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
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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
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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
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
Today I will present the report of Martin Pieler which got 2nd on the 8th Highlander Grand Prix with his Boros Deck. He was kind enough to write a quick text and provide me his deck list. So I hope you enjoy his writings and got some impression of the event.
First the list:
I played this deck a while ago (when Survival was still legal) because mana denial (Geddon, Moon, Winter Orb) + a fast clock was to my mind the best method to defeat all this UGx Goodstuffdecks. After the banning of SotF I played Naya Zoo with a higher man curve, because I thought this Goodstuff decks won´t be dominating any longer. I failed. I tested myself a while different Goodstuff builds get 2 conclusions: 1. there is no optimal list and 2. this decks don´t follow a straight game plan, which I hated most.
I updated my Boros-list with new cards and played in Iserlohn in January and won the tournament. I expected many UGx decks on the GP so I choose to play Boros here as well. You have a very good matchup against these, except they manage to play kitchen finks, Loxodon Hierarch, Baneslayer Angel in a row… Your Aggro matchup against 3-5c Zoo is obviously not so good, because they have better creatures, but if you get enough evasion on the table make creature combat not happen and draw enough burn you can defeat them.
But let´s see how the GP was like:
Round 1
I got a bye from the HL Trail in Essen
Round 2 vs. Matthias Wigge (Bant)
First game:Hhe shows me how to defeat my deck with Noble Hierach into Rhox War Monk. I found no solution for this guy, so it was a fast match. (Sorry for conceding so you can`t get the 30 life booster bingo)
Second game: Luck was on my side: He mulliganed to unspoiled 6 and was screwed on 1 land. I killed his mana elf leaving him with an Aether Vial but he can´t stop my army.
Third game: I haven’t made any notes, but he mulliganed to 6 with spoil. He hasn’t any life gain so I think a combination of flyers and burn finished him.
Round 3 vs. Phillipp Erle (Domain Zoo)
First game: I played Black Vise on turn one which dealt 10 damage since he was screwed thanks to my Wasteland.
Second Game: We both played some guys and he had the bigger ones but I killed him with my Hero of Bladehold on turn 5.
Round 4 vs. Jacob Krause (Bant)
First Game: I was flooded and his Thrun with an equipped Sword of Fire / Ice beat the shit out of me really fast.
Second Game: I played Sulfuric Vortex on turn 3 which finished him off after some beats.
Third Game: I had flyers with Bonesplitter so he couldn’t do much against my evasion force and btw. At first everybody laughed at Order of the Golden Cricket but this man made alone 10 damage, so don’t laugh again.
Round 5 vs. Jonny Al-Saidi (UG)
First Game: I had a Suntail Hawk with grafted war gear and a glint hawk idol; he had Wall of blossoms and call of the heard tokens, so no blocking just beating. And I won the race…
Second Game: I go down to 6 cards and use the spoil-mulligan. This time I played 2 2/2 Flyer but he had Trygon Predator+ counter backup for my burn so he could drive this home easy.
Third Game: I got some pressure on the table. He have not much except lands and some little guys after my Koth gets on the board I was able to force him to chump and my Emblem finished him off.
Round 6 and 7
After my 5-0-0 run I could ID two times in Top 8
Quarter Finals vs. Thomas Stier (4c Blood)
First Game: I started with Black Vise (which normally isn’t that good in this MU but I thought 5 damage should be very good) and he had a very slow start so the expected 5 damage went to 11. His fatties get stalled out by my Mother of Runes and no removal on his side where enough for my victory.
Second Game: Soltari Monk with Bonesplitter did most of the work, Ajani Goldmane helped me in the damage race against his green guys and my two flyers did the rest.
Semi Finals vs. Patrick Richter (4c Goodstuff)
First Game: Patrick starts with Noble Hierach, Kitchen Finks and Zur who was quite good. I played Blood Moon to slow him down but it denied me the second white mana which I needed to win this game.
