Historic
Historic is a digital format for MTG Arena. This is one of the largest format in terms of sets because it includes all the sets released in the game. It can be compared to the Modern format on MTG.
Rules
- Your deck must be composed of at least 60 cards, and a maximum of 250 (MTG Arena limitation).
- You can play cards from all sets.
- Cards are limited to 4 copies except basic lands.
- You can have a 15-card sideboard if you want to play BO3.
Banned cards
As of 12/12/2023 (release of "Khans of Tarkir" set), the following cards are banned in Historic on MTG Arena:
- Agent of Treachery
- Blood Moon
- Bloodstained Mire
- Brainstorm
- Channel
- Counterspell
- Dark Ritual
- Demonic Tutor
- Field of the Dead
- Flooded Strand
- Intruder Alarm
- Land Tax
- Lightning Bolt
- Memory Lapse
- Natural Order
- Necropotence
- Nexus of Fate
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Once Upon a Time
- Polluted Delta
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
- Show and Tell
- Sneak Attack
- Spreading Seas
- Swords to Plowshares
- Thassa's Oracle
- Tibalt's Trickery
- Time Warp
- Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
- Veil of Summer
- Wilderness Reclamation
- Windswept Heath
- Wooded Foothills
Banned cards in Historic