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Post by Wulvkaan Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:09 pm

Highlander, sometimes called "Commander" based on the MTG format, is a format where players are allowed only a single copy of each card in their deck. What this means is that, bar recursive cards, once your resources are used, they're gone. On top of this, each deck is made of 60 cards. No more, no less, meaning that specific strategy and skill based on the current situation is required for this format more than any other. Archetypes do not exist; engines do. Each deck is usually made up of at least 2 specific engines with multiple tech cards considered staple to the format, or specific to the deck itself. Tribute monsters are not only playable; they're splashable. Because the format is often slow, cards long since considered "broken" and "overpowered" like Pot of Greed and Monster Reborn are legal. Many cards remain banned, but many return as well. For the Highlander October 2014 Format, the following cards are banned:

Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos - New!
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
Cyber Stein
Fiber Jar
Magical Scientist
Makyura the Destructor
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders - New!
Rescue Cat
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms - New!
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls - New!
Victory Dragon
Yata-Garasu
Change of Heart
Confiscation
Delinquent Duo
Harpie's Feather Duster
Mirage of Nightmare
Painful Choice
Raigeki - New!
Snatch Steal
Temple of the Kings
The Forceful Sentry
Exchange of the Spirit
Imperial Order
Last Turn
Ring of Destruction
Royal Oppression
Sixth Sense
Time Seal
Trap Dustshoot

As the format is often slow, power cards and advantage engines are unbanned in this Highlander Format.

The Format will change every month, based on a vote of which cards should remain Forbidden, or should join the Forbidden List. Some cards are already pending for banning and are as follows:

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
Majesty's Fiend
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Elder God Noden
Number 16: Shock Master
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity
Dimension Fusion
Giant Trunade
Instant Fusion
Monster Reborn
Soul Charge
Return From the Different Dimension
Solemn Judgment
Solemn Warning

Voting for the Banning of these cards will commence a week before the new format begins, and will be resolved certainly the night before. Any Emergency Bans will be dealt with according to how powerful and game defining these cards prove themselves to be.

Pending to be Limited:
Rescue Cat
Victory Dragon
Raigeki
Last Turn

On the Highlander Format:
Being a Format where cards are all limited, certain strategies tend to shine over others. There are certain cards that find themselves as staples in many, if not all decks: Sinister Serpent, Treeborn Frog (even in non-Monarch variants), Airknight Parshath, Jinzo, Effect Veiler, Monster Reborn, Pot of Greed, Breakthrough Skill, among others. However, each deck is comprised of 60 cards, meaning that while these staples are a common 15-20 cards in all players' decks, this still allows room for some powerful engines. The most common and rightfully most powerful engines to run are the Monarch, Gladiator Beast, and Wind-up engines.

Monarch:

Gladiator Beast:

Wind-Ups:

These engines are considered very powerful because they grant constant means of advantage generation. In a format where every card is "sacky" due to being limited, the topdeck is important, but unreliable. The greatest reliability in the format is the ability to skillfully use the resources given to you as you obtain them, and the ability to maintain these resources as the duel progresses. If you are able to keep these resources present and keep your card advantage high throughout the duel there is a strong chance you will win, provided you have been able to strip your opponent of their advantage. If you will reference April 2005 TCG Goat Control format, you can see a similar mindset is applicable in both situations. The more skillfully you obtain and use your resources, and the more intelligently you are able to determine when to use these resources and keep your card advantage, the more likely you are to be successful in dueling. Cards like Graceful Charity become some of the more skillful cards to use in this format, as once you get rid of the resources you have in your hand, they are mostly gone. There are optimal cards to discard, like Treeborn Frog and Sinister Serpent, but in a 60 card deck where only 1 of each of these are present, having them together after a graceful charity is unlikely. As such timing also becomes an important issue. Finding the right time to activate your Heavy Storm can be an issue if your opponent has Sangan or Witch of the Black Forest in the Grave and hasn't used their Call of the Haunted yet. Likewise, finding the right time to use your Torrential Tribute can be difficult when your opponent has yet to use their Heavy Storm. With every card being at 1, expecting the sackiest possible situation becomes a real necessity, as the sackiest possible situation is a real possibility.

