Table of Contents
- Event Details
- Event Rewards
- Banned Cards
- Decklists
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
- Rusko, Clockmaker
- Sythis, Harvest’s Hand
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
- Budget Anax, Hardened of the Forge
- Complete List
- Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Queen Kayla bin-Kroog Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Urza, Lord Protector Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Valki, God of Lies Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Galazeth Prismari Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Hofri Ghostforge Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Mishra, Claimed by Gix Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Old Stickfingers Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Zalto, Fire Giant Duke Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Zilortha, Strength Incarnate (Godzilla, King of the Monsters) Brawl Deck – Totally Normal Event
- Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart – Artisan Brawl
- Lagrella, the Magpie – Artisan Brawl
- Minthara of the Absolute – Artisan Brawl
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid – Artisan Brawl
- Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer – Artisan Brawl
- Slime Against Humanity – Artisan Brawl
- Rat Colony – Artisan Brawl
- Trelasarra, Moon Dancer – Artisan Brawl
- Sharae of Numbing Depths – Artisan Brawl
- Old Man Willow – Artisan Brawl
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge – Artisan Brawl
- Fynn, the Fangbearer – Artisan Brawl
- Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty – Artisan Brawl
- Balmor, Battlemage Captain – Artisan Brawl
- Oji, the Exquisite Blade – Artisan Brawl
- Teysa Karlov – Budget Brawl Deck
- Beware the Wolf (Brawl Deck) – Festival: Murders at Karlov Manor Story Decks
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Brawl Deck
- Rusko, Clockmaker Brawl Deck
- Sythis, Harvest’s Hand Brawl Deck
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Brawl Deck
- Budget Anax, Hardened in the Forge Brawl Deck
- Esika, God of the Tree Historic Brawl Deck
- Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider Historic Brawl Deck
- Baral, Chief of Compliance Historic Brawl Deck
- Niv-Mizzet Reborn Historic Brawl Deck
- Prime Speaker Vannifar Historic Brawl Deck
- Nissa of Shadowed Boughs Historic Brawl Deck
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent Historic Brawl Deck
- Emmara, Soul of the Accord Historic Brawl Deck
- Ajani, Sleeper Agent Historic Brawl Deck
- Ral, Storm Conduit Historic Brawl Deck
- Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders Historic Brawl Deck
- Illuna, Apex of Wishes Historic Brawl Deck
- Kaheera, the Orphanguard Historic Brawl Deck
- Aeve, Progenitor Ooze Historic Brawl Deck
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Go-Shintai of Life’s Origin Shrines Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Gretchen Titchwillow Turns Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Feather, the Redeemed Heroic Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget The Gitrog Monster Ramp Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Balmor, Battlemage Captain Prowess Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim Lifegain Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Huatli, Radiant Champion Tokens Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Sythis, Harvest’s Hand Enchantments Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes Aggro Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Valki, God of Lies Control Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Xanathar, Guild Kingpin Control Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Yorion, Sky Nomad Blink Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Freyalise, Skyshroud Partisan Elfball Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Magda, Brazen Outlaw Paradox Combo Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Sacrifice Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Emry, Lurker of the Loch Paradox Combo Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice Voltron Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget The First Sliver Trickery Historic Brawl Deck
- Budget Angrath, Captain of Chaos Rats Historic Brawl Deck
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar Historic Brawl Deck
- Codie, Vociferous Codex Historic Brawl Deck
- Niambi, Beloved Protector Historic Brawl Deck
- Korlessa, Scale Singer Historic Brawl Deck – Green and Blues Scale – Post Malone’s Arena Concert
- Firesong and Sunspeaker Historic Brawl Deck – A Song of Sun and Fire – Post Malone’s Arena Concert
- Rootha, Mercurial Artist Historic Brawl Deck – Spells Da Capo – Post Malone’s Arena Concert
- Rakdos, the Showstopper Historic Brawl Deck – The Devil’s Interval – Post Malone’s Arena Concert
- Ellywick Tumblestrum Historic Brawl Deck – Avant-Garde Bard – Post Malone’s Arena Concert
- Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Historic Brawl Deck
- Oswald Fiddlebender Historic Brawl Deck
- Rigo, Streetwise Mentor Historic Brawl Deck
- Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice Historic Brawl Deck
- Liliana, Dreadhorde General Historic Brawl Deck
- Lukamina, Crocodile Form Historic Brawl Deck
- Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter Historic Brawl Deck
- Alela, Artful Provocateur Historic Brawl Deck
- Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes Historic Brawl Deck
- Neera, Wild Mage Historic Brawl Deck
- Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss Historic Brawl Deck
- Prosper, Tome-Bound Historic Brawl Deck
- Tasha, Unholy Archmage Historic Brawl Deck
- Chandra, Awakened Inferno Historic Brawl Deck
- Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter Historic Brawl Deck
- Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm Historic Brawl Deck
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid Historic Brawl Deck
- Ziatora, the Incinerator – Festival: Dragon Brawl
- Tanazir Quandrix – Festival: Dragon Brawl
- Shadrix Silverquill – Festival: Dragon Brawl
- Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm – Festival: Dragon Brawl
- Galazeth Prismari – Festival: Dragon Brawl
- Nalia de’Arnise Historic Brawl Deck
- Zacama, Primal Calamity Historic Brawl Deck
- Jaxis, the Troublemaker Historic Brawl Deck
- Wrap Up
Hey everyone! I’m back for the latest edition of Midweek Magic where we will be playing Brawl. I heard a few groans out there, but it is actually Historic Brawl. Apparently at some point they renamed Historic Brawl to just Brawl and the former Brawl to Standard Brawl (where it will continue to never get played).
