Canadian Highlander - Points Change Discussion (Wheeler VOD - June 12th, 2024)

Originally aired June 12th, 2024. Full VOD, minimal edits.
Wheeler discusses the new points changes for Canadian Highlander.
Enchant Worldle/Spellify 0:00
Cards Added/Increased 4:01
Cards Removed/Decreased 12:17
Cards Discussed/No Action Taken 51:53
Ancient Tomb to 1 point (Add)
Merchant Scroll to 0 (Removed)
Natural Order to 1
Spellseeker to 1
Time Walk to 6
Umezawa's Jitte to 0 (Removed)
Yawgmoth's Will to 0 (Removed)
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[@justabanana5497]

I cannot believe that Minsc & Boo conversation is so dead in the water, absolutely gobsmacked

[@nicholasfalasco8539]

Love these points change breakdowns. Also, much respect for being so transparent about the councel's processes.

[@Wabajck]

Night and day when compared to a certain other format

[@EternalRoxas]

Your enchant wordle skills are so so impressive, I've been having fun with spellify but wordle is too difficult for me

[@wavesofbabies]

The speed of that enchant wordle was very impressive. I checked and there were only 9 3 mana uncommon artifacts with subtypes during those years, but that should not detract from him knowing what one (or more) of those 9 were and getting it quickly, accurately, and on the first try.

[@bwheelermtg]

Enchant Worldle/Spellify 0:00 Cards Added/Increased 4:01 Cards Removed/Decreased 12:17 Cards Discussed/No Action Taken 51:53 Ancient Tomb to 1 point (Add) Merchant Scroll to 0 (Removed) Natural Order to 1 Spellseeker to 1 Time Walk to 6 Umezawa's Jitte to 0 (Removed) Yawgmoth's Will to 0 (Removed)

[@natoraishido]

I cannot fuckin believe you sniped the Worldle on 4, I was so pissed. I paused to go do it w/o spoilers and had to cycle through 3 of the stupid Morningtide equips to hit it.

[@zotha]

Curious what the council does to mitigate that everyone spends most of their time within the same metagame. Is there any thoughts on getting people on the council that are not local to the same geographical presence. Is there anywhere else with a large enough playing population to generate it's own meta game and provide an outside opinion to the local Victoria metagame?

[@andybayer324]

there’s a pretty vibrant online meta. there’s weekly tournaments via webcam and cockatrice

[@rfactor1502]

I suppose just Junding out Minsk and Boo won't work. Plus Jund would probably just run Minsk and Boo.

[@trinir2581]

you beat minsc and boo with you own minsc boo. just boo them harder

[@enoesiw]

Wheeler has a valid point. If you point all the powerful cards that everyone plays, then the focus becomes the decisions on pointed cards between decks of the same archetype. Rather than stifle competition, it enriches it because there's a sense of ownership to your deck.

[@BhbtheRock]

Okay, leave the enchant worldl win in so people can see that snipe, I respect it

[@jonathangodbolt1671]

Has the council discussed pointing fetchable tri-lands? I think the most busted thing about M&B and Comet is that mana is so good that splashing or double splashing for them isn't a drawback in 2024.

[@CakesHere]

Yawg will storm is busted in the right way where it is powerful but disruptable. Canlander is also a great home for yawg will cause breach has more homes

[@hypethos]

Love to see the insight on the format

[@strukturabbau]

says he doesn't want to talk about the others voted proceeds to say how the others voted for every card

[@mimic_ssb]

I didn't know about Enchant Wordle! It's so cool! I have to use Scryfall as an aide, ofc

[@peewee0224]

Holy shit my omnathwalk deck just got so busted. You mean to tell me I can now add mystical, merchant scroll and, fourth. I feel like people super underrate seeker walk just because the all in combo version isn’t that good

[@mimic_ssb]

1:40 hey that's in my Wilson EDH deck :)

[@StanielJeffries]

My D&T list! Butchered! EDIT: Volatile Fault is just as good as Strip Mine, right?

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Aren't you already running all the Ghost Quarters?

[@StanielJeffries]

​@@kevinwestermann1001 You'd be surprised! My list only runs Wasteland, Quarters, Fault, and White Orchid Phantom. I'm not going as deep as Field of Ruin or Demo Field or Dust Bowl, but perhaps I should rethink that. Though with the fast mana I have, I do value white-producing lands quite a bit

[@aceviru]

The speed at which that enchant wordle was solved . Unreal 😮

[@giunbraverman331]

54:24 I once oneshot a guy in commander with mana clash, ojer axonil does things

[@teleportal9]

Hashtag basic island to 1

[@Sorran87]

100% agree we need more 1 point cards. Seems to me we have too many objectively good cards that you can free-roll with little to zero cost of inclusion

[@Durtaz]

God damned Obsidian Battle Axe?!

[@zackbryans4982]

I feel like WotC's decision to make Comet playable outside of UN formats was one made in complete ignorance.

[@elitemagikarp4822]

united nations formats

[@peewee0224]

To be fair it sees almost 0 play outside of canlander

[@jeffe2267]

@@peewee0224 legacy plays comet

[@peewee0224]

@@jeffe2267 barely

[@zacharyenglish2904]

@@peewee0224 that’s still kinda messed up

[@Kryptnyt]

If you haven't been increased, and you haven't been decreased, you've been creased. Good luck having a buyer for those cards

[@AutkastKain]

I got Lion Sash without guessing a single letter. The reconfigure cost is what made me think of it too

[@StetsonM]

I know im a little late (too under the weather to think properly), but do you think theres a world where a viable jeskai green deck gets so board based that youd end up playing triple mox forth, triple mox ancient tomb, or even triple mox spellseeker, all there to consistenly hit super early broken cards and give you an urza saga angle so that way you win the game before your opponent gets their foot in the door, all while backed up by force, spell pierce, or even daze?

[@StetsonM]

In theory it seems fine but I don't have enough experience to tell if something like turn 2 or even turn 1 white plume, or ledger shredder, or tamiyo + draw spell, ect is just better than the raw power of 1 mana draw 3.

[@callumvlex7059]

The reason I loved building High Tide was because I had like 7 1-point cards.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Ancient Tomb is not the colourless land I anticipated to be increased in points value. o:

[@lunameyers7093]

What about mox to 3.5? It makes it that two moxes is 7 and you can't play 3 in a deck

[@BGM308]

Has there been any talk about reducing the ability for 3x Mox? Like make 3 of them 4 points or something?

[@CrownlessStudios]

How do you pick which ones without punishing mono-color decks? Triple mox already has a real cost. You're not playing any other cards that cost 2 or more points.

[@peewee0224]

@@CrownlessStudioswhile I disagree about increasing the points of the mox green mox is easily the worst and best to keep at 3

[@thesoundofwhitenoise2122]

Seeing also the recent changes due to Stickers and Attractions, I can see that you can make a good case to just ban all the cards that originated in Un-Sets. Just do away with that whole thing. It makes the game much less of a mess.

[@kylemelinkovich8675]

Comet to 11 points. (Jk love and use Comet)

[@jgmweston]

Comet is incredibly strong but (to me) a lot more interesting than Minsc & Boo.

[@Rubber_Ducksauce]

Having my deck pointed is a big NPE.

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

Eye-DoughLan

[@jeffe2267]

today i learned that everyone pronounces eidolon wrong (including me)