Hello, folks! In an article about a month ago, I explained a long-term project that I wanted to work on. I wanted to create the largest reasonable Hardcore Highlander decks that I could. What is Hardcore Highlander?

That will obviously be an interesting challenge! How high can we feasibly go when the entire deck is virtually nonbasic lands?

As a few sidebars, I also wanted to run a five-color deck, with at least ten percent of my nonlands being from each color. If I am going to invest all of that time, I might as well build this thing right, right?

I invited you folks to join this challenge with me and handed out my e-mail to y’all.

What submissions did I look over?

We had a few people decide to go smaller—with some choosing instead a smaller, hundred-card Commander deck. It’s an easier challenge for them. For example, here’s Jon Faffley’s Hardcore Highlander take on Kresh the Bloodbraided:

Kresh the Bloodbraided ? Hardcore Highlander Commander | Jon Faffley

• Commander (0)

• Creatures (21)
• 1 Ambush Viper
• 1 Avatar of Woe
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bloodfire Colossus
• 1 Crater Hellion
• 1 Doomgape
• 1 Dread
• 1 Flametongue Kavu
• 1 Harvester of Souls
• 1 Reaper from the Abyss
• 1 Rockslide Elemental
• 1 Royal Assassin
• 1 Sepulchral Primordial
• 1 Spiritmonger
• 1 Steel Hellkite
• 1 Glissa, the Traitor
• 1 Kaervek the Merciless
• 1 Malfegor
• 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1 Tsabo Tavoc
• 1 Visara the Dreadful

• Planeswalkers (1)
• 1 Vraska the Unseen

• Spells (44)
• 1 Auger Spree
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Devour in Shadow
• 1 Doom Blade
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Murder
• 1 Murderous Cut
• 1 Naturalize
• 1 Putrefy
• 1 Reclaim
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Starstorm
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Victim of Night
• 1 Worldly Tutor
• 1 Eyeblight's Ending
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Chain Reaction
• 1 Damnation
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Dreadbore
• 1 Flame Slash
• 1 Jokulhaups
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Plague Wind
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Death Pits of Rath
• 1 Defense of the Heart
• 1 Grave Betrayal
• 1 Grave Pact
• 1 Haunted Crossroads
• 1 Pernicious Deed
• 1 Seal of Doom
• 1 Argentum Armor
• 1 Bonehoard
• 1 Darksteel Plate
• 1 Feldon's Cane
• 1 Gilded Lotus
• 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Thornbite Staff
• 1 Grimoire of the Dead

• Lands (33)
• 1 Forest
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Bayou
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Darigaaz's Caldera
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Golgari Guildgate
• 1 Gruul Guildgate
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mirrodin's Core
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Rakdos Guildgate
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Savage Lands
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Strip Mine
• 1 Taiga
• 1 Tainted Peak
• 1 Tainted Wood
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Vesuva
• 1 Vivid Crag
• 1 Vivid Grove
• 1 Vivid Marsh
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1 Gaea's Cradle

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This is a pretty solid take on the Hardcore Highlander concept. Oh, and I want to toss a special toss to Ambush Viper. After including in a budget deck in real life just as an extra body, I’ve become very fond of its ability to play two roles as needed.

So, where did my own deck wind up? Here’s the Google Doc.

Get the Balance Right

As I mentioned in the previous article, the hardest part of this challenge is the mana. Figuring that out will really free you with everything else.

I have around three hundred sixty lands making the final cut (three hundred sixty-nine actually). That means that if I have a normal sixty/forty land breakdown, I should aim for nine hundred cards total, which leaves five hundred sixty nonland cards for the deck. (I might end up with a few more.) Now, if you’ll recall the color-based aspects of my challenge, that means I need fifty-six cards of each color in the deck. That’s my goal.

