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The MTG Arena Open: Everything You Need to Know

The MTG Arena Open: Everything You Need to Know

Alex Barker December 3, 2025 Competitive MTG, Historic, MTG Arena, Standard

Come one, come all! Get back to playing MTG in a competitive setting. Wizards of the Coast sanctions an online competitive event: the MTG Arena Open. As an alternative path to a Qualifier Weekend, the Arena Open offers a unique chance to compete...

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The Ultimate Guide to MTG Arena’s Historic Format

The Ultimate Guide to MTG Arena’s Historic Format

Pedro Furtado (djorso) November 10, 2025 Deckbuilding, Historic, MTG Arena

Historic is one of MTG Arena’s eternal formats. Historic is similar to Legacy in the sense that you can play almost all the cards ever released on Arena, minus a ban list. The digital-only cards from Alchemy sets also receive rebalances from time...

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MTG Banned and Restricted List and Announcements

MTG Banned and Restricted List and Announcements

sushiske November 10, 2025 Deckbuilding, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

The “Banned and Restricted” announcements for MTG tend to polarize the community. Bans are an important part of the formation and maintenance of constructed formats, and a huge part of the Magic ecosystem. They rightfully get a lot of chatter...

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Collecting
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The 40 Best Historic Cards in Magic Ranked

The 40 Best Historic Cards in Magic Ranked

Pedro Furtado (djorso) October 10, 2025 Collecting, Deckbuilding, Historic, MTG Cards

With the release of Arena Anthologies 1 and 2, as well as some digital rebalances to strong cards, the Historic metagame was recently shaken. Now is a good time as any to get into the format, so let’s go through the best cards in the format, with...

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3 Busted Cards Pre-Banned in High Powered Format

3 Busted Cards Pre-Banned in High Powered Format

Timothy Zaccagnino July 22, 2025 Historic, MTG Cards, MTG News

Edge of Eternities just printed some historically powerful cards onto Arena for the first time. Historically in the traditional sense, since some of them just got banned from literal Historic.

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Brawl
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The Ultimate List of 42 MTG, MTG Arena, and MTGO Formats Explained

The Ultimate List of 42 MTG, MTG Arena, and MTGO Formats Explained

Spencer Falor-Ward February 6, 2025 Brawl, Commander, Cube, Draft, Historic, Legacy, Limited, Magic Online, Modern, MTG Arena, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

One aspect of MTG that helps maintain its success is that there are loads of ways to play. Whether you’re brand new to the game, played for years, play casually from time to time, or you want become a pro, there’s an MTG format for you!

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Historic
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Timeless vs. Historic on MTGA: The Key Differences Explained

Timeless vs. Historic on MTGA: The Key Differences Explained

Steve Vrooman February 8, 2024 Historic, MTG Arena, MTG Formats

On MTG Arena, these format usually mean the investment of a lot of gems and wildcards to build a competitive deck, so today we’ll explore Arena’s classic Eternal format, Historic, and its newer, even more Eternal format, Timeless. We’ll give you...

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Explorer
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Explorer vs. Historic on MTGA: The Key Differences Explained

Explorer vs. Historic on MTGA: The Key Differences Explained

Pedro Furtado (djorso) January 9, 2024 Explorer, Historic, MTG Arena, MTG Formats

Of all the Constructed formats in MTG Arena, two of its exclusives are Historic and Explorer. These formats both have their differences and similarities, and today we’re going to discuss them in great detail.

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Alchemy
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Arena Tutor v2.2: Now with Metagame Deck AI!

Arena Tutor v2.2: Now with Metagame Deck AI!

Dan Troha April 8, 2022 Alchemy, Arena Tutor, Feature Updates, Historic, Standard

I am SO. EXCITED. Today on Arena Tutor, we just rolled out an awesome new feature, and I think you’re going to love it: Meta deck identification! Do you ever wish you knew what removal your opponent had? What sweepers? What cards you need...

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Deckbuilding
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Deck Guide: Azorius Control in Historic

Deck Guide: Azorius Control in Historic

David Royale April 6, 2022 Deckbuilding, Historic, MTG Decks, Strategy

One deck that benefited from Neon Dynasty’s The Wandering Emperor is Azorius Control. Casting an instant speed planeswalker is everything a blue mage wants to do.

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Historic
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Deck Guide: Azorius Auras in Historic

Deck Guide: Azorius Auras in Historic

Gavin Thompson (AlphaFrog) December 8, 2021 Historic, MTG Decks, Strategy

I brought Azorius Auras for the Innistrad Championships. The addition of Stormchaser Drake gives you a clear consistent plan of action: suit up your creatures, draw a lot of cards, and run over the finish line. So let’s take a look at this...

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Deck Guide: Selesnya Cats in Historic

Deck Guide: Selesnya Cats in Historic

Andrew Quinn November 1, 2021 Historic, MTG Decks, Strategy

Cats in Magic are a fairly underused tribe. I’ve taken the foundation of a Modern Cats deck I built with my brother a couple years ago and converted it to Historic. This list is a fairly simple, tribal-based aggro build with some nice...

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