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Rant of Valakut: Historic Vesperlark

Ben Iverach-Brereton
August 29, 2022
Rants of Valakut
I decided to dust off Arena recently. It was mostly because of the Gladiator queue, but while I had the game open I thought it might be interesting to try building my Vesperlark Reanimator deck for Historic. Ar... Read More...

Into the Arena: Ponza… Enough Said

Dawson Reynolds
July 11, 2022
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena
Ponza. You either love it or you hate it. Or perhaps you sometimes hate it and sometimes love it, depending on which side of the table its on. There aren't many decks in MTG quite as divisive as this one, but b... Read More...

Into the Arena: Bringing Gates Into the Battle

Dawson Reynolds
June 10, 2022
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena
The release of Battle For Baldur's Gate is getting everyone excited for all the amazing commanders, multiplayer cards, and D&D themes of the new set! I, however, have been getting excited for one of the les... Read More...

Into the Arena: Top 3 Rogue Historic Decks

Dawson Reynolds
April 15, 2022
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena
With a big Historic Open taking place this weekend on Arena, it's time to check in with the format and find some sweet decklists! Historic has been in a good place the last few months, with a large number of po... Read More...

Into the Arena: The Power Nine of MTGA

Dawson Reynolds
April 1, 2022
Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Thanks to Arena’s quickly growing card pool it can sometimes be easy to lose track of what cards are even on the platform. From old Standard sets like Kaladesh to auxiliary releases like Historic Horizons, ther... Read More...

Into the Arena: Golgari Aggro in Historic

Dawson Reynolds
January 7, 2022
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Since last week I have continued to enjoy Historic, and have experimented with a few different decks. It turns out that Historic is in a good place right now, and that all of the changes from last fall have res... Read More...

Into the Arena: Heliod Company

Dawson Reynolds
December 31, 2021
Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Collected Company is one of my all time favourite cards, and when new decks using it do well I take notice. Although I haven’t been playing Historic as much as I used to, when I heard that Heliod Company is one... Read More...

Into the Arena: Top Historic Decks This Fall!

Dawson Reynolds
October 28, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Historic has been a volatile format in the past few months. With new sets releasing, bans and suspensions, and tournaments happening infrequently, it has been difficult to track the metagame. However, it seems ... Read More...

Into the Arena: Rem Karolus Beatdown in Brawl

Dawson Reynolds
October 8, 2021
Decklists, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt has brought a wealth of new legendary creatures and planeswalkers to Arena, which is very exciting for Historic Brawl. These new cards represent characters old and new, from Teferi and ... Read More...

Into the Arena: I Got the Mono-Blues

Dawson Reynolds
October 1, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
I typically try to jump between a variety of decks and formats when I play Magic. I always play some Limited, some Historic, and some Standard, and usually even other formats like Brawl, Commander, and special ... Read More...
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