The first place I have to look is at the artifact-mana support cards, particularly those that can make any mana. A card like Darksteel Ingot, Manalith, or Scuttlemutt is going to find an immediate home. I didn’t care how janky it was; from Meteorite to Opaline Unicorn to Mana Prism, it went in. I also grabbed the green guys like Birds of Paradise and Joiner Adept while I was hitting that theme. Colorless mana-fetchers like Expedition Map and Solemn Simulacrum followed because they checked multiple boxes.

I also weighed any card that would fetch any land out—from Crop Rotation and Weathered Wayfarer to Sylvan Scrying and Reap and Sow. With such a small number of basic lands to fetch up, I knew we needed more. After looking at my mana base, I realized we had a lot of a certain land type. Take Forests—we could find Forest and the Snow-Covered Forest plus the ten dual lands and Murmuring Bosk, Dryad Arbor, and Sapseep Forest. That’s a lot of Forests to fetch. I dug a little deeper into cards that would search up a Plains, Swamp, or Forest than the basic-land-grabbers. My land-fetchers are more like Ranger's Path than Cultivate. And we can find cards like Shard Convergence or Gem of Becoming that are downright nasty here.

Dealing with “A Big Deck”

Because we have such a large deck, I want to dip into cards that will let us see more cards. These include cyclers like Expunge and Radiant's Judgment and scry effects like Magma Jet and Read the Bones. It’s important to see a lot of cards from the very beginning—the more cards in, the more likely you are to have serious variance.

This is also a great home for those casual-tastic cards that don’t fit into most Commander decks due to color identity. I’ll give you a great example: Wargate. I adore Wargate. It’s the best tutor/problem-maker/answer-finder that you could want. But outside of Bant and five-color decks, you can’t run it in Commander. This project is a great place to run cards like Lavalanche and Torrent Elemental.

I looked for cards that would just kick ass in a five-color deck—many that aren’t able to stretch their muscles much in Commander. These are cards like All Suns' Dawn, Etched Oracle, and Bringer of the Blue Dawn. I steered very far from the domain cards—I’m not sure that an effect like Tribal Flames plays into the wonky land base.

After I tossed in cards that I thought were fun, land-fetching stuff, mana-making, five-color good stuff, and more, the next place I wanted to hone in on was any sort of theme that worked for my deck. You might as well have a theme, right? You can literally find space for any Magic ever made in this challenge, so you need to find a way to figure out what works and plays together.

I thought about something like token creatures or +1/+1 counters—every color has cards that fit those two themes. Neither really sold me. Perhaps I could do morph. It’s a recently-revisited mechanic from Tarkir that also has some fun follow-up in Time Spiral and Onslaught blocks. That’d work.

I am using things that make things bounce. You can bounce your own stuff! You can bounce opposing stuff. You can do both at once. Get your bounce on, baby!

This theme works with cards that have awesome enters-the-battlefield triggers. I tossed in cards both cheap and expensive with abilities both fun and backbreaking. Obviously, you’ll have the expected bunch like Reclamation Sage and Mulldrifter taking up space. Beyond that, though, we have a lot of space to fill, and that enables the deck to fully flesh out that theme.

Let me give you a few fun examples. Want to draw cards early and often? How about Sea Gate Oracle, Raven Familiar, or Cryptic Annelid? We have cards like Zealous Conscripts, Haze Frog, and Mindclaw Shaman. And all of these cards work; it’s not as though I’m running Hunting Moa or anything.

What sort of self-bouncing am I taking about? How about Cloudstone Curio; will that work? Just play a dork, bounce another to play, and keep on trucking. You can use Crystal Shard or Erratic Portal, too.

I also layered a lot of Flicker engines on top like chocolate syrup. We have Conjurer's Closet, Nephalia Smuggler, and Venser, the Sojourner all hanging around. Because Flicker effects play well with the same mechanic, right? Right! (Oh, and friends don’t let friends play with Deadeye Navigator. But I still ran Commander heavies Primeval Titan and Sylvan Primordial because we just need lands way too much, and it’s not as though a nine-hundred-card deck is prone to abuse of any single card.)

