March Magic Madness - The Winner, and Next Year's Tournament

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KrazyCaley

3 April 2013

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Your Winner

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Are we really surprised? He probably secretly organized the tournament in the first place.

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is your winner, as he HANDILY defeats Dark Confidant for the title. 127 other strong Magic cards now lie defeated before the might of Lord Bolas; the GREATEST MAGIC CARD EVER, at least for this year's tournament.


Next Year

Next year, the selection process will be revamped. There will be automatic bids, and there will be at-large bids. At-large bids are chosen by you. Post in the comments cards that you would like to see in next year's tournament, and a number of them will be randomly selected to be there.

See you next year.

This article is a follow-up to March Magic Madness - Finals

Sainted says... #1

So WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. is who is the BADASS that is staring down Nicol on the art. why isnt that badass a card.

April 3, 2013 4:18 a.m.

Dallie says... #2

Not surprised. I took my deck, Anything else would be Bolas-phemy!, to my gamegroup.. Sighs were made, eyes were rolled and cards were scooped.

April 3, 2013 4:38 a.m.

smash10101 says... #3

April 3, 2013 5:08 a.m.

DaShPrime says... #4

Kaalia of the Vast for EDH general! Still can't believe it wasn't included in the original seedings

April 3, 2013 5:31 a.m.

SwiftDeath says... #5

I think the guy staring bolas down is Lord of the Unreal , if not then I have no clue.

April 3, 2013 5:31 a.m.

maiden77 says... #6

Doesn't matter who it is...he's dead now lol I think maybe Niv and / or Jace are man enough to stare down nicol like that... and an eldrazi I suppose but they would still get shanked because the eldrazi probably work for bolas but they don't know it!

April 3, 2013 7:04 a.m.

numa529 says... #7

The dude staring him down his actually Sarkhan Vol , the planeswalker of the jund shard, the dragon fanatic, who see's bolas as his one true master, even over Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund .

April 3, 2013 8:01 a.m.

DarkHero says... #8

All Hail Lord Bola! Bolas for a Better Tomorrow!!

April 3, 2013 9:30 a.m.

DarkHero says... #9

shit missed the s on Bolas

April 3, 2013 9:30 a.m.

yousquiddinme says... #10

Next year, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV should be included in the EDH general ranks.

Snapcaster Mage should be included for creatures.

There should be a seperate category for equipment.

April 3, 2013 10:28 a.m.

exarkun809 says... #11

Um....

Progenitus has protection from everything....

Is Nicol Bolas a thing? Then it can't touch Progenitus . That is all.

April 3, 2013 10:52 a.m.

Salazar968 says... #12

@ exarkun809

um... -9.

April 3, 2013 1:39 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #13

http://magiclampoon.com/blog/2012/05/27/my-godlike-proto-being-can-beat-up-your-godlike-proto-being/

April 3, 2013 3:03 p.m.

zandl says... #15

+3: Detroy target noncreature permanent.

April 3, 2013 3:42 p.m.

fireteam says... #16

@KrazyCaley

It has protection from the law. What do ya say about that? Huh?

Yeah. I can't even say its name. It has pro-fireteam too. :(

April 3, 2013 3:55 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #17

@fireteam - The law doesn't target.

April 3, 2013 3:57 p.m.

zandl says... #18

The law is a global effect.

April 3, 2013 4:05 p.m.

jkarnes says... #19

I still maintain that Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is not the greatest magic card of all time. I mean, come on, look at that mana cost. Not only that but...

-3

All hail Lord Bolas. All Hail Lord Bolas. All Hail...

April 3, 2013 6:11 p.m.

ThEdUnCeCaP says... #20

i i totally disagree. bolas is a comboless, boring card that you just drop at 8 to win. dont get it

April 3, 2013 6:12 p.m.

zandl says... #21

This wasn't a contest to determine the best Magic card. This was a popularity contest beneath the surface.

April 3, 2013 6:13 p.m.

jkarnes says... #22

Clearly.

April 3, 2013 6:17 p.m.

AlexOAwesome says... #23

@zandl Exactly! Which is why i think that next year it should be what is the BEST card. In Bob vs Bolas, BOB WINS.

April 3, 2013 6:43 p.m.

vic says... #24

Hymn to Tourach , Natural Order , and good ol classic Fireball . Not sure if we had Akroma, Angel of Wrath .

April 3, 2013 7:51 p.m.

TridenT says... #25

Dude, if next year is what is the BEST card, there'll be a bunch of people in here whining about Black Lotus vs some other P9 member.

April 3, 2013 8 p.m.

Chubbub says... #26

April 3, 2013 8:35 p.m.

SwiftDeath says... #27

I think next year if it is best card we are probably going to see Jace, the Mind Sculptor , Black Lotus , Tarmogoyf , Necropotence , Umezawa's Jitte , Zur the Enchanter , Demonic Tutor , Ancestral Recall , the lands are uncertain im thinking a toss up between the original duals Mishra's Workshop Karakas Tolarian Academy or Library of Alexandria . the jitte is if equipment get its own catragory. I also think that there are plently of mana rocks to include a bracket between those and artifacts.

April 3, 2013 8:38 p.m.

mossflower says... #28

April 3, 2013 11:47 p.m.

Timekeeper says... #29

My suggestions:

Doubling Season , Animar, Soul of Elements , Gisela, Blade of Goldnight , Rafiq of the Many , the invasion dragons (Treva, the Renewer , Rith, the Awakener , etc.), the planar chaos dragons (Oros, the Avenger , Intet, the Dreamer , etc.), the ravnica guild leaders (new/old/both), Sigil of Sleep , Repercussion , Fog , and Inviolability .

Actually, looking at my list, I think it would be really cool if we had a cycles bracket. Since you had a couple cycles in this tournament, I'd love to see that idea expanded. If you wanted to keep the number of categories even, you could have separate horizontal and vertical cycles.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot: Mother of Goons because word to yo motha!

April 4, 2013 2:32 a.m.

DukeNicky says... #30

I say Broodstar deserves to be in there next year Affinity was such a fun and cheap ass mechanic and he just swatted the competition. Archbound Ravager, Thoughtcast more often then not let you draw 2 for a single U. All 5 Mirran Swords deserve mentioning as well.

April 4, 2013 10:44 a.m.

GureiSeion says... #31

Next year, Squee, Goblin Nabob should fight.

April 4, 2013 11:26 a.m.

exarkun809 says... #32

@Salazar968

Um... sac 7 lands, swing for 10 pro-everything at Bolas?

April 4, 2013 11:32 a.m.

exarkun809 says... #33

Or in @KrazyCaley's article's 7-year old character:

Nuh-UUUUHHH

April 4, 2013 11:33 a.m.

normalman says... #34

I forgot, Classic Royal Assassin

April 4, 2013 1:16 p.m.

http404error says... #35

the law doesn't target

the law is a global effect

THE LAW HAS ENTERED THE GAME

April 4, 2013 8:41 p.m.

thedemonsday says... #36

Little Girl needs to be in next years competition!

April 6, 2013 9:38 p.m.

Demarge says... #37

What about Sigarda fighting Bolas?

April 9, 2013 12:12 a.m.

VNilla says... #38

I think one of next year's brackets should be "Most Underrated Card." (I make this decision entirely because Mindcrank needs more love.)

Maybe a lands bracket: Vesuva , City of Brass , Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth , and (of course) Island .

April 9, 2013 11:12 a.m.

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