ODBC: Nov/Dec Challenge - More Than One Way

[Resonantg]

Welcome back once again to another edition of THUNDERDOME... err umm, I mean the Forge Official Deck Building Challenge! I'm trying to get this into a standardized format for ease of rules. So here we go.

This challenge topic is: "More Than One Way". The goal of this challenge is to win by any means OTHER than lifepoint depletion. Poison Counters, Deck Milling or Special Victory cards/conditions must be the primary focus and means of victory. Although lifepoint victories is allowable, it must not be the focus of the deck. Judging should be based on how well this theme is met.

Poison and Deck Milling I think is fairly easy to understand. Special Victory Cards we currently as of version 1031 are:

Battle of Wits
Felidar Sovereign
Helix Pinnacle
Epic Struggle
Door to Nothingness
Barren Glory
Near-Death Experience
Mortal Combat
Test of Endurance

If future November versions allow other victory card conditions, they will all be allowed.

NOTE -- Cards that kill by lifepoint depletion, regardless of it's method is not an alternative method (Black Vice, Mana Barbs, Incindiary Command, Zuran Spellcaster). They are still lifepoint depletion. They aren't banned, but just be aware of that.

Completed decks ready to go, upload here in zip/rar/dck format.

Other than that, here's the new (hopefully standardized) rules.

Deck Size: 60+ cards
Format/Restricted/Banned Format: VINTAGE format (as set by WOTC)
Forge Edition: November versions or earlier.
Required Cards: None
Specifically Restricted Cards: None
Card Colors: All

Contest Close Date: Dec 17th, 2010 Midnight Central Standard Time.
Voting Close Date: 1-1-11 Midnight CST(yes, you get 1 extra day in case of partying hard).

If I missed anything, PM me or post questions here. Good luck! Tell your friends! I think this one will make you look at deck building differently and give LOTS of good ideas.

Rules updated on 11-8-10

[Jaedayr]

What about Test of Endurance and Felidar Sovereign ?

[Resonantg]

Toss em on the pile! Good job Jaedayr. I knew I didn't find em all.

[timmermac]

Also, Battle of Wits. I might just make a deck for this one...

[psillusionist]

I love the theme!

@Resonantg: This is just an opinion. I already like the current rules for Nov/Dec ODBC, but I think it would be beneficial if we included cards from any forthcoming November releases. That way, we wouldn't have to backtrack too far back when checking for what cards are legal for the Nov/Dec ODBC (we only have to check if they're not using cards from December releases as opposed to checking if they're not using cards from both November and December releases). Anyway, that's just my opinion. Also, I would like to help you, in my free time, check for the legality of the submitted decks.

[LokiUndergod]

Also, there's some really quirky bugs in this release that hinder the deck working properly. For instance, any of the tutor cards will shuffle your chosen card into the deck instead of putting it on top.

[Resonantg]

Okay,

I'll open the floor to any November releases since there are bug issues. That said, the reason I made it the first release BEFORE or just following the start of the contest was to make sure we didn't have last minute decks show up with a version not everyone had and couldn't judge fairly.

But maybe this is fine if we set it to the first month of the contest editions. What do the rest of you think about including in the limitation of editions to include any November editions?

My opinion would say sure, but not December versions because then the problem would crop up.

Tawlk among yerselves.

[friarsol]

November but not December seems reasonable.

This is the current alternate wins that exist right now.

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Poison Counters
Milled
Battle of Wits
Felidar Sovereign
Helix Pinnacle
Epic Struggle
Door to Nothingness
Barren Glory
Near-Death Experience
Mortal Combat
Test of Endurance


[LokiUndergod]

I agree. November, but not December releases.

[Resonantg]

Thanks friarsol, I was just going to add another but you beat me to it.

Good job.

Okay, then UNLESS there are any objections, November versions will be allowed up till 11-30-10 (if one shows up on that day).

[Resonantg]

Another minor but critical rules error. I remembered the wrong rules format. This is a VINTAGE format contest, not Legacy.

There we go... hope this helps everyone out.

[timmermac]

Here we go... My entry is called MultipleWaysToWin. It's a big sucker. The whole point is to stay alive until one of the win conditions comes into play. There's a crapload of lifegain, enough creatures to keep things interesting, things to stop creatures from attacking me, ways to keep the creatures from even hitting the battlefield... You get the general idea.

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952 Total Cards

148 Creatures
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4x Ageless Entity
4x Ajani's Pridemate
4x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
4x Ancestor's Prophet
4x Ancient Spider
4x Angel of Mercy
4x Baneslayer Angel
4x Blazing Archon
4x Brindle Boar
4x Cognivore
4x Divinity of Pride
4x Drift of Phantasms
4x Dromad Purebred
4x Druid of the Anima
4x Essence Warden
4x Felidar Sovereign
4x Filigree Angel
4x Glacial Wall
4x Goldenglow Moth
4x Graceful Adept
4x Grazing Gladehart
4x Iridescent Angel
4x Jedit's Dragoons
4x Joiner Adept
4x Jungle Barrier
4x Lifesmith
4x Lone Missionary
4x Lotus Guardian
4x Noble Hierarch
4x Orochi Leafcaller
4x Peacekeeper
4x Platinum Angel
4x Radiant's Dragoons
4x Wall of Denial
4x Wall of Granite
4x Wall of Ice
4x Wall of Swords

