Lurrus Burn Historic Deck Guide: Your Opponent’s Will Be Seeing Red
Hello everyone! Today I’m writing about a deck that’s near and dear to my heart as it’s the first Historic deck I ever played! Albeit, this was back when Companions...
Category: Historic
Historic
Historic is MTG Arena’s unique non-rotating constructed format. You can use any of the cards available in the game, with additional sets and special cards from Magic: The Gathering’s history added retroactively on a regular basis.
Find the top Magic: The Gathering Historic decks, guides and metagame data for both best-of-one (BO1) and best-of-three (BO3) modes.
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January Kaldheim League Weekend – Rivals League Decklists and Metagame
This weekend the January Kaldheim League matches are taking place, with the best players in the world fighting for their spots next season. The format is Historic, just a couple...
January Kaldheim League Weekend – MPL Decklists and Metagame
This weekend the January Kaldheim League matches are taking place, with the best players in the world fighting for their spots next season. The format is Historic, just a couple...
Historic Jund Midrange: Jund Em Out!
Hello everyone! Today I was presented with a really interesting deck that can breathe some fresh air into your climb to Mythic, the ever so loved, Jund Midrange! With the...
Top Mythic Standard and Historic Decks – January 2021 Ranked Season – Week 2
Here are the Mythic decks for this week, as we quickly approach the release of Kaldheim on January 28! This will be our last round up post until the new...
Izzet Locust God Combo: Historic’s Splinter Twin Variant
Hello everyone! If you’re a Magic boomer like me, you probably have some strong opinions on Splinter Twin. Easily one of the most contentious decks ever, the idea behind Splinter...
Historic Abzan Constrictor: The Best Type of Counter Spells
Hello everyone! Today I’m coming at you with a super sweet deck that won the Maryellen Goldstein Treatment yesterday, Abzan Snake! When Winding Constrictor came into Historic, I thought that...
Historic Golgari Pogliterator: Never Lose Against Red Decks Again
Welcome back! Today I have a special one for you: The best way to farm aggressive decks on the ladder! This might not be the deck to play at your...
Top Mythic Standard and Historic Decks – January 2021 Ranked Season – Week 1
The first ranked season (click on the link for more details) of the year has started! Today the Kaldheim spoiler season kicks into full gear as players are hoping for...
Neoform Combo Historic Deck Guide: The Terror of Historic Ladder
Do you enjoy playing powerful decks? Do you like crushing any non-interactive deck? Do you want to be the villain of Arena ladder? Well then I have the deck for...
Rakdos Sacrifice Historic Deck Guide: The Cat’s Out of the Bag, Rakdos is Tier 1
Hello everyone! For those who know me well, I am an absolute fanatic for the sacrifice strategies. Just the beautiful mix of aggro, grind, and synergy makes the deck feel...
Top Mythic Standard and Historic Decks – December 2020 Ranked Season – Week 4
December 2020 Ranked season is on its final days as we get ready for a new year ahead of us! Players are eagerly waiting for the next set Kaldheim, which...
Historic Shakeup Event Guide and Decklists – December 2020
The second Historic Shakeup is here and with it, a medley of new decks and strategies to explore! The first Historic shakeup event they held back in June was a...
Golgari Monsters Historic Deck Guide: You Don’t Need to Be Gruul to Smash
Hello everyone! I’ll admit it, I have a problem. My problem is that I can’t stop playing Collected Company decks in Historic and I don’t want the cure. Initially piloted...
Bant Company Historic Deck Guide: Your Opponents Will Hate These Bears
Hello everyone! Ever since I wrote about GW Company, I’ve been playing it near exclusively in Historic for grinding ranked to strong success. I love cool Collected Company midrange decks...
Top Mythic Standard and Historic Decks – December 2020 Ranked Season – Week 3
December 2020 Ranked season is already onto the third week as we approach the holiday season. We have Kaldheim to look forward to in just over a month, and both...
Mono Blue Tempo Historic Deck Guide: Beat the Best on a Budget
Hello everyone! I’ve heard a lot of people are struggling to get into Historic, especially if they haven’t been playing Arena for very long, but fear not! You don’t need...
Historic Metagame Data Analysis: SCG Tour Online Satellites December 12-13
Last weekend’s Satellite tournaments gave a lot of information, and after some recent meta shifts as well as a new challenger in Paradox Combo, it’s the perfect time to analyze...
Sorquixe Plays: Arena Open Day 1!
What does Mythic Championship competitor and writer Sorquixe play in the Arena Open? And does he make Day 2? Music: ExoNova – Electro Swingity Decklists Sacrificed in the Event
Paradox Combo Historic Deck Guide: The First Tier 1 Combo Deck in Historic
Welcome back everyone! Today I’m going over a deck that exploded in popularity just over the weekend and has been putting up extremely promising results, Paradox Engine Combo. First created...
Brewing in a Top Hat: Historic Infinite Saheeli Combo
Welcome back to Brewing in a Top Hat! Today, I am playing a Superfriends-Control deck that uses an infinite token loop to close out games. With the absence of Felidar Guardian...
Top 100 Selesnya Company Historic Deck Guide: Playing Fair Never Felt So Unfair
There’s two rules you always must follow if you are on Magic Twitter. Rule 1, always post a deck list. Doesn’t matter the context, you post a deck list. GP...
Historic Format Guide – December 2020
What is Historic? Historic is my favorite format on MTG Arena. Similar to Pioneer in power level, Historic has many viable competitive decks, with many different styles and archetypes at...
Top Mythic Standard and Historic Decks – December 2020 Ranked Season – Week 2
The second week of MTG Arena’s December 2020 Ranked season is full of spicy Historic decks as we get closer to the release of Kaldheim! We have ones built around...
December 2020 Arena Open Day 2 Decklists
The second day of the Arena Open has concluded! Players had the chance to win up to $2000 USD in cash prizes for reaching 7 wins before 2 losses (or...
December 2020 Arena Open Day 1 Decklists
Day 1 of the December 2020 Arena Open tournament has begun! In this iteration of the tournament, players can now reach 7 wins before 3 losses in a best-of-one (BO1)...
What Decks You Should Play for the Arena Open
Hello everybody! This weekend anyone who wants to participate, and has the funds to do so, can play in the highly anticipated Arena Open. What is the Arena Open you...
Arena Historic (BO1) Metagame Tier List and Rankings – January 2021
Introduction Discover the best Magic: The Gathering Arena Historic decks and archetypes that the players are using to climb the ranked ladder and win tournaments. Explore the Traditional (BO3) Historic...
Traditional Historic (BO3) Metagame Tier List and Rankings – January 2021
Our latest update to the Historic metagame tier list in MTG Arena.
Historic All Access – FNM at Home Event Guide and 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...