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Historic is a constructed non-rotating format exclusive to Magic: The Gathering Arena. That means you can use any card available in-game, even after they rotate and you will see non-Standard cards being introduced periodically. You can find all our Historic content here, from strategy, guides and tier lists.
Hey everyone! I’m Alth, an MTG Arena grinder that’s always looking to bring new and interesting ideas to the format and push them as high on the ladder as I can. You can also follow me on Twitter and YouTube…
Hello everyone! Yesterday I covered what’s going on in Standard and today we’re going to look at what’s up with Historic! Despite Historic changing less dramatically than Standard during a set release, there’s still been some large shifts happening within…
We are now in our sixth week of the Championship Series, and now in our second month of our inaugural season of competitive Magic: The Gathering. The format for this weekend was initially Alchemy, but changed to Historic as competitors…
Hello everyone! Today I’ll be going over Historic Orzhov , a new spin-off of the Cat-Oven archetype. Similar to other Cat-Oven decks, this new version grinds well, has a strong early and late-game, and is more fun to play than…
After playing Historic almost every single day this month, I have a few takeaways: There are many viable archetypes for playing this format competitively. Phoenix is still there as one of the biggest contenders, sharing the spotlight with UWx ,…
Hello everyone! Today I’ll be going over Historic Mono-Red Storm. This deck is an absolute beast in best-of-one, but also an incredibly hard deck to play and master. A true storm deck, this deck can kill as early as turn…
Hello everyone! With Alchemy’s release, everyone has been focused on the aforementioned format, but that’s not the only one that’s been impacted. Although there wasn’t an excess of cards released, there were still a few that had a big impact…
Legendary by name, legendary by nature! Before the arrival of Alchemy: Innistrad, there were exactly 400 legal legendary creatures in Historic. That’s quite a few, especially considering that most of them never lived up to their supertype. Some have fallen…
Long gone are the days of … One of my favorite things to do in Magic is to kill creatures. Actually, not just creatures: put any permanent on the battlefield and I’d be more than happy to destroy it! We…
Ever since Wizards decided to more heavily support the Humans subtype, the deck has been picking up in popularity. One of its first major appearances was in the Modern Format, where there were countless variants, such as the five color…
Hello planeswalkers! I am The MTG Hero, and I am super excited to share with you one of my absolute favorite historic decks, Tempered Steel. This has been one of my favorite decks since Worlds 2011 when Team ChannelFireball ran…
Hello my fellow planeswalkers! The Midnight Hunt has begun with our return to Innistrad! While I am still testing decks for the new Standard, I figured it was the prefect time to cover something that I have been asked often,…
Few decks have the ability to be so explosive that they can beat back to back wraths, but this is one of them! Jumpstart: Historic Horizon has been one of the biggest hits in MTGA history. I may be making…
Welcome back to Brewing In A Top Hat, I am back after a little visit back to my hometown to see some family, and I am excited to dive into Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. This first brew is a neat take…
Hi everyone and welcome to another article! I’m back with some Historic action again and today I’m bringing you my take on many people’s favorite long time archetype across multiple formats: Enchantress. So far this is pretty much the only…
“From the instant that was previewed, the Internet was abuzz with the new “Splinter Twin” combo in Pioneer and Modern.” – LSV Remastered sets like Amonkhet and Kaladesh brought to MTG Arena a lot of the cards printed in their…
Today isn’t just any ordinary day folks. With the help of DND: Forgotten Realms and a little boost from Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, the time as finally come for the one true ruler of Historic to take their rightful place on…
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is finally here! With a lot of great cards coming in, the Historic metagame is going to take a new and exciting shape. By the time you read this column Jumpstart 2 is probably going to be…
Welcome back to Brewing in a Top Hat! Today we are diving into a very powerful list that Adventures in the Forgotten Realms has unleashed on the meta. It is a Control deck that aims to lock your opponent out…
Hello everyone! I’ll just jump right into it, I believe I have found the best deck in Historic after the Time Warp ban. With a clean 15-1 run into Mythic and how powerful the deck inherently felt, I’m very confident…
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 at #137 on the Arena ladder this season. As a…
