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Points System

 

Your Highlander deck must consist of a minimum of 100 cards, including your commander(s). Your deck must not contain more than one of any given card (with the exception of basic lands and cards that state otherwise, such as Relentless Rats).

Below is the Highlander format's Points List, which is a system to restrict the use of certain cards. The points system was inspired by the “Commander", "Canadian highlander”, and "Vintage" formats (you can read about the formation of the Points List here). See illegal cards from the Vintage format here.

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In Highlander your deck can contain a maximum of 10 points. The cards below are the only cards that currently have points assigned.

Points List

Deck cannot have more than 10 points

Card Name
Points
Color ID
Ad Nauseam
4
Black
Ancestral Recall
7
Blue
Ancient Tomb
1
Colorless
Armageddon
6
White
Balance
8
White
Biorhythm
3
Green
Black Lotus
7
Colorless
Braids, Cabal Minion
3
Black
Brain Freeze
2
Blue
Carpet of Flowers
1
Green
Channel
9
Green
Chord of Calling
1
Green
Chrome Mox
2
Colorless
Crop Rotation
2
Green
Dark Ritual
1
Black
Demonic Consultation
3
Black
Demonic Tutor
4
Black
Diabolic Intent
2
Black
Dockside Extortionist
5
Red
Doomsday
4
Black
Drannith Magistrate
1
White
Dualcaster Mage
1
Red
Eladamri's Call
1
White Green
Eldritch Evolution
1
Green
Elvish Spirit Guide
1
Green
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
7
Colorless
Enlightened Tutor
3
White
Entomb
2
Black
Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
7
Blue
Fastbond
8
Green
Finale of Devastation
1
Green
Flash
8
Blue
Food Chain
2
Green
Gamble
3
Red
Gemstone Caverns
1
Colorless
Gifts Ungiven
7
Blue
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
3
WUBRG
Griselbrand
7
Black
Hullbreacher
8
Blue
Humility
2
White
Imperial Seal
3
Black
Intuition
6
Blue
Iona, Shield of Emeria
7
White
Jeweled Lotus
3
Colorless
Karakas
8
White
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
3
Blue Black Green
Library of Alexandria
2
Colorless
Limited Resources
9
White
Lion's Eye Diamond
5
Colorless
Lotus Petal
1
Colorless
Lutri, the Spellchaser
7
Blue Red
Mana Crypt
4
Colorless
Mana Drain
1
Blue
Mana Vault
1
Colorless
Mox Diamond
2
Colorless
Mox Emerald
3
Green
Mox Jet
3
Black
Mox Opal
1
Colorless
Mox Pearl
3
White
Mox Ruby
3
Red
Mox Sapphire
3
Blue
Mystical Tutor
3
Blue
Nadu, Winged Wisdom
8
Blue Green
Narset, Parter of Veils
3
Blue
Natural Order
1
Green
Neoform
1
Blue Green
Oko, Thief of Crowns
3
Blue Green
Panoptic Mirror
4
Colorless
Paradox Engine
8
Colorless
Primeval Titan
2
Green
Prophet of Kruphix
4
Blue Green
Protean Hulk
3
Green
Ravages of War
6
White
Recurring Nightmare
6
Black
Rhystic Study
1
Blue
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
3
Green
Simian Spirit Guide
1
Red
Sol Ring
3
Colorless
Stasis
5
Blue
Sundering Titan
6
Colorless
Survival of the Fittest
1
Green
Sylvan Primordial
4
Green
Tainted Pact
3
Black
Thassa's Oracle
8
Blue
Time Vault
9
Colorless
Time Walk
8
Blue
Timetwister
3
Blue
Tinker
7
Blue
Tolarian Academy
4
Blue
Trade Secrets
8
Blue
Underworld Breach
5
Red
Upheaval
8
Blue
Vampiric Tutor
4
Black
Wheel of Fortune
3
Red
Windfall
2
Blue
Winter Orb
2
Colorless
Wishclaw Talisman
1
Black
Worldly Tutor
3
Green
Yawgmoth's Bargain
8
Black
Yawgmoth's Will
2
Black

Highlander has no real banned list. However, in addition to the Points List restrictions, the cards that are not legal in the Vintage Format are not allowed in Highlander either. See the Vintage Banned List here.

