1. 2. Ive seen some people trying [[Gate to the Afterlife]] and [[God-Pharoah's Gift]]. The only reason he is good is the shell that he is currently in is because of it's ability to make so much mana. [–]Wund3rBoi 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (1 child). a:15:{i:0;O:8:"stdClass":3:{s:4:"type";s:4:"land";s:10:"deck_count";s:2:"20";s:9:"card_meta";O:8:"stdClass":2:{s:5:"title";s:6:"Island";s:22:"field_card_image_front";a:0:{}}}i:1;O:8:"stdClass":3:{s:4:"type";s:4:"land";s:10:"deck_count"; Really we've only had less than 24 hours to really think about how this deck functions and what it did well versus what it did not. Now supporting MTG Arena decks!. God damnit dude, seriously? Top 8. Being good in a powerful shell is not the same as being individually powerful. Since the unbanning of Oath of Nissa, I, like many of you, were sort of wary of the format.It turns out, Oath of Nissa might have added more wrinkles to the format than previously thought. Any Abzan lists? [–]d7h7n 44 points45 points46 points 1 year ago (3 children). © 2018 by Cards Realm. Cartel Aristocrat - (G) (SF) (txt) Which comes of no surprise considering all the overpowered PWs printed in the last six months. There's only 4/32 decks playing Felidar Guardian. Notes: There are likely many punts, lines, and misplays. Because it was the first Challenger, many came up with the decks they liked best on Standard or believed to be the best deck. Currently only enemy colours have them. No. 5º place - Saheeli Cat SoundCloud The Only Two Decks To Play In Standard ... Pioneer Challenge Results and other cards that would be good in Pioneer! [–]PocoTheTurtle 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (2 children), Sorin gives lifelink not deathtouch unless im missing something, [–]Yagoua81 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (1 child), [–]PocoTheTurtle 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children), Oh,thought it was the war of the spark sorin. [March 22nd] Pioneer Challenge Top 32 Decklists. 4. Real flexibility is something like Jitte, JTMS, the swords, tutor cards. r/PioneerMTG: The Pioneer Format of Magic: the Gathering. I feel like mono green has become the Tron of the format. Mythic (12) 4Brazen Borrower4Master of Waves4Thassa, God of the Sea. [–]CenturionRower 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). It’s fun, but it feels bad. 4 - Posts & comments should be constructive. Decklist with description 🙋🏽‍♂️: “Scuse me sir/madam, I don’t wanna read, how’s it work?” 🤫: “TL:DR: Turn 1 - [[Consulate Dreadnaught]] -big boat⛴, Turn 2 - [[Kroxa]] with triggers on the stack, crew the boat 🛳, then swing with 7/11 🛳, Turn 3 - [[Claim//Fame]] the Kroxa. * This series is all about the presentation, creation and/or adaptation of unusual or unexplored decks that, nevertheless, works great and provides what all games should provides us with: *fun! 6. Also there are a lot of powerful spells in this format I agree, but not thinking ballista is up there is absurd. Take away its ability to help that kind of play and you're left with basically a singular free 2 mana spell and 3 normal 3 mana spells. 14. 158 decklists and 7 Pioneer events posted since my last ZNR post. [–]CenturionRower 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (8 children). Boros … You can see all the different decks that get posted from Magic Online here. 75 Cards. Posted by 23 days ago [Pioneer] - Pioneer Challenge Top 32 Decklists (March 22nd) Pioneer. Sorin and walking ballista reads kill target creature. [card](Teferi, Time Raveler) (32 copies) The fast draws seem inconsistent, but the inevitability/late game is pretty good. God Pharaoh's Gift shenanigans is what I really want to see tbh. The thing is they don’t make Spike angry. Press J to jump to the feed. And like stirrings, I believe this will be fine, it's the other cards that enable degenerate and really powerful stuff. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. March 1, 2020. New ideas are awesome and always welcome. I have no idea why everyone is so set on them banning cards. I don't necessarily expect it to be banned later today but I'd be surprised if it doesn't get banned down the road. An expensive pinger that can scale inefficiently and fails the vanilla test is not a swiss army knife. [1st March] MTGO Pioneer Showcase Challenge Top 32 Decklists. [–]Enral 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago (1 child). 5. © 2020 reddit inc. All rights reserved. Like if post leyline ban of mono green is still putting up great results and you see ballista as a dump, you might look at nykthos or something that allows the absurd amount of mana to get dumped into it. Lots of Mono G showing up, some cats, some nexus, some RDW. This was our first outting with the deck, which I believe showcases its power, we also discuss in one of the matches (may be cut due to editing) how magic has so many lines at times, finding new ones helps us learn! Theres also 4 ways ballista can be used because its dual type (delirium enabler) uses counters (hardened scales), scales infinitely (ramp) and is a pinger (removal). [Pioneer] - Pioneer Challenge Top 32 Decklists (March 22nd) Pioneer. Yes, Spike's priority is winning, and they will absolutely play with broken cards in order to achieve that, but I think it's wrong to assume that Spikes automatically like those cards. Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding as we had some scheduling conflicts due to the Holliday as well as a ton of technical difficulties for this episode. Forgot about the core set one, [–]Enral 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (0 children). Swiss army knives can do more than one thing, they are very flexible. 1st - Bant Spirits: lucadaky. As we did last week with Pioneer Decklists To Restore Faith In Humanity, we’re back with more sick Pioneer decklists. [deck](17426) Banning Leyline of Abundance is the answer. [card](Felidar Guardian) (36 copies) Archived [March 22nd] Pioneer Challenge Top 32 Decklists. Apologies about the delay, but the newest episode of The Pioneer Perspective is now live! That's a sort of caricature model of Spike that doesn't really hold up to any real people I've met. [–]Maroonwarlock 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children), Oh I've been playing it too along with an 8rack port I brewed. 1039 decklists and 50 events since ZNR released (29 Prelim, 21 Premier). [–]Tehdougler 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (4 children). [card](Breeding Pool) (39 copies) 5. [–]CenturionRower 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (10 children). PNR 3 / 3 . I love Green, but damn I think something is going to have to be banned. At 2 mana ballista is draft chaff and at 8 mana he's a bad glorybringer. Posted by 7 months ago. This unofficial "decklist dump" is far from complete though, so please let me know of any 4-1 of better decklists you know of and I'll add those to the spreadsheet. Would be very surprised if the deck didn't lose something today after this weekend. [–]Yagoua81 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (3 children). The Recycling Plant [Mono-Green Artifact Combo] by C o r r o s i v e _ C a t. PNR 20 / 18 . Went 6-3 playing Esper Saheeli. The deck is a 'control' deck without the counters. It’ll be much better once they reprint the missing fastlands. Interesting that no mono blue devotion lists made the cut. Provides digging power, but also providing a threat to act as a 'fog' or 'soak up damage' versus a cantrip, Removal for planeswalkers is limited, and creatures must fight through before your walkers take over, Life total must be recognized as a resource, Combo can just get there against the deck, Go wide strategies may overwhelm the deck (Supreme verdict is here as a 4 of, but if you don't draw it...), 1-1 answering is alright, but you will run out of gas if not careful, Stronger "Counter Control" decks or heavier "Tempo Decks" can give your walkers an issue - Think Brazen Borrower, Spell Queller, and decks of this nature, Match 9: Mono Green Devotion (TacoFarmer - 1st Placer Person). Cats did well at first because it's an easy deck to build and everyone knows it's good (it's doing well in modern too right now). 4º place - Mono-u Devotion The decks we must need to watch are UR Phoenix and Mono-U Devotion. Spikes hated it when Marvel was a broken deck because whoever gets the first lucky Marvel spin wins the game - there's no outplaying turn 4 Ulamog, and Spikes can't show off the full extent of their skills when piloting such a deck. StarCityGames.com® is the world's largest Magic the Gathering store, with an inventory that includes an extensive selection of out-of print sealed product and over 20,000,000 individual cards! Legends of Runeterra and its respective properties are copyright Riot Games. 1st - Bant Spirits: lucadaky. [–]ThisHatRightHere 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). [–]RayWencube 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). You can't just jam ballista in any deck and have it perform. There will always be combo decks. Not to mention, that while it has late game inevitability, I don't think it matches the late game power of mono-green even post banning. From Return to Ravnica Forwards. Back in Black Midrange by DragonzBane. No I completely understand it, I've stated in other comments that I believe it or leyline will get the ban hammer in this format. [card](Oath of Nissa) (43 copies) T3feri in play for 1000 turns can’t win the game. I missed top 32 on breakers. [–]kami_inu 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). Im not entirely sure a Nyx ban is the answer. 