MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #1 Decklists and Metagame Breakdown
The first MTG Arena Zone Open Tournament was held today, and the format was best-of-three Historic! A total of 106 players enrolled to compete in the post-Winota suspension metagame, for a chance to win cash prizes and a month of Premium membership. Be sure to watch this space as we plan to hold more tournaments and improve every day with better coverage and more prizes! In the meantime, you can check out what happened today below, from the full VOD as well as metagame data and the top performing decklists. As always, the excellent MTG Melee platform was used and you can click here to check out the full details.
VOD
Today’s tournament consisted of 7 rounds of Swiss, followed by a top 8 playoff. We want to thank sidetraK for production, all the competitors, viewers who tuned in and this week’s coverage team to make today’s event possible – be sure to give them a follow!
Metagame
Today’s event naturally (being Historic and in a less competitive setting) saw a more variety in the deck archetypes with the biggest metagame share belonging to the old faithful Gruul Aggro at 10% closely followed by Mono Red Aggro at 9%. The other staple archetypes involving Field of the Dead and Nexus of Fate were also present in strong numbers, as well as Esper Control, Mono Blue Tempo and Rakdos Sacrifice that still uses Lurrus of the Dream-Den despite the recent nerf.
Decklists
In Standard, Temur Reclamation took down both of the Player’s Tour tournaments in a dominating fashion, consisting of almost 30% to 40% of the field and both of the finals being mirror matches! We also saw a mirror match between the two Simic Nexus decks that also feature Wilderness Reclamation in the finals. Rakdos Lurrus Sacrifice showed a strong showing, chomping up other aggro archetypes in the process. We also saw Rakdos Goblins deck that feature the Goblin Deathwhirler and Call of the Death-Dweller combo rally to the semifinals!
Bant Control by Arthur Laborderie – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
1st
Historic Simic Ramp by Vomi – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #9 (1st)
Final Standing:
1st
Historic Simic Nexus by Azu Cat – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (1st)
Final Standing:
1st
Colorless Ramp by Shylo Elliott – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
2nd
Historic Gruul Aggro by fefo_san – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #4 (2nd)
Final Standing:
2nd
Historic Simic Nexus by sandoiche – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (2nd)
Final Standing:
2nd
Sultai Midrange by Inaste Noquar – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
3rd
Historic Kethis Combo by Glacier – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (3rd)
Final Standing:
3rd
Historic Bant Nexus by PDeS – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #4 (3rd)
Final Standing:
3rd
Historic Orzhov Vampires by Rint – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #2 (3rd)
Final Standing:
3rd
Mono-Green Elves by Hanna Engel – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
4th
Historic Temur Nexus by Bengee – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #2 (4th)
Final Standing:
4th
Bant Aggro by Waseem Quraishi – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
5th
Historic Bant Golos by Allan Oca – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #7 (5th)
Final Standing:
5th
Historic Bant Golos by Joly20 – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (6th)
Final Standing:
5th
Historic Simic Nexus by IceBR – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #3 (5th)
Final Standing:
5th
Historic Gruul Aggro by FeFoSan – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #2 (5th)
Final Standing:
5th
Jund Sacrifice by Rjuku578 – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
6th
Dimir Flash by Jake Hewitt – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
7th
Historic Bant Golos by shylax – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (7th)
Final Standing:
7th
Historic Gruul Aggro by Beznog – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #2 (7th)
Final Standing:
7th
Mono-Red Goblins by Jozef Vasko – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
8th
Mono-Red Aggro by Zack House – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
9th
Historic Bant Nexus by Minghelludo – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (9th)
Final Standing:
9th
Esper Yorion by David Harding – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
10th
Historic Mono Red Goblins by Borbs – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (10th)
Final Standing:
10th
Historic Jund Dinosaurs by kotka – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #3 (10th)
Final Standing:
10th
Historic Simic Nexus by Daninja – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #2 (10th)
Final Standing:
10th
Sultai Midrange by IzzetABCannon – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
11th
Historic Sultai Ramp by Marcel Warr – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #9 (11th)
Final Standing:
11th
Historic Bant Golos by Serraclys – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (11th)
Final Standing:
11th
Historic Bant Scapeshift by saanctum – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (11th)
Final Standing:
11th
Jund Sacrifice by Chris Sass – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
12th
Historic Mono Red Aggro by Souhei – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #9 (12th)
Final Standing:
12th
Historic Mono Red Burn by GOBO – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #8 (12th)
Final Standing:
12th
Historic Bant Golos by Serraclys – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #7 (12th)
Final Standing:
12th
Historic Bant Golos by Azu Cat – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #6 (12th)
Final Standing:
12th
Historic Simic Nexus by Aldo Leite – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (12th)
Final Standing:
12th
Historic Mono Red Goblins by Madeen – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (13th)
Final Standing:
13th
Historic Mono Blue Tempo by Firmezinha – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (13th)
Final Standing:
13th
Historic Gruul Aggro by Wekys – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #7 (14th)
Final Standing:
14th
Historic Bant Ramp by FilipeFilth – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (14th)
Final Standing:
14th
Historic Mono Blue Tempo by Mooch – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #3 (14th)
Final Standing:
14th
Historic Bant Nexus by peppermtg – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (14th)
Final Standing:
14th
Golgari Midrange by Vaughn Peters – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
15th
Historic Temur Golos by fidelver – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #6 (15th)
Final Standing:
15th
Historic Gruul Aggro by Casao82 – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #5 (15th)
Final Standing:
15th
Historic Mono Green Stompy by Rint – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (15th)
Final Standing:
15th
Colorless Control by JohnRamosMTG – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
16th
Four-color Control by Noah Brisset – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
17th
Historic Mono Green Ramp by Vomi – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #8 (17th)
Final Standing:
17th
Historic Simic Ramp by PolloReal – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open (17th)
Final Standing:
17th
Four-color Midrange by Michael Brisset – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
18th
Mono-Red Planeswalkers by COUGARMEAT – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
19th
Historic Jund Citadel by Chris Sass – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #9 (19th)
Final Standing:
19th
Historic Elves Company by Bhobbsie – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #8 (19th)
Final Standing:
19th
Historic Simic Ramp by Plablito – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #2 (19th)
Final Standing:
19th
Four-color Midrange by Josu Alonso – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
20th
Historic Bant Ramp by MaybeJe – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #3 (20th)
Final Standing:
20th
Grixis Control by Uktul – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
21th
Historic Mono Red Burn by Massapo – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #2 (21st)
Final Standing:
21st
Rakdos Arcanist by Yew_ – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
22th
Rakdos Sacrifice by Matt Baker – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
24th
Mono-Green Aggro by mandrakata – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
25th
Simic Ramp by Davide Caile – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
26th
Simic Ramp by Dani Díaz – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
27th
Mono-Red Goblins by Josh Dunville – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
28th
Mono-Blue Tempo by Chakib Benhalloum – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
29th
Golgari Stompy by Evan Lee – MTG Arena Zone Historic Open #19
Final Standing:
30th
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