And the final cherry on top of our Highlander sundae is ninjutsu. Sure, we have included the useful ones that have awesome triggers, such as Silent-Blade Oni and Ninja of the Deep Hours. But these folks also add another layer of bouncing and Flickering to our ETB suite of stuff.

I also made a choice not to be a dork. Remember one of the key rules about multiplayer: Don’t be a d*&k! It’s extremely important, especially in a slow-moving environment like this one. So you won’t see cards like Anathemancer. Now, if you want to run Incendiary Command or Goblin Ruinblaster, that’s fine by me, but let’s not overegg the land-destruction pudding.

In the appendix of this article, you’ll be able to check out my full-on deck. Get ready for the fun to develop!

And that’s my challenge done! Whew! Nine hundred cards later, I have a deck that doesn’t have any repeated cards, so it’s a thing. Remember that you can Hardcore Highlander all you want. Hardcore that Commander deck or make it the theme for your next Magic night. Get all crazy! I hope you liked it.

Appendix A

I have an online forum game that I created that I am just starting. It’s extremely detailed, based a bit on various RPGs, such as Dungeons & Dragons. It’s a lot of fun, and if you are interested in following it, check it out.

Appendix B

Get ready!

The nine-hundred-card deck:

Colorless ? Hardcore Highlander Challenge | Abe Sargent

• Lands (366)
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Plains
• 1 Forest
• 1 Island
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1 Snow-Covered Forest
• 1 Snow-Covered Plains
• 1 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1 Ancient Spring
• 1 Arcane Lighthouse
• 1 Blasted Landscape
• 1 Bog Wreckage
• 1 Dryad Arbor
• 1 Flamekin Village
• 1 Kabira Crossroads
• 1 Kher Keep
• 1 Maze's End
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Orzhov Basilica
• 1 Petrified Field
• 1 Prahv, Spires of Order
• 1 Ravaged Highlands
• 1 Scabland
• 1 School of the Unseen
• 1 Seafloor Debris
• 1 Sejiri Steppe
• 1 Shadowblood Ridge
• 1 Shelldock Isle
• 1 Spinerock Knoll
• 1 Springjack Pasture
• 1 Teetering Peaks
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Timberland Ruins
• 1 Urza's Factory
• 1 Abandoned Outpost
• 1 Academy Ruins
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Akoum Refuge
• 1 Alchemist's Refuge
• 1 Ancient Amphitheater
• 1 Ancient Den
• 1 Ancient Ziggurat
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arctic Flats
• 1 Arena
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Auntie's Hovel
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Azorius Guildgate
• 1 Bad River
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Bant Panorama
• 1 Barren Moor
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Bayou
• 1 Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodfell Caves
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Blossoming Sands
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Boreal Shelf
• 1 Boros Garrison
• 1 Boros Guildgate
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Calciform Pools
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Cathedral of War
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Celestial Colonnade
• 1 Cinder Marsh
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Cloudcrest Lake
• 1 Coastal Tower
• 1 Copperline Gorge
• 1 Creeping Tar Pit
• 1 Crosis's Catacombs
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Crystal Quarry
• 1 Dakmor Salvage
• 1 Darigaaz's Caldera
• 1 Dark Depths
• 1 Darkslick Shores
• 1 Darksteel Citadel
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Desert
• 1 Deserted Temple
• 1 Desolate Lighthouse
• 1 Diamond Valley
• 1 Dimir Aqueduct
• 1 Dimir Guildgate
• 1 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dread Statuary
• 1 Dreadship Reef
• 1 Drifting Meadow
• 1 Dromar's Cavern
• 1 Drowned Catacombs
• 1 Dust Bowl
• 1 Eiganjo Castle
• 1 Elfhame Palace
• 1 Encroaching Wastes
• 1 Esper Panorma
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faerie Conclave
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1 Flagstones of Trokair
• 1 Flood Plain
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Forbidden Orchard
• 1 Forbidden Watchtower
• 1 Forgotten Cave
• 1 Frontier Bivouac
• 1 Frost Marsh
• 1 Fungal Reaches
• 1 Gaea's Cradle
• 1 Gargoyle Castle
• 1 Gavony Township
• 1 Gemstone Mine
• 1 Ghitu Encampment
• 1 Ghost Quarter
• 1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Golgari Guildgate
• 1 Golgari Rot Farm
• 1 Grand Coliseum
• 1 Grasslands
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Graypelt Refuge
• 1 Great Furnace
• 1 Grim Backwoods
• 1 Grixis Panorama
• 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1 Grove of the Guardian
• 1 Gruul Guildgate
• 1 Gruul Turf
• 1 Halimar Depths
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hammerheim
