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Points List
“If your deck contains no cards on the Reserved List, you are entitled to an additional Point.”
5 Points
Ancestral Recall
Black Lotus
Mana Crypt
Time Walk
Thassa’s Oracle
4 Points
Time Vault
3 Points
Flash
Lutri, the Spellchaser*
Lurrus of the Dream-Den*
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Sol Ring
Underworld Breach
Vampiric Tutor
White Plume Adventurer
2 Points
Channel
Demonic Tutor
Gush
Imperial Seal
Mana Vault
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
Nadu, Winged Wisdom
The One Ring
Psychic Frog
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Reanimate
Strip Mine
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
Tinker
Tolarian Academy
Treasure Cruise
Wrenn and Six
1 Point
Abhorrent Oculus
Ancient Tomb
Balance
Barrowgoyf
Bolas’s Citadel
Broadside Bombardiers
Caves of Chaos Adventurer
Comet, Stellar Pup
Crop Rotation
Deadpool, Trading Card
Deathrite Shaman
Demonic Counsel
Dig Through Time
Dreadhorde Arcanist
Emperor of Bones
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
The Fantasticar
Force of Will
Forth Eorlingas!
Gamble
Gifts Ungiven
Goblin Recruiter
Intuition
Karakas
Library of Alexandria
Mana Drain
Mental Misstep
Merchant Scroll
Mind Twist
Mishra’s Workshop
Murktide Regent
Mystical Tutor
Nethergoyf
Oath of Druids
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Orcish Bowmasters
Phlage, Titan of Fire’s Fury
Planar Nexus
Profane Tutor
Seasoned Dungeoneer
Sensei’s Divining Top
Skullclamp
Snapcaster Mage
Spellseeker
Tainted Pact
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
Timetwister
True-Name Nemesis
Undermountain Adventurer
Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath
Urza’s Saga
Wasteland
Wishclaw Talisman
What is 7 point Highlander?
7 Point Highlander (also sometimes known as Australian Highlander) is a way to play the collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering. It has been played across Australia and New Zealand for over 25 years (since 1996) and is growing in popularity around the world, with players in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
The 7 Point Highlander format is a constructed format that allows players to play with a modified 60 card singleton deck with 15 card sideboard that utilises the Vintage format’s card pool and ban list.
What differentiates this format from most Magic: The Gathering formats is the points list. Each player is allowed 7 points worth of powerful cards. So you could spend 5 points on Ancestral Recall, and 2 points on Treasure Cruise, but then you miss out on cards like Demonic Tutor, or Mind Twist, or various other cards that also cost some of your seven points.
Changes to the points list are made by the Points Committee to promote the health of the format. Announcement of changes, if any, take place on the release of each new standard legal set.
The Rules
The rules for competitive play of 7 Point Highlander are:
- Minimum of 60 cards in the main deck
- Maximum of 15 cards in the sideboard
- Singleton – players are allowed to use only one of each card (with the exception of basic lands)
- Vintage banned list applies (see here)
- 7 points system – a maximum of 7 points worth of cards are allowed per deck (see here for the points list)
If your deck contains no cards on the Reserved List, you are entitled to an additional Point.
Highlander points are set at deck registration. You must indicate any pointed companions you intend to declare on your deck list.
If you register a pointed companion card without spending the point(s) for it in your deck list, e.g. playing Lurrus of the Dream-Den in the main deck, you cannot declare it as a companion at any point.