Technically speaking, Historic includes sets from Ixalan onwards, but in reality, this includes Historic Anthologies and other supplemental products which means that you will occasionally get cards from before Ixalan in the format
Fact or Fiction gives you five such options, reliant on an opponent's skill in splitting up piles in order to keep you from gaining the best of your spells
The benchmark these days seems to be Read the Bones, which is quite strong, seeing plenty of Standard play
This is the kind of card you can build your entire game plan around when its in your opening hand
While the obvious Standard pairing is Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, there is a weird alternately distributed card that might be better
This deck is no stranger to board wipes or a few ways to cheat creatures into play