• 1 Hellion Crucible
• 1 Henge of Ramos
• 1 High Market
• 1 Highland Weald
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Homeward Path
• 1 Horizon Canopy
• 1 Howltooth Hollow
• 1 Irrigation Ditch
• 1 Island of Wak-Wak
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Izzet Boilerworks
• 1 Izzet Guildgate
• 1 Jund Panorama
• 1 Jungle Hollow
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1 Karakas
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kazandu Refuge
• 1 Keldon Megaliths
• 1 Keldon Necropolis
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Khalni Garden
• 1 Kor Haven
• 1 Krosan Verge
• 1 Lantern-Lit graveyard
• 1 Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1 Leechridden Swamp
• 1 Library of Alexandria
• 1 Llanowar Reborn
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Lonely Sandbar
• 1 Lotus Vale
• 1 Madblind Mountain
• 1 Magosi, the Waterveil
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1 Mirrodin's Core
• 1 Mishra's Factory
• 1 Mistveil Plains
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mogg Hollows
• 1 Molten Slagheap
• 1 Moonring Island
• 1 Moorland Haunt
• 1 Mossfire Valley
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 1 Mountain Valley
• 1 Murmuring Bosk
• 1 Mutavault
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Mystic Monastery
• 1 Mystifying Maze
• 1 Naya Panorama
• 1 Nephalia Drownyard
• 1 New Benalia
• 1 Nimbus Maze
• 1 Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
• 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Orzhov Guildgate
• 1 Orzhova, the Church of Deals
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Pendelhaven
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Phyrexia's Core
• 1 Pinecrest Ridge
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Polluted Mire
• 1 Raging Ravine
• 1 Rainbow Vale
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 1 Rakdos Guildgate
• 1 Razorvine Thicket
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Remote Isle
• 1 Riftstone Portal
• 1 Rith's Grove
• 1 River of Tears
• 1 Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1 Rocky Tar Pit
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Rootwater Depths
• 1 Rugged Highlands
• 1 Rugged Prarie
• 1 Rupture Spire
• 1 Rustic Clachan
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Salt Marsh
• 1 Saltcrusted Steppe
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Sapseep Forest
• 1 Savage Lands
• 1 Savannah
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Seaside Citadel
• 1 Seat of the Synod
• 1 Secluded Glen
• 1 Secluded Steppe
• 1 Sejiri Refuge
• 1 Selesnya Guildgate
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Shimmering Grotto
• 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1 Shivan Gorge
• 1 Shivan Oasis
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1 Simic Growth Chamber
• 1 Simic Guildgate
• 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Slayers' Stronghold
• 1 Slippery Karst
• 1 Smoldering Crater
• 1 Spawning Pool
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stensia Bloodhall
• 1 Stirring Wildwood
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Strip Mine
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sungrass Prarie
• 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1 Taiga
• 1 Tectonic Edge
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Temple of Abandon
• 1 Temple of Deceit
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Temple of Malady
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 1 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Temple of Triumph
• 1 Terminal Moraine
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thalakos Lowlands
• 1 Thawing Glaciers
• 1 Thespian's Stage
• 1 Thornwood Falls
• 1 Thran Quarry
• 1 Timberland Ruins
• 1 Tinder Farm
• 1 Tolaria
• 1 Tolaria West
• 1 Tolarian Academy
• 1 Tower of the Magistrate
• 1 Tranquil Cove
• 1 Tranquil Garden
• 1 Tranquil Thicket
• 1 Transguild Promenade
• 1 Tree of Tales
• 1 Treetop Village
• 1 Tresserhorn Sinks
• 1 Treva's Ruins
• 1 Tropical Island
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Underground Sea
• 1 Undiscovered Paradise
• 1 Unknown Shores
• 1 Unstable Frontier
• 1 Urborg
• 1 Urborg Volcano
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Vault of Whispers
• 1 Vec Townships
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Vesuva
• 1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
• 1 Vivid Crag
• 1 Vivid Creek
• 1 Vivid Grove
• 1 Vivid Marsh
• 1 Vivid Meadow
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Volrath's Stronghold
• 1 Wanderwine Hub
• 1 Wasteland
• 1 Waterveil Cavern
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windbrisk Heights
• 1 Winding Canyons
• 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Bastion
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Yavimaya Hollow
• 1 Zoetic Cavern

