Pioneer Golgari Midrange
Golgari Midrange is a Pioneer midrange strategy that usually features Fatal Push, Abrupt Decay, and Professor Dellian Fel.
Meta
10.5%
Colors
Shift
−8%
Variability
Low
363 decks in Stock
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-17 | 6th | 5-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 17 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 32nd | 2-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 16 | View | marolanzi | Pioneer League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 13 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 3rd | 6-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Apr 12 | View | walrusmadness | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 30th | 2-4 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Apr 10 | View | Im_Yer_Huckleberry | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 16th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Apr 10 | View | Im_Yer_Huckleberry | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-10 | 16th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 10 | View | HyPPeR | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-10 | 29th | 2-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 10 | View | HyPPeR | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 29th | 2-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 9 | View | RatherBplayingMTG | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 9th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Apr 5 | View | frostkoorn | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-05 | 30th | — | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 5 | View | frostkoorn | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 30th | 1-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 5 | View | BERNASTORRES | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-05 | 32nd | 2-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 4 | View | DuduDeNunu | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-04 | 2nd | 7-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 3 | View | Arianne | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-03 | 2nd | 7-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 3 | View | Im_Yer_Huckleberry | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-03 | 3rd | — | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 3 | View | Im_Yer_Huckleberry | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 3rd | 6-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 3 | View | Rashek | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-04-03 | 17th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 2 | View | HyPPeR | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 8th | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 2 | View | Rashek | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 20th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 2 | View | Tunaktunak | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 28th | 2-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 29 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-03-29 | 1st | 8-1 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 29 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-03-29 | 1st | — | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Mar 27 | View | TentacleFan | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-03-27 | 12th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 22 | View | lazerbeam | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 18th | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 |
Golgari Midrange has slipped from ~25.7% to 10.5% of the Pioneer metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~25.7% to 10.5% · 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 | 13% | 71% | +58.7% |
| Elegy Acolyte | 7% | 38% | +31.3% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 14% | 17% | +3% |
| Culling Ritual | 86% | 94% | +8.5% |
| Emeritus of Abundance | 77% | 81% | +4% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necromentia | 5% | 62% | +56.2% |
| Extinction Event | 18% | 25% | +7.1% |
| Withering Curse | 52% | 62% | +9.8% |
| Culling Ritual | 89% | 94% | +4.9% |
Typical Pioneer Golgari Midrange maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 447 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% |
| Badgermole Cub | 4.0 | 96% |
| Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber | 4.0 | 96% |
| Llanowar Wastes | 3.9 | 94% |
| Tear Asunder | 1.1 | 91% |
| Sentinel of the Nameless City | 2.4 | 86% |
| Culling Ritual | 2.0 | 83% |
| Wastewood Verge | 1.0 | 68% |
| Emeritus of Abundance | 1.3 | 67% |
| Darkbore Pathway | 2.4 | 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 | 2.3 | 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 447 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 447 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 | 70% |
| Withering Curse | 1.5 | 51% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.0 | 50% |
| Carnage Tyrant | 1.9 | 30% |
| Tear Asunder | 1.3 | 27% |
| Extinction Event | 1.7 | 23% |
| Go for the Throat | 1.0 | 19% |
| End of the Hunt | 1.0 | 17% |
| 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 | 3% |
| Liliana of the Veil | 1.2 | 3% |
| Abrupt Decay | 1.0 | 3% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.8 | 3% |
| Shadows' Verdict | 1.4 | 2% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.0 | 2% |
| Illness in the Ranks | 2.1 | 2% |
| Vraska the Unseen | 1.0 | 2% |
| Languish | 1.0 | 1% |
| Nowhere to Run | 1.0 | <1% |
| The Meathook Massacre | 1.0 | <1% |
| Wicked Wolf | 2.0 | <1% |
| Heritage Reclamation | 1.0 | <1% |
| Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet | 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% |
| Emeritus of Abundance | 1.0 | <1% |