Canadian Highlander Sol Ring | Illustration by Mike Bierek One of the old Highlander formats, Canadian Highlander sports a Vintage card pool and a unique ban list
For just 3 mana, you basically hit the pause button on yourselfyour life total cant change, your permanents phase out, and you even gain protection from everything until your next turn, preventing cards like Duress from targeting you
I just love the idea of trying to cascade Sweet-Gum Recluse into Ishkanah, Grafwidow, but thats when youre focused on spiders and not, you know, cascade
Theyre less of a motif in the most recent games, and more of a cameo that pays tribute to the pixel age of Final Fantasy
But I played heavily during Fallen Empires and the series was heavily quoted as the flavor text in most cards