🍁 Welcome to the Olympia Canadian Highlander League Site 🍁

The Olympia Canadian Highlander League is an Olympia WA region, Discord-run, league for the Canadian Highlander format of Magic: The Gathering. The goal of this league is to enjoy and grow local interest in the Canadian Highlander format, while providing a simple to engage with league system that encourages creativity, competitiveness, and community.

League Rules

League Structure

Players may sign up as a Battler ⚔️ or a Jammer 👊 using the /signup battler or /signup jammer commands with our Scorekeeper bot. Players who sign up as a Battler will compete on two fronts simultaneously: the Swiss Bounty bracket and the points challenge. Players who sign up as a Jammer will not receive pairings in the Swiss Bounty bracket but are still eligible to compete in the points challenge. Players are recommended to only sign up as a Battler if they are reasonably comfortable committing to making time to play at least 1 Bounty match every round, i.e. every 2 weeks. Players who do not feel comfortable committing to this are encouraged to sign up as a Jammer.

Swiss Bounty Bracket

Every two weeks, each Battler will be paired with a Bounty opponent to play for the round. Pairings for the round will be posted on or around Monday evening, and the round will last for two weeks. During that time, each player will arrange a time to play with their Bounty opponent. Bounty pairings will be determined by Swiss results unaffected by non-Bounty matches, i.e. your Bounty opponent will have the same or a similar record in Bounty matches. The number of rounds will be predetermined at the beginning of the league. At the conclusion of the last round, if there is one remaining player who is undefeated in bounty matches, that player is the winner of the bounty bracket. If there are no undefeated players, the winner will be the player with the best record and the highest strength of schedule.

If one player is unable to fit a match in with their Bounty opponent for the round, that player will concede for the round. In that situation, the conceding player will receive 0 points for their Bounty match that round and the winner will receive 6 points. The conceding player will post the match result in the #bounty-board channel.

Points Challenge

Over the course of the league, players will accumulate points by completing matches. At the end of the league, the player with the most points is the winner of the points challenge. If two or more players are tied for the most points, the winner is the player who played the most matches overall, both bounty and non-bounty, over the course of the league.

Points Breakdown

• Bounty match win: 3 points
• Bounty match loss: 2 points
• Non-Bounty match win: 1 point
• Non-Bounty match loss: 0 point
• Completing your first match against a player this season: 3 points

Match Reporting

You can report your matches to the discord using the /result command with our Scorekeeper bot. In this command you will provide a winner, loser, result record, and whether it was a bounty or non-bounty match.

Deck Lists

Battlers ⚔️ will submit a deck list prior to the first round. A Battler’s deck list is “locked” for bounty matches until they are eliminated from contention for 1st place in the Swiss Bounty Bracket by accumulating their second bounty match loss.

• Players may not make adjustments to locked deck lists for any reason, including changes to the official Canadian Highlander Points List that may occur in the middle of a league. Once a player loses two bounty matches, their deck is no longer locked and they may adjust their deck freely (as long as their deck is a legal Canadian Highlander deck).
• Deck lists are only locked for Swiss Bounty Bracket matches. Players may play any legal Canadian Highlander deck for non-bounty matches.

Decklist Submission

To submit a deck list you can use the /signup decklist command with our Scorekeeper bot. In this command you will provide a deck name and a link to the decklist (Moxfield links preferred).

Sportsmanship

This league is meant to encourage community through casual competition. Players are expected to play to the best of their ability while still displaying kindness, grace, and politeness. If anyone is rude, unkind, or makes you uncomfortable in any way, please communicate the situation with me so that I can take appropriate steps. I am not looking to come down hard on anyone, and I hope to resolve any issues that arise in a way that allows all parties to feel heard and understood. That said, I do reserve the right to address concerns about player conduct in any manner I deem necessary and appropriate.

Paper vs Digital Play

This league is a paper-first league. All players should be prepared to play all matches in person with a physical deck. That said, players are welcome to complete matches against other league participants digitally (via webcam, MTGO, or other platforms) if both players mutually agree to do so.

Proxies

Proxy cards are fully legal and encouraged.