Pioneer Golgari Midrange
Golgari Midrange is a Pioneer midrange strategy that usually features Fatal Push, Abrupt Decay, and Professor Dellian Fel.
Meta
10.4%
Colors
Shift
−10%
Variability
Low
363 decks in Stock
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8 | View | moon11 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 18th | 3-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 7 | View | Mathilde8 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 20th | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 7 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 21st | 2-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 7 | View | HoldTheElle | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 23rd | 2-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 4 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 7th | 4-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 4 | View | musasabi | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 3 | View | moon11 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 9th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 3 | View | moon11 | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-05-03 | 9th | — | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 3 | View | Brasatore | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-05-03 | 16th | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 3 | View | musasabi | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-05-03 | 18th | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 3 | View | HoldTheElle | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-05-03 | 27th | 2-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 2 | View | HoldTheElle | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 6th | 5-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 2 | View | moon11 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 10th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 2 | View | musasabi | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 30th | 1-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 1 | View | moon11 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 9th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 1 | View | HoldTheElle | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 25th | 2-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 30 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 6th | 4-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 30 | View | Brasatore | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 12th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 30 | View | musasabi | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 18th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 30 | View | Univerce | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 26th | 2-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 27 | View | Venom01 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 17th | 3-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Apr 27 | View | moon11 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 29th | 2-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 26 | View | Brasatore | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-26 | 7th | 4-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Apr 24 | View | HoldTheElle | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-24 | 5th | 5-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 24 | View | SPyromancer | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-24 | 10th | — | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 |
Golgari Midrange has slipped from ~25.8% to 10.4% of the Pioneer metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~25.8% to 10.4% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Golgari Midrange cards
Cards gaining share within Golgari Midrange vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go for the Throat | 12% | 71% | +58.9% |
| Elegy Acolyte | 7% | 38% | +31.4% |
| Culling Ritual | 84% | 94% | +10% |
| Wastewood Verge | 75% | 79% | +3.4% |
| Emeritus of Abundance | 77% | 81% | +3.6% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necromentia | 5% | 62% | +56.3% |
| Extinction Event | 18% | 25% | +7.5% |
| Withering Curse | 51% | 62% | +10.7% |
| Culling Ritual | 89% | 94% | +4.8% |
Typical Pioneer Golgari Midrange maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 455 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Fatal Push | 4.0 | 100% |
| Overgrown Tomb | 4.0 | 100% |
| Swamp | 1.9 | 100% |
| Blooming Marsh | 4.0 | 100% |
| Abrupt Decay | 3.3 | 99% |
| Forest | 1.1 | 99% |
| Boseiju, Who Endures | 1.0 | 98% |
| Professor Dellian Fel | 3.2 | 97% |
| Mutavault | 4.0 | 97% |
| Thoughtseize | 4.0 | 97% |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | 1.0 | 97% |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | 2.9 | 97% |
| Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | 1.0 | 97% |
| Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber | 4.0 | 96% |
| Badgermole Cub | 4.0 | 95% |
| Llanowar Wastes | 3.9 | 94% |
| Tear Asunder | 1.1 | 91% |
| Sentinel of the Nameless City | 2.5 | 86% |
| Culling Ritual | 2.0 | 83% |
| Wastewood Verge | 1.0 | 68% |
| Darkbore Pathway | 2.4 | 67% |
| Emeritus of Abundance | 1.4 | 66% |
| Graveyard Trespasser | 2.7 | 65% |
| Duress | 1.6 | 57% |
| Restless Cottage | 1.0 | 44% |
| Witherbloom Charm | 1.1 | 40% |
| Maelstrom Pulse | 1.0 | 22% |
| Go for the Throat | 1.0 | 21% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.1 | 15% |
| The Terminus of Return | 1.0 | 13% |
| Withering Curse | 1.0 | 6% |
| Elegy Acolyte | 1.0 | 5% |
| Bitter Triumph | 2.2 | 4% |
| Castle Locthwain | 1.0 | 4% |
| Tasigur, the Golden Fang | 1.8 | 3% |
| Cache Grab | 4.0 | 3% |
| Cauldron Familiar | 4.0 | 3% |
| Deathcap Glade | 1.9 | 3% |
| Dredger's Insight | 4.0 | 3% |
| Gilded Goose | 4.0 | 3% |
Typical Pioneer Golgari Midrange sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 455 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 455 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ray of Enfeeblement | 2.4 | 96% |
| Duress | 2.0 | 96% |
| Invoke Despair | 2.5 | 95% |
| Culling Ritual | 1.2 | 85% |
| Unlicensed Hearse | 2.2 | 81% |
| Go Blank | 2.0 | 69% |
| Withering Curse | 1.5 | 51% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.0 | 49% |
| Carnage Tyrant | 1.9 | 29% |
| Tear Asunder | 1.3 | 27% |
| Extinction Event | 1.7 | 23% |
| Go for the Throat | 1.0 | 19% |
| End of the Hunt | 1.0 | 16% |
| Decorum Dissertation | 1.0 | 11% |
| Necromentia | 1.0 | 10% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 1.1 | 9% |
| Torpor Orb | 1.0 | 8% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.6 | 6% |
| Graveyard Trespasser | 1.9 | 6% |
| Professor Dellian Fel | 1.3 | 5% |
| Thrun, Breaker of Silence | 1.9 | 4% |
| Anoint with Affliction | 2.0 | 4% |
| Shadows' Verdict | 1.3 | 4% |
| Liliana of the Veil | 1.3 | 3% |
| Abrupt Decay | 1.0 | 3% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.8 | 3% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.2 | 2% |
| Illness in the Ranks | 2.1 | 2% |
| Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet | 1.0 | 2% |
| Languish | 1.0 | 2% |
| Vraska the Unseen | 1.0 | 2% |
| Nowhere to Run | 1.0 | <1% |
| The Meathook Massacre | 1.0 | <1% |
| Wicked Wolf | 2.0 | <1% |
| Heritage Reclamation | 1.0 | <1% |
| Kaervek, the Spiteful | 1.0 | <1% |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 1.0 | <1% |
| Qarsi Revenant | 2.0 | <1% |
| Requiting Hex | 1.0 | <1% |
| Ygra, Eater of All | 1.0 | <1% |