Weekly Tournament - October 6th - The Seven Samurai - Unupgraded

[Sevs]

Is poison banned? I see it in the picture but not in the official post text.

[n00b]

Is poison banned? I see it in the picture but not in the official post text.

Yes it is, fixed.

[Heric the Dark Lord]

An important question I must ask now. The card Poison is banned, but what about poisonous creatures? (Chrysaora, the scorpions, etc) It seems unlikely to me, but I would understand.

[Vineroz]

An important question I must ask now. The card Poison is banned, but what about poisonous creatures? (Chrysaora, the scorpions, etc) It seems unlikely to me, but I would understand.

If it doesn't mentioned anywhere then you can assume it is allowed.

[Heric the Dark Lord]

An important question I must ask now. The card Poison is banned, but what about poisonous creatures? (Chrysaora, the scorpions, etc) It seems unlikely to me, but I would understand.

If it doesn't mentioned anywhere then you can assume it is allowed.

Ah. Thanks. Another question, as this strictly affects my ability to join the tournament, and I can't find the answer. How do I join chat with my forum name exactly if my nickname can't have spaces? are underlines acceptable?

[n00b]

An important question I must ask now. The card Poison is banned, but what about poisonous creatures? (Chrysaora, the scorpions, etc) It seems unlikely to me, but I would understand.

If it doesn't mentioned anywhere then you can assume it is allowed.

Ah. Thanks. Another question, as this strictly affects my ability to join the tournament, and I can't find the answer. How do I join chat with my forum name exactly if my nickname can't have spaces? are underlines acceptable?

Yep, when you go into chat for the tourney, you should make your username "Heric_the_Dark_Lord"

[onnig]

Is phoenix banned? They turn into ash upon dying and can become a phoenix upon resurrection. (similar to graboid turning into shrieker)

Edit: Also, what about skull shield turning creatures into skeletons and nova spam into singularities (as said by someone else here, though hasn't been answered yet)?

[Arwulf]

*Discord, Dimensional Shield, Arsenic, Poison, Drain Life, Fire Bolt, Ice Bolt, Chimera, Fahrenheit, Chaos Seed, Mutation, and Pandemonium are banned

I understand the Mutation, Pandemonium, Chaos Seed, Chimera ban because of the Seven Samurai theme. But what has the rest of the cards to do with that theme, like Drain life?

This is not a stand-alone question as I wonder every week why certain cards are banned. Perhaps something for a 'tournament suggestion' section, but it might be nice to know why cards are added to the banned list. Is it balance, is it flavour, is it general metagame management.

Greetz

[ddevans96]

Poison, bolts, Arsenic, and Fahrenheit are very common in stalls. These are removed if the theme of the tournament is around creatures, or to minimize the amount of stalling viable in a tourney.

Discord and dim shields are general bans, because they are very powerful in certain environments.

TOs can probably elaborate more than this.

[MisterWax]

Would love to play in this tournament. Maybe next time.

[Arwulf]

What about Skull Shield?

[Vineroz]

Skull Shield added to the ban list. Sorry for late notice.