Arrco Tahoe Reprints vs Aristocrat Banknotes
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Steamboats vs D&D Vintage Plaid
At least for this round, I'm trying to stick to decks that are really custom and/or ordered from outside USPC. The Tahoes are fine, but the Banknotes are straight USPC, not much different from Rider Back Bikes or Diamond Back Bees from the corner store in that sense. Maybe on the next round.
The Vintage Plaids, as I mentioned in the previous post, have already won against the Bicycle Series 1800. The D&D Steamboats lost to the Bee Erdnase 216. The earlier reprints - were they done as an in-house project or did someone outside the company order them?
BTW: black Tally Ho, circle and fan backs, were ordered from outside USPC, so they're fair game! Anyone want to pit something against them? The Maeda Tally Ho decks also qualify, as do the pink and the orange ones. But do bear in mind, I'm trying to target decks that have a decent likelihood of actually being in many people's collections - so that pale blue "gold edition" Maeda deck that costs a princely sum might be a poor choice. The green "platinum edition" would be OK, because it's not as hard to obtain - even though it's not easy. I only used S&M v1-3 because there's enough people here that may have packs of them.
Here, see what's gone on before. When I hit thirty-two winners, I'm going to pool them and randomly set up a tournament elimination grid.
http://aethercards.com/discourse/deck-battles-%28alpha%29/score-sheet!/EDIT - BIG IMPORTANT STUFF!With the battles I have lined up for now, I need only TWO more to fill out this tournament's opening round!
When I have those last two battles done and dusted, simply suggest decks you want to see compete and I'll select at random which ones battle each other. No more pairings, just a no-holds-barred free-for-all, chosen entirely at random. I will permit ANY deck, even Bicycle Rider Backs or (shudder) Mavericks - but none of those counterfeit Bees, please! I don't even consider them decks!
For vintage and other decks, I ask that you consider the deck's availability and distribution. It's pointless to choose some obscure deck no one has heard of or few people own because, since they never heard of it/don't own it, it's more likely to lose. Jerry's Nugget - fine; Joe Palomino's Casino and BBQ in Macau (and canceled, no less) - not so much. Aristocrat 727 reprints - awesome; Broken Spell - too rare and too much of a head-scratcher; that cheaply-made souvenir deck from Billy Bob's Country Store in the Backwoods - no frackin' way.
In total, I'll need SIXTY-FOUR decks. You can use some from the current tournament, but let's mix it up some more and get some that didn't compete yet.