Second Game: I played Ankh of Mishra on turn 2 he tutored Baneslayer Angel but before he gets on the field my guys killed him off.
Third Game: I kept a hand with lands, some guys and Price of Progress, while I was dreaming how this card will finish him off, he played Duress on turn 1 which discarded my PoP but with no lifegain on his side my airforce fled me to the final!
Finals vs. Jochen Korbel (5c Zoo)
First Game: I had no chance in this game because he burned my creatures and had also enough beat down. After a some 2:1 trades I had to concede, even PoP wouldn`t won because his Ajani kept his life high enough.
Second Game: He mulliganed to 5 and I could kill 2 of his guys with Arc Trail so he had not much left except for a Dark Confidant which did 7 damage to him so I had only to attack a few times.
Third Game: I mulliganed to 6 and spoiled then and kept a 1 land Hand.His Goblin Guide gives me some lands after some trading and a few attacks later our life totals were 4 (Me) vs 13 (Jochen). At the end the situation is as followed (which I totally messed up):
He had a Tarmogoyf with Rancor (6/5) and one card in hand. I have Accorder Paladin with Bonesplitter and Elspeth. In my Hand I got Chain Lightning, Savannah Lions and Hells Thunder. I thought a while playing the risky move going down to 3 because of my barbarian ring to cast the Hells Thunder. I was calculating the damage but then I made a mistake and started to calculate again: Accorder Paladin (3)+ Bonesplitter (2)+ Elspeth pump (3) = 8 damage+ 4 from the Hells Thunder =12… 12? Shit he is at 13,”WTF!” I thought…
So I only attacked with the thunder played lion and made a token, obviously this wouldn’t save me since his Tarmogoyf had trample. If I just attacked with the Paladin and the Hells Thunder I would have won because of the battlecry trigger which I missed after my calculation.
But so I have to say “Congratulations Jochen!”
So have fun flaming me who is such a dumbass and could made the second place on this GP!
Some remarks:
Tops:
- Nice games
- Deck worked well
- Seeing some people played only against multiple times
- Good organizations: End of Top 8: 10 p.m.
Flops:
- Only 89 players
- The guy from the restaurant was not very friendly and polite
- I´m note able to count till 13
This entry is just a quick information about the upcomming event.
As most of you allready know we will have our 8th Highlander Grand Prix this weekend. I will post the T8 deck lists here and maybe we get some coverage or at least some reports from the T8 players.
We allready have 75 reservation and I hope the number of participants will be at least as large as it was last year (142).
For further information regarding prices, starting time and location please visit:
http://www.magicplayer.org/#hlgp8
Edit:
We have a new Highlander, its Jochen Korbel aka Goblin Piledriver with 5c Alara Aggro.
This time we´ve got 89 players but it was still a great tournament. I hope to get the lists of the top8 in the next days and publish it here.
Standings after 7 rounds of swiss:
1. Martin Pieler (Boros) Peeler
2. Sebastian Reich (UG Aggro Control)
3. Jochen Korbel (5c Alara-Aggro) Goblin Piledriver
4. Jonny Al-Saidi (UG Aggro Control) Tabris
5. Patrick Richter (4c Goodstuff) Firestarter
6. Claus Diefenbach (RDW)
7. Fabian Januchowski (WW)
8. Thomas Stier (4c Blood)
Quarterfinals
Martin vs Thomas 2:0
Patrick vs Jonny 2:0
Jochen vs Claus 2:0
Sebastian vs Fabian 2:0
Semifinals
Martin vs Patrick 2:1
Jochen vs Sebastian 2:0
Finals
Jochen vs Martin 2:1
Here can you find all T8 decklists
http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=579.msg5754#msg5754
Today I will present a deck provided by Nastaboi. He is not only describing his deck but also give some thoughts about the actual meta game. Maybe it could be an impulse and start a discussion here. If not enjoy the decklist
Here is the list:
For several years, Wizards has been really pushing creatures. They have become more efficient and powerful. As a result, even traditional control decks have shifted their focus from draw-go and adapted playing more creatures, thus becoming more like tap-out or goodstuff decks. As I see it now, the online Highlander meta can be divided into three types of decks: aggressive decks (RDW, Goblins, Zoo, WW, Elves), goodstuff decks with midsize utility creatures (Bant, 5c, Pattern-Rector) and fancy decks (Staxx, Oath, Reanimator, Mana Ramp and all those not-quite combo decks I use to play). The third category decks are typical 2nd tier decks: fun, inconsistent, and easily swarmed.
