Highlander Blog

All infos about the tournament (Pairings, Standings, T8 Decklists)

http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=797.0

I am sure a lot of you people already know this because the biggest european card-selling plattform is going to organize a huge tournament weekend.

It will be held in Berlin and of course there is also a Highlander tournament which got a very good price support. All the details are here

http://www.magiccardmarket.eu/blog/?page_id=1509

Some other news: I´ve started my own Highlander column on Magic Universe. I present each week a new deck and there are already 12 decks available.

http://www.magicuniverse.de/html/kolumnen.php?id=2028&tempid=511.910.837.315.484 (current deck)

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tabrys (My YouTube channel where you can find all my videos, containing ladder games of other people and with comentary)

Here are the results for the 2nd Grand Prix Trial which was held in Berlin /03.12.11./

The results after 4 rounds of swiss:

Jonny 10 Pattern-Rector
Oliver 10 Bant
Christoph 9 RUG-KikiJiki-Pestermite Combo
Isaak 6 RDW
Aarne 6 BR Vampires
Martin 6 UW Tempo
Dion 6 BUG
Roy 6 Elves
Patrik 6 Bant
Thomas 3 Dark Bant
Henning 0

Top3 Lists

Pattern-Rector

• Lands
• Creatures
• Spells

Bant

• Lands
• Creatures
• Spells

RUG-Control Kiki Jiki-Pestermite Combo

• Lands
• Creatures
• Spells

Here are the results from the 1st Highlander Grand Prix Trial held in Berlin /26.11.11/ for the upcomming HLGP (which will be renamed but since there are no new names yet I will call it HLGP).

Standings after 4 rounds of swiss:

1.Cédric 12 Naya Zoo
2.Dion 9 BUG-AggroControl
3.Jan 9 Zoo-Rector
4.Christoph 9 RUG-Control
5.Oliver 7 Bant
6.Jonny 7 UWr
7.Marvin 6 BUG-AggroControl
8.Patrick 6 UWG-Blink
9.Oliver 6 Artifact-MultiCombo Battle of Wits
10.Jörg 6 5cProfliferate
11.Martin 6 Bant
12.Christian 6 UWr
13.Aarne 3 RB Gobbos
14.Eric 3 RDW-Sligh
15.Till 0 Esper-Control

Top3 Lists

Naya/Zoo

• Lands
• Creatures
• Spells

BUG-AggroControl

• Lands
• Creatures
• Spells

Zoo-Rector

• Lands
• Creatures
• Spells

News News News.

Its time again for the great Highlander Grand Prix which will be held on January 8th 2012 in Hanau. As usual we have a big price support and this time even with legacy and vintage events at the same weekend. Here is a link where you can find all further informations http://www.planetmtg.de/articles/artikel.html?id=5987&typ=2&action=comments if you are interested in the legacy and vintage part.

Additionaly there will be Highlander side events the whole weekend + a Highlander Pimp tourney which is limited to 16 players which can only participate if they send a photo with the whole deck to  homepage@jk-store.de

Payout Highlander Grand Prix:

1st Place: The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (ital.) + Bazaar of Baghdad and a trophey (yay)

2nd Place: Bazaar of Baghdad + Burning of Xinye

3rd Place: Jace, the Mind Sculptor foil

4th Place: The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (ital.)

5-8th Place: Duals (revised)

9-16th Place: 30€ credit note for th JK entertainment (the shop will be on the site)

Besides that there will be a PTQ after the 3rd round of the HLGP (format Modern).

So get your decks pimped and teched and show up in the new year!

To get the results,  T8 lists and a small meta game analysis of the Capitol Cup follow the link

http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=718.msg6578#msg6578

Hello fellow Highlander Players

I proudly announce the first Highlander Capitol Cup in Berlin on Saturday, 10. Sep. 2011 at the “Gate to Arcadia”, Eisenacher Straße 43, 10823 Berlin (directly at U7 Station Eisenacher Straße)

Registration will start at 10:00, the tournament at 11:00.
Maximum size for the tournament is 100 players.
Admission fee is 15,00 €.
Decklist are required.
Reflecting sleeves or sleeves with pictures, writings or logos are not allowed.
You can pre register and reserve a spot for the tourney by posting your full name and DCI-Nr.

