Historic

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…

Monoblack Aggro isn't the only good monocolored deck in Historic! Find out how DoggertQBones took an unknown archetype to an 80% winrate in Mythic!

Blue decks in Historic got you down? Give them a headache with the powerful Monoblack Aggro! Learn how to navigate your matchups and niche tips and tricks courtesy of DoggertQBones!

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…

Can Combo still be Tier 1 without Pact? DoggertQBones thinks it's possible!

Welcome to our Sultai 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 tempo deck for both best of one (bo1) and best of…

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 have to test out a lot of different decks by…

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 – and with it the Mystical Archive collection. Strixhaven’s impact…

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 Turns. Styled similarly to the decks in the past, Simic…

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 playing Adventures in both Standard and Historic. To be perfectly…

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 like: What? Jund with has a higher win rate overall?…

Hello everyone! Today, I’m going to talk about one of the best and my absolute favorite deck in all of Historic: GW . GW is an evolution of the GW CoCo archetype I’ve been enjoying for months now and I…

Hello everyone! Like the title says, I’m going to be talking about what I consider the most underrated deck in all of Historic, Cycling. Now a mainstay in Standard, with Historic Anthology 4 coming out with , I thought it…

Hello everyone! Do you miss Uro in Historic? No? Literally nobody. Huh, well ok. Do you miss playing Sultai then? If so, I have the deck for you! Sultai Ultimatum plays somewhat similarly to the Sultai deck of old, but…

Hello everyone! Today we’re going to talk about a deck I thought was a meme, but ended up being a dream, Angels. Angels is a deck that utilizes the many life gain cards across Arena’s history to turn into a…

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 you! This isn’t a new deck by any stretch, but…

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 very powerful and rewarding to play whether you’re just learning…

Hello everyone! I’ll admit it, I have a problem. My problem is that I can’t stop playing decks in Historic and I don’t want the cure. Initially piloted by Devon (d00mwake) O’Donnell in the Zendikar Rising Championship, GB is looking…

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 midrange decks and it’s been winning a lot, so I had little reason to…

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 to use all of your wildcards to get together a…

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, Combo. First created by Kai Budde and Joel Larson for the Zendikar Rising Championship, the…