Pioneer Lessons
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Lessons has climbed from ~4.0% to 5.0% of the Pioneer metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~4.0% to 5.0% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Lessons cards
Cards gaining share within Lessons vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hall of the Biblioplex | New | 32% | +32% |
| Tablet of Discovery | 28% | 60% | +32.2% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 72% | 92% | +19.8% |
| Igneous Inspiration | 72% | 92% | +19.8% |
| Shivan Reef | 72% | 92% | +19.8% |
| Boomerang Basics | 72% | 92% | +19.8% |
| Stormchaser's Talent | 72% | 92% | +19.8% |
| Ral, Crackling Wit | 83% | 92% | +8.7% |
| Abandon Attachments | 89% | 100% | +11.1% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disdainful Stroke | New | 32% | +32% |
| Test of Talents | New | 32% | +32% |
| Flashfreeze | New | 28% | +28% |
| Price of Freedom | 28% | 40% | +12.2% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 72% | 92% | +19.8% |
| Abrade | 72% | 92% | +19.8% |
| Ral, Crackling Wit | 72% | 88% | +15.8% |
Typical Pioneer Lessons maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 133 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Accumulate Wisdom | 2.2 | 100% |
| Combustion Technique | 3.1 | 100% |
| Firebending Lesson | 3.2 | 100% |
| Riverglide Pathway | 4.0 | 100% |
| Riverpyre Verge | 2.2 | 100% |
| Spirebluff Canal | 4.0 | 100% |
| Steam Vents | 4.0 | 100% |
| Divide by Zero | 4.0 | 99% |
| Gran-Gran | 4.0 | 99% |
| Island | 3.9 | 99% |
| It'll Quench Ya! | 2.0 | 98% |
| Abandon Attachments | 2.2 | 96% |
| Boomerang Basics | 3.0 | 93% |
| Stormchaser's Talent | 4.0 | 93% |
| Igneous Inspiration | 2.1 | 92% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 1.0 | 92% |
| Shivan Reef | 2.3 | 89% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.0 | 84% |
| Consider | 3.8 | 80% |
| Ral, Crackling Wit | 1.9 | 68% |
| Torch the Tower | 1.2 | 68% |
| Vivi Ornitier | 2.0 | 58% |
| Cori-Steel Cutter | 4.0 | 24% |
| Tablet of Discovery | 4.0 | 23% |
| Iroh's Demonstration | 1.5 | 14% |
| Flow State | 2.5 | 8% |
| Pop Quiz | 1.9 | 7% |
| Great Hall of the Biblioplex | 1.0 | 6% |
| Spikefield Hazard | 4.0 | 6% |
| Mountain | 2.7 | 5% |
| Lindblum, Industrial Regency | 4.0 | 4% |
| Thor, God of Thunder | 2.0 | 4% |
| Hall of Storm Giants | 1.0 | 3% |
| Jace, Wielder of Mysteries | 2.0 | 3% |
| Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance | 1.0 | 3% |
| Academic Dispute | 3.0 | 2% |
| Quantum Riddler | 4.0 | 2% |
| Three Steps Ahead | 1.7 | 2% |
| Monastery Swiftspear | 4.0 | 2% |
| Astrologian's Planisphere | 4.0 | <1% |
Typical Pioneer Lessons sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 133 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 133 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Accumulate Wisdom | 1.8 | 100% |
| Boomerang Basics | 1.0 | 100% |
| Iroh's Demonstration | 1.0 | 98% |
| Improvisation Capstone | 1.0 | 91% |
| Abrade | 2.5 | 90% |
| Ral, Crackling Wit | 1.2 | 87% |
| Combustion Technique | 1.0 | 84% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 2.0 | 80% |
| Brazen Borrower | 1.0 | 67% |
| Firebending Lesson | 1.0 | 67% |
| Quantum Riddler | 2.0 | 65% |
| Negate | 1.0 | 17% |
| Price of Freedom | 2.1 | 16% |
| Sokka's Haiku | 1.0 | 10% |
| Disdainful Stroke | 1.0 | 9% |
| Pyroclasm | 1.1 | 9% |
| Test of Talents | 2.0 | 9% |
| Fable of the Mirror-Breaker | 1.0 | 8% |
| Narset, Parter of Veils | 2.1 | 6% |
| Flashfreeze | 1.1 | 5% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 2.3 | 5% |
| Environmental Sciences | 1.0 | 4% |
| Redirect Lightning | 1.0 | 3% |
| Vivi Ornitier | 2.0 | 3% |
| Yorion, Sky Nomad | 1.0 | 3% |
| Storm's Wrath | 2.0 | 2% |
| Divide by Zero | 1.5 | 2% |
| Memory Deluge | 2.0 | 2% |
| Mystical Dispute | 1.5 | 2% |
| Octopus Form | 1.0 | 2% |
| Soulless Jailer | 2.0 | 2% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.5 | 2% |
| Three Steps Ahead | 2.0 | 2% |
| Blue Sun's Twilight | 3.0 | <1% |
| Brotherhood's End | 1.0 | <1% |
| Chandra's Defeat | 1.0 | <1% |
| Igneous Inspiration | 1.0 | <1% |
| It'll Quench Ya! | 1.0 | <1% |
| The Legend of Kuruk | 1.0 | <1% |
| Torch the Tower | 2.0 | <1% |
Lessons Pioneer FAQ
Is Lessons good in Pioneer right now?
It's a solid choice — and rising fast. Lessons is 5.0% of Pioneer decklists in the last two weeks (up 37% vs the prior window), with 3 Challenge wins and 7 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (7-2) at Pioneer Challenge 32 on Jul 26, 2026.
What are the key cards in Pioneer Lessons?
Nearly every list runs Accumulate Wisdom, Combustion Technique, Firebending Lesson, and Riverglide Pathway (99%+ of Pioneer Lessons decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (5); variants add Vivi Ornitier (11), Cori-Steel Cutter (10), and Pop Quiz (5).
What's a typical Pioneer Lessons sideboard?
The most common Pioneer Lessons sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Accumulate Wisdom (100% of lists), Boomerang Basics (100% of lists), Iroh's Demonstration (98% of lists), and Improvisation Capstone (91% of lists). Disdainful Stroke is the fastest riser — new this window at 32% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Pioneer Lessons?
Mostly one stock build — recent lists are highly standardized. Recent lists split into Vivi Ornitier, Cori-Steel Cutter, Pop Quiz, and Stock approaches.
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 Lessons decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 248 Pioneer Lessons decklists all-time (25 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Lessons result Jul 27, 2026.