlie    28  13   5  10  27  20  44

Levi       20   3   6  11   8  24  15

James       7   3   0   4   6   7   9

Ross       45   2   3  40   4  80   9

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Kieran Symington on February 24, 2013 at 6:05pm

I thought you'd given up on these. Now I have to think of a new entry. Got to preserve my place as lowest ranked person to have played every time (Ross doesn't count since his losses are nothing more than a result of a massive anti-Talon Trooper conspiracy).

Permalink Reply by ross miles on February 24, 2013 at 7:04pm

agreed

Kieran Symington said:

I thought you'd given up on these. Now I have to think of a new entry. Got to preserve my place as lowest ranked person to have played every time (Ross doesn't count since his losses are nothing more than a result of a massive anti-Talon Trooper conspiracy).

Permalink Reply by Philip Dickinson on February 25, 2013 at 9:13am

coooooooool

Permalink Reply by Thomas David Baker on February 27, 2013 at 1:23am

I have 5 decks. Any more joining the party?

Permalink Reply by Thom Richardson on February 27, 2013 at 8:51am

am I one of them?

Permalink Reply by Thomas David Baker on February 27, 2013 at 4:59pm

Yep. Seven decks now so we'll call that a quorum.

Some results not worked out here ...

[Phil]
Karakas
Mox Sapphire
Meddling Mage
Leyline of Singularity

[Charlie]
Ghost Quarter
Maze of Ith
Bitterblossom
Mox Jet

[Simon]
Ghost Quarter
Mox Jet
Chain of Smog
Nether Spirit

[Kieran]
Taiga
Gods' Eye, Gate to the Rekei
Crack the Earth
Serene Remembrance

[Ross]
Saprazzan Skerry
Cavern of Souls
Talon Trooper
Propaganda

[Thom]
Leyline of the Singularity
Karakas
Inkmoth Nexus
Ghost Quarter

[Tom]
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
City of Traitors
Ajani Vengeant

Phil 1 - 1 Charlie
On the play Meddling Mage beats Bitterblossom. On the draw Bitterblossom beats a 2/2.

Phil 1 - 0 Simon
On the play Phil makes Meddling Mage naming Chain of Smog. On the play Simon takes away Phil's ability to cast anything meaningful but leaves him with Karakas + Leyline for the draw.

Phil 2 - 0 Kieran
On the play Phil makes Mage naming Crack the Earth and wins. On the draw a 2/2 Mage naming the same thing outraces a 1/1 flier.

Phil 2 - 0 Ross
Meddling Mage on Talon Trooper and the ability to pay for Propaganda makes this a win for Phil.

Phil 0 - 2 Thom
Thom doesn't care about Meddling Mage's ability and can bounce it anyway. Ghost Quarter takes care of Phil's Karakas if he ever plays it. Inkmoth Nexus beats down.

Phil 1 - 1 Tom
Ajani V doesn't care about a 2/2 unless he is preventing Ajani V from being cast in the first place.

Charlie 1 - 1 Simon
On the play Simon makes it impossible for Charlie to resolve and keeps Ghost Quarter after discarding to deal with Maze of Ith. On the draw Charlie resolves Bitterblossom which handily outraces Nether Spirit.

Charlie 2 - 0 Kieran
Ghost Quarter Taiga means Bitterblossom can outrace Gods' Eye token.

Charlie 2 - 0 Ross
Ghost Quarter means Ross can never resolve anything.

Charlie 0 - 0 Thom
Charlie can't Ghost Quarter Karakas unless he doesn't play Bitterblossom. If he plays Bitterblossom Thom can Ghost Quarter Charlie's Ghost Quarter and never leave Charlie with a non-summoning sick token. So Charlie doesn't play Bitterblossom.

Charlie 2 - 0 Tom
Charlie makes Bitterblossom and Tom makes Ajani Vengeant. I'm pretty sure there's no way to order Ajani's abilities to give Tom the win.

Simon 2 - 0 Kieran
On the play or the draw Simon Chain of Smogs himself for Nether Spirit then Kieran who loses no matter what he discards.