The following cards cannot be played in Highlander:

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For ease of reference, here is the Points List again, but organized by point value:
 

Points List: Sorted by Points

Points
Card Name
Color ID
1
Ancient Tomb
Colorless
1
Carpet of Flowers
Green
1
Chord of Calling
Green
1
Dark Ritual
Black
1
Drannith Magistrate
White
1
Dualcaster Mage
Red
1
Eladamri's Call
White Green
1
Eldritch Evolution
Green
1
Elvish Spirit Guide
Green
1
Finale of Devastation
Green
1
Gemstone Caverns
Colorless
1
Lotus Petal
Colorless
1
Mana Drain
Blue
1
Mana Vault
Colorless
1
Mox Opal
Colorless
1
Natural Order
Green
1
Neoform
Blue Green
1
Rhystic Study
Blue
1
Simian Spirit Guide
Red
1
Survival of the Fittest
Green
1
Wishclaw Talisman
Black
2
Brain Freeze
Blue
2
Chrome Mox
Colorless
2
Crop Rotation
Green
2
Diabolic Intent
Black
2
Entomb
Black
2
Food Chain
Green
2
Humility
White
2
Library of Alexandria
Colorless
2
Mox Diamond
Colorless
2
Primeval Titan
Green
2
Windfall
Blue
2
Winter Orb
Colorless
2
Yawgmoth's Will
Black
3
Biorhythm
Green
3
Braids, Cabal Minion
Black
3
Demonic Consultation
Black
3
Enlightened Tutor
White
3
Gamble
Red
3
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
WUBRG
3
Imperial Seal
Black
3
Jeweled Lotus
Colorless
3
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Blue Black Green
3
Mox Emerald
Green
3
Mox Jet
Black
3
Mox Pearl
White
3
Mox Ruby
Red
3
Mox Sapphire
Blue
3
Mystical Tutor
Blue
3
Narset, Parter of Veils
Blue
3
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Blue Green
3
Protean Hulk
Green
3
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Green
3
Sol Ring
Colorless
3
Tainted Pact
Black
3
Timetwister
Blue
3
Wheel of Fortune
Red
3
Worldly Tutor
Green
4
Ad Nauseam
Black
4
Demonic Tutor
Black
4
Doomsday
Black
4
Mana Crypt
Colorless
4
Panoptic Mirror
Colorless
4
Prophet of Kruphix
Blue Green
4
Sylvan Primordial
Green
4
Tolarian Academy
Blue
4
Vampiric Tutor
Black
5
Dockside Extortionist
Red
5
Lion's Eye Diamond
Colorless
5
Stasis
Blue
5
Underworld Breach
Red
6
Armageddon
White
6
Intuition
Blue
6
Ravages of War
White
6
Recurring Nightmare
Black
6
Sundering Titan
Colorless
7
Ancestral Recall
Blue
7
Black Lotus
Colorless
7
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Colorless
7
Erayo, Soratami Ascendant
Blue
7
Gifts Ungiven
Blue
7
Griselbrand
Black
7
Iona, Shield of Emeria
White
7
Lutri, the Spellchaser
Blue Red
7
Tinker
Blue
8
Balance
White
8
Fastbond
Green
8
Flash
Blue
8
Hullbreacher
Blue
8
Karakas
White
8
Nadu, Winged Wisdom
Blue Green
8
Paradox Engine
Colorless
8
Thassa's Oracle
Blue
8
Time Walk
Blue
8
Trade Secrets
Blue
8
Upheaval
Blue
8
Yawgmoth's Bargain
Black
9
Channel
Green
9
Limited Resources
White
9
Time Vault
Colorless

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