Pioneer Mono-Black
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Mono-Black has climbed from ~0.2% to 1.8% of the Pioneer metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~0.2% to 1.8% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Typical Pioneer Mono-Black maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 47 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Locthwain | 2.9 | 100% |
| Swamp | 13.5 | 100% |
| Fatal Push | 4.0 | 98% |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | 1.0 | 98% |
| Thoughtseize | 4.0 | 94% |
| Gifted Aetherborn | 3.2 | 87% |
| Go for the Throat | 1.4 | 87% |
| Graveyard Trespasser | 3.2 | 87% |
| Mutavault | 4.0 | 87% |
| Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber | 4.0 | 87% |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | 2.3 | 85% |
| Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | 1.0 | 83% |
| Field of Ruin | 1.9 | 81% |
| Duress | 2.2 | 77% |
| Invoke Despair | 2.2 | 77% |
| Liliana of the Veil | 1.4 | 70% |
| The Meathook Massacre | 1.2 | 70% |
| End of the Hunt | 1.0 | 62% |
| Cecil, Dark Knight | 1.1 | 60% |
| Bitterbloom Bearer | 2.3 | 53% |
| Preacher of the Schism | 1.1 | 53% |
| Archenemy's Charm | 1.2 | 36% |
| The Soul Stone | 1.0 | 36% |
| Hive of the Eye Tyrant | 1.2 | 28% |
| Luis, Pompous Pillager | 1.2 | 28% |
| The Terminus of Return | 1.2 | 28% |
| Go Blank | 1.2 | 23% |
| Morlun, Devourer of Spiders | 1.0 | 23% |
| Murderous Rider | 2.6 | 15% |
| Blade of the Oni | 1.0 | 13% |
| Deep-Cavern Bat | 3.3 | 13% |
| Geier Reach Sanitarium | 2.0 | 13% |
| Tragedy Feaster | 2.8 | 13% |
| Scheming Silvertongue | 4.0 | 11% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 2.2 | 11% |
| Sunken Citadel | 2.4 | 11% |
| Archfiend of the Dross | 2.0 | 9% |
| Baron Helmut Zemo | 3.0 | 9% |
| Gray Merchant of Asphodel | 3.0 | 9% |
| Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | 3.5 | 9% |
Typical Pioneer Mono-Black sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 47 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 47 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Unlicensed Hearse | 1.9 | 83% |
| Duress | 1.3 | 81% |
| Extinction Event | 1.2 | 79% |
| The Meathook Massacre | 1.2 | 68% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.7 | 66% |
| Necromentia | 1.5 | 64% |
| Ray of Enfeeblement | 2.0 | 64% |
| End of the Hunt | 1.2 | 62% |
| Strategic Betrayal | 1.0 | 62% |
| Invoke Despair | 1.2 | 53% |
| Sunset Saboteur | 2.0 | 45% |
| Gifted Aetherborn | 1.2 | 43% |
| Go Blank | 1.5 | 23% |
| Day of Black Sun | 1.8 | 17% |
| Bitterbloom Bearer | 2.0 | 13% |
| Leyline of the Void | 3.0 | 13% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 2.2 | 13% |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 1.2 | 11% |
| Path of Peril | 2.0 | 11% |
| Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet | 1.5 | 9% |
| Phyrexian Obliterator | 2.0 | 9% |
| Withering Torment | 2.3 | 9% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 1.3 | 6% |
| The Filigree Sylex | 1.3 | 6% |
| Cut Down | 1.5 | 4% |
| Forsaken Miner | 1.0 | 4% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.0 | 4% |
| Illness in the Ranks | 3.0 | 4% |
| Liliana of the Veil | 3.0 | 4% |
| Liliana, Dreadhorde General | 2.0 | 4% |
| Liliana, the Last Hope | 1.0 | 4% |
| Qarsi Revenant | 2.0 | 4% |
| Sorin the Mirthless | 1.0 | 4% |
| The End | 2.0 | 4% |
| Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber | 2.0 | 4% |
| Archenemy's Charm | 1.0 | 2% |
| Bitter Triumph | 1.0 | 2% |
| Black Widow, Super Spy | 1.0 | 2% |
| Graveyard Trespasser | 4.0 | 2% |
| Languish | 3.0 | 2% |
Mono-Black Pioneer FAQ
Is Mono-Black good in Pioneer right now?
Still a real Pioneer choice at 1.8% of decklists, though it's fallen sharply (−45%) over the last two weeks, with 2 Top 8s. Over the last 90 days it's still up from ~0.2% to 1.8%, so this looks like a recent pullback rather than a collapse. Best recent finish: 2nd (7-2) at Pioneer Challenge 32 on Jul 26, 2026.
What are the key cards in Pioneer Mono-Black?
The most-played cards are Fatal Push (98% of lists), Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (98% of lists), and Thoughtseize (94% of lists) over the last 90 days.
What's a typical Pioneer Mono-Black sideboard?
The most common Pioneer Mono-Black sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Unlicensed Hearse (83% of lists), Duress (81% of lists), Extinction Event (79% of lists), and The Meathook Massacre (68% of lists).
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 Mono-Black decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 339 Pioneer Mono-Black decklists all-time (9 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Mono-Black result Jul 26, 2026.