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Hello, today we played our annual MtG.sk cup merged with Thibir's highlander. We had 41 players. Some of deck were pretty unusual to HL metagame (or strange builds).

1st - Adam Pažitnaj - Bant tempo
Tomáš Sivo - Rb(g) goblins
Ivan Šiška - Angel fire
Jakub Tekeľ - Naya
Tibor Thibir Šiška - GWb PatternRector
Andrej Gallus Mono Uw control
Milan Nižňanský - UR control/twin combo
Ľuboš Pejhovský - UG tempo


I will post decklists as soon as I type them. I hope it will tomorrow...

[Lands:]

I got bored with my GR after last Highlander tournament here in Bratislava, so I built something myself. It started as Mono G Elfball, than I added Natural Order + Progenitus, just to satisfy Timmy in me. Then I splashed Mirror Entity, then Intruder Alarm, then Survival, just to throw away drawn Mr. Pro. And I foud out that I play survival, mirror entity and blue mana. so I added lark and Body Double. I want to hear a few of your opinions and remind my card I possibly left out or show my bad card choices

I played it yeastrerday and finished with score 3:2. I lost to UG aggro control and mono U control. I beated Zoo, 5c reanimator and 5c ramp.

Decklist goes like this:

Lands:
17 Forests
Gaea's Cradle
Mutavault
Pendelhaven
Misty Rainforest
Verdant Catacombs
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills
Flooded Strand
Temple Garden
Breeding Pool
Tropical Island
Savannah
Land Grant

Mana Elves:
Llanowar Elves
Fyndhorn Elves
Elves of Deep Shadow
Boreal Druid
Arbor Elf
Birchlore Rangers
Quirion Ranger
Heritage Druid
Rofellos, Llanowar Emisary
Priest of Titania
Devoted Druid
Wood Elves
Elvish Archdruid
Elvish Habinger

Elvish Lords:
Joraga Warcaller
Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Elvish Champion
Imperious Perfect
(Elvish Archdruid)
Wilt-Leaf Liege

Muscles:
Nettle Sentinel
Nissa's Chosen
Wren's Run Vanquisher
Talara's Battalion
Chameleon Colossus

Tokens:
Rhys the Redeemed
Wirewood Hivemaster
Selesnya Guildmage
(Imperious Perfect)
Wren's Run Packmaster
Deranged Hermit

Power Boost:
Overrun
Coat of Arms
Gempalm Strider

Refill:
Elvish Visionary
Bloodline Shaman
Eternal Witness
Sylvan Messanger
Genesis
Regal Force
Glimpse of the Nature
Slate of Ancestry

Tutors:
Wirewood Herald
(Elvish Harbinger)
Skyshrouod Poacher
Ranger of Eos
Summoner's Pact
Crop Rotation
Wordly Tutor
Eladamris Call
Survival of the Fittest
Chord of Calling
Natural Order
Tooth and Nail

Progenitus:
Progenitus
(Natural Order)
(Tooth and Nail)

Lark Combo:
Essence Warden
(Elvish Visionary)
(Wood Elves)
Caller of the Claw
Squee, Goblin Nabob
Mirror Entity
(Eternal Witness)
Body Double
Acidic Slime
Reveillark
(Survival of the Fittest)

Infinite Combos:
Staff of Domination
Intruder Alarm

Planeswalkers:
Garruk Wildspeaker
Nissa Revane

Support:
Wirewood Symbiote
Burrenton Forge-Tender
(Essence Warden)
Viridian Shaman
Concordant Crossroads
Lightning Greaves
Krosan Grip

I-Kill-You-In-Response-To-Your-EOT-Gifts:
Squall Line


Comments:
Lands: I want to avoid as many nonforests as possible, because of Rofellos and Arbor Elf. So I cut nonforest, nonfetch lands just to mutavault and Cradle. Still cant decide about Pendelhaven. Other problem I got with land are off color fetch lands like Polluted Delta. I can still fetch two UG duals with it, but if I got these in play already, it is a dead card. Can somebody count the odds of something like this happening?