• Mana Artifacts (37)
• 1 Alloy Myr
• 1 Astral Cornucopia
• 1 Astrolabe
• 1 Burnished Hart
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Chromatic Sphere
• 1 Chromatic Star
• 1 Coalition Relic
• 1 Coldsteel Heart
• 1 Darksteel Ingot
• 1 Dreamstone Hedron
• 1 Everflowing Chalice
• 1 Expedition Map
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Gem of Becoming
• 1 Gilded Lotus
• 1 Guardian Idol
• 1 Kaleidostone
• 1 Khalni Gem
• 1 Lotus Guardian
• 1 Mana Prism
• 1 Manalith
• 1 Meteorite
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mox Diamond
• 1 Opaline Unicorn
• 1 Palladium Myr
• 1 Paradise Mantle
• 1 Prismatic Lens
• 1 Prophetic Prism
• 1 Scuttlemutt
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Terrarion
• 1 Thran Dynamo
• 1 Vessel of Endless Rest
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble

• Artifacts (65)
• 1 Akroma's Memorial
• 1 Argentum Armor
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Batterskull
• 1 Blightsteel Colossus
• 1 Bonehoard
• 1 Chariot of Victory
• 1 Citanul Flute
• 1 Cloudstone Curio
• 1 Conjurer's Closet
• 1 Crucible of Worlds
• 1 Crystal Ball
• 1 Crystal Shard
• 1 Darksteel Colossus
• 1 Darksteel Plate
• 1 Darksteel Sentinel
• 1 Diviner's Wand
• 1 Duplicant
• 1 Engineered Explosives
• 1 Erratic Portal
• 1 Etched Monstrosity
• 1 Etched Oracle
• 1 Fist of Suns
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loxodon Warhammer
• 1 Mangara's Tome
• 1 Memory Jar
• 1 Mind's Eye
• 1 Mindslaver
• 1 Mirari
• 1 Mirror Golem
• 1 Myr Battlesphere
• 1 Neko Te
• 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1 Nihil Spellbomb
• 1 Nim Deathmantle
• 1 Obelisk of Alara
• 1 Oblivion Stone
• 1 Opaline Bracers
• 1 Perilous Vault
• 1 Scroll Rack
• 1 Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1 Staff of Domination
• 1 Staff of Nin
• 1 Steel Hellkite
• 1 Steel Wall
• 1 Strionic Resonator
• 1 Stuffy Doll
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sword of Body and Mind
• 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1 Sword of Vengeance
• 1 Sword of War and Peace
• 1 Tawnos's Coffin
• 1 Temporal Aperture
• 1 Triskelion
• 1 Umezawa's Jitte
• 1 Vedalken Orrery
• 1 Worn Powerstone
• 1 Wurmcoil Engine

• Colorless (4)
• 1 Karn Liberated
• 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

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White ? Hardcore Highlander Challenge | Abe Sargent