On top of these cards, you have to run the risk of attacking into an open field. If your opponent has 6 cards intheir hand at the end phase, but has no cards on their field, you have to question whether they actually had no plays (an unlikely scenario in this format) or if they have their Gorz to drop on you. Gorz is a very powerful card this format, with only very few cards that reliably remove it: BLS, Zaborg, Caius, and a few others like Dark Hole. Allowing your opponent to drop this card on you is often a death sentence if unprepared, especially since he not only generate tribute fodder in a Monarch-ruled format, but TWO tribute fodders no less.

Overall however, the format requires lots of skill and is very fun to play; much moreso than modern Advanced Yu-Gi-Oh! Every card is broken and sacky just by their presence but they just help to spice the game up and show how well you can play in a difficult situation, and how well you can use resources given to you to make an optimal play before asking your deck to give them to you.


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Post by Luneth777 Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:20 pm

My god... It has begun. The age of inconsistency is upon us.
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Post by Haseo Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:26 am

What's inconsistency? The deck is nothing but consistent! You never get the same card twice!
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Post by Wulvkaan Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:18 pm

Yeah, there's no possible way to even brick multiple genex controllers OR reinforcement of the armies!
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Post by Wulvkaan Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:32 pm

I'll being the voting for banlist season in the format:

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning: Do not Ban.
Majesty's Fiend: Ban.
Tribe-Infecting Virus: Ban.
Elder God Noden: Ban.
Number 16: Shock Master: Ban.
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity: Ban.
Dimension Fusion: Do not Ban.
Giant Trunade: Ban.
Instant Fusion: Ban.
Monster Reborn: Ban.
Soul Charge: Ban.
Return From the Different Dimension: Do not Ban.
Solemn Judgment: Do not Ban.
Solemn Warning: Do not Ban.



Rescue Cat: Unban.
Victory Dragon: Stay Banned.
Raigeki: Unban.
Last Turn: Stay Banned.


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Post by Luneth777 Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:34 pm

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning: Do not Ban.
Majesty's Fiend: Ban.
Tribe-Infecting Virus: Ban.
Elder God Noden: Ban.
Number 16: Shock Master: Ban.
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity: Ban.
Dimension Fusion: Do not Ban.
Giant Trunade: Do not Ban.
Instant Fusion: Do not Ban.
Monster Reborn: Do not Ban.
Soul Charge: Do not Ban.
Return From the Different Dimension: Do not Ban.
Solemn Judgment: Do not Ban.
Solemn Warning: Do not Ban.

Victory Dragon: Unban
Rescue Cat: Unban
Last Turn: Unban
Raigeki: Unban
Rest of it can stay as is for now
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Post by supremedragoon Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:42 am

Ban bestiari.
Everything else is fine.
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Post by supremedragoon Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:43 am

Haseo wrote:What's inconsistency? The deck is nothing but consistent! You never get the same card twice!
^this guy knows what's up Razz
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Post by supremedragoon Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:58 pm

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning - We need at least a little sack. But this guy makes it so that you are almost forced to play lights and darks and can hurt creativity in the most creative format.
As much as I <3 Sack Luster Soldier, Ban him.
Majesty's Fiend - I dont like lockdowns but there are a ton of S/T answers for this guy. leave him for now.
Tribe-Infecting Virus - Raigeki should be legal, and this guy should be left alone.
Elder God Noden - Ban this guy adds too much speed to a format that should be slow
Number 16: Shock Master - BAN FOREVER OR I WILL HATE YOU lol jk ban it tho
Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity - Keep this Very Happy
Dimension Fusion - See RFTDD
Giant Trunade - Ban
Instant Fusion - Leave this alone pl0x
Monster Reborn - This mist stay for the good of humanity
Soul Charge - Ban pl0x
Return From the Different Dimension - most banish stuff is meh right now
Solemn Judgment - Totes fine
Solemn Warning - Fine
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Post by Luneth777 Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:53 pm

^this guy knows what needs to be banned, except that he didnt say V Dragon unban. lol
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Post by supremedragoon Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:12 pm

Dat Auto Match win tho
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Post by Luneth777 Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:39 pm

yeah boi. you wanna playtest my noble nights?
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