The Historic Artisan event is coming up on MTG Arena, and we have constructed and gathered some decks for you to play. Here is a quick refresher of what the Historic Artisan event is:

Historic Artisan

Historic artisan decks consist only of commons and uncommons from the Historic format. The following cards are banned:

Information:

Duration: December 20th, 8:00 AM PST – December 30th, 2019 8:00 AM PST

Entry Fee: 500 Gems or 2500 Gold

Match Structure: Best-of-one matches

Rewards:

1 Win: Militia Bugler Card Style

2 Wins: Curious Obsession Card Style

3 Wins: Cast Down Card Style

4 Wins: Guttersnipe Card Style

5 Wins: Wildgrowth Walker Card Style

Mono-colored Decklists

First out is a mono-green Stompy deck using a proliferate synergy! Using New Horizons to ramp up the early game and Merfolk Branchwalker to ensure we get mana to play game-enders like Grunn, the Lonely King and Silverback Shaman this deck has all you want from green. Not only that, but it also has an early game +1/+1 counter-strategy in combination with proliferate with Kronch Wrangler , Evolution Sage and Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter , combined with synergistic removal and combat tricks Stony Strength and Outmuscle . A really solid deck worth checking out!

The next deck aims to drain the life out of the opponent with Ill-Gotten Inheritance as its main win-condition. Being a mono-black deck it plays a lot on the main strengths of the color, using powerful removal spells and drawing cards by paying with life to buy enough time to drain the life of their opponent away.

At the other end of the spectrum, we have a mono-white flying weenie deck! An all-in aggressive deck that plays on the power of small evasion creatures to chip in for damage in the air. Trapped in the Tower takes care of the pesky reach creatures you might encounter and you also have value tricks like tapping down creatures with Ardenvale Tactician and then playing it as a creature next turn. Another really important combat trick is Rally of Wings which can be used both on the defense and when attacking.

It is time for another mono-colored deck, and this time we are milling! Yes, Persistent Petitioners is banned in the event but that does not mean we have other options! Some players just can't resist Mill as a wincon so we just had to give it a chance with this deck. It is by no means going to be an easy victory going up against the other decks in this article but that just makes it so much sweeter when you finally pull off the mill win! Countering their spells is key here and Brineborn Cutthroat is a great alternate win-con and can keep the opponent distracted and force them to use time on removing it letting you mill them further.

One more Color to cover and you probably guessed right, it is time for an all-in mono-red burn deck, historic gives us access to all those sweet red cards that have rotated out with from Standard, welcome back Fanatical Firebrand , Ghitu Lavarunner and Viashino Pyromancer ! We also have a cool new Historic card called Kiln Fiend that can output some serious damage! Use Heartfire to finish off the opponent or The Flame of Keld when you are out of cards to draw those last cards needed to burn them down to a crisp. Remember, the face is the place!

Other Decklists