Elements PvP Tournament - Your ideas!

[RootRanger]

Allright then. I'm sorry if I misunderstood the point of this thread; I'll stop posting in it now.

[Alyzia]

"I need them alive:"

As soon as any player is down to 15 cards in his drawing pile, the player with most HPs left wins. If anyone kills his opponent before that, they lose. The objective is to hurt, not kill.

Obviously, the number 15 can be tweaked (maybe 12 might be better?). The end of the game will usually be at the beginning of someone's turn, before they can play any cards. However, with hourglasses you can end the game in the middle of your turn.

Obviously this would call for quite different deck ideas than usual. But there are various approaches that seem to be viable, which suggests to me that it might make for an interesting challenge.

The main emphasis could be on controlling one's own creatures, damaging only with magic (which is easier to control but can fail completely against a Silence on the last turn), changing the size of the draw pile during the game (draw more cards / rewind creatures) or just killing yourself quickly.

[DrunkDestroyer]

Kings of the house.

Your deck must contain 1-3 of one of these creatures.
Anubis
FFQ
Any Nymph - must remain the same
Pharaoh
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Armagio
Maxwell's Demon
Guardian Angel
Steam Machine

Any non-permanent quanta gain cards are banned.
All other creatures /must/ be under or equal to 3 cost, and must have less copies than the amount of 'Kings' you have.


FAQ:
These aren't all awesome cards!!!???
I know.

So...aren't you going to change it?
No. I like these cards.

Guardian Angel? Seriously?
Yes.

You didn't put in one for fire. Let's put in phoenix. And unban immolation. And make it so I can have more than 3 of them. Good idea, right?
Yes, and let's make it fully upped, and allow Firestall, Fractal Devs, and other boring, cliche decks.

Awesome!
*Facepalm*

[elements15]

EveryThing Aloud But UnUpgraded...
Only   
No Shields...
Only Aloud 15 Monsters And 15 Permanents..
ill think of more soon

[doublecross]

Mini tournament:
Both upgraded and upgraded are allowed.  No cards that cost more than 3 quanta.  No SoG.   Every deck must have at least 4 micro-abominations.  No fate eggs.

[ZephyrPhantom]

"NoScope"
Spells and Permanents that target creatures are not allowed. Creatures that target creatures are allowed as long as you don't use the skill.

"Quickscope"
Alll spells in your deck must deal immediate damage (that means Poison isn't allowed).

"Riot...without the Shield."
You must use cards that involve Momentum. Shields are not allowed.

"No Quantum Mechanics!"
The only quanta generators allowed are pillars.

"Low Blows"
Creatures must have less than 5 attack. No shields allowed that block more than 1 damage. Only Other weapons can be used.

[TheIdioticIdiot]

EveryThing Aloud But UnUpgraded...
Only   
No Shields...
Only Aloud 15 Monsters And 15 Permanents..
ill think of more soon

unless it is your intention
"aloud" is spelled "allowed"

[Onizuka]

Heavy set:

Only creatures with 5 or more life points can be included.

Ban list:
Gravity Shield

[elements15]

sorry idiot lol

[Time_lord_victorius]

finest hour!
you may only choose one element. all cards must be of that element. quanta producing permanents that can make alternate quanta are banned (no quantum pillars/towers or pendulums). you may only have one, A SINGLE , upped creature in your deck and one single dragon (cannot be the upped creature). other cards that are banned: mindgate, fractal, nightmare, butterfly effect, flooding, wings, sundial, fate egg,  steal. parallel universe may only be used on your own creatures otherwise you're eliminated.

obligatory cards: SoG

Q and A

Q: why is fractal banned and PU isn't?
A: because it only makes a single copy instead of whatever amount of space is left in your hand.

Q: why can't i use nightmare?
A: because the opponent can't make use of any of the cards that you would copy in his hand (implying you are targeting lets say your own dark creature).
Q: thats the whole point!
A: it just breaks the set up.

Q: not every one has SoG.
A: I know and that's a little harsh, but i don't make...wait, I do. it's for the sake of making the game last wee bit longer. besides, almost anyone can get some by farming T50 long enough.

Q:why can't i use gravity to power my pulverizer that is earth?
A: exactly.
Q:what?
A: i made the rules so pulveriser is not being abused or else we'd all be playing it (i got myself a playset that i never use, go figure)

Q: I CAN HAZ UPPED PILLARS???
A: no. only a one card can be upped and it's a creature. if your smart, you'll think of upgrading an ash eater for extra  production.

[TheIdioticIdiot]

finest hour!
you may only choose one element. all cards must be of that element. quanta producing permanents that can make alternate quanta are banned (no quantum pillars/towers or pendulums). you may only have one, A SINGLE  , upped creature in your deck and one single dragon (cannot be the upped creature). other cards that are banned: mindgate, fractal, nightmare, butterfly effect, flooding, wings, sundial, fate egg,  steal. parallel universe may only be used on your own creatures otherwise you're eliminated.

obligatory cards: SoG

Q and A

Q: why is fractal banned and PU isn't?
A: because it only makes a single copy instead of whatever amount of space is left in your hand.

Q: why can't i use nightmare?
A: because the opponent can't make use of any of the cards that you would copy in his hand (implying you are targeting lets say your own dark creature).
Q: thats the whole point!
A: it just breaks the set up.

Q: not every one has SoG.
A: I know and that's a little harsh, but i don't make...wait, I do. it's for the sake of making the game last wee bit longer. besides, almost anyone can get some by farming T50 long enough.

Q:why can't i use gravity to power my pulverizer that is earth?
A: exactly.
Q:what?
A: i made the rules so pulveriser is not being abused or else we'd all be playing it (i got myself a playset that i never use, go figure)

Q: I CAN HAZ UPPED PILLARS???
A: no. only a one card can be upped and it's a creature. if your smart, you'll think of upgrading an ash eater for extra  production.

I don't mean to bash, but what is the point of this tournament?
basically, it's a forced mono that has to have one dragon and one upped creature? with almost all creature creating spells banned? (nightmare ban is unnecessary, ppl won't use it if they know their opponent can play the card they use nightmare on)
I assume you can't have any other creatures?
well, guess what, if that's the case, CC needs to be banned... simple fire stall would win... (enough CC to kill both creatures, and bolts to kill), same goes with water and darkness

[DrunkDestroyer]

Make all tournaments as restrictive as possible (quatrain was still my favourite) so all decks need to be built by you, original, and something you are unlikely to find in PvP. Banning just a couple of cards from every element leads to the 2nd best, rather than the best.

Personally I find it really cool to see how different people adapt to the rules. I don't know if other people like these restricted tourneys as much as I do but...more!