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Set Review – Journey Into Nyx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qx2pkW8Js0 Reviewing the various cards from Journey Into Nyx. Tried to trim down the review, and get right to the point (with certain cards). Still struggling with finding how to optimize the final product with Camtasia. Will post a revised Born of the Gods and a Theros set review later today.

Set Review – Born of the Gods

Reviewing the cards with potential from Born of the Gods, as well as an overview of the set. I apologize for the sound quality, as I don’t have an ideal microphone, and I’m coming off from a week-long illness. Feel free to ask questions, voice comments or concerns. Looking to make more videos in the… Read More »Set Review – Born of the Gods

This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land

From Tabernacle, to the Tomb of Yawgmoth, From the Rishadan Port, to the Molten Pinnacle, This land will will affect both you and me. Lands Considering the title, imagery and Woody Guthrie homage, you probably could have guessed this article is about lands. Not just your basic assortment of lands though. Today, I’ll be focusing… Read More »This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land

Wildfire Walk with Me

Earlier this week, local cube draft aficionado and overall great guy Trenton McIntyre asked me if I had any thoughts on the topic of Wildfire strategies in Highlander. Unbeknown to Trenton, Wildfire has garnered me more Highlander titles than any other particular card/strategy. So rather than explaining my adoration of the six mana sorcery to… Read More »Wildfire Walk with Me

Consider the Following

Before the Vote It’s about that time again. Points Discussion! Where emotions flare up, bonds are broken and combo players brace themselves for yet another dagger in their back. Just kidding. You can keep counting your storm, because aggro is the current boogie man of the hour. Why, you ask? Well, head on over to “2013… Read More »Consider the Following

2013 in Review: The Highlander Points List – Part 3. Moving Forward

Paying for Premium In my first post of the series, I covered the four categories a card featured on the points list could fall under. While the list by no means is perfect, it gives a good idea of where most of the pointed cards fall. Surprisingly, “Value” cards take up a majority of the list.… Read More »2013 in Review: The Highlander Points List – Part 3. Moving Forward

2013 in Review: The Highlander Points List – Part 2. Points Development

2013 started off with a points list already in effect. The list had been tuned, worked upon, and drastically altered across the experimental trip known as 2012. With the list being functional and tournaments still sporting impressive numbers, the community wasn’t exactly unprepared for the possible advancements of our beloved format. We had something to work off… Read More »2013 in Review: The Highlander Points List – Part 2. Points Development

2013 in Review: The Highlander Points List – Part 1. Overview

2013: Quite an interesting and eye-opening year for our home-grown format, wouldn’t you agree? Throughout the year, our community seemingly made the best of efforts to showcase the organic nature of eternal magic to the (various) extremes. However, before we get into that, let’s take a look at the points list we ended the year… Read More »2013 in Review: The Highlander Points List – Part 1. Overview