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Into the Arena: Top Cards of Midnight Hunt!

Dawson Reynolds
September 24, 2021
Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena, Standard
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is coming out in paper this weekend and has already been out on Arena for a week now, so it seems like the perfect time to take a look at the top cards from the new set! I will be going... Read More...

Into the Arena: Controlling a New Metagame

Dawson Reynolds
September 17, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena
Historic is in an exciting place right now, and the effects of Jumpstart: Historic Horizons are very apparent. With so many new cards and archetypes it is still too soon to say what the format will look like on... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: New Treasures

Ben Iverach-Brereton
September 13, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Jump/Start Historic Horizons is a lot of fun, and the additions to Historic are proving to be quite interesting. I'll admit, I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to playing against every new archetype (I'm loo... Read More...

Into the Arena: Historic Horizons Primer

Dawson Reynolds
September 10, 2021
Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Magic the Gathering: Arena received a major new product recently with the release of the largest ever Historic-focused set. Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is essentially a “masters set” style product for Arena’s ... Read More...

Into the Arena: Top Brawl Commanders

Dawson Reynolds
August 27, 2021
Into the Arena, MTG Arena
With Historic Brawl now in full swing, I think it's time to take a look at some of the most popular commanders and what their strengths and weaknesses are. Even though Brawl isn’t a competitive format at the mo... Read More...

Into the Arena: Armageddon in Historic!

Dawson Reynolds
August 13, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena
I think as Magic players we all sometimes have the urge to put down whatever it is we have been playing and come up with something entirely new. One of the greatest parts of Magic is exploring the vast card poo... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Historic Treasures

Ben Iverach-Brereton
August 2, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms introduced a whole slew of "treasures matter" cards, like Kalain, Reclusive Painter and Xorn. Kaldheim had a bunch of treasure producers, too, like Goldspan Dragon and Magda, ... Read More...

Into the Arena: Historic’s Hidden Gems

Dawson Reynolds
July 30, 2021
Historic, Into the Arena
Historic is a growing format that includes every card released on Arena, but at its core it is still the format where cards can live on even after they rotate out of Standard. However, not every card that has m... Read More...

Into the Arena: Back to Rogues in Historic

Dawson Reynolds
July 26, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena
As someone who plays a lot of Historic, Arena’s eternal format, I have played with a lot of Arclight Phoenixes the past few months. However, after a recent tournament full of Izzet Phoenix mirrors I started loo... Read More...

Into the Arena: Top Spoilers of The Forgotten Realms

Dawson Reynolds
July 9, 2021
Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena, Spoilers, Standard
It’s finally here! The Forgotten Realms are upon us, and Arena players are getting their first taste of the new set. This marriage of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering has a ton of flavourful and ... Read More...
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