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Top 3 Historic Decks Built Around Culling the Weak + Jet Storm

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Culling the Weak is one of the strongest pieces of fast mana Historic has ever seen, and Altheriax breaks down 3 distinct ways it can be used in one of its best homes Jet Storm!

Altheriax
May 5, 2026

Historic Pauper – Midweek Magic Event Guide

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This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Midweek Magic: Historic Pauper event, including rewards.

j2sjosh
May 4, 2026

Magiccon Vegas 2026

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MagicCon Las Vegas 2026, a great time for MTG fans alike Magiccon is a prominent event that points the way in 2026

Code_Halcyon
May 1, 2026

Historic Mythic with Etali’s Favor Living End: Fun & Jank Episode 76

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Plum made it to Mythic with an out-of-the-box take on Living End. And he's excited to explain all the fun deckbuilding challenges that came along with it!

_Plum_
April 30, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven Decks Are Here! – Week One Meta Builds

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Secrets of Strixhaven is here! The MTG Hero shares some new deck lists that are currently dominating the Arena ladder! Find out what new strategies you need to be ready for!

The MTG Hero
April 29, 2026

Historic #9 Mythic Marauder Living End Deck & Sideboard Guide

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Learn how to play Altheriax's build of Historic Living End which is very fast and consistent proactively and has good tools to make it resilient to hate post-sideboard!

Altheriax
April 28, 2026

On the Edge with Foundatons – Midweek Magic Event Guide

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This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Midweek Magic: On the Edge with Foundations event, including rewards.

j2sjosh
April 27, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Set Review: Colorless & Lands

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Colorless & Lands Card Review, Icky goes all in with the SOS spoiler review Colorless & Lands edition!

Icky
April 26, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Set Review: Multicolor

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Multicolor Card Review, Icky goes all in with the SOS spoiler review Multicolor edition!

Icky
April 25, 2026

Back to School! The Top 10 Cards of Secrets of Strixhaven

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The MTG Hero covers his top 10 cards for the new set! Do you agree with the list?

The MTG Hero
April 24, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Set Review: Green

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Green Card Review, Icky goes all in with the SOS spoiler review Green edition!

Icky
April 23, 2026

How Do We Build Historic Living End?: Fun & Jank Episode 75

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Strixhaven is here and Plum is ready to try out one of his favorite Modern decks in Historic!

_Plum_
April 23, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Set Review: White

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited White Card Review, Icky goes all in with the SOS spoiler review White edition!

Icky
April 22, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Set Review: Blue

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Blue Card Review, Icky goes all in with the SOS spoiler review Blue edition!

Icky
April 21, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Set Review: Red

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Red Card Review, Icky goes all in with the SOS spoiler review Red edition!

Icky
April 20, 2026

Jump In! – Midweek Magic Event Guide

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This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Midweek Magic: Jump In! event, including rewards.

j2sjosh
April 20, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Set Review: Black

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Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Black Card Review, Icky goes all in with the SOS spoiler review Black edition!

Icky
April 19, 2026

Top 5 Historic Decks Built Around Secrets of Strixhaven Cards

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Altheriax breaks down the 5 theorycraft Historic decks he's most optimistic about built around new cards from Secrets of Strixhaven and its Mystical Archive!

Altheriax
April 18, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited Archetypes Guide and Example Decks

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In this guide, we go over the 5 archetypes in Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) Limited, including example decks (archetype skeletons) for you to refer to.

j2sjosh
April 17, 2026

Historic Brewing Review – Secrets of Strixhaven

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Plum takes you through all the cards he's excited to play with from the upcoming Secrets of Strixhaven!

_Plum_
April 16, 2026

Historic Simic Verdant Ritual In-Depth Deck & Sideboard Guide

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Altheriax breaks down his Simic Ritual list which he reached day 2 in the latest Historic Qualifier with in this 4,000+ word deep-dive!

Altheriax
April 15, 2026

Momir – Midweek Magic Event Guide

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This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Midweek Magic: Momir event, including rewards.

j2sjosh
April 13, 2026

Standard Metagame updates April 2026

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Metagame protagonists in standard 2026, where is the meta going now that the turtles settled in, and the Secrets of Strixhaven are about to come

Code_Halcyon
April 11, 2026

I Tried to Play Solar Flare in Historic: Fun & Jank Episode 74

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This week, Plum steps back into 2011 to see if the legendary Solar Flare engine, built on the back of Sun Titan and Unburial Rites, can still hold its own against the hyper-efficient machines of 2026.

_Plum_
April 9, 2026

Ashes to Victory: Why Izzet Phoenix Still Rules Pioneer

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The MTG Hero goes over a old Pioneer staple in Izzet Phoenix! Will this deck rise from the Ashes to reclaim the throne?

The MTG Hero
April 7, 2026

Top 5 Historic Decks for the Bo3 Play-In & Mythic Qualifier

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Altheriax breaks down 5 of the best positioned Historic decks going into Qualifier weekend, and why he's not comfortable playing Jund or Dimir!

Altheriax
April 7, 2026

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMT) Phantom Bot Draft – Midweek Magic Event Guide

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This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Midweek Magic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Draft event, including rewards.

j2sjosh
April 6, 2026

From Six Cards to Zero – Dimir Excruciator

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The MTG Hero explores the dark side of standard with one of the cruelest combo decks you can play. Learn how to make your opponents give up all hope.

The MTG Hero
April 4, 2026

More Secrets! | Secrets of Strixhaven Spoiler Wave

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Code with the next roung of spoilers Lorehold and Prismari themed, the next chapter for our campus colleges and their Secrets revealed!

Code_Halcyon
April 3, 2026

Historic Squee-Blade: Fun & Jank Episode 73

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It's all fun and games until you kill someone with an immortal Goblin holding a giant sword!

_Plum_
April 2, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven with a big wave of spoilers ahead, indicating the spoiler season is once again upon us, gather your books for the Strixhaven lesson is due.

Secrets of Strixhaven | More Spoilers!

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Secrets of Strixhaven with a big wave of spoilers ahead, indicating the spoiler season is once again upon us, gather your books for the Strixhaven lesson is due.

Code_Halcyon
April 1, 2026

Top 3 Historic Decks Enabled by New Powered Cube Cards

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Altheriax breaks down new theorycraft Historic decks built around 3 of the 4 new cards from the Powered Cube prize packs!

Altheriax
March 31, 2026

Rites of Flourishing Brawl – Midweek Magic Event Guide

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This guide will contain everything you need to know about the Midweek Magic: Rites of Flourishing Brawl event, including rewards.

j2sjosh
March 30, 2026

Playing Lands and Winning Games – Mono Green Landfall

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The MTG Hero finally admits that the new Mono Green Landfall is not only good, but a tier one competitive deck. Check out the list that changed his mind!

The MTG Hero
March 27, 2026

92 Cards I want in Historic – Fun & Jank Episode 72

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From eternal staples to obscure combo engines, this week Plum shows off 92 cards he wants to see on Arena!

_Plum_
March 26, 2026

Secrets of Strixhaven | Visual Spoiler

Secrets of Strixhaven Visual Spoiler

Code with the first wave of early spoilers for Secrets of Strixhaven

Code_Halcyon
March 25, 2026

How the Food Chain Ban is Likely to Affect the Historic Metagame

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Altheriax breaks down how he thinks the Food Chain ban is likely to affect the top decks in terms of deckbuilding and positioning, as well as discussing other decks that benefit from the B&R!