504 Spells
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4x Absorb
4x Ajani Goldmane
4x Ajani Vengeant
4x Ajani's Mantra
4x Akroma's Memorial
4x Altar's Light
4x An-Havva Inn
4x Angel's Mercy
4x Angelic Chorus
4x Annul
4x Bargain
4x Barren Glory
4x Battle of Wits
1x Black Lotus
4x Black Mana Battery
4x Blue Mana Battery
4x Bountiful Harvest
4x Cancel
4x Charcoal Diamond
4x Congregate
4x Counterspell
4x Creeping Mold
4x Darksteel Ingot
4x Death Grasp
1x Demonic Tutor
4x Demystify
4x Diabolic Intent
4x Diabolic Tutor
4x Disenchant
4x Dismal Failure
4x Dismiss
4x Dispel
4x Dissipate
4x Divine Offering
4x Door to Nothingness
4x Dosan's Oldest Chant
4x Doubling Season
4x Drain the Well
4x Drake-Skull Cameo
4x Dream Fracture
4x Eladamri's Call
4x Eldrazi Conscription
4x Elspeth Tirel
4x Elven Cache
4x Enlightened Tutor
4x Envelop
4x Epic Struggle
4x Erase
4x Essence Scatter
4x Eternity Vessel
4x Exclude
4x Exile
4x Exploration
4x Eye of Ramos
4x False Summoning
4x Feldon's Cane
4x Fervent Denial
4x Festival of Trokin
4x Feudkiller's Verdict
4x Fieldmist Borderpost
4x Fire Diamond
4x Fires of Yavimaya
4x Firewild Borderpost
4x Folk Medicine
4x Font of Mythos
4x Force of Will
4x Fracturing Gust
4x Frantic Purification
4x Frazzle
4x Fruition
4x Gainsay
4x Gemstone Array
4x Gerrard's Wisdom
4x Ghostly Prison
4x Gilded Lotus
4x Green Mana Battery
4x Halt Order
4x Heart of Ramos
4x Helix Pinnacle
4x Heroes Remembered
4x Heroes' Reunion
4x Horn of Ramos
4x Howling Mine
4x Idyllic Tutor
4x Intervene
4x Invigorating Falls
4x Invincible Hymn
4x Iona's Judgment
4x Ivory Tower
4x Joyous Respite
4x Kiss of the Amesha
4x Landbind Ritual
4x Last Word
4x Life Burst
4x Lifegift
4x Lightning Helix
4x Marble Diamond
4x Mortal Combat
4x Moss Diamond
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
4x Muddle the Mixture
4x Natural Spring
4x Naturalize
4x Near-Death Experience
4x Negate
4x Nourish
4x Obelisk of Bant
4x Obelisk of Esper
4x Obelisk of Grixis
4x Obelisk of Jund
4x Obelisk of Naya
4x Overwhelming Intellect
4x Peach Garden Oath
4x Presence of the Wise
4x Propaganda
4x Quiet Purity
4x Rebuff the Wicked
4x Red Mana Battery
1x Regrowth
4x Rejuvenate
4x Remove Soul
4x Renewed Faith
4x Renewing Dawn
4x Reviving Dose
4x Revoke Existence
4x Spellbook
4x Test of Endurance
4x Worship

300 Land
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4x Adarkar Wastes
4x Arcane Sanctum
4x Arctic Flats
4x Badlands
4x Bayou
4x Blood Crypt
4x Boreal Shelf
4x Bottomless Vault
4x Breeding Pool
4x Brushland
4x Caves of Koilos
4x Celestial Colonnade
4x Coastal Tower
4x Creeping Tar Pit
4x Darkslick Shores
4x Drowned Catacomb
4x Dwarven Hold
4x Elfhame Palace
4x Exotic Orchard
4x Forbidden Orchard
4x Frost Marsh
4x Glacial Fortress
4x Glimmervoid
4x Godless Shrine
4x Graypelt Refuge
4x Grove of the Burnwillows
4x Hallowed Fountain
4x Highland Weald
4x Hollow Trees
4x Icatian Store
4x Jungle Shrine
4x Jwar Isle Refuge
4x Karplusan Forest
4x Kazandu Refuge
4x Lavaclaw Reaches
4x Llanowar Wastes
4x Overgrown Tomb
4x Pine Barrens
4x Plateau
4x Raging Ravine
4x Razorverge Thicket
4x Reliquary Tower
4x Rootbound Crag
4x Sacred Foundry
4x Salt Flats
4x Salt Marsh
4x Sand Silos
4x Savage Lands
4x Savannah
4x Scabland
4x Scrubland
4x Seachrome Coast
4x Seaside Citadel
4x Sejiri Refuge
4x Shivan Oasis
4x Shivan Reef
4x Skyshroud Forest
4x Steam Vents
4x Stirring Wildwood
4x Stomping Ground
4x Sulfurous Springs
4x Sunpetal Grove
4x Taiga
4x Temple Garden
4x Tropical Island
4x Tundra
4x Underground River
4x Underground Sea
4x Urborg Volcano
4x Urza's Mine
4x Urza's Power Plant
4x Urza's Tower
4x Volcanic Island
4x Watery Grave
4x Yavimaya Coast


[Resonantg]

Dear God! It's the kitchen sink method! Well that definitely follows the spirit of the contest. What a way to kick it off. LOL

[timmermac]

It seems to be doing all right so far in playtesting. Time will tell. Every card in there more or less has a place in the deck. And it does need to be big for the Battle of Wits to go off.

[Resonantg]

looking forward to it, in the next release since I'm having problems with my copy of 1031.