We are following the rules and Banned List of Magicplayer.org.
Rounds have an one hour time limit with three extra turns.

According to the number of players there will be X rounds of Swiss , followed by the Top8.

The Price Pool for 64 Players:

1.   Tundra (French lim.)
2.   Bayou (German lim.)
3.   Plateau (German lim.)
4.   Berserk (Beta)
5.   Badlands (revised)
6.   Wooded Foothills (Foil, Engish)
7.   Natural Order (Visions, English)
8.   Natural Order (Portal, German)
9.   Transmute Artifact
10.   Sinkhole (unlimited)
11.   Power Artifact
12.   Polluted Delta (German)
13.   Flooded Strand (English)
14.   Bloodstained Mire (English)
15.   Verdant Catacombs (English)
16.   Arid Mesa (English)

The Price Pool is subject to changes according to the number of players taking part in the event. If more than 64 players show up the price pool will be larger, if less players show up it will be smaller.

I would highly recommend to come to Berlin on friday to either play one of the FNMs or to participate in our weekly thursday/friday HL tournament (3,50 €, 1Booster, Rare pick) or to go out and party.

On Saturday we might arrange a Players Party…

Cheap hostels are available all over the city, or maybe somebody lets you sleep on their couch or floor.

I´m looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Cheers

Martin
P.S.: The Player with the furthest journey to Berlin will recieve free admission for the Tourney.

This entry is a quick summarization of the HL-event from the german national championship. I hope I get my hands on the decklists or maybe the players could add some information about the matches and decks since I was busy playing my own match. Check this entry again for further updates.

95 players participated and Patrick Richter got the 1st place. Congratulations

Standings after 7 rounds of swiss:

1. Jonny Al-Saidi (UG-AggroControl)
2. Sebastian Nötzel (UWGr-HotBant)
3. Jochen Korbel (5c Aggro)
4. Marcus Freier (4c Goodstuff no black)
5. Patrick Richter (4c Goodstuff no red)
6. Kai Thiemann (4c-Blood-Midrange)
7. Daniel Barenhoff (UWb-Control)
8. Christoph Ohlrogge (WBG-PatternRector)

Quarterfinals:

Christoph vs Jonny       2:0

Jochen vs Kai                   2:1

Patrick vs Marcus          2:1

Sebastian vs Daniel       2:1

Semifinals:

Patrick vs Christoph   2:0

Jochen vs Sebastian   2:0

Finals:

Patrick vs Jochen       2:0

Top8 Decklists:

http://pmtg-forum.de/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=5664

Hello world,

I just want to inform you guys about the upcomming german national championship which will be held on 11.08.11-14.08.11 in Iserlohn.
Suprisingly there will be a highlander tournament with a moderate prize-payout ( I think its similar to the Highlander Grand Prix value).
I recommend to check the site Information Site to get updates or further informations.

So if you planing to go there make sure to look at the local meta since there is a very active highlander scene.
Iserlohn HL
EDIT The TO of the tournament agreed to lower the entry fee to 15€ instead of 20€. Great news.

Prizepool:

1.Platz: Mishra’s Workshop
2.Platz: The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale italian
3.Platz: Grim Tutor
4.Platz: Taiga ger limited
5.Platz: Savannah ger limited
6.Platz: Badlands ger limited
7.Platz: Plateau ger limited
8.Platz: Scrublands ger limited
9.Platz: Guru Swamp
10.Platz: Savannah Revised
11.Platz: Taiga Revised
12.Platz: Scrubland Revised
13.Platz: Plateau Revised
14.Platz: Plateau Revised
15.Platz: Berserk From the Vault Exile Box
16.Platz: Berserk From the Vault Exile Box