Over the weekend, there were nine major Historic tournaments! Taking a look at the overall results it is clear to see the new metagame revolves around Jund and Jeskai. In today's episode, we take a look at the metagame shares of these two decks

Ep 20 - Talking Meta and Dinos with Tarzan

Sep 7th, 2021 54m 2s

We have a guest on the show and wow, this was a great one! We had a chance to catch up with Tarzan about his love for Dinos and the historic format. We take a look at his dino deck, the iterations, critical cards and more.Wrapping up the episod

Ep19 - Combos are Coming!

Aug 26th, 2021 31m 31s

With a new set comes new combos. There are two combos that play specifically out of the graveyard with the introduction of Jumpstart: Historic Horizons. We go in depth on the combos, possible shells that you could see, and how to battle against

Ep18 - Assessing the Beatdown

Aug 19th, 2021 55m 54s

What do you do when you come up against the aggro mirror? How do you eek out a win when you had no business being in that game? We take a good hard look at assessing the beatdown in the same vein as one of Magic's most influential articles ever

Ep17 - Tips on Building a Historic Collection

Aug 10th, 2021 32m 59s

Historic is receiving new cards every week. Unless you have a lot of time or a lot of resources, you are going to want to prioritize how you go about building your collection. This episode focuses on some easy and strategic steps to help you bu

Ep16 - On the Horizon

Aug 3rd, 2021 50m 7s

While not a full blown spoiler show, we talk about the impact of Historic Horizons will have as well as some fun reprints coming to our format. The power level will start to creep up here in the next few weeks, but we also need to talk about th

Ep15 - Digital. Only. Format.

Jul 27th, 2021 44m 16s

Twice in one week means something big is happening in Historic! Today we talk about the unsaid message that came along with the "Jump Start: Historic Horizons" announcements and spoilers and what this means for the format we call home.Opening T

Ep14 - We're Back!

Jul 26th, 2021 35m 43s

Welcome back! This episode is a chance to kick the dirt off and get back into the driver's seat but there is plenty to talk about. I take the time to hit on three topics that need to be addressed before we talk about metagames or best decks.1)

Ep13 - Finally! Some Control in the Format!

Dec 10th, 2020 36m 49s

We have a UW deck worth talking about and man is it bold! During this episode we dive into why the UW control deck piloted by Brad Barclay is something to celebrate and dissect some key choices. Next we explore two other cards left out of Kalad

Ep12 - Killing Sacred Cows

Dec 3rd, 2020 38m 23s

I have missed everyone dearly! We're back from a hiatus and this episode is more of a philosophical one: are there cards you never think about cutting, but you should? We talk about a handful of cards and why they are worth the cut or not. We p

Ep11 - Exploits

Oct 6th, 2020 30m 36s

Exploits in the game. Exploits in your mana base. This show talks about some new hacks that are occurring and how to spot them as well as why you need to play MDFC!Hovering Exploit Discussion Thread:https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicArena/comments/

Ep10 - All quiet in the meta

Sep 29th, 2020 40m 24s

A slow meta is a happy meta! We talk about how, for the first time in a long time, the format feels stable. We go over a few key decks, one new kid on the block, and talk about a hodge podge of topics from the past week of Magic.Early Voting In

Ep9 - Off meta decks and Wish list

Sep 22nd, 2020 1h

We take a look at two decks that are making a little bit of noise in the format: UR Spells and a new combo deck, NeoStorm! After we talk about the intricacies of each deck, we take a trip down memory lane and discuss for decks that would find a

Ep8 - Reacting to the state of the game announcement and a meta recap

Sep 18th, 2020 39m 28s

The Arena Team released their state of the game report for September and we take a look at some key take-aways specifically for the historic format. Wrapping up, we take a quick look at the past month and evaluate the tier 1 and tier 2 list of

Ep7 - The Mythic Invitational and some format thoughts

Sep 15th, 2020 31m 7s

The Mythic Invitational put historic front and center, and today we talk about the big take-aways as well as a new thought: game actions per turn in historic.Watch Mythic Invitational Matches:https://magic.gg/news/Metagame breakdown and convers

Ep6 - Ramp in Historic featuring Vomi

Sep 10th, 2020 49m 34s

Special guest Vomi joins the show to discuss Simic and Mono Green ramp, as well as his take on the current state of the Historic format. This is the first ever interview and it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the listeners. B

Ep5 - The future of historic

Sep 4th, 2020 44m 46s

Note: The audio on this episode was botched and I apologize in advance, but the topic at hand and conversation felt too good to try and recapture. We take a look at where historic is going and what are the good things and not-so-good things abo

Ep4 - Uro and Rakdos Sacrifice headline the weekend

Sep 1st, 2020 48m 55s

I fully anticipate that this will cause some controversy, but today we go into the Urp based decks, Rakdos Sacrifice decks, and I give some incredibly hot takes like "no cards should be banned this week."

Ep3 - A small look at the post-ban meta

Aug 28th, 2020 28m 39s

We take a look at a few decks that had winning records from this week's challenges on MTGMelee.com and try to pinpoint what to expect going into the weekend. At the end of the show we discuss the short comings of a deck like Death and Taxes and

Ep2 - Well there goes the metagame - Field of the Dead Banned

Aug 25th, 2020 27m 35s

Who has time to talk about what could or couldn't happen in the format? Things are happening right now! Rob talks through what Field of the Dead decks were doing that made them worthy of the ban, the vacuum left by these decks, and some cards y

Ep1 - Thoughtsieze is here

Aug 20th, 2020 27m 15s

Historic will never be the same as Amonkhet Remastered brings one of the strongest magic cards from the modern era. Let's talk the pros and cons of thoughtsieze coming into the format, and some ideas you can use to fight against it.

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