• Creatures (35)
• 1 Academy Rector
• 1 Angel of the Dire Hour
• 1 Baneslayer Angel
• 1 Bringer of the White Dawn
• 1 Dawnglare Invoker
• 1 Eternal Dragon
• 1 Glory
• 1 Imposing Sovereign
• 1 Karmic Guide
• 1 Kor Cartographer
• 1 Loxodon Gatekeeper
• 1 Mirror Entity
• 1 Mother of Runes
• 1 Noble Templar
• 1 Ojutai Exemplars
• 1 Pristine Angel
• 1 Restoration Angel
• 1 Stoneforge Mystic
• 1 Stonehewer Giant
• 1 Sun Titan
• 1 Sunblast Angel
• 1 Sunscorch Regent
• 1 Taj-Nar Swordsmith
• 1 Temple Acolyte
• 1 Wall of Omens
• 1 Weathered Wayfarer
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Wingmate Roc
• 1 Commander Eesha
• 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1 Mageta the Lion
• 1 Masako the Humorless
• 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1 Yosei, the Morning Star
• 1 Adarkar Valkyrie

• Planeswalkers (5)
• 1 Ajani Goldmane
• 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1 Gideon Jura
• 1 Nahiri, the Lithomancer

• Spells (29)
• 1 Dawn Charm
• 1 Dismantling Blow
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Faith's Reward
• 1 Gleam of Resistance
• 1 Momentary Blink
• 1 Orim's Thunder
• 1 Otherwordly Journey
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Radiant's Judgment
• 1 Return to Dust
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tithe
• 1 Valorous Stance
• 1 Crib Swap
• 1 Akroma's Vengeance
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Balance
• 1 Decree of Justice
• 1 Hallowed Burial
• 1 Rout
• 1 Terminus
• 1 Wrath of God
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Citadel Siege
• 1 Dictate of Heliod
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Marshal's Anthem
• 1 Norn's Annex

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Blue ? Hardcore Highlander Challenge | Abe Sargent

• Creatures (34)
• 1 Aeon Chronicler
• 1 Archaeomancer
• 1 Bringer of the Blue Dawn
• 1 Chasm Skulker
• 1 Clever Impersonator
• 1 Consecrated Sphinx
• 1 Cryptic Annelid
• 1 Draining Whelk
• 1 Dungeon Geists
• 1 Frost Titan
• 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1 Icefall Regent
• 1 Looter il-Kor
• 1 Magus of the Jar
• 1 Man-o'-War
• 1 Metathran Aerostat
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Nephalia Smuggler
• 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1 Raven Familiar
• 1 Rishadan Brigand
• 1 Sage-Eye Avengers
• 1 Sakashima's Student
• 1 Sea Gate Oracle
• 1 Shoreline Ranger
• 1 Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1 Torrent Elemental
• 1 Tradewind Rider
• 1 Vesuvan Doppelganger
• 1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
• 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1 Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1 Venser, Shaper Savant

• Planeswalkers (5)
• 1 Jace Beleren
• 1 Jace, Memory Adept
• 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
• 1 Teferi, Temporal Archmage
• 1 Tezzeret the Seeker

• Spells (46)
• 1 Capsize
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Desertion
• 1 Dismiss
• 1 Dissipate
• 1 Dissolve
• 1 Evacuation
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Forbid
• 1 Ghostly Flicker
• 1 Hinder
• 1 Lost in the Mist
• 1 Mystical Teachings
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Reins of Power
• 1 Rewind
• 1 Spell Crumple
• 1 Spelljack
• 1 Stroke of Genius
• 1 Supplant Form
• 1 Traumatic Visions
• 1 Faerie Trickery
• 1 Acquire
• 1 Ancestral Vision
• 1 Braingeyser
• 1 Bribery
• 1 Deep Analysis
• 1 Fabricate
• 1 Mind Spring
• 1 Recurring Insight
• 1 Reshape
• 1 Tidings
• 1 Tidings
• 1 Time Reversal
• 1 Tinker
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Ceta Sanctuary
• 1 Control Magic
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Equilibrium
• 1 Leyline of Anticipation
• 1 Monastery Siege
• 1 Opposition
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Treachery