Mana Elves: Not much to say about then. Still not sure about Wood Elves, they help to fetch needed color and in lark combo are insane, but they alone are just 1/1 for 3 with not so relevant ability. Other candidates are: Elvish pioneer, Wirewood Channeler and even Leaf Gilder.

Lords: Not sure about Eladamri. But still he lets elf walk the forests and evasion is never bad. Other quick note: Joraga Rocks the world!

Muscles: I wanted to cut all of them, just to make combos running more smoothly, but I am glad, I kept them in. A few things are better post-Wrath than Vanquisher + Battalion.

Tokens: Still not sure about Rhys, but I want to play as much "XT: crate token" as possible because with Intruder alarm and some mana elves I got infinite.

Power boost: There are still 3 other decent power boosts - Door of Destinies, Eldrazi Monument and Tribal Forcemage, and I dont know whether I chose the best of them

Refill: althougt Witness is not an elf, she is must play. the question here is if I want to sacrifice elves theme a litle bit to gain advantage of Genesis. I think definitely yes.

Tutors: Did I miss some good Tutor? (I would give my left little and middle finger just to be able to play Enlightened Tutor). I just dont know about Ranger of Eos. I hadnt seen him in 5 rounds turnament, nor in previous testing. But I think, he should be good. He can fetch Joraga

Progenitus: I am thinking of cutting all these three cards. Natural Order to Progenitus on turn 3 is definetly unfair, unfun and totaly random. Progenitus got score 3:2:1 on yesterday turnament. He killed somebody 3 times, got bribed and killed me 2 times and hit the table and died once.

Lark combo: Here is questionable just Squee. But I just enjoy playing him with survival. Acidic Slime is suprinsigly realy good even without combo.

Infinite combos: Warning Timmy/Johnny content.

Planeswalkers: Garruk is autoinclude. and Nissa. I mean. She is elvish planeswalker. I simply must play her in elvish deck.

Support: Not sure about burrenton. But still Earthquake got rennesance and friend of mine is playing staxx with wildfire etc. And with genesis in grave he kept bribed progenitus away from me for a while other dilema is krosan grip vs. Viridian Zealot. zealot is 2/1 elf for just 2 but split second is split second...

Squall line: it is quite frequent that I drop my opponent just below 5 life and then he starts to stabilise the game. Instant Hurricane is in my opinion the best solution for this situations...


Any suggestions?

Friend of mine, found this on some Australian forum:

In my opinion this is the best format. It's the only one I play and it's really nice to be able to play in a format with power that isn't obscenely expensive. The format is singleton with a vintage banned list, however, the decks are controlled by a points list which you can select 7 points worth of cards from:


4 points:
Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, Tinker.

3 points:
Balance, Demonic Tutor, Imperial Seal, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, Protean Hulk, Sol Ring, Time Vault, Time Walk, Vampiric Tutor, Worldgorger Dragon, Yawgmoth's Will.

2 points:
Channel, Crucible of Worlds, Gifts Ungiven, Mana Crypt, Mind Twist, Mishra's Workshop, Memory Jar, Necropotence, Recurring Nightmare, Strip Mine, Survival of the Fittest, Tainted Pact, Time Spiral, Timetwister, Tolarian Academy, Wheel of Fortune, Yawgmoth's Bargain.

1 point:
Enlightened Tutor, Fastbond, Force of Will, Grim Tutor, Intuition, Land Tax, Lim-Dul's Vault, Library of Alexandria, Life from the Loam, Mana Drain, Mana Vault, Merchant Scroll, Moat, Mystical Tutor, Oath of Druids, Price of Progress, Skullclamp, Umezawa's Jitte.

I just wanted to share this interesting idea. Because in like 2 months we are going to have annual Mtg.sk Cup and this year, the format has been chosen highlander, however the TO hasn´t decided whether to use standard banned list or this point system. What are your opinions?

I organized third highlander tournament in Bratislava this weekend. We got 39 players. We announced special prize for best scoring Budget decks (based on prices in certain online shop) and two budget decks made it to the top 8.

You might be interested in decklists, but let me warn you, that we don´t have many active highlander players, so our meta is different than the competitive meta in this league.



