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Bowmasters and Friends: the new Historic metagame after the rebalanced cards got reverted

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September Surprise: Hymn to Tourach in Historic

September 19, 2026September 19, 2026

Finding the best Fight Rigging list in Historic

September 15, 2026September 16, 2026

Slicing to Mythic in Historic with Ninjastill – Part 2

September 11, 2026September 16, 2026

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Historic Mono Black Aggro Deck Guide: Interaction and Beatdown is OP

Deck Guides Historic

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!

DoggertQBones
June 22, 2021

MTG Arena Zone June 2021 Update: Organizing Content and Premium Promotion

News

Hello everyone we hope everybody has been well since our update last month. As always, we can’t thank everybody enough for visiting and supporting us. Things have been a bit quiet on the Arena front, so we had a bit…

DotGG
June 20, 2021

Triumphant Reckoning Art by Svetlin Velinov

Brewing in a Top Hat: Historic Triumphant Mizzix

Historic

MonkeyInATopHat is back with a brand new combo deck in Historic! See how you can kill your opponents with one spell as early as turn 4!

MonkeyInATopHat
June 20, 2021

Wizards Cuts World Championship XXVII Prize Pool by 75% – Top Players React

News

Yesterday, June 17, Wizards of the Coast released an article which provided new details into the upcoming postseason. Among those details was the prize pool for Magic’s largest and most important tournament of the season, World Championship XXVII, and it…

Paul
June 18, 2021

’20-’21 Postseason: The Road to World Championship XXVII

News

With the 2020-21 pro Magic regular season winding down, Wizards of the Coast has released more details about the upcoming postseason and the path to World Championship XXVII. The feeding system for the World Championship is a little complicated in…

Paul
June 17, 2021

Prime Speaker Vannifar Art by Kieran Yanner

100-Card Historic Brawl – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists (Featuring the Brawl Communities)

Events

This week’s FNM at Home event is 100-card Historic Brawl, a slight modification to the popular format! As usual, enter the event for free and play as much as you like for the next 24 hours. You can also win…

DotGG
June 17, 2021

Vadrok, Apex of Thunder Art by Zack Stella

Standard Jeskai Mutate Deck Guide: Is Combo Tier 1?

Deck Guides Standard

If you were getting bored of Standard DoggertQBones has your back! Learn to pilot the surprisingly powerful Combo deck that took the Strixhaven Championship by storm!

DoggertQBones
June 17, 2021

MTG Arena Announcements, June 16, 2021: Historic Brawl UNBANS and Event Schedule

News

The return of Historic Brawl is nearly upon us, and Wizards has just made the announcement that and will be unbanned in the format. Wizards claims that their new weighting system for matching high powered commanders against other high powered…

Paul
June 16, 2021

How to Unlock Theros Beyond Death Nyx Lands

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Theros Beyond Death has 15 new Basic Lands, comprising of 5 of the special full art Nyx lands and 2 of each of the normal bordered lands that usually come with each set release. All illustrated by Sam Burley, they…

DotGG
June 16, 2021

Standard on a Budget: Izzet Spells

Guides Standard

Trying to get into Standard, but don't know how? DoggertQBones has you covered! Look at the explosive Izzet Spells deck at 3 different price points to find the version right for you!

DoggertQBones
June 16, 2021

Indomitable Creativity Art by Deruchenko Alexander

Historic Temur Creativity Deck Guide: Historic’s New Best Deck

Deck Guides Historic

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…

DoggertQBones
June 14, 2021

Arena Cube Draft Deep Dive: The Mindset of a Highly Experienced Drafter

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This week we're doing a special free Premium article! DoggertQBones talks at length about his process going through one of his Arena Cube drafts!

DoggertQBones
June 12, 2021

Theros Beyond Death (THB) Limited Tier List

Theros Beyond Death (THB)Tier Lists

MTG Arena Zone's Theros Beyond Death (THB) Limited Tier List. Each card is ranked according to their value for sealed and draft formats.

DotGG
June 11, 2021

Adventures in the Forgotten Realm Spoilers: Daily Roundup for June 11, 2021

News

Today, the official Dungeons and Dragons Twitch channel gave us a preview of two new cards from the upcoming set Adventures in the Forgotten Realms! Let’s take a look: Tasha’s Hideous Laughter Card Name: Tasha’s Hideous Laughter Mana Cost: {1}{U}{U}…

Paul
June 11, 2021

The New Best Decks of Historic Post Time Warp Ban: What to Expect After the Banning

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Hello everyone! With the surprise banning of Time Warp, everyone is left wondering what to play and what’s going to be good in Historic. Instead of just jamming all your old decks to figure out what might be good, I…

DoggertQBones
June 11, 2021

Historic All Access – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists

Events

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 is a great opportunity to try out some Historic decks…

DotGG
June 10, 2021

A Pinch of Spice: Off-Meta Decks from the Strixhaven Championship

News

The Strixhaven Championship took place over the last weekend: an invitational event where the current top players in Magic fought it out for a $250k prize pool across both the Standard and Historic format. If you’d like to see what…

Paul
June 10, 2021

June 9, 2021 Banned and Restricted Announcement: Time Warp Banned

News

The Strixhaven Championship which just took place over the last weekend was dominated by Jeskai Turns, a deck that was largely focused around casting and recasting . The Mystical Archive from Strixhaven has brought many powerful cards to Historic, but…

Paul
June 9, 2021

Historic Atarka Red Deck Guide

Deck Guides Historic

Guide to Mono Red Aggro for the Historic format, splashing Green for Atarka's Command.

