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Hello again everyone! The metagame for this week was very intriguing so let’s dive right into it! There were still a lot of players present for this Monday though the numbers were slightly lower than they have been in the past few weeks. That being said the meta was still extremely diverse. Ultimately Colin ended… Read More »The Monday Metagame (April 13th)

Hey friends and welcome back to Monday Metagame! I took forever to process this weeks metagame as it was large and very complicated. Most archetypes were fairly well represented in the meta with blue decls tending to rise to the top. The four 3-0 decks at the beginning of the fourth round were BUG tempo,… Read More »The Monday Metagame (April 6th)

Welcome back everyone! This week we had 28 players show up for Monday night Highlander which meant that we had a large and diverse metagame! This week was marked by a departure away from the GBx decks that had previously been dominating the metagame. This may well be partly due to the recent changes to… Read More »The Monday Metagame (March 30th)

Hey everyone! This is going up a bit late since I was very busy on Tuesday so I’m writing it now! The metagame for this Monday was a little more varied than it has been in which past though interestingly the results were similar. The green black based midrange decks still rose to the top… Read More »The Monday Metagame (March 26th)

Hey everyone! A new set is on the horizon and with that in mind a few members of the community have done a set review! Check out Nick and I set review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-PsjB_HCxI#t=152 And Highlander Veteran Josh’s set review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEbxsrVtBDU   Hope you enjoy!   -Liam

This Monday I’m reporting on two different metagames. Highlander for staples happened on the day before Monday night Highlander this week which resulted in an interesting shift in the meta. Stefan Bard took down the staples event with his BUG control deck and then successfully ran it back on Monday to take a huge lead… Read More »The Monday Metagame (March 16th)

Welcome back to the Monday Metagame! This week the metagame shifted slightly further towards midrange. In addition to moving even more towards midrange the metagame is also starting to shift away from blue decks and towards more green based decks.  Fewer players showed up with combo decks this week as well which meant that many… Read More »The Monday Metagame (March 9th)

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!