Old School Monthly: BOF Highlander

Event Information

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Rules

WHO GOES FIRST: Each player declares the value of their opening hands – the player with the higher score goes first (a player does not have to show their hand – their word should be enough!):

• one point for every Swedish-legal black-bordered card 
• two points for a Summer Magic card
• half a point per ‘semi-pimp’ card – a non-English black-border printing (“Aland’s rule”)
• If the scores are tied, the player with the most Swedish-legal black-bordered cards goes first.

MULLIGANS: We play the Gentleman’s Mulligan, not London Mulligan. After drawing their initial 7 cards, either player may declare a Gentleman’s Mulligan and show their hand to their opponent. (The opponent may choose to accept a Gentleman’s Mulligan without inspecting the declaring player’s hand).

If it contains 0 or 1 mana source, or 6-7 mana sources (i.e. a mana screw or a mana flood), that player can shuffle their deck and draw a fresh 7. There is no limit to the number of Gentleman’s Mulligans that can be declared. (A mana source is any zero-converted-mana-cost card which produces mana – i.e. a land or a Mox, or similar).

Prizing

Monthly winner: Chronicles “tron lands” signed by participants