1st GRB Good Stuff - Jan Rehak
   
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Ink-eyes, Servant Of Oni
1 Profane Command
1 Death Cloud
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Earthquake
1 Puppeteer Clique
1 Kodama Of The North Tree
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Genesis
1 Shriekmaw
1 Hermit Druid
1 Siege-gang Commander
1 Saproling Burst
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Blastoderm
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Gamekeeper
1 Ravenous Baloth
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Putrefy
1 Hit Run
1 Resounding Thunder
1 Necromancy
1 Eternal Witness
1 Sprouting Trinax
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Chittering Rats
1 Flashbag Marauder
1 Bone Shredder
1 Fulminator Mage
1 Expunge
1 Terror
1 Terminate
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Animate Death
1 Hull Breach
1 Tainted Pact
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Sakura-tribe Elder
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Pendelhaven
1 Grove Of The Burnwillows
1 Ghitu Encampment
1 Treetop Village
1 Taiga
1 Life From The Loam
1 Regrowth
1 Mind Stone
1 Tin Street Hooligan
1 Seal Of Primordium
1 Smother
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Duress
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Birds Of Paradise
1 Elves Of Deep Shadow
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Thoughtseize
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Mox Diamond
1 Zuran Orb
1 Mutavault
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Urborg, Tomb Of Yawgmoth
1 Wasteland
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Skarrg, The Rage Pits
1 Vesuva
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Jund Panorama
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
1 Forest
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Polluted Delta
1 Bayou
1 Forgotten Cave
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Baren Moor
1 Graven Cairns
1 Twilight Mire
1 Fire-lit Thicket
1 Stomping Ground
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Blood Crypt
1 Badlands




2nd WRG Zoo - Matej Zatlkaj
   
1 Wild Nacatl
1 Skyshroud Elite
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Wasteland
1 Sword Of Fire And Ice
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Aether Vial
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Treetop Village
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Sword Of Light And Shadow
1 Pouncing Jaguar
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Rip-clan Crasher
1 Figure Of Destiny
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Chain Lightning
1 Magma Jet
1 Isamaru, Hound Of Konda
1 Giant Solifuge
1 Radha, Heir To Keld
1 Molten Rain
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Plateau
1 Fire-lit Thicket
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Stomping Ground
1 Akrasan Squire
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Watchwolf
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Goblin Legionnaire
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Firebolt
1 Burning-tree Shaman
1 Winter Orb
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Boggart Ram-gang
1 Woolly Thoctar
1 Rugged Prairie
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Duergar Hedge-mage
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Jackal Pup
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Char
1 Parallax Wave
1 Taiga
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Rancor
1 Path To Exile
1 Windswept Heath
1 Savannah
1 Kird Ape
1 Mana Tithe
1 Lightning Helix
1 Savannah Lions
1 Seal Of Fire
1 Steward Of Valeron
1 Tin Street Hooligan
1 Swords To Plowshares
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Sudden Shock
1 Call Of The Herd
1 Keldon Champion
1 Cerodon Yearling
1 Ranger Of Eos
1 City Of Brass
1 Incinerate
1 Temple Garden
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Elspeth Knight-errant
1 Flooded Strand
1 Rift Bolt
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Tattermung Maniac
1 Goblin Patrol
1 Rushland
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Jungle Lion
1 Karakas
1 Knotvine Paladin
1 Reckless Charge
2 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Forest
1 Rocky Tar Pit
1 Mountain Valley
1 Grasslands
1 Armageddon
1 Anurid Brushhopper



