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Hello everyone! Today I’m bringing you the quintessential Sultai slapper, suplexer, and smasher: Dimir Control. I’ve had quite a love affair with Dimir Control for awhile, but after Zendikar Rising,...
Hello everyone! Today I’m going to go over what I consider to be the best aggro deck in the format: Gruul Adventures. Gruul Adventures rose to prominence in Zendikar Rising...
Hey everybody! My name’s Maxim Salmin aka Rint and today I’m introducing you to the refined Simic Stompy deck that I used to 6-0 an SCG Satellite tournament and land...
Welcome to our Selesnya Company deck guide for the Magic: The Gathering Arena Historic format, updated for Strixhaven: School of Mages! Here, you will learn how to play this green-white...
Hello everyone! As promised, since the previous Bo1 Standard article did well, Dany and I are looking into making it a regular thing! Last time we tackled what was considered...
Tired of the same old metagame decks that have been around for the past couple seasons? Here’s something a bit different for the control player in all of us. This...
In my opinion, synergy is power. Cards need to feed off each other to reach their potential. Rarely do we see cards so powerful that they end a game on...
Hello everyone! Today I’m talking about the premiere SMORC deck in Historic: Gruul Aggro. Historic is a cool format as it spans so many sets throughout the course of Magic’s...
Welcome to our Tainted Pact Combo deck guide for the Magic: The Gathering Arena Historic format, updated for Strixhaven: School of Mages! Here, you will learn how to play this...
Hello everyone! Welcome to our Dimir Rogues deck guide for the Magic: The Gathering Arena Historic format, updated for Strixhaven: School of Mages! Here, you will learn how to play...
Welcome to our Mono White Lifegain deck guide for the Magic: The Gathering Arena Standard format, updated for Strixhaven: School of Mages! Here, you will learn how to play this...
Hello everyone, welcome to Brewing in a Top Hat. I have been having a blast playing with Strixhaven and the Mystical Archive cards, and today I bring you an interesting, high...
Welcome to our Sultai Flash deck guide for the Magic: The Gathering Arena Historic format, updated for Strixhaven: School of Mages! Here, you will learn how to play this black-green-blue...
Hello everyone! Today Dany and I are bringing you an archetype that didn’t quite make it in Kaldheim, but looks like it has serious chops with Strixhaven: Izzet Dragons (Snow)....
Hello everyone! My name is JS2 and I’ll be writing for MTG Arena Zone from now on! Even with Strixhaven coming out, the meta has stayed relatively the same. Decks...
Hello everyone! Before I get into the article, I wanted to announce that this will be the first article in a series of written guides by me with accompanying videos...
Hello everybody! Today, we’re going to do a much needed update on one of the best decks (if not the best) in Historic: Orzhov Auras. As a content creator, I...
Welcome back, wizards! Control was in a bit of a tough spot lately because of the uprising of Auras and Jund Food. That was, of course, until Strixhaven was released...
Strixhaven is here, and class is now in session! With my affinity for prowess in Modern, I was stoked when I first seen and the other Magecraft cards. So of...
Hello everyone! Today we’re going to review a subset of the extremely popular Temur Adventures archetype: Temur Lukka. Before I continue, I’ll show both a stock version of Obosh Adventures...
Hello everyone! Today I’m giving you a deck guide to one of the few decks I made day 1 of Strixhaven, but has been performing well for me since: Simic...
Hello everyone! It’s been a hot minute since I talked about my bae (Zendikar Rising in fact), but it’s time to bring her back into the limelight: . I’ve been...
This week in Brewing in a Top Hat, I return to you with a powerful twist on Historic Jeskai Turns. Unlike the control shell that has been floating around the ladder,...
Hello everyone! Watching the Kaldheim Championship was a blast and there were a lot of great stories to tell there, but the one that caught my eye was Chris Botelho...
Introduction Hello Planeswalkers! Kaldheim Championship was held this past weekend and we have a win rate matrix for the Historic portion of the tournament – this is what it looks...
Hello everyone! Today, I’m going to talk about one of the best and my absolute favorite deck in all of Historic: GW Fauna Shaman. GW Fauna Shaman is an evolution...
So, are we just going to pretend that Doomskar isn’t a card? This is a three-mana board sweeper with no real restrictions or drawbacks, AND NO ONE IS PLAYING IT!!!...
Welcome back to Brewing in a Top Hat. Boy, do I have a fun Historic list cooked up for you all today! This is an aggro deck with a combo finish...
Hello everyone! Today we’re going to go over the latest iteration of the classic Yorion midrange archetype, 4 color. Realistically, this is just Esper splashing for one card, but that...
Hello my friends! Now that Historic is back into the spotlight again due to Historic Anthology 4, it’s time to revisit one of my favorite archetypes – Azorius Control! This...