13. Thank you tho. [–]AncientFudge1984 -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago (9 children). [–]Res_Novae 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). [–]Meecht 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (2 children), [–]MTGCardFetcher 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children), Immortal Servitude - (G) (SF) (txt) 8. [–]tallandgodless -3 points-2 points-1 points 1 year ago (7 children). [–]PocoTheTurtle 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (19 children), 16 walking ballistas in the top 8 decks. PNR 9 / 8 . I want to use Siege Rhinos again! Albiet copter was easier to build around, but it was still versatile and was able to do what ever deck wanted to do as a cheap cost. 2nd - RW Heroic: _Antoniou_. Don't worry, let the format solve itself. *TOP 10 most played cards in Pioneer Challenge* (without counting basic lands) Doesn't quite roll of the tongue does it? Im not entirely sure a Nyx ban is the answer. Low-effort posts are subject to removal with an explanation of required changes. news. A lot of times people feel the counters are the necessary element of control, and although we have some in the sideboard Pioneer I believe attempts to drive to what Wizards and many viewers like: Interactive, Turn creatures Sideways, Win through damage. If there's any ban at all, it should be leyline. It’s fine in 2 colours. I’m playing it. The deck is not dominating. Burn - 2 copies (6%) This weeks Pioneer Challenge decklists (magic.wizards.com), submitted 1 year ago by FastMoreThanTrain, [–]zealousd 59 points60 points61 points 1 year ago (9 children), Players: "I'm glad Wizards is making a new eternal format that won't have Tron in it. 2 Heartless Act 2 Aethersphere Harvester 2 Agonizing Remorse 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet 2 Legion's End 1 Necromentia 3 Self-Inflicted Wound 2 Soul-Guide Lantern Fastfake (9th Place) Pioneer Challenge #12233117 on 11/29/2020 Decklist Stats Sample Hand How long before/after this was posted were many of these decks made invalid? [–]ShortsAreComfy 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (1 child), Cats and leylines, cats and leylines everywhere, [–]GibsonJunkie 9 points10 points11 points 1 year ago (0 children). If you gave Spike the choice of either a playset of Brainstorm or a playset of Ancestral in their deck, of course they'd go with the Ancestral. Interestingly 7 of the top 8 in this list were mono colored decks, 4 Green, 2 Red and 1 Black. Deal Another Hand. PNR 1 / 1 . Boros Feather - 1 copy (3%) Mono-black vampires - 1 copy (3%) People hate on Oko and Teferi but I’m not sure the data says they are ban worthy. I wish they'd just ban all walkers in Pioneer, now that would make things interesting. [–]fubuvsfitch 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children), [–]Ertai_87 6 points7 points8 points 1 year ago (0 children). God Pharohs is cool, but I want a mass reanimation spell or a good reason to cycle shitty creatures. Even the vampire deck is running it (assuming because of nyxthos), [–]CenturionRower 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (14 children). Top 8 earned a championship invite token for a tournament in April. A showcase challenge is a monthly mtgo tournament that takes the place of the normal challenge except they cost 40 Qualifier Points to enter. Ballista is flexible for two things. Welcome to MTG decks!.We collect MtG top decks for Standard, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pioneer and many other formats. I was testing out some non-oko decks against it when it seemed good, but it is going to be a pretty major issue for the deck. The results of the first official Pioneer championship is here now. It needs to go. [–]LotusCobra 13 points14 points15 points 1 year ago (0 children). [–]Jolraels_Centaur_OP 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago (0 children), Urza: "With these three lands, I can cast an Ulamog on turn four! [–]McWinSauce 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (1 child). Nykthos has to go...same with either oko/teferi to hurt the cat combo. 9. [–]heyzeto 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children), [–]VideoCook 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). [deck](17427) This Top 10 cards most played represents most of the cards played in "Saheeli Cat" deck. Interesting to see prior to the B&R if these results will make a difference. Search Results for Magic Decks from MTGO Pioneer Challenge - 10/27/2019. I am so sad there are no rhino whip decks or dredgeless dredge decks. What kind of backwards idea is that? Don't Be a Corpsejack Menace to Society... by G a t t i s o n. PNR 8 / 6 . Weekly Metagame - Is Magic Healthy Again ? Even if the creatures don't cycle at least they're shitty! Spirits. And for the nissa deck, we do have board wipes. Magic players are good people and will eventually stop playing degenerate shit because I know they, like me, want to cast their Siege Rhinos and Torrential Gearhulks! You're doing god's work, sir/madam. Second, I don't know if you're out there in Reddit world, but thank you for continuing to jam this sweet Vampires deck to success every week. The best deck appears to be Mono green and your input is to bad a white card that kills a separate deck entirely? ... It’s a really fun deck, it’s not my main Pioneer deck right now but it’s a great change of pace. If everyone is just casting their spells on their own turn, that reduces the player's options and lessens Spike's ability to conceal information, leverage bluffs, play reactively, and so on. Mono Green Devotion is getting hit for sure. Why ban marquee mythics/rates when you can just ban the cat? Decklist Stats Sample Hand. Top 8. PNR 8 / 8 . [card](Botanical Sanctum) (40 copies) The deck was the big bet in this tournament. [–]CenturionRower 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (12 children), I mean I'm sure its lower on the list but I'm sure it was discussed. RB Aggro Pirates Win by Ninjew42. [–]FastMoreThanTrain[S] 11 points12 points13 points 1 year ago (4 children). 