Table of Contents
- Event Details
- Event Rewards
- Banned Cards
- Decklists
- Azorius Auras
- Izzet Wizards
- Ninjas
- Red Burn
- Mono Black Sacrifice
- Complete List
- Azorius Auras – Historic Artisan
- Izzet Wizards – Historic Artisan
- Dimir Ninjas – Historic Artisan
- Mono Red Burn – Historic Artisan
- Mono Black Sacrifice – Historic Artisan
- Boros Equipment – Historic Artisan
- Golgari Elves – Historic Artisan
- Selesnya Toxic – Historic Artisan
- Gruul Storm – Historic Artisan
- Mono White Aggro – Historic Artisan
- Mono Red Aggro – Historic Artisan
- Azorius Blink – Historic Artisan
- Dimir Control – Historic Artisan
- Dimir Rogues – Historic Artisan
- Golgari Adventures – Historic Artisan
- Izzet Blitz – Historic Artisan
- Izzet Tempo – Historic Artisan
- Orzhov Reanimator – Historic Artisan
- Rakdos Sacrifice – Historic Artisan
- Mono White Affinity – Historic Artisan
- Temur Dragons – Historic Artisan
- Bant Gates – Historic Artisan
- Azorius Heroic – Historic Artisan
- Rakdos Goblin Combo – Historic Artisan
- Mono Red Goblin Tokens – Historic Artisan
- Mono Red Goblin Midrange – Historic Artisan
- Goblin Persist Combo – Historic Artisan
- Esper Blink – Historic Artisan
- Mono Blue Tempo – Historic Artisan
- Mono Green Aggro – Historic Artisan
- Boros Artifact Aggro – Historic Artisan
- Boros Shrines – Historic Artisan
- Gruul Aggro – Historic Artisan
- Selesnya Enchantments – Historic Artisan
- Selesnya Lifegain – Historic Artisan
- Wrap Up
Hey everyone! We have once again reached the middle of another week (I know, I know, I keep expecting the world to self-destruct as well, but here we are) and that means that we are primed for another Midweek Magic. This week we will be doing Historic Artisan which is commons and uncommons only built out of the historic card pool. That means there will be no need for a budget list since the entire format is budget.
This is always a popular format every time it becomes available and I look forward to seeing all the builds the community comes up with. Here are some decks to get you started!
Event Details
Welcome to Midweek Magic! Each week, try out a different way to play MTG Arena!
Bring a 60-card deck using only commons, uncommons, and basic lands from any set in MTG Arena. Without rares, the common folk can truly be heard!
Find out more details about this and upcoming Midweek Magic events HERE.
- Duration: December 19th, 2023 @ 2:00 PM PST to December 21st, 2023 @ 2:00 PM PST
- Format: Historic Artisan
- 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
The following cards are banned in Historic Artisan:
- Abiding Grace
- Cauldron Familiar
- Gates Ablaze
- Persistent Petitioners
- Veil of Summer
- Wilderness Reclamation
- Zenith Flare
Let’s be honest here, nobody wants to play the Cauldron Familiar game of a thousand clicks and they can’t have you just Zenith Flareing your opponent in the middle of nowhere.
Decklists
Azorius Auras
A classic archetype where you stack a bunch of auras on a difficult to deal with creature such as Invisible Stalker and quickly run them over while drawing a bunch of cards off of Staggering Insight and Curious Obsession. It’s backed up by Selfless Savior and Alseid of Life's Bounty to prevent any shenanigans from stopping you.
Just a reminder that the Shadows over Innistrad lands were downshifted to uncommon so they are playable here.
Creatures (18)
Enchantments (21)
60 Cards
$36.76
Izzet Wizards
While not quite as explosive as the normal Historic version, this can still put a hurting on your opponent with a swiftness. The biggest loss is the mana base which goes from great to really rough. You just can’t afford to have very many taplands in this deck so I went with two just to ease the pain a little bit.
Creatures (16)
Instants (14)
60 Cards
$37.72
Ninjas
Another fairly easy transition down to the artisan version. You have twelve cheap evasive creatures that let you ninjutsu out a train of card draw or even a ninja lord on the cheap. It has a bunch of inexpensive interaction that is easy to hold up to ensure that the foot clan emerges victorious.
Creatures (26)
60 Cards
$44.76
Red Burn
You know what to do. Point red spells at your opponent until they are toastier than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
Creatures (16)
60 Cards
$40.8
Mono Black Sacrifice
While you can’t play the Cat that came back, you do have plenty of other minions to sacrifice to churn through your deck with a swiftness while accumulating value.
Creatures (24)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
60 Cards
$38.36
Sideboard
7 Cards
$2.45
Complete List
The below decks also include ones submitted by the community. You can also find them in our Historic Artisan deck database here.
Wrap Up
Thanks for reading! I’ll be back next week with another MWM (that’s right not even Christmas can stop me from posting these articles). Until then, stay classy people!