Turboland [German Highlander]

Highlander Combo Four Color Loam Ramp

Shemzu

Creature (10)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Grazing Gladehart
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Primeval Titan

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Land (48)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 2x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nantuko Monastery
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Treetop Village
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fastbond
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Trade Routes

Artifact (7)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Zuran Orb

Instant (12)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Gush
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Explore
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Treasure Hunt
• 1x Urban Evolution
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wargate

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This is a deck I have built for German Highlander format, generally played competitively in Germany, Finland and Czech.

Fastbond was recently unbanned in the format so I wanted to build a deck to abuse it. I've entered a tournament twice so far, both times I went 3-1. First build was somewhat different than what I'm presenting right now and there's still a lot of work to do.

The deck's primary plan is usually to ramp up, find a piece of engine or few to work with. Then either combo out quickly or build enough advantage and grind the opponent out.

Here are some of the combos that create either infinite loop or huge amount of advantage:

Crucible of Worlds + Fastbond + Zuran Orb = Infinite Life

Fastbond + Grazing Gladehart + Trade Routes = Infinite Life

Fastbond + Trade Routes + Courser of Kruphix / Grazing Gladehart + Ob Nixilis, the Fallen / Horn of Greed = Infinite cards / Life Drain

Fastbond + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + Courser of Kruphix / Grazing Gladehart = Infinite Tokens

Crucible of Worlds + Trade Routes + Extra land effects = Draw a card for 1 mana

Future Sight + Sensei's Divining Top = Draw a card for 1 mana

Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage = 20/20 token

Life from the Loam + Lonely Sandbar / Tranquil Thicket = Draw cards

Basically with every draw, unanswered Fastbond lets the deck go completely nuts. Rest of the cards are either to answer threats or nonbasic hate, dig for combo pieces or threats that give another angle to attack the opponent while synergizing with rest of the deck.

I'm continuing to work with the deck. Usually it works best against midrange and aggro decks and against some of the control decks but is really soft against nonbasic hate. Winter Orb, Blood Moon and Back to Basics are pretty close to unbeatable if not answered.

Red would offer some pretty neat cards but I haven't tested it yet. Some of the good red cards would be: Molten Vortex , Gamble, Seismic Assault, Barbarian Ring .

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage Future Sight + Sensei's Divining Top Crucible of Worlds + Fastbond + Zuran Orb Fastbond + Grazing Gladehart + Trade Routes
Legality	This deck is Highlander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 64 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Marit Lage, Plant 0/1 G