Double Double Double Double - Lower Bracket Round 1

[theelkspeaks]

Rules Reminder


For each match, two elements will be randomized.  Players must use these two elements as the marks of their game 1 and game 2 decks, in either order.  Additionally, an event card rule will modify each round's rules.  Both of these will be revealed throughout the event.

The following rules also apply to all rounds' decks, unless an event card supercedes them:
You must use an even number of copies of every card in your deck, though nymphs and their corresponding alchemy cards will be considered to be the same card for the purposes of this rule.
The number of elements present in your deck, including Other, must be an even number of elements.  An element is present if any card from that element is present, INCLUDING THE MARK OF YOUR DECK.
There must be an even number of unique cards in each deck, though nymphs and their corresponding alchemy cards will be considered to be the same card for the purposes of this rule.
Players may use 3 upgrades in game 1 of a match, 6 upgrades in game 2, and 12 upgrades in game 3.

Event Card



This means that the following cards are banned. 

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4tc 4vg 52l 52n 52r 55p 58s 5cq 5c4 5c6 5c3 5f5 5ih 5j2 5i9 5ld 5lm 5og 5pa 5oo 5om 5rp 5rj 5vi 5uq 5v2 5uo 61t 8ps

Time's Up!

[theelkspeaks]

  ji412jo vs. Klatu
  asdw152 vs. Manuel
  Ryli vs. TheonlyrealBeef
  Zerrid vs. Basman-1453
  JonathanCrazyJ vs. mrpaper
  fabian771 vs. Lunaris  (no match, fabian withdrew)
  Manuel vs. asdw152
  Discord vs. godisnowonline
  rob77dp vs. Lunaris
  blrawen vs. blrawen (No match)
  kirbylover314 vs. Aves
  fabian771 vs. godisnowonline (No match, fabian withdrew)
  killsdazombies vs. rob77dp
  Ryli vs. Regyptic
  Zerrid vs. Klatu
  Discord vs. killsdazombies

[Basman-1453]

-/ I seem to remember that Mirror Shields have numbers on its description, yet Reflective Shields don't. Will they be banned or not?

-/ Flooding/Inundation doesn't seem to have any numbers in their description. How come they're banned?

[theelkspeaks]

-/ I seem to remember that Mirror Shields have numbers on its description, yet Reflective Shields don't. Will they be banned or not?

-/ Flooding/Inundation doesn't seem to have any numbers in their description. How come they're banned?

It's my policy to not ban only the unupped or upped version of a card, so I will not be banning mirror shield.  Flooding was an error and has been removed from the ban list (I thought the words 5 slots were on the card, but they are not).

[theelkspeaks]

Matchups and elements posted.

The Bracket is available at this link

http://challonge.com/EtG2222

It can be viewed here as well

[rob77dp]

I probably should have been wondering this all along, but I have a question about the rules...

There must be an even number of unique cards in each deck, though nymphs and their corresponding alchemy cards will be considered to be the same card for the purposes of this rule.

Does this mean even number of different unique cards or even number of total count of unique cards? That is, would be following deck be legal or illegal ONLY CONSIDERING this unique card rule?

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sk 4sk 8pk

There is only one (not an even number) TYPE of unique card (Mark of Death) but there are two (an even number) TOTAL COUNT of unique cards (2x Mark of Death)... ...?

[rob77dp]

I probably should have been wondering this all along, but I have a question about the rules...

There must be an even number of unique cards in each deck, though nymphs and their corresponding alchemy cards will be considered to be the same card for the purposes of this rule.

Does this mean even number of different unique cards or even number of total count of unique cards? That is, would be following deck be legal or illegal ONLY CONSIDERING this unique card rule?

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sk 4sk 8pk

There is only one (not an even number) TYPE of unique card (Mark of Death) but there are two (an even number) TOTAL COUNT of unique cards (2x Mark of Death)... ...?

I think I was having a dumb here...

Unique cards is not referring to rare/ultra-rare/etc but rather unique meaning "individual card choices" i.e. this deck is legal due to QP = 1 and Mark of Death = 1; 1+1 = 2 unique cards in deck and 2 is even.
>.<

EDIT: @elk -- I contemplated simply deleting my post but opted for this reply as to avoid any questions about where the question went. If you the organizer prefer to delete my silly ignorant question I have no issue with that and delete at your discretion. Thanks.

[theelkspeaks]

I probably should have been wondering this all along, but I have a question about the rules...

There must be an even number of unique cards in each deck, though nymphs and their corresponding alchemy cards will be considered to be the same card for the purposes of this rule.

Does this mean even number of different unique cards or even number of total count of unique cards? That is, would be following deck be legal or illegal ONLY CONSIDERING this unique card rule?

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sk 4sk 8pk

There is only one (not an even number) TYPE of unique card (Mark of Death) but there are two (an even number) TOTAL COUNT of unique cards (2x Mark of Death)... ...?

I think I was having a dumb here...

Unique cards is not referring to rare/ultra-rare/etc but rather unique meaning "individual card choices" i.e. this deck is legal due to QP = 1 and Mark of Death = 1; 1+1 = 2 unique cards in deck and 2 is even.
>.<

EDIT: @elk -- I contemplated simply deleting my post but opted for this reply as to avoid any questions about where the question went. If you the organizer prefer to delete my silly ignorant question I have no issue with that and delete at your discretion. Thanks.

Confirming that the second understanding is correct.

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Boneyard, Shield, Empathic Bond and Procrastination all have numbers on them and should be banned as well, correct? Hope shows N, N + 1 upgraded. N represents a number but isn't a number. Allowed?

[theelkspeaks]

Boneyard, Shield, Empathic Bond and Procrastination all have numbers on them and should be banned as well, correct? Hope shows N, N + 1 upgraded. N represents a number but isn't a number. Allowed?

Hope is allowed. 

The other four cards you name have been added to the banlist as appropriate.

[theelkspeaks]

Matches updated, still waiting for word from mrpaper and Zerrid, but all other matches from this round can go ahead and start!

[rob77dp]

rob77dp 2 - 0 Lunaris

Spoiler for decks:

Game 1

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4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 4vj 55q 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c5 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 5oi 74a 74a 74a 8pn

Won by damage... bit of a mismatch given deck choices (late desync had my winning both sides).

Game 2

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590 590 595 595 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fc 5fc 5fc 5fc 5gi 5gi 5gi 5gi 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5v1 5v1 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 7dp 8pm

Superb start winning coin toss and emptying hand before Luna got to play -- had 2x growing Golems and 1x Phoenix on the board by Turn 2 to overwhelm in 7 ttw. Late desync again ended win-win my favor.

Good games Luna, thanks for playing the match!