Sports League: Season 6 Sign-Ups and Info

turgy22

Nothing Special
Sorry for the long delay in getting this started... I've been working days and nights for the past 3 months and finally have a reprieve long enough that I'm willing to get all this prepared again. Following is my boilerplate sports league season introduction, with changes marked in red.

As always, new participants are very welcome to join. I hope all our other participants can attest to the fun that this league has been over the past 8 years.

Participants
Turgy22 - Arabian Nights
Melkor - Return to Ravnica
Spiderman - Battle for Zendikar
Rokapoke - The Dark
Mooseman - Urza's Legacy
Oversoul - Weatherlight

We'll be using the same rules as last season, except roster limits will be expanded to 70 cards after the draft. Minimum deck size is and will forever remain fixed at 40 cards.

If anyone wants to switch decks with one of the available unused decks found in this spreadsheet, they're welcome to do so. Also, if anyone wants to scrap their deck and start over, they can do so. You'll receive four boosters* from four different sets of your choosing and maintain your spot in the draft. Obviously, you'll have consistency problems with a four-booster card pool, but it could be manageable if you open good stuff and find people willing to trade.

Everyone gets to choose a booster pack for the upcoming draft. All sets are available to choose from up to and including Oath of the Gatewatch. All the boosters I create will contain 1 rare, 3 uncommons and 11 commons - no basic lands or varying pack sizes. Mythic rares will show up, but timeshifted and premium (foil) cards will not.

Everyone can post their choice of booster here. Like last season, I don't want the draft to contain two of the same booster. If I get multiple PMs with the same set, I'll ask one of the players to choose another.

"Free agent" cards are available to pick up at any time from now until the draft begins. Just make a swap by dropping a card on your roster and picking one listed as a Free Agent. Once the draft starts, everyone needs to wait until it's over and can then continue making FA acquisitions once their rosters are down to the 70-card limit. There will be a priority set on free agent claims made by more than one player in a 24-hour period. Immediately after the season starts, any free agent card that's been a free agent for three seasons (as indicated by the "3" next to it in the spreadsheet) will be permanently dropped from the league.

The current priority for free agent claims is as follows:
1. Mooseman
2. Rokapoke
3. Spiderman
4. Melkor
5. Turgy22
6. Oversoul

During the season, we will continue voting for active cards to be selected for permanent retirement. After each game, each player can vote for one of their opponent's cards as that deck's "Most Valuable Card". Once a card reaches 12 votes, it will be slated to retire at the end of that season and enter into the CPA Sports League Hall of Fame. Votes will continue to be tracked in the master spreadsheet.

The current leaders for retirement are as follows (I just recounted all the votes, so these results might not completely match with the spreadsheet from last season):
5 - Volrath's Stronghold (Turgy22)
3 - Cursed Scroll (Melkor)
3 - COP: Green (Spiderman)
3 - Wurmcoil Engine (Turgy22)
3 - Trigon of Corruption (Spiderman)
3 - Simoon (Rokapoke)
3 - Wrath of God (Mooseman)
The following cards have 2 votes: Befoul, Stir the Pride, Thunderblade Charge
And 1 vote: Terror, Evincar's Justice, Caravan Escort, Dauthi Slayer, Humility, Jodah's Avenger, Chronozoa, Cancel, Thorn Elemental, Crabapple Cohort, Ghitu Slinger, Thunderblade Charge, Anaba Shaman, Godhead of Awe

Also, a reminder that cards drafted in the upcoming draft can not have votes cast for them. These cards are shown in bold in the master spreadsheet.

Everyone is free to make any trades from now until the season begins (including during the draft). You can trade cards OR upcoming draft picks, though if you trade picks, make sure you're specific about exactly which choice is being traded, since there are multiple picks in all rounds except the first.

I think that's everything we need to know to get started. Any questions, comments or suggestions, post here.

*Note that this will be expanding to five next season. The formula is total card pool for the season divided by 15... in case anyone hasn't figured that out by now.
 

