Rygars's 2014.1 Judge's Tower

Rygars Morgoth's

2014.1 Judge's Tower

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Approx. Value:

$218.05

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Avg. CMC 3.91

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Card Type Breakdown

Main Deck - 125 cards, 124 distinct

Columns

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (41)
1	Academy Elite		$0.17	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Aether Membrane		$0.35	Creature - Wall
1	Barbed Shocker		$0.26	Creature - Insect
1	Bazaar Trader		$2.89	Creature - Goblin
1	Braids, Conjurer Adept		$0.54	Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1	Breezekeeper		$0.12	Creature - Djinn
1	Champion of Stray Souls		$0.17	Creature - Skeleton Warrior
1	Charmbreaker Devils		$0.10	Creature - Devil
1	Chimney Imp		$0.09	Creature - Imp
1	Consecrated Sphinx		$24.11	Creature - Sphinx
1	Cutthroat il-Dal		$0.16	Creature - Human Rogue
1	Diluvian Primordial		$0.91	Creature - Avatar
1	Disciple of Bolas		$0.39	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Djinn of Infinite Deceits		$0.55	Creature - Djinn
1	Eater of Days		$0.93	Artifact Creature - Leviathan
1	Galvanoth		$0.29	Creature - Beast
1	Gamekeeper		$0.21	Creature - Elf
1	Illusory Angel		$0.11	Creature - Angel Illusion
1	Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni		$11.47	Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja
1	Jalira, Master Polymorphist		$0.16	Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1	Jotun Grunt		$0.23	Creature - Giant Soldier
1	Magma Phoenix		$0.32	Creature - Phoenix
1	Masako the Humorless		$5.13	Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
1	Master of the Feast		$4.30	Enchantment Creature - Demon
1	Nullmage Advocate		$0.21	Creature - Insect Druid
1	Perplexing Chimera		$1.01	Enchantment Creature - Chimera
1	Phyrexian Metamorph		$8.18	Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Shapeshifter
1	Prescient Chimera		$0.04	Creature - Chimera
1	Primordial Sage		$0.99	Creature - Spirit
1	Quickling		$0.16	Creature - Faerie Rogue
1	Reaper from the Abyss		$1.24	Creature - Demon
1	Royal Assassin		$0.58	Creature - Human Assassin
1	Rummaging Goblin		$0.02	Creature - Goblin Rogue
1	Skaab Ruinator		$0.60	Creature - Zombie Horror
1	Snapcaster Mage		$14.00	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Soul Seizer // Ghastly Haunting		$0.11	Creature - Spirit // Enchantment - Aura
1	Spellskite		$4.28	Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Horror
1	Thopter Assembly		$0.28	Artifact Creature - Thopter
1	Vengeful Pharaoh		$1.10	Creature - Zombie
1	Woodland Sleuth		$0.04	Creature - Human Scout
1	Yeva, Nature's Herald		$0.94	Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
Instant (27)
1	Altar's Reap		N/A	Instant
1	Arcane Denial		$3.84	Instant
1	Avenging Arrow		$0.04	Instant
1	Banishing Stroke		$0.12	Instant
1	Brainstorm		$1.10	Instant
1	Call to Heel		$0.05	Instant
1	Chaos Warp		$0.90	Instant
1	Dangerous Wager		$0.14	Instant
1	Devouring Light		$0.15	Instant
1	Dredge		$0.26	Instant
1	Duh		$0.17	Instant
1	Grim Return		$0.34	Instant
1	Human Frailty		$0.09	Instant
1	Memory's Journey		$0.17	Instant
1	Noxious Revival		$5.01	Instant
1	Pyroblast		$5.54	Instant
1	Redirect		$0.32	Instant
1	Reiterate		$2.94	Instant
1	Reverberate		$1.14	Instant
1	Smite		$0.08	Instant
1	Strangling Soot		$0.14	Instant
1	Unexpectedly Absent		$0.18	Instant
1	Unified Will		$0.12	Instant
1	Unravel the Aether		$0.23	Instant
1	Vanishment		$0.13	Instant
1	Vision Skeins		$0.30	Instant
1	Wild Ricochet		$0.28	Instant
Sorcery (26)
1	Beacon of Unrest		$0.14	Sorcery
1	Bone Splinters		$0.02	Sorcery
1	Call to Mind		$0.25	Sorcery
1	Dead Ringers		$0.10	Sorcery
1	Foresee		$0.12	Sorcery
1	Grave Exchange		$0.04	Sorcery
1	Ill-Gotten Gains		$6.23	Sorcery
1	In Garruk's Wake		$3.26	Sorcery
1	Magma Rift		$0.03	Sorcery
1	Make a Wish		$0.08	Sorcery
1	Mystic Retrieval		$0.26	Sorcery
1	Plea for Power		$0.46	Sorcery
1	Portent		$0.40	Sorcery
1	Prosperity		$1.96	Sorcery
1	Rise of the Dark Realms		$14.95	Sorcery
1	See the Unwritten		$0.58	Sorcery
1	Spiteful Blow		$0.04	Sorcery
1	Stitch Together		$3.30	Sorcery
1	Surreal Memoir		$0.09	Sorcery
1	Telemin Performance		$0.87	Sorcery
1	Tempt with Reflections		$1.61	Sorcery
1	Thieves' Auction		$1.89	Sorcery
1	Treasure Cruise		$0.35	Sorcery
1	Warp World		$0.77	Sorcery
1	Wild Guess		$0.12	Sorcery
1	Wretched Banquet		$0.07	Sorcery
Artifact (10)
1	Font of Mythos		$12.77	Artifact
1	Hammer of Purphoros		$1.97	Legendary Enchantment Artifact
1	Haunted Plate Mail		$0.21	Artifact - Equipment
1	Knowledge Pool		$0.65	Artifact
1	Mirari		$0.78	Legendary Artifact
1	Phyrexian Vault		$0.19	Artifact
1	Staff of Nin		$1.41	Artifact
1	Teferi's Puzzle Box		$6.44	Artifact
1	Timesifter		$2.41	Artifact
1	Vedalken Orrery		$5.39	Artifact
Enchantment (21)
1	Back from the Brink		$0.24	Enchantment
1	Cast Through Time		$1.87	Enchantment
2	Conjured Currency		$0.17	Enchantment
1	Dictate of Erebos		$11.83	Enchantment
1	Dictate of Kruphix		$2.33	Enchantment
1	Dismiss into Dream		$0.79	Enchantment
1	Fecundity		$0.61	Enchantment
1	Grave Betrayal		$4.07	Enchantment
1	Guild Feud		$0.18	Enchantment
1	Gutter Grime		$0.38	Enchantment
1	Idle Thoughts		$0.22	Enchantment
1	Mass Hysteria		$7.18	Enchantment
1	Might Makes Right		$0.11	Enchantment
1	Mindmoil		$0.68	Enchantment
1	Oversold Cemetery		$2.79	Enchantment
1	Primeval Bounty		$0.74	Enchantment
1	Rites of Flourishing		$1.19	Enchantment
1	Topsy Turvy		$0.55	Enchantment
1	Triumph of Cruelty		$0.07	Enchantment
1	Triumph of Ferocity		$0.15	Enchantment

Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct

No cards here. :(

Notes

Original link: http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/2ki4le/judge_tower_a_magic_format_for_judges_and_people/

Other towers: http://deckbox.org/sets/821587

EDH Deck Rules Nightmare: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/magicalhacker-zedruu-the-greathearted/

RULES
All players share a 250 card deck and a graveyard. You own every card you draw for purposes of things like Homeward Path.
Begin the game with 0 cards in hand.
You must play every card in your hand as soon as legally possible. All optional modes are mandatory, to the extent that you can fulfill them (ex. casting Mnemonic Wall with an empty graveyard is legal, but if there’s any spells in the yard you must target one with Mnemonic Wall’s ETB trigger).
You must activate every activated ability of permanents you control once per turn per legal target as soon as legally possible. Always activate abilities from the bottom of the card up (for instance, if you satisfy Mosswort Bridge’s hideaway requirement you must activate it on upkeep, not the mana ability).
If a spell or ability has X in its mana cost, X is always 5.
You must attack with all legal attackers and block with all legal blockers whenever the option is presented to you.
All players have infinite life.
All players have infinite mana.
You lose this round if you commit a game rules violation.
Play the game until there’s a winner, that winner gets a point, then exile all permanents, all cards in the graveyard, and all cards in hands and start the next round. When the deck is empty, the player with the most points wins!
The most important part of this game is deck construction. I don't remember it in its entirety, but I can give you some examples of stupid cards we play with:
Djinn Illuminatus
Warp World
Conjured Currency (oh god it's so hard to keep track of what you own)
Prosperity
Perplexing Chimera (oh dear LORD this card is annoying)
Dead Ringers (how the fuck does this card even work)
Portent (gets me EVERY TIME, I always forget to draw for some reason)
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Eater of Days (this card is actually amazing since you get two passes where your opponents could accidentally lose and you don't have to do shit)
And many other complicated bullshit cards, plus like half the deck has upkeep triggers that are easy to forget what with all the shit going on.
I also made some custom un-cards just for this format: http://imgur.com/a/xvael
Basically, this game is the opposite of magic. Drawing cards is bad, sacrificing creatures is good. Taking turns is bad, skipping turns is good.
To show how brutal this format is, I'll tell you, turn by turn, how I lost my first three games of Judge Tower.
Game 1, turn 1:
"Ok, untap, upkeep, draw. Mainphase 1, cast brainstorm-"
"You lose. Brainstorm is an instant so you have to retain priority in the draw step and cast it then."
Whatever, I didn't realize that. Game 2, a few turns in:
"Ok, untap, upkeep, draw, reveal Thunderous Wrath, cast it for its miracle cost targetting you."
"You lose, you it's an instant so you can respond to the miracle trigger by casting it, since the trigger does not occur until its already in your hand."
Awesome. Game 3. We've been casting a crazy number of instants or sorceries and my board is full of enchantments. I've been holding onto the card Dredge waiting for something to sacrifice.
"Ok, I'll play forest, tap it, cast dredge, sacrificing the forest-"
"Nope, you lose. Sacrifice isn't part of the cost, it's part of the resolution, and it doesn't target, so you could have cast it the second you drew it with nothing on the board."
So, yeah. The game's ridiculously brutal, but you learn quick, and you get better at the game's corner cases. I'll post a full decklist whenever I get my hands on the deck, my friend's got it right now.

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