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Black ? Hardcore Highlander Challenge | Abe Sargent

• Creatures (21)
• 1 Avatar of Woe
• 1 Bone Shredder
• 1 Grave Titan
• 1 Guiltfeeder
• 1 Liliana's Shade
• 1 Liliana's Specter
• 1 Mortivore
• 1 Nekrataal
• 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1 Ruthless Ripper
• 1 Scion of Darkness
• 1 Shadowborn Demon
• 1 Shriekmaw
• 1 Skinrender
• 1 Stinkweed Imp
• 1 Throat Slitter
• 1 Twisted Abomination
• 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1 Liliana Vess

• Spells (34)
• 1 Expunge
• 1 Silence the Believers
• 1 Sudden Spoiling
• 1 Absorb Vis
• 1 Barter in Blood
• 1 Beacon of Unrest
• 1 Beseech the Queen
• 1 Black Sun's Zenith
• 1 Crux of Fate
• 1 Damnable Pact
• 1 Damnation
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Dread Return
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Gild
• 1 In Garruk's Wake
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Profane Command
• 1 Read the Bones
• 1 Rise from the Grave
• 1 Syphon Flesh
• 1 Syphon Mind
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Yawgmoth's Will
• 1 Dictate of Erebos
• 1 Grave Betrayal
• 1 Necromancy
• 1 No Mercy
• 1 Oversold Cemetery
• 1 Palace Siege
• 1 Recurring Nightmare
• 1 Tortured Existence
• 1 Whip of Erebos

• Lands (0)

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Red ? Hardcore Highlander Challenge | Abe Sargent

• Creatures (27)
• 1 Avatar of Fury
• 1 Beetleback Chief
• 1 Bogardan Hellkite
• 1 Bringer of the Red Dawn
• 1 Chartooth Cougar
• 1 Dualcaster Mage
• 1 Flameblast Dragon
• 1 Flametongue Kavu
• 1 Greater Gargadon
• 1 Hamletback Goliath
• 1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
• 1 Inferno Titan
• 1 Knollspine Dragon
• 1 Mindclaw Shaman
• 1 Mogg Maniac
• 1 Ogre Arsonist
• 1 Taurean Mauler
• 1 Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1 Thunderscape Battlemage
• 1 Viashino Heretic
• 1 Worldheart Phoenix
• 1 Zealous Conscripts
• 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
• 1 Feldon of the Third Path
• 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1 Urabrask the Hidden

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 1 Chandra, Pyromaster
• 1 Chandra, the Firebrand

• Spells (19)
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Comet Storm
• 1 Commune with Lava
• 1 Flaming Gambit
• 1 Grab the Reins
• 1 Into the Core
• 1 Magma Jet
• 1 Magmaquake
• 1 Reiterate
• 1 Starstorm
• 1 Urza's Rage
• 1 Wild Ricochet
• 1 Mizzium Mortars
• 1 Mogg Infestation
• 1 Reforge the Soul
• 1 Rolling Earthquake
• 1 Wheel of Fortune
• 1 Outpost Siege
• 1 Hammer of Purphoros

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Green ? Hardcore Highlander Challenge | Abe Sargent

• Creatures (46)
• 1 Acidic Slime
• 1 Avenging Druid
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Courser of Kruphix
• 1 Deranged Hermit
• 1 Elvish Aberration
• 1 Elvish Harbinger
• 1 Elvish Visionary
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Fauna Shaman
• 1 Fierce Empath
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Garruk's Horde
• 1 Gemhide Sliver
• 1 Genesis
• 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1 Haze Frog
• 1 Indrik Stomphowler
• 1 Joiner Adept
• 1 Krosan Tusker
• 1 Lotus Cobra
• 1 Manaweft Sliver
• 1 Masked Admirers
• 1 Mold Shambler
• 1 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1 Primeval Titan
• 1 Quirion Elves
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1 Realm Seekers
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Satyr Wayfinder
• 1 Scavenging Ooze
• 1 Silklash Spider
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 1 Sylvan Primordial
• 1 Sylvok Explorer
• 1 Thornscape Battlemage
• 1 Thornweald Archer
• 1 Utopia Tree
• 1 Wall of Blossoms
• 1 Arashi, the Sky Asunder
• 1 Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
• 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth

• Planeswalkers (1)
• 1 Garruk Wildspeaker

• Spells (34)
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Krosan Grip
• 1 Realms Uncharted
• 1 Return to the Earth
• 1 All Suns' Dawn
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Explore
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Harmonize
• 1 Hunter's Prowess
• 1 Hunting Wilds
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
• 1 Reap and Sow
• 1 Regrowth
• 1 Scapeshift
• 1 See the Unwritten
• 1 Shamanic Revelation
• 1 Shard Convergence
• 1 Skyshroud Claim
• 1 Spoils of Victory
• 1 Sylvan Scrying
• 1 Tempt with Discovery
• 1 Tooth and Nail
• 1 Defense of the Heart
• 1 Mana Bloom
• 1 Mirri's Guile
• 1 Pattern of Rebirth
• 1 Prismatic Omen
• 1 Survival of the Fittest
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Birthing Pod
• 1 Bow of Nylea

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Multicolored ? Hardcore Highlander Challenge | Abe Sargent

• Creatures (44)
• 1 Angel of Despair
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Broodmate Dragon
• 1 Chromanticore
• 1 Coiling Oracle
• 1 Dauntless Escort
• 1 Igneous Pouncer
• 1 Jhessian Zombies
• 1 Kiora's Follower
• 1 Kitchen Finks
• 1 Lord of Extinction
• 1 Meglonoth
• 1 Murderous Redcap
• 1 Mystic Snake
• 1 Pale Recluse
• 1 Pristine Skywise
• 1 Prophet of Kruphix
• 1 Reaper of the Wilds
• 1 Sagu Mauler
• 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1 Silent-Blade Oni
• 1 Simic Sky Swallower
• 1 Sky Hussar
• 1 Trygon Predator
• 1 Valley Rannet
• 1 Wall of Denial
• 1 Sanctum Plowbeast
• 1 Brago, King Eternal
• 1 Dragonlord Atarka
• 1 Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1 Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1 Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1 Narset, Enlightened Master
• 1 Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1 Ojutai, Soul of Winter
• 1 Roon of the Hidden Realm
• 1 Surrak Dragonclaw
• 1 Tajic, Blade of the Legion
• 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1 The Mimeoplasm
• 1 Vela the Night-Clad
• 1 Xenagos, God of Revels

• Planeswalkers (11)
• 1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1 Narset Transcendent
• 1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1 Ral Zarek
• 1 Sarkhan Unbroken
• 1 Sarkhan Vol
• 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1 Venser, the Sojourner
• 1 Vraska the Unseen
• 1 Xenagos, the Reveler

• Spells (32)
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Crackling Doom
• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Fight to the Death
• 1 Fire // Ice
• 1 Kolaghan's Command
• 1 Ojutai's Command
• 1 Prophetic Bolt
• 1 Silumgar's Command
• 1 Simic Charm
• 1 Utter End
• 1 Wear // Tear
• 1 Aether Mutation
• 1 Conflux
• 1 Epic Experiment
• 1 Extract from Darkness
• 1 Lavalanche
• 1 Maelstrom Pulse
• 1 Obzedat's Aid
• 1 Unburial Rites
• 1 Urban Evolution
• 1 Vindicate
• 1 Wargate
• 1 Aura Shards
• 1 Collective Blessing
• 1 Fires of Yavimaya
• 1 Glare of Subdual
• 1 Maelstrom Nexus
• 1 Mirari's Wake
• 1 Pernicious Deed
• 1 Behemoth Sledge
• 1 Mask of Riddles

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