It was the most played nonland card in the Arena Open as well as the Best-of-Three ladder, and it is one of the most played cards in Best-of-One as well. Looking at high-level play and the Arena Open in particular, Memory Lapse emerged as nearly a must-include in high-performing blue decks. Our past changes, along with the additions from Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, have done good work in addressing this, but we still see a slight issue here. In Banned and Restricted Announcements earlier this year, we have talked about the dominance of blue and red decks. Because we think it is unlikely for Historic to be able to safely include a combo of this speed and consistency, Tibalt's Trickery is banned in Historic. The prior, less consistent version of this deck was borderline, and the increased hit rate in this version has pushed it over the line. This has led to a marked increase in win rate for the deck relative to the prior version and a corresponding increase in popularity. On the broader Historic metagame front, one of the big changes is the return of decks built around Tibalt's Trickery, now using Throes of Chaos to boost the hit rate on the combo dramatically. In addition to the normal bans and suspensions, the digital-only cards in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons give us a chance to return to a balance tool we haven't used in Magic for many years: functional rebalancing for cards. But after watching initial reception, September's Historic Arena Open, and the response of the broader metagame to the Arena Open, there are a couple adjustments we feel the Historic format needs. ![]() Jumpstart: Historic Horizons created a large amount of change in the Historic Metagame, and most of it looks very positive. MTG Arena effective date: October 14, 2021
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