Rules

Banlist

Valid until February 15th, 2023.

Ancestral Recall Balance Black Lotus Chaos Orb Cleanse Crusade Falling Star Flash Gifts Ungiven Imprison Invoke Prejudice Jihad Library of Alexandria Mana Crypt Mana Vault Mox Emerald Mox Jet Mox Pearl Mox Ruby Mox Sapphire Mystical Tutor Natural Order Pradesh Gypsies Sensei’s Divining Top Shahrazad Skullclamp

Sol Ring Strip Mine Stone-Throwing Devils Survival of the Fittest Thassa’s Oracle Time Vault Time Walk Tinker Tolarian Academy Treasure Cruise True-Name Nemesis Underworld Breach Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath Vampiric Tutor All cards referring ante (e.g. Contract from Below) All cards with card type Conspiracy (e.g. Brago’s Favor)

Ban watchlist

Cards on this list are candidates for banning on May 15th, 2023.

Birthing Pod Oath of Druids Oko, Thief of Crowns Urza’s Saga

Unban watchlist

Cards on this list are candidates for unbanning on May 15th, 2023.

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Deck Construction

Each card is allowed only once

One of the defining features of a Highlander deck is that each card is allowed only once, except basic lands and cards that override restrictions, e.g. Persistent Petitioners.

100 card minimum

A Highlander deck has a minimum of 100 cards.

Card pool

Essentially tournament legal Magic cards can be used.
Cards listed in the Highlander banlist are not permitted.

New editions

All new Magic expansions become legal on the release date of the edition.

Sideboard

No sideboard.

Mulligan

The official “London Mulligan” is followed.

103.4. Each player draws a number of cards equal to their starting hand size, which is normally seven. (Some effects can modify a player’s starting hand size.) A player who is dissatisfied with their initial hand may take a mulligan. First, the starting player declares whether they will take a mulligan. Then each other player in turn order does the same. Once each player has made a declaration, all players who decided to take mulligans do so at the same time. To take a mulligan, a player shuffles the cards in their hand back into their library, draws a new hand of cards equal to their starting hand size, then puts a number of those cards equal to the number of times that player has taken a mulligan on the bottom of their library in any order. Once a player chooses not to take a mulligan, the remaining cards become that player’s opening hand, and that player may not take any further mulligans. This process is then repeated until no player takes a mulligan. A player can take mulligans until their opening hand would be zero cards, after which they may not take further mulligans.