If you’re new to highlander, head over to the DECKS section to read an orientation on the types of decks that perform well in this format. Each archetype has a summary, orientation on the playstyle, and a collection of lists to get you going. After that (or if you’re an existing Highlander player) come back here for a series of deep dives on specific decks, written by expert players!
By Edward “TemporalEddy” Nurse Reanimator in Aus 7PH Different flavours of strategy focused around putting gigantic, expensive creatures into play far too quickly through unfair means have existed in 7PH since its conception. This is likely due to the Reanimator deck’s high power level, simplicity of gameplay, relatively inexpensive shell and 8-point potential, and the fact that it feels GREAT… Read More »F***in’ Oath
By Kyle Gibson Whilst I’ve dabbled in being versatile with my deck choices such that I can play the flavour of the month underpointed cards, I find myself coming back to blue based midrange decks. So after a middling CanCon it was back to my beloved midrange piles. But I wasn’t particularly interested in just picking up a stock version… Read More »Back to Back to Back to Back to Basics
The Lands Archetype in 7 Point Highlander By William “Billy” La Marca Introduction G’day 7 Pointers, my name is Billy (aka Kixian) and you may remember me from such 7PH Discord rants as “Life from the Loam Green Sun’s Zenith Fastbond Strip Mine Crop Rotation needs to be depointed!”. Editor’s note: I’ll give you Crop Rotation for Fastbond and Strip… Read More »Gardening Australia
Move to combat? Welcome to Reckless Red, a mono red aggro deck for the Australian 7pt Highlander format.To start, I keep the updated decklist here. This is an 8 point deck since it’s awarded an extra point by forgoing any reserved list cards. This does make it “budget” compared to other decks in the format, however the $800usd price tag… Read More »Deck Primer: 8pt Mono Red Aggro (Reckless Red)
Bourbon and Coke is a UW Miracles-like control deck centred on Balance and Entreat the Angels that once had bourbon and coke spilled all over it. It started as a blue-white-red control deck around 2015, when I switched black for red to play Dack Fayden and Young Pyromancer. Earlier I had played blue-white-black control, porting the Vintage deck with which… Read More »Deck primer: UW Miracles (Bourbon and Coke) in 7 Point Highlander
Welcome to a deck primer on my Omnath Good Stuff midrange deck. The deck is part of the value midrange archetype in 7 Point Highlander, drawing on all colours bar black. The deck emerged March 2022, following the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty points update, at which time I started iterating the list publicly while making drafting notes on Moxfield. I wanted to provide… Read More »Deck Primer: Omnath Good Stuff in 7 Point Highlander
Welcome to a deck primer on Abzan Midrange, also known as ‘Junk’ in 7 Point Highlander! Junk is a part of the Equipment-based midrange Archetype using Green Black White colours. Junk has been an enduring part of the meta due to its consistent success as well as its ability to adapt to a changing landscape. The decks generic ‘good stuff’… Read More »Deck Primer: Abzan (Junk) Midrange in 7 Point Highlander
Welcome to a deck primer on Grixis Oracle in 7 Point Highlander! In this article we will take a deep dive into the Thassa’s Oracle combo, which is a representative of the Combo/Control archetype Highlander. We’ll briefly look at the journey Oracle has taken through the format, and how to approach the deck in the post Modern Horizons 2 world. I have… Read More »Deck Primer: Grixis Oracle in 7 Point Highlander
Welcome to a deck primer on 4c Zoo (WURG Aggro-Tempo-Midrange) in 7 Point Highlander! In this article we will take a deep dive into 4c Zoo, which is a hybrid of the Aggro, Tempo and Midrange Archetypes in Highlander. This is a deck that I initially created in late 2019 at a point where Oko, Thief of Crowns and Wrenn… Read More »Deck Primer: 4c Zoo in 7 Point Highlander
Welcome to the 7 point Highlander deck primer for BR aggro. My current list can be found from the following link which I keep updated regularly. Live Deck List – BR Aggro Why play BR aggro? There are many reasons you might want to pick up this deck. You like burn spells, you like redundancy, you like consistency or you’re… Read More »Deck Primer: BR Aggro in 7 Point Highlander