3rd UW Control - Dominik Safcak
   
1 Capsize
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Counterspell
1 Coldsteel Hearth
1 Oona, Queen Of The Fae
1 Remand
1 Mulldrifter
1 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Mind Stone
1 Azorious Signet
1 Mana Drain
1 Talisman Of Progress
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Academy Rector
1 Future Sight
1 Glen Alara Archmage
1 Remove Soul
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Compulsive Research
1 Pithing Needle
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Opportunity
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Force Of Will
1 Miscalculation
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Moat
1 Pulse Of The Fields
1 Wrath Of God
1 Complicate
1 Sacred Mesa
1 Martial Coup
1 Treachery
1 Mox Diamond
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Hallowed Burial
1 Court Hussar
1 Tidings
1 Condescend
1 Mindslaver
1 Rout
1 Cryptic Command
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Meekstone
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Trinket Mage
1 Negate
1 Mana Leak
1 Morphling
1 Telling Time
1 Stroke Of Genius
1 Swords To Plowshares
1 Dismiss
1 Impulse
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Fact Or Fiction
1 Bribery
1 Ponder
1 Repulse
1 Faerie Trickery
1 Jace Beleren
1 Scrabbling Claws
1 Miren, The Moaning Well
1 Tolaria West
1 Rishadam Port
1 Coastal Tower
1 Seat Of The Synot
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Dust Bowl
1 Windswept Heath
1 Polluted Delta
1 Tundra
1 Mystic Gate
1 Wasteland
1 Forbidding Watchtower
1 Kor Heaven
1 Ancient Den
1 Flooded Strand
1 Azorious Chancery
1 Urza's Factory
1 Academy Ruins
1 Skycloud Expanse
12 Island
4 Plains



4th The Rock - Tomas Varga
   
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Shriekmaw
1 Wrath Of God
1 Crucible Of Worlds
1 Vindicate
1 Unmake
1 Entomb
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Armageddon
1 Survival Of The Fittest
1 Death Cloud
1 Harmonize
1 Profane Command
1 Worm Harvest
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Sylvan Library
1 Riftsweeper
1 Beseech The Queen
1 Sterling Grove
1 Life From The Loam
1 Swords To Plowshares
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Putrefy
1 Recollect
1 Path To Exile
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Mortify
1 Eternal Witness
1 Anurid Brushopper
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Rude Awakening
1 Sakura-tribe Elder
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Kokusho, The Evening Star
1 Raven's Crime
1 Faerie Macabre
1 Crime Punishment
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Land Tax
1 Viridian Zealot
1 Krosan Grip
1 Yosei, The Morning Star
1 Ravenous Baloth
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Liliana Vess
1 Spike Weaver
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Genesis
1 Withered Wretch
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Damnation
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Regrowth
1 Mindtwist
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Maelstorm Pulse
1 Lord Of Extinction
1 Duplicant
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Golgari Grave-troll
1 Fulminator Mage
1 Oversold Cemetery
1 Mutavault
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Wasteland
1 Flooded Strand
1 Vesuva
1 Scrubland
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Riftstone Portal
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Dust Bowl
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Nantuko Monastery
1 Temple Garden
1 Urborg, Tomb Of Yawgmoth
1 Thranquil Thicket
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Treetop Village
1 Polluted Delta
1 Bayou
1 Windswept Heath
1 Godless Shrine
1 Barren Moore
1 Savannah
1 Krosan Verge
4 Forest
2 Plains
3 Swamp


5th UG Madness (Budget) - Daniel Bazany
   
1 Basking Rootwalla
1 Birds Of Paradise
1 Condescend
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Rancor
1 Sleight Of Hand
1 Syncopate
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Brainstorm
1 Wall Of Roots
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Regrowth
1 Naturalize
1 Wall Of Blossoms
1 Hermit Druid
1 Sakura-tribe Elder
1 River Boa
1 Remand
1 Thought Courier
1 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Counterspell
1 Mana Leak
1 Merfolk Looter
1 Impulse
1 Moments Peace
1 Life From The Loam
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Call Of The Herd
1 Eternal Witness
1 Circular Logic
1 Repulse
1 Voidslime
1 Psionic Blast
1 Faerie Trickery
1 Man-o'-war
1 Forbid
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Intuition
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Rushing River
1 Back To Basics
1 Crystal Shard
1 Spike Weaver
1 Ravenous Baloth
1 Phantom Centaur
1 Nantuko Vigilante
1 Blastoderm
1 Ponder
1 Deep Analysis
1 Fact Or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Tradewind Rider
1 Mystic Snake
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Gigapede
1 Genesis
1 Fracturing Dust
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Arrogant Wurm
1 Treachery
1 Upheaval
1 Roar Of The Wurm
15 Island
11 Forest
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Treetop Village
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Yavimaya Hollow
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Pendelhaven
1 Flooded Grove
1 Breeding Pool


