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Jace has led to a resurgence of Kethis Combo, while Atraxa has boosted Mardu Reanimator. The most important additions to the format from the latest set, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, are Blackcleave Cliffs Jace, the Perfected Mind and Atraxa, Grand Unifier. These cards, which stem from Historic Anthologies Strixhaven: Mystical Archive, The Brothers’ War: Retro Artifacts, Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, and Alchemy sets, give the Historic format a unique identity. This is similar to Pioneer or Explorer, except that digital-only cards like Crucias, Titan of the Waves are legal in Historic.īesides Crucias, the most-played Historic cards that are not legal in Pioneer or Explorer are Inquisition of Kozilek Jarsyl, Dark Age Scion Fragment Reality Molten Impact Tarmogoyf Chromatic Star Unburial Rites Priest of Fell Rites Serra's Emissary etcetera. Indeed, black-red midrange decks, possibly with a green or blue splash, make up a over one-third of the metagame at Arena Championship 2. The most-played non-land cards overall are Fatal Push Thoughtseize Crucias, Titan of the Waves and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker. Moreover, many new sets have been added to the format, and the resulting metagame looks nothing like last year's. In those events, Izzet Phoenix and Golgari Food had the largest shares of the metagame, but rebalances like A-Cauldron Familiar and A-Unholy Heat have weakened those decks since then. The last major Historic tournaments with live streaming coverage were last year's Neon Dynasty Championship and New Capenna Championship.

The metagame of the 31 Historic decklists submitted to Arena Championship 2 breaks down as follows.ĭecklists from all competitors will become available on MTG Melee after the event gets underway. With over 7,800 cards to choose from, many unique strategies and wild synergies are possible. Historic never rotates, and digital-only cards are legal, including rebalanced versions of existing cards. Historic is MTG Arena's largest Constructed format, filled with both old and new Magic cards. Day 2 features three more rounds of Historic Constructed with a cut to a Top 8 Historic Constructed playoff to determine the champion. Historic Metagame Breakdownĭay 1 of Arena Championship 2 leads off with Phyrexia: All Will Be One Draft followed by three rounds of Historic Constructed. For the November Historic Qualifier, Team Handshake spent a week trying out the many deck options in Historic, eventually finding the broken Goblin Trapfinder deck that rocketed Matti Kuisma, Stefan Schütz, and myself to a qualification.' Although Goblin Trapfinder has been rebalanced since then, the team's track record in Historic makes them early favorites for Arena Championship 2. Nielsen took the Qualifier Weekends seriously and 'put in an amount of preparation like I would for a Regional Championship. This made it feel a lot more achievable.' Also I realized that you only need 5-6 wins on Day 2 to get there because of the leaderboard. With just 32 players and a huge prize pool, it certainly feels like it.

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Not only is it a way to qualify directly for the Pro Tour, it also gives an invite to the Arena Championship, a tournament that's almost like a mini Worlds. Simon Nielsen, who reached seven wins at the November Qualifier Weekend, explained that despite the difficulty of spiking a top performance at a Qualifier Weekend, the effort is worth it: 'The payoff is through the roof. This will be high-level Magic featuring some of the best players in the world, tackling a fresh Constructed format! Given the whole list of invited players, available on MTG Melee, I'm hyped to watch the event.

World Champion and Faerie Mastermind Yuta Takahashi.

2020-21 Magic Pro League competitor Ondřej Stráský.

Two-time Grand Prix champion Simon Nielsen.

Kaldheim Championship Top 8 competitor Noriyuki Mori.Pro Tour champion Jan-Moritz 'JMM' Merkel.Zendikar Rising Championship Top 8 competitor Luca Magni.Pro Tour Phyrexia finalist Benton Madsen.Former Rivals league member Matti Kuisma.Innistrad Championship winner Yuuki Ichikawa.An invitation to the Arena Championship is a big achievement, and the payoff is worth it.ĭrawn in by a prize pool of well over $6,000 per player, which is more than a Pro Tour, the list of qualified players for Arena Championship 2 is stacked with talent, featuring numerous Magic superstars. To subsequently qualify for the Arena Championship, they need to reach seven wins on Day One of a Qualifier Weekend, followed by a good performance on Day Two. To earn a spot in these monthly Qualifier Weekends, as described in more detail on the MTG Arena Premier Play page, a player first needs to show their skills by placing highly at Qualifier Play-In events, an Arena Open, or the Mythic ladder.

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