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turgy22

Nothing Special
Whatcha been doing?
Just my usual job, really. But we're moving some production processes overseas, so in addition to working my regular day schedule, I needed to help the engineer on the other side of the planet while he's at work, too. Things are running pretty smoothly now, though, so I have more free time while I'm at home.
 

turgy22

Nothing Special
Wow, that was fast. We wait a year with no response, then 5 minutes after I post something, he's ready.

I'll need some time to get everything back up to speed. I'll have some time off over the holidays. I should have the draft pool ready before the end of the year.
 

Spiderman

Administrator
Staff member
Well, he's been busy this past year, I didn't realize he was the last one to pick. But now I guess he has some time freed up...
 

turgy22

Nothing Special
The draft is officially over.

Cuts and free agent pickup time is now. You can also trade from now until the season begins.
Remember that you must cut you pool down to 70 cards or less before you can swap for free agent cards.
Here are the required cuts for each player:
Rokapoke: 10
Melkor: 10
Turgy22: 10
Spiderman: 10
Mooseman: 10
Oversoul: 5

I've updated the card pools in the master spreadsheet. Please announce your cuts here.
 

Spiderman

Administrator
Staff member
I'm cutting

Barrow Ghoul
Swift Justice
Holy Light
Iron Will
Alms
Rank and File
Dust to Dust
Brainwash
Martyr's Cry
Crypt Incursion
 

turgy22

Nothing Special
Wow. Spiderman's on the ball today. Might he actually have his deck ready when the games begin this year?

I'm cutting the following cards:
Grim Roustabout
Bane Alley Blackguard
Jolt
Giant Tortoise
Crosstown Courier
Merfolk Assassin
Apathy
Beckon Apparition
Marsh Goblins
Ally Encampent
 

Melkor

Well-known member
I shall cut the following cards:

Mortal's Ardor
Roilmage's Trick
Flux
Trickery Charm
Rise to the Challenge
Runewing
Fishliver Oil
Memory Erosion
Leonin Squire
Spectral Guardian
 

turgy22

Nothing Special
So where is the list of cards from which I need to make cuts?
It's in a spreadsheet linked in the first post of this thread. It's also right here for your convenience.
Just click on the tab named "Oversoul", which is your pool of cards. You'll need to cut five. You can also cut more and pick up cards from the tab labeled "Free Agent" so long as your total ends up being equal to 70.
Also, please post your changes here and let me update the spreadsheet. Let me know if you have any access issues. Google docs regularly switches the settings around on that file to make it more secure.

We're also waiting for Mooseman and Rokapoke to make their cuts. Once everyone is at 70, the season will begin and we can actually start playing games.
 
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rokapoke

Guest
Grades are due Tuesday night. Then I can spend time working on cuts, etc.
 

Oversoul

The Tentacled One
It's in a spreadsheet linked in the first post of this thread. It's also right here for your convenience.
Just click on the tab named "Oversoul", which is your pool of cards. You'll need to cut five. You can also cut more and pick up cards from the tab labeled "Free Agent" so long as your total ends up being equal to 70.
Also, please post your changes here and let me update the spreadsheet. Let me know if you have any access issues. Google docs regularly switches the settings around on that file to make it more secure.
At the time I posted that, the spreadsheet I saw had no "Oversoul" tab. It was still just the rest of you guys and went up to "Deck 5" on the numbered pools. Either the update hadn't carried over or my PC was displaying an old version of the doc that it had already downloaded. I dunno. Anyway...

I'll cut...

Chronic Flooding
Squire
Tangle Kelp
Coast Watcher
Scarwood Hag
Merchant Ship
Soliton
Relearn
Starlight Invoker
Wall of Diffusion
Wall of Hope

And recruit...

Tortured Existence
Conjurer's Bauble
Mogg Flunkies
Colossus of Sardia
Brain Gorgers
Fog of Gnats

What's with the numbers alongside the card names in the Free Agent sheet? At first I thought they were quantities, but then I noticed that some of the numbers were 0 and some of them were suspiciously high for the rarity, so I'm assuming it's something else...
 
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