6th Elves! (budget) - Mojmir Paulicka (deck designed by me, Thibir)
   
1 Selesnya Guildmage
1 Voice Of The Woods
1 Rhys The Exiled
1 Masked Admirers
1 Bramblewood Paragon
1 Caller Of The Claw
1 Devoted Druid
1 Elvish Scrapper
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Wellwisher
1 Skyshroud Poacher
1 Jagged-scar Archers
1 Wren’s Run Vanquisher
1 Riftsweeper
1 Sylvan Messenger
1 Chord Of Calling
1 Leaf Glider
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Elvish Champion
1 Glimspe Of Nature
1 Harmonize
1 Gempalm Strider
1 Seeker Of Skybreak
1 Gaea’s Herald
1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
1 Elvish Warrior
1 Wirewood Pride
1 Hunting Triad
1 Gilt-leaf Ambush
1 Wirewood Herald
1 Bloodline Shaman
1 Wirewood Hivemaster
1 Coat Of Arms
1 Essence Warden
1 Overrun
1 Ambush Commander
1 Imperous Perfect
1 Wirewood Symbiote
1 Slate Of Ancestry
1 Tribal Forcemage
1 Elvish Lyrist
1 Elves Of Deep Shadow
1 Boreal Druid
1 Elvish Harbringer
1 Lightning Graves
1 Multani’s Acolyte
1 Wolf-skull Shaman
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Staff Of Domination
1 Elvish Promenade
1 Heritage Druid
1 Birchlore Rangers
1 Priest Of Titania
1 Door Of Destinies
1 Concordant Crossroads
1 Heedless One
1 Hurricane
1 Thelonite Hermit
1 Immaculate Magistrate
1 Krosan Grip
1 Commune With Nature
1 Timberwatch Elf
1 Regal Force
1 Elvish Visionary
1 Wren’s Run Packmaster
1 Aluren
1 Biorythm
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Llanovar Elves
1 Vood Elves
1 Nettle Sentinel
1 Taunting Elf
1 Centaur Garden
1 Wirewood Lodge
1 Treetop Village
1 Tranquil Thicket
32 Forest

7th WB aggro-control - Emil Polak
   
1 Animate Dead
1 Contagion
1 Shrieking Grotesque
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Ravenous Rats
1 Swords To Plowshares
1 Gwyllion Hedge-mage
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Chittering Rats
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Mana Tithe
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Reveillark
1 Withered Wretch
1 Sinkhole
1 Dusk Urchins
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Stonecloaker
1 Kami Of Ancient Law
1 Mind Twist
1 Phyrexian Totem
1 Death Grasp
1 Disenchant
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Parallax Wave
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vindicate
1 Damnation
1 Profane Command
1 Seal Of Cleansing
1 Raven's Crime
1 Orzhov Guildmage
1 Mortify
1 Augur Of Skulls
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Duress
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Liliana Vess
1 Necromancy
1 Bitterblossom
1 Phyrexian Rager
1 Shadow Of Doubt
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Sword Of Fire And Ice
1 Ink-eyes, Servant Of Oni
1 Pithing Needle
1 Exalted Angel
1 Mox Diamond
1 Rotlung Reanimator
1 Thoughtseize
1 Night's Whisper
1 Hymn To Tourach
1 Gerrard's Verdict
1 Shriekmaw
1 Dark Confidant
15 Swamp
8 Plains
1 Urborg
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Barren Moor
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Secluded Steppe
1 Polluted Delta
1 Fetid Heath
1 Tainted Field
1 Caves Of Koilos
1 Forbbiding Watchtower
1 Flooded Strand
1 Spawning Pool
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Scrubland
1 Godless Shrine
1 Flagstones Of Trokair
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath



