The Rate on Blade Historian

• Blade Historian
• (r/w)(r/w)(r/w)(r/w)
• Creature – Human Cleric
• Attacking creatures you control have double strike
• 2/3

This card is not out of the question when considered purely on rate. A 2/3 for four mana isn’t anything to write home about, but — even without wide-going teammates or buff spells — it is essentially a 4/3 on offense. And of course you only play Blade Historian with teammates.

This is a card that really makes our old pal Alpine Houndmaster look good. You were already in red and white, right? One Alpine Houndmaster gives you plenty of material to give double strike to, and this is a red-white card that can in fact magnify the power buffs on the Houndmaster or Igneous Cur.

But.

That’s.

Not.

All.

Blade Historian is Basically a Seven Drop Human

The real gas for Blade Historian is in the old Agent of Treachery role. Play Winota on your fourth turn, swing with some Dogs, make the Strixhaven Human Cleric, and hit really really hard.

Again, all these cards are already in red and white; so unlike with Agent of Treachery, you don’t have to bend on colors or anything. In fact, you can just cast either four on four to set up a high impact attack.

To that end, you can also not cast one of your big four creatures on that critical turn. If the opponent is holding back a key removal spell, you might be better off showing them Showdown of the Skalds for a similarly powerful play that doesn’t play into a removal-heavy hand.

All That and a School full of Wizards

• Keruga, the Macrosage or Expressive Iteration in Standard Izzet? Sorry, Prismari
• Making tokens or building resources after sideboarding?
• How to fit the last Selfless Savior in your aggro deck…
• And more!

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