1º place - Sultai Midrange 3rd - Kethis: Lein_ 4th - Mono-G Walker Ramp: rusty_gates. [–]hsc92587 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (2 children), Almost like the mana fixing in the format isn’t great or something, [–]AdrianRWalker 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). A card that gets shaved out against removal heavy matchups? [–]wdingo 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (2 children). Top Pioneer Metagame decks Mono Black. What pay offs do we have? Yeah closest thing I've seen so far unfortunately. PNR 1 / 1 . MTG DECKS by format White Winnie - 1 copy (3%) Only WotC has access to key data such as play % and win %. All participating copies went to the Top 8. The first official decklist dump is coming up on Monday, so this will help everyone planning on participating in the Pioneer Challenge on Sunday or any Paper events at their LGS. [card](Oko, Thief of Crowns) (35 copies) T3feri literally changes how the fundamental game of magic is to be played. Like you use it as a metric to see if theres anything broken going on with the format. 8. This is interesting. All bets aside the Planeswalker Super Friend package is seriously powerful, and we noted if you can get [[Teferi, Time Raveler]] into a [[Supreme Verdict]] at instant speed, and follow with [[Elspeth, Sun's Champion]] you're in for a good time! StarCityGames.com® is the world's largest Magic the Gathering store, with an inventory that includes an extensive selection of out-of print sealed product and over 20,000,000 individual cards! Decklist Stats Sample Hand. [–]tallandgodless 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (9 children). I commend them for trying to actually make a free spell fair but they missed the mark once again on this one. 2. 1 Extinction Event 2 Fatal Push 1 Brazen Borrower 2 Cry of the Carnarium 1 Damping Sphere 2 Enter the God-Eternals 3 Mystical Dispute 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World 1 Notion Thief 1 Soul Shatter Snusnumrick (2nd Place) Pioneer Challenge #12218059 on 10/18/2020 Decklist … [–]ShoogleHS 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago* (0 children). [–]Bananadan6 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (1 child). 1. [deck](17428) 3. Being able to fit into multiple types of decks and being a swiss army knife is powerful, not many cards can do that. 2 Agonizing Remorse 1 Bloodchief's Thirst 2 Heartless Act 1 Liliana, Waker of the Dead 3 Necromentia 2 Rankle, Master of Pranks 2 Soul Shatter 2 Soul-Guide Lantern AlfredoTorres (3rd Place) Pioneer Challenge #12223586 on 11/01/2020 Decklist Stats Sample Hand ", [–]Nickypoo_Loves_You 11 points12 points13 points 1 year ago (5 children), [–]RedBlackX 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago (4 children), [–]lvlI0cpu 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (1 child). See you tomorrow with more data from the 5-0 Pioneer MTGO tournaments! use the following search parameters to narrow your results: The Pioneer Format of magic the gathering. 10. Do you have any mana issues without access to green along with Oath of Nissa or other fixing? Be excellent to each other and follow basic reddiquette. Keep in mind this isn't the actual metagame, but the "winners metagame". That UW midrange deck has me shook. Magic players are good people and will eventually stop playing degenerate shit... Huh, every oponent I've had must each be an anomaly, [–]Aextasis 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children), Non rotating formats always degenerate into the same pattern. God-Pharoah's Gift - (G) (SF) (txt) Some people like playing them. Do not use this subreddit to sell or trade. i don't think ballista is even close to the top 20 most powerful cards in this format. [[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call, [–]Bananadan6 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children), [–]kami_inu 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (3 children). That's alot of different synergies in 1 card, which means it's going to get used a lot, thankfully it was developed to a balanced rate (3 mana and it could be too powerful and 5 mana not useful) so that it can be fairly used. [–]Saheeli-Rai 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (1 child). * 4 Preliminaries (n=62), 2 Challenges (n=64), 1 Champ Qual (n=32). But it is? Shit look at what happened between stirrings and looting.