Magic at Winter Retreat 2008

[cleverfellow]

The winner of Keith's Melee challenge in 2007 was Eddie, who has picked the format for this year:

Alphabet - all cards in your deck (other than basic lands) must start with the same letter of the alphabet. So you can have a deck with Wrath of God and Wooly Razorback, but not with Terror and Dark Banshing.

Eddie has furthermore decided that the "aether" cards - names that start with that 'ae' symbol can count as either A or E in your deck.

Otherwise normal deck construction rules apply - 60 card minimum, no more than 4 of any non-basic land card etc.

[lyrebird]

This is arguably the silliest Magic tournament selection I have ever seen.

I'm in.


Lyrebird

PS Do you have to book/declare your letter beforehand?
PPS Only one person per letter?
PPPS "R"

[cleverfellow]

I saw that edit!

I will go 'W'

[shags]

"A"

[lyrebird]

So the next Silly Winter Retreat Tournament is "Bring a deck, and then throw them in the Centre and Play with someone else's".

1. No looking Through deck before you play with it could be funny.

2. The Winner has to play off with the Deck's designer, choosing between the available decks. Someone else can decide who chooses which deck.


My 2 cents...

Lyrebird

[shags]

Some deck construction guidelines need to be worked out first.

[lyrebird]

After Upsetting the Grand Melee for May (I just sat there for most of the game), I thought I would turn my attention to the Winter Grand Melee.

With the construction difficulty already noted, you could get around this by scoring both the deck and the player, and adding the scores together. Whether you score by kills or knockout position is open to discussion.

As is perusing your received deck beforehand.

If 2 players/decks tie, player score should take precedent.


my 2.1 cents worth

Lyrebird