Simon 2 - 0 Ross
On the play or the draw Simon Chain of Smogs himself for Nether Spirit then Ross who cannot do anything without at least three cards.

Simon 0 - 0 Thom
On the play Simon Chain of Smogs himself then Thom who has already played Leyline of Singularity and keeps Karakas. Simon plays Ghost Quarter and Thom bounces Nether Spirit. On the play Thom can still only lay a single land and lose the rest of his cards to Chain of Smog so both games are draws.

Simon 1 - 1 Tom
On the play Simon decimates Tom's hand. On the draw Chain of Smog makes a 2/2 that gets Helixed and Ajani goes all the way.

Kieran 1 - 0 Ross
On the play Kieran can Crack the Earth Ross' first land and get a 1/1 flier which does the damage. On the draw he has to Crack the Earth Ross' first land forcing the draw.

Kieran 0 - 2 Thom
Ghost Quarter on Taiga means poison outraces (non-flying) 1/1 token.

Kieran 0 - 2 Tom
After Helixing the first token Tom can lock out Kieran's lands then blow them up.

Ross 0 - 2 Thom
Ghost Quarter destroys Saprazzan Skerry before it untaps allowing Inkmoth Nexus to beatdown unopposed.

Ross 0 - 2 Tom
Ajani keeps Saprazzan Skerry tapped until 8 loyalty when it is destroyed. Then ticking up and helixes does the do.

Thom 0 - 2 Tom
Ajani can keep Inkmoth down til he hits 8 loyalty then blow up lands then helix and tick up as required to kill.

Permalink Reply by Thomas David Baker on February 27, 2013 at 5:00pm

I think Charlie might have finally got a Mox banned.

Permalink Reply by Simon O'Keeffe on February 27, 2013 at 5:37pm

I think I tie with Phil and beat Thom.

Nether Spirit is a may trigger, so I can just wait until I have Ghost Quartered their Karakas and then return it next turn.

EDIT: I guess them choosing to play Karakas is a may trigger too :-) Standoff

Permalink Reply by Thom Richardson on February 27, 2013 at 5:45pm

Kieran needs to have both lands in play when crack the earth resolves to be able to restart his engine.

Kieran on the play

K1 gods eye

T1 ghost quarter

K2 Tiaga, crack the earth is a win for me.

Because I ghost quarter a land in response and kieran then can't remeberance. I lose leyline and then easily race a 1/1 with a 1/1 flying infect.

So I think I win 2-0

Charlie on the play.

C1 Ghost quarter, Mox, Blossom

T1 Ghost quarter. ghost quarter.

C2 Maze (19) , 1 token.

T2 Karakas. Charlie can never get a non-summoning sick token into play so I win.

Except I cant beat maze of ith if charlie doesn't play blossom. so we stare at each other.

0-0

Permalink Reply by Thomas David Baker on February 27, 2013 at 6:51pm

@Thom - Can Kieran block your 1/1 with his 1/1 to force the draw?

I missed that Charlie has to play Ghost Quarter to resolve Bitterblossom. So 0-0 sounds right. Updated.

Permalink Reply by Thom Richardson on February 27, 2013 at 6:55pm

Surprisingly the spirit token doesn't fly.

Thomas David Baker said:

@Thom - Can Kieran block your 1/1 with his 1/1 to force the draw?

I missed that Charlie has to play Ghost Quarter to resolve Bitterblossom. So 0-0 sounds right. Updated.

Permalink Reply by Thom Richardson on February 27, 2013 at 7:02pm

I think Tom beats Kieran 2-0

K1 God's eye

T1 Everything Ajani (4)

K2 tiaga, crack sac gods eye. (sac mox)

T2 Ajani -2 (2) kill spirit

K3 remeberance

T3 lock out the tiaga for 6 turns then win.

Charlie wins 2-0 against kieran

K1 god's eye

C1 ghost quarter, mox, bitterblossom.

K2 tiaga, crack (god's eye, mox)