8th UB Artifact Control - Peter Harvan

1 Morphling
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Master Transmuter
1 Sundering Titan
1 Tezzeret The Seeker
1 Copper Gnomes
1 Coffin Queen
1 Ophidian
1 Meloku The Clouded Mirror
1 Trinket Mage
1 Psychatog
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Bone Shredder
1 Engineered Explosive
1 Pithing Needle
1 Relic Of Progenitus
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Powder Keg
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Zuran Orb
1 Masticore
1 Funeral Charm
1 Ponder
1 Gush
1 Impulse
1 Piracy Charm
1 Faerie Trickery
1 Misdirection
1 Fabricate
1 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Annul
1 Syncopate
1 Cryptic Command
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Dissipate
1 Condescend
1 Recoil
1 Mana Leak
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind Twist
1 Animate Dead
   
1 Force Of Will
1 Undermine
1 Psionic Blast
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Fact Or Fiction
1 Power Sink
1 Brainstorm
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Duress
1 Daze
1 Damnation
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Counterspell
1 Dark Ritual
1 Tainted Pact
1 Twincast
1 Exclude
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Livinig Death
1 Braingeyser
1 Underground Sea
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Academy Ruins
1 Seat Of Synod
1 Vault Of Whispers
1 Blood Stained Mire
1 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
6 Island
6 Snow Covered Island
4 Swamp
3 Snow Covered Swamp
1 Bad River
1 Flood Plain
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Dust Bowl
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Urborg, Tomb Of Yawgmoth
1 Watery Grave
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Oboro, Palace In The Clouds
1 Minamo, Schoool At Water's Edge


sorry for messed decklist, I don´t have time to tiddy it up acocrding casting cost and card type.


I played WWg (goyf + gaddock) weenie and finished 11th with 3 wins, 2 lost games and one draw.


metagame breakdown was something like this:
4x 5c control
3x WW (WWg/WWr) weenie
3x Bant control
2x Mono R burn
2x UG aggro control
2x UB control
2x WG (5c) Enchantress
WG midrange
MUC
GR beats
RB Goblins
5c Recsur
UWB Control
5c Zombies
GBR LanD ramp
Mono U aggro control
5c Stax
5c Oath
BR reanimator
Mono B control
RUGB aggro
WRG Zoo
WB aggrocontrol
Elves!
WGB Recsur
UG Madness
RGB midrange
UW control



and just for you to see, what was first prize:

I´m trying to do as much promo for Highlander as a format as I can do. Part of it should be a series of articles published at Slovak mtg webpage. It should be focused on getting some "fresh blood" among highlander players (majority of highlander comunity here in Bratislava are people 25+). Problem with younger players is that, they often don´t have enough resources to build Tier 1 decks, so I would like to show them, that budget deck can at least decent opponent against Tier 1 decks.

So here is my actual version of Budget WW

Lands 31
29 Plains
Ghost Quarter
Mistveil Plains

1 cc creatures 9 (10):
Savannah Lions
Goldmeadow Harrier
Icatian Javelineers
Mother of Runes
Suntail Hawk
Ramosian Sergeant
Children of Korlis
Soltari Foot Soldier
Lantern Kami
(Shade of Trokair)

2 cc creatures 24:
Silver Knight
Leonin Skyhunter
Blade of the Sixth Pride
Soltari Trooper
Samurai of the Pale Curtain
Amrou Scout
Whipcorder
Soltari Priest
Soltari Monk
Veteran Armorer
White Knight
Knight of the Holy Nimbus
Jotun Grunt
Whitemane Lion
Knight of Meadowgrain
Steadfast Guard
Sigiled Paladin
Ronom Unicorn
Kami of Ancient Law
Mistral Charger
Eight-and-a-half-tails
White Shield Crusader
Serra Avenger
Defiant Falcon

3 cc creatures 9:
Stonecloaker
Aven Riftwatcher
Aven Mindcensor
Thermal Glider
Nightwind Glider
Lin Sivvy, Defiant Hero
Cloudchaser Kestrel
Flickerwisp
Soltari Visionary

4 cc creatures 3(4):
Celestial Crusader
Calciderm
Hokori, Dust Drinker
(Shade of Trokair)


