3rd Trials - Phase 4 - Final Battle

[xdude]

Phase 4 - Final Battle

1. Ban cards   Time's up!
- Each player bans 6 cards
- Banned cards can not be of the player's element (ie, I cannot ban Light cards)
- Both unupped and upped version of the card will be banned using that one ban
- Opponent cannot use any of these banned cards in any of his/her decks
- You can use the cards that you banned but you cannot use the cards your opponent banned
- People are allow to ban new/changed cards, with a backup in case  they aren't released by the time Final Battles start.

Contentants have 5 days to come up with a list of 6 cards that they want to ban. They should PM their card list to xdude*. If a contestant does not PM the list, no cards are banned and their opponent can use all the cards. After those 5 days, banned cards lists will be made public. Contestants will then have another 5 days to build their decks for the Final Battle that will last 7 days.

*xdude and Ryan666 shall PM their bans to QuantumT

2. Prepare decks   Time's up!
"Banned Cards" are card banned by the person in question, meaning his/her opponent cannot use them. To see which cards you cannot use, simply look at the "Banned Cards" of your opponent. Please don't confuse this list with the one next to your name. No banned cards listed means the player in question did not ban any cards.

Deckbuilding rules:
- any amount of cards
- maximum amount of upgraded cards is the number of points a player scored during phases 1-3
- at least half of the cards in your deck has to be from the element in question
- any mark
- no Cards Banned by your opponent in segment 1

3. Fight!   
The Final Battle is "best-of-nine" meaning that the player who gets 5 wins first, wins the battle.
If a Master wins, he or she retains the title. If a challenger wins, he or she becomes the new Master.

Players are to contact their opponents using PM's and find a duel time that is suitable for both players. Keep in mind that best-of-nine might take a long time, so you might need up to 2 hours to finish all the matches.

Players are highly encouraged to post the starting time of their duel on this topic at least 24 hours before it happens so that community members will have a chance to observe the battle. Please post the time in GMT.

Contestants have 7 days to finish Final Battle. However I strongly advice that you try to make them happen as soon as possible to avoid a situation where you run out of time.

After the battle, please post match reports in the Trial Battle Results topic. Thank you.

Good luck to everyone !

AETHER	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards pikachufan2164 17 Deflagration | Explosion Immolation | Cremation Steal | Improved Steal Devourer | Pest Nova | Supernova Discord | Discord Higurashi 26 Devourer Deflagration Steal Charger Fire Bolt Titan
AIR	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards QuantumT 25 Deflag Steal Dimensional Shield Reverse Time Earthquake Discord Hyroen 20 Butterfly Effect Chaos Seed Reflective Shield Emerald Shield Steal Deflagration
DARKNESS	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards Kael Hate 23 Holy Light Nova Poison Enchant Artifact Earthquake Deflagaration Theonlyrealbeef 26 Discord; Antimatter; Holy Light; Shard of Gratitude; Fractal; Nova
DEATH	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards MrBlonde 23 SoG Explosion Steal Fractal EQ Discord Thatnewguy 23 Rain of fire Eclipse Chargers Fractal Purify Earthquake
EARTH	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards Terroking 18 Anti-matter Earthquake Pest Phase Shields Immolation Shard of Gratitude Kakerlake 22 Discord Poison Miracle Deflagration Graboid Gravity Shield
ENTROPY	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards Zeru 27 Quicksand Black Hole Graboid Shard of Gratitude Poison Explosion Amilir 18 Shard of Gratitude Black Hole Earthquake Deflagration Steal Purify
FIRE	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards kevkev60614 31 SoG immo dimshield bonewall nova EQ Napalm Grenade 24 Fire Bolt | Fire Lance Bonewall | Bonewall Earthquake | Quicksand Dimensional Shield | Phase Shield Steal | Improved Steal Shard | Shard of Gratitude
GRAVITY	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards girlsgeneration 23 Discord Earthquake | Quicksand Lightning Bolt | Thunderbolt Reverse Time | Rewind Devourer | Pest Flying Weapon | Animate Weapon / Mitosis majofa 25 Fractal Flying Weapon Poison Earthquake Discord Adrenaline
LIFE	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards killsdazombies 10 hope RoF SoG Ice shield Diamond shield dimsheild - aether Wizelsnarf 21 1. Nova 2. Discord 3. Fractal 4. Shard of Gratitude 5. Explosion 6. Stea
LIGHT	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards xdude 28 Permafrost Shield Phase Shield Quicksand Gravity Shield Improved Antimatter Fractal Ryan666 21 Permafrost Shield Phase Shield Shard of Gratitude Gravity Shield Improved Antimatter Fractal
TIME	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards Xinef 9 SoG Discord Graboid Deflagration Steal Phase Shield SpikeSpiegel 23 1) Deflagration/Explosion 2) Steal/Improved Steal 3) Earthquake/Quicksand 4) Butterfly Effect/(Upped) Butterlfy Effect 5) Dimensional Shield/Phase Shield 6) Purify/(Upped) Purify
WATER	Master and Challengers Total Score Banned Cards RavingRabbid 24 Shockwave / Shockwave.  Miracle / Improved Miracle.  Dimensional Shield / Phase Shield.  Discord / Discord.  Poison / Deadly Poison. Deflagration / Explosion. nilsieboy 21 1.wings 2.miracle 3.phase shield 4.steal 5.deflagration 6.nova

