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Tempo Strategies


Tempo is an overarching classification for decks that seek to apply pressure with a threat, and use cheap interaction to keep their opponent off-balance just long enough to finish the game. Here is a Podcast episode about Tempo in Highlander. Click on any of the archetype primers below to learn more about Tempo and decks with a Tempo element in Highlander.

The Blue Moon Archetype in Highlander – 2024 Update

Welcome to the Blue Moon deck archetype for 7 Point Highlander! On this page you will find all the content related to this play style, this update comes to you from current (at time of writing) committee member Ben Hewitt. A huge credit to former committee member Dr Sarven McLinton who authored the original Blue Moon Archetype article. Many of… Read More »The Blue Moon Archetype in Highlander – 2024 Update

Deck primer: UW Miracles (Bourbon and Coke) in 7 Point Highlander

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

The Synergy Control Archetype in Highlander

Welcome to the Synergy Control deck archetype for 7 Point Highlander! On this page you will find all the content related to this play style. A Summary of the Synergy Control Archetype Synergy Control decks often look strange on the surface because in comparison to the Good-stuff Control archetype their individual cards tend to look somewhat weak in a vacuum.… Read More »The Synergy Control Archetype in Highlander