Spells

1 cc 6:
Sunlance
Swords to Plowshares
Mana Tithe
Condemn
Bonesplitter
AEther Vial

2 cc 5:
Disenchant
Seal of Cleansing
Empyrial Plate
Crusade
Winter Orb

3 cc 8:
Griffin Guide
Bound in Silence
Fortify
Oblivion Ring
Loxodon Warhammer
Wing Shards
Grafted Wargear
Glorious Anthem

4 cc 4:
Armageddon
Cataclysm
Parallax Wave
Light from Within

I would like to hear your comments. Have I forgotten something? Or am I running some unplayable cards? And please do not advise me cards which cost more than +- 3â,¬ (4$)


I am pretty satisfied with my testing results so far.

I played league match against Mythrandir with his 5cc. I lost 1:2 but all three games were quite close, and I played this match with older version (with 3 more Plains, without Ghost Guarter)
   
I also played a league match against Georg (Ying Yang Weeny). I lost 1:2 both first two games were pretty thrilling damage races, however third game was soon over thanks to the sword of light and shadow and shriekmaw...

I played a friendly match with Mercator with WWu. I won 2:1. This time I got the equipment and won third game just with shadow + empyrial plate.

I also played a couple of friendly games vs. Vazdru (Mono B 0:2, UB Feries 1:2)

And 2:3 with my friends UBG Oath. (almost win also the third game, I almost decked him, as he wasn´t able to kill me because I tapped his Hellkite Overlord and Angel got Bound in Silence searched thru Lin Sivvy. He drew Pernicious Deed in last 3 cards )

I got tired of all mono U, UW and UR skies decks, so I built my own, Ug version. I would appreciate constructive critique.


Lands 31:
Wasteland
Flooded Strand
Wooded Foothills
Windswept Heath
Polluted Delta
Yavimaya Coast
Breeding Pool
Tropical Island
Mutavault
Faerie Conclave
14x Island
5x Forest
Mishra's Factory
Pendelhaven

I think, there is nothing special about my mana base, quite normal 2 colour skies lands except the pendelhaven, which is quite good, as i´m playing a lot of 1/1 critters.

Creatures 33:
Selkie Hedge-Mage
Jhessian Infiltrator
Mulldrifter
Plaxmanta
Cloud of Faeries
Dryad Sophisticate
Pestermite
Gaea's Skyfolk
Silhana Ledgewalker
Riftwing Cloudskate
Sygg, River Cutthroat
Spellstutter Sprite
Looter il-Kor
Trygon Predator
Waterfront Bouncer
Spiketail Hatchling
Spiketail Drakeling
Cloud Sprite
Sea Sprite
Scryb Ranger
Scryb Sprites
Flying Men
Cloud Pirates
Trinket Mage
Vendilion Clique
Serendib Efreet
Surveilling Sprite
Gilded Drake
Venser, Shaper Savant
Mystic Snake
Latchkey Faerie
Cloud Spirit

my creatures are mainly small evasive creatures, blue ones are quite same as other skies, except the Latchkey Faerie. but i got quite high count of faeries/rogues (10/4 + conclave + mutavault), so it shouldn´d be a problem to prowl it.

Other Spells 37:
Serum Visions
Back to Basics
Moldervine Cloak
Rancor
Standstill
Portent
Ponder
Elephant Guide
Brainstorm
Repulse
Psionic Blast
Echoing Truth
Snap
Snapback
Winter Orb
Repeal
Ancestral Vision
Gush
Bonesplitter
Condescend
Counterspell
Remand
Miscalculation
Mana Leak
Force of Will
Spell Snare
Stifle
Daze
Exclude
Memory Lapse
Disrupt
Snakeform
Sleight of Hand
AEther Spellbomb
Tormod's Crypt
Stonewood Invocation
Sensei's Divining Top

there is some difference in the other spells. instead of red´s burn or white´s Stp or enlightened tutor i got green´s muscles.

I would like to hear your opinion abot my deck, please don´t advise me to build UW or UR skies, just try to tune my Ug version.