[Sir Valimont]

It seems to me that the majority of Masters have fewer bonus cards than their challengers. This probably means that the rewards for the Masters' tournament are too low. In general a Master should usually have an advantage over a challenger ... becoming a Master should be based on overcoming difficult odds. Just a note for next time.

[xdude]

It seems to me that the majority of Masters have fewer bonus cards than their challengers. This probably means that the rewards for the Masters' tournament are too low. In general a Master should usually have an advantage over a challenger ... becoming a Master should be based on overcoming difficult odds. Just a note for next time.

We already did that . Problem is, all challengers in finals have won their Phase 2. If we were to increase Masters' Tourney rewards to an average of 10, we'd have to give the winners like 20 points, way too much. Phase 2 (and 1, while at that) might need a slight reworking.

[QuantumT]

Many of the masters that came out behind came out that way because they didn't put full effort into the trials. When you look at the masters got all the points they could you have:

Master Ahead

Zeru +9
kevkev +7
xdude +7

Tied

MrBlonde vs. Thatnewguy

Challenger Ahead

Theonlyrealbeef +3
Majofa +2

So the masters aren't doing too bad.

That said, I'd like a slight boost to the masters' points so that the war bonus can be given back to challengers.

[nilsieboy]

the war bonus might fix that, i'd say that the master who played as general'd gain a bigger war bonus then the challengers of course

[Zeru]

War bonus should be given to all challengers that were in the top teams, regardless of the element they chosen to take the title. Amilir deserves his share of cards just as much as I do and yet he is left with a ridiculous disadvantage.

[wizelsnarf]

Deckbuilding rules:
- any amount of cards
- maximum amount of upgraded cards is the number of points a player scored during phases 1-3
- at least half of the cards in your deck has to be from the element in question
- any mark
- no Cards Banned by your opponent in segment 1

So Shards are allowed? Does that mean we can ban them?

[GG]

Deckbuilding rules:
- any amount of cards
- maximum amount of upgraded cards is the number of points a player scored during phases 1-3
- at least half of the cards in your deck has to be from the element in question
- any mark
- no Cards Banned by your opponent in segment 1

So Shards are allowed? Does that mean we can ban them?

Yes, shards allowed. Ideally you would ban them though.


EDIT :

majofa and I agreed on not using SoG and both of us didn't ban it. Other players should consult their opponents and try this strategy. Good call, majofa.

[xdude]

Deckbuilding rules:
- any amount of cards
- maximum amount of upgraded cards is the number of points a player scored during phases 1-3
- at least half of the cards in your deck has to be from the element in question
- any mark
- no Cards Banned by your opponent in segment 1

So Shards are allowed? Does that mean we can ban them?

Yes, shards allowed. Ideally you would ban them though.


EDIT :

majofa and I agreed on not using SoG and both of us didn't ban it. Other players should consult their opponents and try this strategy. Good call, majofa.

So, you're basically using 7 bans?

[majofa]

Deckbuilding rules:
- any amount of cards
- maximum amount of upgraded cards is the number of points a player scored during phases 1-3
- at least half of the cards in your deck has to be from the element in question
- any mark
- no Cards Banned by your opponent in segment 1

So Shards are allowed? Does that mean we can ban them?

Yes, shards allowed. Ideally you would ban them though.


EDIT :

majofa and I agreed on not using SoG and both of us didn't ban it. Other players should consult their opponents and try this strategy. Good call, majofa.

So, you're basically using 7 bans?

Yes.

[xdude]

Deckbuilding rules:
- any amount of cards
- maximum amount of upgraded cards is the number of points a player scored during phases 1-3
- at least half of the cards in your deck has to be from the element in question
- any mark
- no Cards Banned by your opponent in segment 1

So Shards are allowed? Does that mean we can ban them?

Yes, shards allowed. Ideally you would ban them though.


EDIT :

majofa and I agreed on not using SoG and both of us didn't ban it. Other players should consult their opponents and try this strategy. Good call, majofa.

So, you're basically using 7 bans?

Yes.

Oh well. I by no means can stop you or anything... but I find this rather stupid and random (why 7? why not 2? Or 41?)

[Zeru]

Oh well. I by no means can stop you or anything... but I find this rather stupid and random (why 7? why not 2? Or 41?)

Because 41*2 =/= 346