For those of you who just want to get your prizes and get out of there, I highly recommend you just stick with everyone’s favorite monkey Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer. It’ll be nice and quick, I promise. I’ve got some of my other favorite Historic Brawl decks in here along with a budget version for those of you that don’t want to use a ton of wildcards on MWM.
Event Details
Welcome to Midweek Magic! Each week, try out a different way to play MTG Arena!
Bring a 100-card Brawl deck using any cards in MTG Arena and led by your favorite legendary creature or planeswalker!
Find out more details about this and upcoming Midweek Magic events HERE.
- Duration: January 23rd, 2024 @ 2:00 PM PST to January 25th, 2024 @ 2:00 PM PST
- Format: Brawl (formerly known as Historic Brawl)
- Entry Fee: Free
- Ends After: You can play as much as you like for the duration of the event.
- Match Structure: Best-of-one matches (BO1)
Event Rewards
Wins | Reward |
---|---|
1 Win | Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR) |
2 Wins | Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR) |
3 Wins | One Random Cosmetic Item |
Banned Cards
- Agent of Treachery
- Chalice of the Void
- Channel
- Demonic Tutor
- Drannith Magistrate
- Field of the Dead
- Gideon's Intervention
- Lutri, the Spellchaser
- Meddling Mage
- Natural Order
- Nexus of Fate
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Runed Halo
- Shattering Finale
- Sorcerous Spyglass
- Tainted Pact
- Teferi, Time Raveler
- Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Decklists
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
The entire Brawl meta revolves around Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer. If you aren’t playing it or don’t have a way to deal with it on turn one, you’re gonna have a bad time. There are also plenty of opponents that see you playing this and immediately scoop the poop to move on to the next round.
Commander
Planeswalkers (5)
Creatures (38)
Instants (10)
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (35)
100 Cards
$382.19
Rusko, Clockmaker
Rusko turns back the clock to the times when Dimir control was all the rage (I’m looking at you Psychatog). He’s not a total boomer though because he can pseudo combo off by pinging away and setting those clocks to go off ahead of schedule.
Commander
Planeswalkers (4)
Creatures (12)
Instants (26)
Sorceries (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (41)
100 Cards
$442.77
Sythis, Harvest’s Hand
Sythis gives you a lot of play against a variety of strategies. It can grind through so many extra cards against anything playing a long game while the life gain helps to stabilize against aggressive decks.
Commander
Planeswalkers (1)
Creatures (22)
Instants (3)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (35)
Lands (38)
100 Cards
$376.05
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
While Kinnan was banished to the hell queue early on, he’s not nearly as busted as he used to be. Still a great way to drop massive monsters way ahead of schedule. If that’s your thing, give it a run.
Commander
Creatures (43)
Instants (12)
Sorceries (4)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (32)
100 Cards
$588.03
Budget Anax, Hardened of the Forge
Here’s your budget deck of the week. You just turn everything sideways and point a bunch of spells at your opponents face until they are nice and crispy.
Commander
Creatures (36)
Instants (17)
Sorceries (8)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (32)
100 Cards
$41.78
Complete List
For inspiration and ideas, more decks can be found in our Historic Brawl deck database.
Wrap Up
Thanks for reading! I’ll be back later this week to kick off my Limited coverage of Murders at Karlov Manor. Until then, stay classy people!