Magic: The Gathering's Commander format, but with a cap on power creep. Learn more at https://vulcanhighlander.com/https://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.social/post/3mts3ctgd3s27The Hobbit is the first new set since launching Vulcan Highlander, and I've put its 207 new cards through the price + popularity algorithm. Gleaming Splendor costs the most, at 2 points. 15 cards cost 1 point, and the other 191 cost 0. #MTGCommander #MTG https://vulcanhighlander.com/cards/gleaming-splendor24 Aug 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:ofjbcakqsf2f3phtek7hafpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mts3ctgd3s27https://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.social/post/3mtcydiwjkc22Vulcan Highlander is Commander plus one rule: every card costs 0 to 5 points, and a deck may spend at most 50 points. If you and your play group are frustrated by power creep, it caps decks at a 2016–2018 power level, without having to ban newer cards. vulcanhighlander.com #MTGCommander #MTG https://vulcanhighlander.com18 Aug 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:ofjbcakqsf2f3phtek7hafpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcydiwjkc22https://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.social/post/3mt4yapezhk2xDemonic Tutor, first printed in 1993, is in 19% of the Commander decks that can run it. In Vulcan Highlander it costs 4 of a deck's 50 points. I created the format to cap recent power creep, but older overpowered cards get points too. vulcanhighlander.com/cards/demonic-tutor #MTG #MTGCommander https://vulcanhighlander.com/cards/demonic-tutor15 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:ofjbcakqsf2f3phtek7hafpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4yapezhk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.social/post/3msre4vkmxc2tNearly half of the cards that cost points in Vulcan Highlander were 1st printed in 2019 or later. Bloomburrow's 40th-best card sees more play in Commander than Zendikar's 20th-best does. Power creep isn't a few new bomb cards to ban, it's new sets with deep pools of strong cards. #MTG #MTGCommander11 Aug 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:ofjbcakqsf2f3phtek7hafpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msre4vkmxc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.social/post/3msou7oat5c2eMy 1st Vulcan Highlander deck's Commander is "Inti, Seneschal of the Sun," with an artifact recursion & top-deck manipulation theme. It hits the 50-point budget & runs plenty of newer cards but would fit right into a 2016-18 era game. Check it out! https://vulcanhighlander.com/deck/pWRby6UHje #MTGCommander10 Aug 2026 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:ofjbcakqsf2f3phtek7hafpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msou7oat5c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.social/post/3msmdawpqfc2e A Vulcan Highlander deck gets 50 points. What does that buy? - 29,325 cards cost 0 points - 1,972 cost 1 - 213 cost 2 - Only 48 cards in all of Magic cost 3 or more Nearly half of all the cards with points were printed after 2018. That's the power creep the point budget caps #MTG #MTGCommander09 Aug 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:ofjbcakqsf2f3phtek7hafpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmdawpqfc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/vulcanhighlander.bsky.social/post/3msizlwjirk2sVulcan Highlander is Commander plus one rule: every card costs 0 to 5 points, and a deck may spend at most 50 points. If you and your play group are frustrated by power creep, it gives you an even-handed framework to return to less over-powered game play. Learn more at vulcanhighlander.com https://vulcanhighlander.com/07 Aug 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:ofjbcakqsf2f3phtek7hafpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msizlwjirk2s