Worlds 2009 Deck Tech: Highlander Blue-white Control Combo with Frank Karsten (Extended)

[jscohen]

Awesome stuff as always from Frank.

I wish more people played 60-card Highlander. I have a hard time finding people who do so with anything else than super-busted Vintage-style decks. Anybody up for Extended Highlander? Modern Highlander? Casual Highlander where you don't mind playing with Scryb Sprites? Message me!

[rory4231]

is he dutch? cuz he definitly sounds dutch to me

[Herorewind]

It's actually pretty amazing that he went 1-2-3... When you consider the redundancy of most extended decks (basically every deck plays 4 of every best card in the color)... Deck designing is my favorite part of the game and this guy is really my hero.

[Herorewind]

Does anyone know what his record was?

[CubFan81]

1 Relic of Progenitus

1 Chalice of the Void

1 Engineered Explosives

1 Trinket Mage

1 Sword of the Meek

1 Thopter Foundry

1 Tezzeret, the Seeker

1 Fabricate

1 Muddle the Mixture

[check4v]

Look at 2:19 to the right of the screen. You missed those 4 cards. I can see that 2 of them are:

1 Azorius Signet

1 Talisman of Progress

But I can't make out the back 2.

[Crabalien]

There is a chrome mox in there.. Can't get the last one though.

[RichardRozanski101]

@Crabalien is it expedition map?

[Pandamic0602]

@Crabalien expedition map

[CubFan81]

1 Mana Leak

1 Venser, Shaper Savant

1 Cryptic Command

1 Spellstutter Sprite

1 Spell Snare

1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror

1 Baneslayer Angel

1 Vendilion Clique

[CubFan81]

1 Wrath of God

1 Day of Judgment

1 Condemn

1 Path to Exile

1 Journey to Nowhere

1 Temporal Isolation

1 Oblivion Ring

1 Threads of Disloyalty

1 Repeal

[CubFan81]

1 Ancestral Visions

1 Ponder

1 Gifts Ungiven

1 Mulldrifter

1 Thirst for Knowledge

1 Court Hussar

1 Compulsive Research

[CubFan81]

Lands: (Continued) 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Scalding Tarn 1 Tolaria West 1 Ghost Quarter 1 Academy Ruins 1 Mutavault 1 Ancient Den 1 Seat of the Synod 1 Snow-Covered Plains 1 Snow-Covered Island

[CubFan81]

Lands:

2 Plains

4 Islands

1 Glacial Fortress

1 Mystic Gate

1 Azorius Chancery

1 Hallowed Fountain

1 Sejiri Refuge

1 Adarkar Wastes

1 Nimbus Maze

[kylepwndyou]

next year he's playing with a hand tied behind his back.

[jliller]

Karsten is in the MTG Hall of Fame so he's qualified for every PT/Worlds forever no matter what he does.

I think it's amusing and a nice way to spice things up.  He's clearly having fun.

[FNM09playa]

Highlander is pretty awesome

[phillyphan32992]

This is a joke. It's funny, sure, but he's obviously not trying to win.

[WickedDealer]

Frank Karsten is the Hindlander king, love the ten different deck combos from all the extended decks.

[solidkingcobra]

wtf

[Amanisawesome]

i think its hilarous though kind of a waste...

[MyLittlePwnys]

decklist please

[jairomy]

Yeah cool deck 1-2-3 isn't the best results though. Kudos to him still hehe.

[cjva1688]

taking worlds seriously i see. =) all cred to him for doing this.

[me1337je]

There can be only one! And it's Frank Karsten apperently.. :)

[GodlyMind]

hehe i love playing highlander, legacy though, once i came to a legacy tournament with it too :)

[lolimontheinternet]

Haha, oh shit.

This is hilarious.

Kudos to this guy!

[DaniKiller]

he took a joke deck to worlds lol

[KilliaK]

Evil indeed, go manamaze btw!

[Sicktoid]

Takes some serious balls to bring a highlander to the pro tour tables. Go Frank!

[check4v]

It had to be Frank Karsten. What a genius.

[riader0]

clearly this man is an evil genious