As I started thinking about a deck to play in the ladder tournament, my focus was definitely on creatures, as most opponents would put their money on them to win games. And I wanted to punish them, with Wraths and Moats and Humility. To fully utilize those cards, I needed to find another angle of attack. Usually for me that would mean some kind of combo finish, but this time I focused on strong individual cards to take the game: Planeswalkers. Many of them are absurdly powerful, and they are capable both controlling opposing creatures and actually winning the game.
I see people playing all five colors in a control deck just because mise. I believe this is just plain wrong. Either it makes your deck unfocused, or then it just strains your mana base unnecessarily. Many colors have cards and effects that just overlap, and even if they don’t, you should ask yourself questions like “am I really playing red just for these four cards”. My advice is to stick on two main colors, which has several advantages: less color screw, more resistance against hate (basics), and access to colorless lands and cards like Vedalken Shackles. In control decks, however, there is no reason not to include third color as a very light splash. Changes are you’d play an off-color dual anyway for Explosives along with some stones, fetchlands and bounce lands.
As a side note about the bounce lands. I have noticed that most people don’t play Ravnica bounce lands aka karoos as opposed to me always including them in my control lists. Most importantly, they are card advantage. Would you play a land that enters the battlefield tapped but lets you search your library for another land and put that in your hand? In addition to providing card advantage, they increase the total mana potential of a deck, and even fix the mana. They have other uses as well, like reactivating Tolaria West or escaping under Winter Orb. Sole drawback is Wasteland, which can be devastating if it hits a bounce land in early game. That’s why it is advisable not to play a bounce land second turn if given a choice.
Blue was a natural inclusion as it just has all the best control cards. White has the best removal, best defensive creatures and best planeswalkers. What to splash was really a choice between Ajani and Demonic. I choose Ajani as he suits the deck’s theme better. Notice that the splash is just three and half cards deep, all single casters.
I choose not to play any 6cc spells to keep curve low enough. So no Titans, Wurmcoil etc. This may be plain wrong, but now I had no pressure to add things like Coalition Relic or Solemn Simulacrum, which meant more slots for cards that actually do something. I did play some creatures as they are good in two things: they block, which means I can be more selective with my removal, and they attack, which makes finishing games much easier. I only choose creatures that have immediate value. With this deck I don’t really care if my opponent tries to remove one of my creatures, as it has already gained some value in addition to taking a card off his hand, and I’ll get to save my counters for his big spells. Dozen counterspells mean I need not to worry about any of those fancy decks, and cheap counters are good against just anything.
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir was underperforming in the tournament, and there are some other debatable or metagame dependant cards. Some of the cards I tinkered with include Elspeth Tirel , Akromas Vengeance, Rolling Earthquake, Rout, Future Sight,Spreading Seas, Into the Roil and 6cc monsters. I haven’t tested the deck enough against fast aggro to see if it warrants more slots, but I think you should do fine with proper mulliganing.
While I liked the deck and the results, some games I played against goodstuff decks really got me thinking. With new powerful creatures and planeswalkers, the games have become really swingy. In drawn-out games, every topdeck could turn the tables and put the previously advantaged player in a tough spot. It has some bright sides, too. The games are not that much determined in the first couple of turns, and patient play will be rewarded when defending player draws an equally powerful answer. My main concern is that the decks are becoming less like decks and more like a collection of cards. When you pick a theme and build around it, changes are, your deck will be cute but most likely less powerful than a generic goodstuff deck. Well, at least Goblins are still going strong.
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