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It was the week of combo in sunny Victoria this week as Josh Layne took down the tournament playing Academy combo. He was not the only combo deck at the top tables however; There were several other combo decks of both the mono green and Academy variety sitting near the top tables by the end… Read More »The Monday Metagame (March 2nd)

http://mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/there-can-only-be-one/there-can-only-be-one-4-tempo-decks-in-highlander Robin and AD join us to discuss all things Tempo! Stay tuned next week for our Episode on playing tempo on a budget! -Liam

Finally we’re back! I’d like to formally apologize again for the extended delay on the postings of these metagames but I was delayed for much of last week and couldn’t get everything together in a satisfactory fashion for myself. This week we’re going to do something a little different; rather than tackling each metagame individually… Read More »The Monday Metagames! (February 16th and 23rd)

Hey everyone! I’ve been super busy the past week with a bunch of stuff so I fell behind on the Monday Metagame and on posting the Highlander champs deck lists. Here are the top 4 lists now! Shane Harwood GR Aggro 4th

Jeremy and I sit down to chat about some sick budget decklists for aggressive highlander decks! http://mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/there-can-only-be-one/there-can-only-be-one-3-budget-aggro Please find the deck lists below! GB Aggro 1 Glissa, the Traitor 1 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Duress 1 Mind Twist 1 Mesmeric Fiend 1 Brain Maggot 1 Rakshasa Deathdealer 1 Putrid Leech 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Lifebane… Read More »There Can Only Be One Episode 3! Budget Aggro!

In the newest episode of the podcast Liam and I were joined by local aggressive experts Shane Harwood and Spencer Sacht-Lund. http://mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/there-can-only-be-one/there-can-only-be-one-2-aggro-in-canadian-highlander Stay tuned next week for our sweet budget aggro decklists, and don’t forget to send us decks you want us to test and/or constructive criticism on the podcast. Thanks for listening Jer

Hey everyone! We’re back with more deck lists from the Highlander Championships! Today we’re featuring the deck lists of the two players who were just barely knocked out of the top 4 winning one game but missing out (in both cases barely) on the second win. Josh elected to bring a Grixis control deck to… Read More »Highlander Championships Top 8 Deck Lists! 5th and 6th

Hey guys! Here are Nelson Salahub and Alistair Norman’s decks lists! While neither of them were fortunate enough to go incredibly deep in the tournament they both played some very interesting and interactive games and were only barely edged out! Before I delve too deeply into the deck lists I first want to mention how… Read More »Highlander Championships Top 8 Deck Lists! 7th and 8th

Welcome back everyone! I would first like to admit that I was unfortunately not in attendance on Monday in order to personally collect the metagame so my understanding of how individual players performed this week is slightly worse than usual. That being said Jeremy was nice enough to collect the metagame for me so a… Read More »The Monday Metagame (February 9)

Hey guys here’s a new deck tech! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoTtROsOFuY&w=560&h=315] 1 Ancestral Vision 1 Ancient Grudge 1 Arc Trail 1 Arid Mesa 1 Augur of Bolas 1 Birthing Pod (2) 1 Bloodbraid Elf 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Bonesplitter 1 Brainstorm 1 Breeding Pool 1 Calcite Snapper 1 Chain Lightning 1 Char 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Deceiver… Read More »Monday Metagame Spicy Deck Tech 4: Connor McCleary Tempo Pod

First Episode of the brand new and exciting Canadian Highlander podcast “There Can Only Be One”.  This Podcast will normally come out Sunday but we couldn’t wait to get the first one out there. http://mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/there-can-only-be-one/there-can-only-be-one-1-an-introduction-to-canadian-highlander Please leave any criticism & comments below, we’d love to hear from you guys! Jeremy

We’re back! This past week had a lot of Highlander played with the year end championships on Sunday and then Monday night Highlander last night! There will a full report from the year end championships published later this week along with all of the deck lists! As far as Monday of this week there was… Read More »The Monday Metagame (February 2)