The MTG Hero
June 9, 2021

Starnheim Unleashed Art by Johannes Voss

Free MTG Arena Code “GameKnights” for the Avenging Angels Beginner’s Deck

News

A free beginner’s deck for MTG Arena has been released by the YouTube channel The Command Zone, with a “How to Play” video to introduce more players to the game! Redeem the code GameKnights to add the entire Avenging Angels…

DotGG
June 8, 2021

Strixhaven Championship: Final Results and Analysis

News

After three days of high-stakes Magic, the Strixhaven Championship has finally come to an end. The finals took place today, June 6, in the form of a Historic format double-elimination tournament among the Top 8 players from day one and…

Paul
June 6, 2021

Strixhaven Championship Top 8 Decklists

News

The Strixhaven Championship is an invite-only tournament and the third major event of the 2020 – 2021 Magic Esports season! We have seen the best Magic players in the world compete for their share of the $250,000 prize pool on…

Paul
June 5, 2021

Strixhaven Championship: Day Two Highlights and Results

News

The Strixhaven Championship carries on, as the Swiss rounds came to an end today and determined the eight players who will go on to the day three playoffs. Players were looking to earn twelve match wins total in order to…

Paul
June 5, 2021

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Top 50 Standard Simic Keruga Midrange Deck Guide: Hit Em With the Hippo

Deck Guides Standard

Keruga has seen functionally zero play until now! DoggertQBones tackles the newest midrange deck using Standard's least appreciated Hippo!

DoggertQBones
June 5, 2021

Strixhaven Championship: Day One Highlights and Results

News

The Strixhaven Championship is finally upon us! The highly anticipated professional tournament got underway this morning on Friday, June 4, pushing us ever closer to the ’20-’21 Postseason. Today’s competition took the form of three Swiss rounds of Historic followed…

Paul
June 4, 2021

Arena Cube Draft Card List

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This is the complete card list for the Arena Cube Draft event on MTG Arena, which are curated from the Historic card pool. You can search the table and sort each column by alphabetical order. This list is always kept…

DotGG
June 4, 2021

Jumpstart Event Guide

Events

A complete guide to Jumpstart, including cards, decklists, and event information.

DotGG
June 4, 2021

Jumpstart Pack Themes and Contents

Events

Quickly find out what cards are contained in Jumpstart packets with this handy reference tool.

DotGG
June 4, 2021

The Expert’s Guide to Mulliganing in Constructed

Strategy

Mulliganing is an extremely difficult skill, but it doesn't have to be! DoggertQBones talks about the framework to deciding when to mulligan that's applicable to any deck you play!

DoggertQBones
June 4, 2021

Historic Pauper – FNM at Home Event Guide and Decklists

Events

FNM (Friday Night Magic) at Home is back yet again this week, to give you free stuff for your participation in various events! This week’s format is Historic Pauper, where you can play commons only from every set on Arena.…

Drifter
June 3, 2021

Strixhaven Championship: Historic Metagame Preview

News

On this Friday, June 4, the Strixhaven Championship will begin, pitting the Rivals League and MPL members against each other for the $250,000 prize pool. Yesterday, we got a preview of the Standard metagame and today, we get to take…

Paul
June 3, 2021

Tajic, Legion's Edge Art by Anthony Palumbo

Tier 2 Historic Brawl Decklists from the Brawl Hub Community

News

Powerful Historic Brawl decks (tier 2) built and refined by one of the largest Brawl communities.

DotGG
June 3, 2021

MTG Arena Announcements, June 2, 2021: Event Schedule and the Return of Historic Brawl!

News

Wizards of the Coast has posted their monthly announcements for MTG Arena, and although we’re all still waiting for Brawl’s permanent inclusion in Arena’s play modes, there will be an FNM at home event featuring Historic on June 18 followed…

Paul
June 2, 2021

Strixhaven Championship: Standard Metagame Preview

News

The Strixhaven Championship is nearly upon us, and all of the Rivals League and MPL members have submitted their decks for the upcoming showdown. Although we don’t yet have access to the full lists, Wizards of the Coast has provided…

Paul
June 2, 2021

Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner Art by Jaime Jones

Tier 1 Historic Brawl Decklists from the Brawl Hub Community

News

The best of the best Historic Brawl decks (tier 1) built and refined by one of the largest Brawl communities.

DotGG
June 2, 2021

Historic on a Budget: Boros Cycling

Guides Historic

Historic seems hard to get into, but it doesn't have to be! DoggertQBones breaks down this competitive deck into 3 different budgets!

DoggertQBones
June 1, 2021

A Pinch of Spice: Four Off-Meta Historic Tournament Decks

News

This weekend featured a number of competitive Historic events, putting a spotlight on a meta which has been shaken up constantly over the last month. For those who haven’t been closely following the format, the release of Strixhaven brought new…

Paul
May 31, 2021

Standard Izzet Ramp Deck Guide: Who Says Sultai Has the Best Late Game?

Deck Guides Standard

Ugin's been gone from Standard for awhile, but can DoggertQBones and Danytlaw bring him back?

DoggertQBones
May 31, 2021

Hooglandia Historic Open – Metagame, Decklists, and Results

News

This has been a busy weekend for the Historic format, with both the F2K United Invitational tournament and the Hooglandia Historic Open taking place, along with the Historic qualifier for the upcoming Insight Esports Tier 1 tournament on July 31st.…

Paul
May 30, 2021

Fade 2 Karma United Invitational – Metagame, Decklists, and Results

News

The Fade 2 Karma United Invitational tournament took place over the course of this weekend, featuring sixty total players, including major streamers as well as MPL and Rivals League members, battling it out for a $2,500 total prize pool. The…

Paul
May 30, 2021

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