Pioneer Golgari Midrange
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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% |
Golgari Midrange Pioneer FAQ
Is Golgari Midrange good in Pioneer right now?
Yes — one of Pioneer's top decks at 10.5% of decklists in the last two weeks, with 2 Challenge wins and 11 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (8-1) at Pioneer Challenge 32 on Jul 27, 2026.
What are the key cards in Pioneer Golgari Midrange?
Nearly every list runs Fatal Push and Abrupt Decay (99%+ of Pioneer Golgari Midrange decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (108); 50 lists omit Graveyard Trespasser.
What's a typical Pioneer Golgari Midrange sideboard?
The most common Pioneer Golgari Midrange sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Ray of Enfeeblement (96% of lists), Duress (96% of lists), Invoke Despair (95% of lists), and Culling Ritual (85% of lists). Necromentia is the fastest riser, up from 5% to 62% of sideboards.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Pioneer Golgari Midrange decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 853 Pioneer Golgari Midrange decklists all-time (52 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Golgari Midrange result Jul 27, 2026.