For the good part of the last fifteen years Australia has had it's own Magic: the Gathering format known as Highlander. Since the inception of other Highlander variants it is now more commonly known as Australian Highlander or 7 Point Highlander. Here is a quick primer on the format and hopefully some of you out there like the sound of it.
So as a highlander format the rule is there can be only one. Only one copy of any particular card (except basic lands) and all cards legal in the Vintage format are legal in 7 Point Highlander. But in the thinking of George Orwell, while some cards are equal, some are more equal.
Vintage is known for its powerful cards, so in order to keep the format's power in check certain cards have been allocated points. Any player is allowed to spend seven points worth of these powerful cards for their deck.
Below is the current list taken from the source. This site also has other useful information regarding 7 Point Highlander as well as decklists from events.
4 points:
Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, Time Vault
3 points:
Demonic Tutor, Imperial Seal, Sol Ring, Time Walk, Tinker, Vampiric Tutor, Yawgmoth’s Will, Mox Emerald, Mox Jet, Mox Pearl, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire.
2 points:
Channel, Dig Through Time, Library of Alexandria, Mana Crypt, Mystical Tutor, Protean Hulk, Skullclamp, Strip Mine, Tolarian Academy, Treasure Cruise.
1 point:
Back to Basics, Balance, Birthing Pod, Crop Rotation, Dark Petition, Enlightened Tutor, Fastbond, Force of Will, Gifts Ungiven, Green Sun’s Zenith, Hermit Druid, Intuition, Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Karakas, Lim-Dul’s Vault, Mana Drain, Mana Vault, Mishra’s Workshop, Natural Order, Oath of Druids, Memory Jar, Merchant Scroll, Mind Twist, Personal Tutor, Snapcaster Mage, Stoneforge Mystic, Sensei’s Divining Top, Survival of the Fittest, Tainted Pact, Time Spiral, Timetwister, True-Name Nemesis, Umezawa’s Jitte, Yawgmoth’s Bargain, Wasteland, Wheel of Fortune, Worldly Tutor.
This lists in managed by a committee of enthusiasts who update the list as new sets enter the pool.
I hope this has been useful to those who have not been aware of the format. It is a fun and diverse format that Australia welcomes the world to enjoy :)
