Historic All Access - FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists • MTG Arena Zone

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Event Details
- Banned Card List
Event Rewards
HOW TO GET A REWARD CODE FROM YOUR STORE
Decklists

This week’s FNM at Home event allows you to bring any Historic deck, even if the cards are not in your collection! For the next 24 or so hours, this is a great opportunity to try out some Historic decks you always wanted to play. The format never rotates, but as the card pool gets larger and larger, Historic is a format that might not be suitable for all players and this event allows you to dip your toes into it. Who knows, maybe you’ll find a deck you just love? This guide outlines the event information, deck suggestions, and things to consider as you play in this event.

Event Details

Connect with your local game store while keeping yourself and others safe by playing Friday Night Magic (FNM) on MTG Arena!

Today’s event is Historic All Access: While you’ll still bring a Historic deck you won’t need the cards! Try out that new deck you’ve had your eye on, or create something new!

You can receive a code for an Arena FNM Promo Pack containing two cosmetic items when you share your results with your local game store. Find out how, as well as a list of banned cards HERE.

*Note: While supplies last. Not all stores are participating.

Duration: June 10, 2021 @ 4:00 PM PST – June 12, 2020 @ 4:00 AM PST
Format: Historic
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)

Banned Card List

June 9, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement: Time Warp Banned

In case you missed it, Time Warp was recently banned from Historic straight after a dominating result at the Strixhaven Championship tournament. Below are the up to date list of cards currently banned or suspended in Historic and therefore not able to be used in this event:

Card Name	Suspension Date	Ban Date
Nexus of Fate		July 13, 2020
Oko, Thief of Crowns	December 10, 2019	March 9, 2020
Once Upon a Time	December 10, 2019	March 9, 2020
Veil of Summer	December 10, 2019	March 9, 2020
Fires of Invention	June 1, 2020	July 13, 2020
Agent of Treachery	June 1, 2020	July 13, 2020
Winota, Joiner of Forces	June 8, 2020	July 13, 2020
Field of the Dead		August 24, 2020
Teferi, Time Raveler	August 3, 2020	October 12, 2020
Wilderness Reclamation	August 3, 2020	October 12, 2020
Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath	September 28, 2020	February 15, 2021
Omnath, Locus of Creation	October 12, 2020	February 15, 2021
Channel		April 15, 2021
Counterspell		April 15, 2021
Dark Ritual		April 15, 2021
Demonic Tutor		April 15, 2021
Lightning Bolt		April 15, 2021
Natural Order		April 15, 2021
Swords to Plowshares		April 15, 2021
Thassa’s Oracle		May 19, 2021
Time Warp		June 9, 2021

Event Rewards

1 Win: Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR)
2 Wins: Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR)

You can also redeem one code for a MTG Arena Promo Pack every week, which will reward you two in-game cosmetic items – includes all 36 (the Ajani sleeve will be temporarily unavailable as it was recently featured as a separate reward). Sleeves featuring the Japanese Planeswalker alternate art, new Guild-themed sleeves, Ikoria card styles, the Tamiyo player avatar, and more. The code is obtained from your local game store’s online community, as outlined in the Wizard’s official article:

HOW TO GET A REWARD CODE FROM YOUR STORE

Some stores have robust online communities, and others will be forming them for the first time. If you’re already part of such a community, great! Check with them and get connected.

If you aren’t part of a local game store’s online community, or if they don’t have one set up, there are a couple ways you can get connected. One is to simply reach out to your store and ask. Another is to head to locator.wizards.com to find your local game store’s website. Many of them have set up online communities through Discord, WhatsApp, and Facebook, so you may have to join or download one of those applications.

Step by step, here’s how it works:

Play in the event (win or lose as much as you want)
Take a screenshot of your event page
Go to locator.wizards.com to find your local game store’s website
Join their social media channel
Share your screenshot with a nice message on their channel
Store will message you a code* through that social media channel

*Note: While supplies last. Not all stores are participating. Limit one code per account. Sharing a screenshot with your local game store does not guarantee you will receive a code.

If you cannot find an appropriate store or just don’t want to bother with the whole process, you can buy the codes directly from trusted MTG Arena code vendors such as Gray Viking Games. For a few dollars, you can instantly obtain the code to the MTG Arena Promo Pack as well as codes from other products such as Prerelease, Planeswalker decks, Secret Lair sleeves, and more. For more information of MTG Arena codes, consult our full guide. Be sure to check them out!

*MTG Arena Zone is supported by its audience. When you buy codes through this link, we may earn an affiliate commission.*

Decklists

If you want your quick two wins and be done with it, the best decks in the format will be your best bet. If you want the best of the best, then currently Izzet Phoenix is hard to beat, due to its raw power stemming from Brainstorm and Faithless Looting. Our metagame and tier list rankings will give you a guide on the other best decks in the format:

Arena Historic (BO1) Metagame Tier List and Rankings: Streets of New Capenna

Traditional Historic (BO3) Metagame Tier List and Rankings: Streets of New Capenna

If you are going for a more fun approach, then here are some cool off-meta Historic decks you may want to try:

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Death’s Shadow is a beloved card but unfortunately found itself lost in the new meta as soon as it was introduced, even with powerful support from Thoughtseize and Shocklands!

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Marvel came with Kaladesh Remastered but unlike its Standard days, found it slightly underpowered for Historic. It’s still a blast to play, so give it a shot!

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Ramp strategies have been neutered down a bit with Uro now gone, but it can still do its own thing and cast powerful stuff like Ulamog and now Elesh Norn!

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If you enjoy casting spells, then well, here’s another alternative for you.

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Dragonstorm is a fun deck, and this is your opportunity to try it because it most definitely is not worth your Wildcards!

Remember, you can find all Historic decklists on our website in our dedicated section!