Western Tournament - 31 July 2010 - Rainbow

[Jumbalumba]

Western Tournament - 31 July 2010 - Rainbow


When?
To find out your local time, check this link:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=31&month=7&year=2010&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=0

Sign ups are now closed

Where?
Please enter Elements Chat (http://elementschat.co.cc/chat.php) "Tournament Room" at least 15 minutes before the tournament starts.


Rules
Please read PvP Tournament rules (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6997.0.html) carefully.


Special Rules
- Upgraded cards are allowed.
- The only Pillar/Tower allowed is Quantum.
- Creatures that give quanta are not allowed (Gnome Gemfinder, Brimstone Eater, Ray of Light, Damselfly, Firefly Queen/Elite Queen, Firefly/Elite Firefly, Devourer/Pest).
- Black Hole, Immolation/Cremation, Rustler/Leaf Dragon and Luciferin/Luciferase are not allowed. (Note: Nova/Supernova is allowed)
- Mark cards are not allowed.

[dracomageat]

Always with the immolation banning .

I use four different elements and qualify on every other basis.

[truddy02]

Two questions:

Is regular nova allowed?

and

What about firefly queen, since it produces creatures that create quanta?

[Appawesome]

Whoa...


How can you not allow supernova... It is totally rainbow.

Other cards, like immolation is not totally rainbow.

[squishyone]

- Creatures that give quanta are not allowed (Gnome Gemfinder, Brimstone Eater, Ray of Light, Damselfly, Devourer).

Okay, so what about FFQ and EFFQ? She doesn't generate quanta but her generated creatures do. Is she not allowed?

Also, Fate Eggs? They have the potential to create quanta giving creatures, are they out too?

[Jumbalumba]

Thanks for the questions. I have changed the rules as per my intentions. As usual keep the questions coming because I don't always see/realise everything.

As for Supernova, it is disallowed as I don't want everybody going Entropy Mark. This is also why I have not banned Nova. Perhaps this will create an imbalance in favour of Time Mark based rainbows? What do you people think? I'm starting to think having Supernovas is good as it'll certainly curb the more stalling based rainbows and we all like shorter tournaments right?

Fate Eggs can indeed give creatures that give quanta but Fate Eggs have such low utility and expectancy for such an outcome that one cannot really make a non-rainbow from that.

[dracomageat]

Plus, the element you get will be as random as the quanta from the Towers.

[Nume]

Heh the only problem if you allow Snovas is that it'll basically become a speedbow tournament. However that may not be a bad thing since as you said it would get over faster .

[Higurashi]

I concur; I do not want to see a tournament full of timebow stallers. Then again, I don't like seeing slow decks in tournaments at all.

[ArcanisX]

Can we also have Gravity Nymph banned?
With Black Hole banned that will make sense, besides, with all the rules, stall to gravity nymph seems to be the one true way to own it all, for those who do happen to have those nymphs.
Honestly.

[Appawesome]

As for Supernova, it is disallowed as I don't want everybody going Entropy Mark. This is also why I have not banned Nova. Perhaps this will create an imbalance in favour of Time Mark based rainbows?

WTF. You ban supernova because you want people to use time mark?

[bojengles77]

So has any decision been made as to whether or not supernova is allowed? You could always put a maximum on it, like 3 supernovas, so that a couple designs of speedbows aren't prevalent.