Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess
Mono-Red Prowess is a Pioneer aggro strategy that usually features Kumano Faces Kakkazan, Monastery Swiftspear, and Ramunap Ruins.
Meta
9.5%
Colors
Shift
+8%
Variability
Low
1,016 decks in Lightning Strike
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12 | View | PaulArcher | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 8th | 4-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 12 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 10th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 12 | View | MJ_23 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 15th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 12 | View | Lifeisrisk7 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 18th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 12 | View | groot02 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 31st | 2-4 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 12 | View | deleon91 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 32nd | 1-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Feb 11 | View | UVM | Pioneer League | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 10 | View | PedraStone | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 1st | 8-1 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 10 | View | sandydogmtg | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 5th | 6-1 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 10 | View | maytwer | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 10th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 10 | View | Venom1 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 12th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 10 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 14th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 10 | View | stalonge | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 19th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 10 | View | deleon91 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 29th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | PedraStone | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-02-08 | 5th | 6-1 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | PedraStone | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 9th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | Lord_Beerus | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-02-08 | 9th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-02-08 | 11th | 4-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | Danielpena397 | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-02-08 | 16th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | AFX | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 16th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | MisterTwin | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-02-08 | 18th | — | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | MisterTwin | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 18th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | Shadowz2005 | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-02-08 | 20th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | Danielpena397 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 22nd | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Feb 8 | View | groot02 | Pioneer Challenge 32 2026-02-08 | 27th | 2-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 |
Mono-Red Prowess has climbed from ~3.6% to 9.5% of the Pioneer metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~3.6% to 9.5% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Mono-Red Prowess cards
Cards gaining share within Mono-Red Prowess vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonecrusher Giant | 26% | 43% | +17% |
| Lightning Strike | 9% | 15% | +5.6% |
| Den of the Bugbear | 81% | 91% | +10.1% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 16% | 23% | +7.1% |
| Maelstrom Artisan | 5% | 11% | +6% |
| The Legend of Roku | 23% | 30% | +6.5% |
Typical Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 314 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Kumano Faces Kakkazan | 4.0 | 100% |
| Monastery Swiftspear | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mountain | 14.3 | 100% |
| Ramunap Ruins | 2.3 | 100% |
| Screaming Nemesis | 4.0 | 100% |
| Soul-Scar Mage | 3.8 | 100% |
| Monstrous Rage | 3.8 | 99% |
| Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance | 1.0 | 99% |
| Burst Lightning | 4.0 | 99% |
| Emberheart Challenger | 4.0 | 99% |
| Reckless Rage | 3.9 | 98% |
| Sunspine Lynx | 3.5 | 97% |
| Den of the Bugbear | 1.3 | 93% |
| Mutavault | 4.0 | 79% |
| The Legend of Roku | 1.2 | 65% |
| Rockface Village | 1.4 | 46% |
| Hexing Squelcher | 1.8 | 21% |
| Robber of the Rich | 2.1 | 19% |
| Lightning Strike | 1.8 | 11% |
| Bonecrusher Giant | 3.0 | 11% |
| Castle Embereth | 1.0 | 3% |
| Nova Hellkite | 2.0 | 2% |
| Eidolon of the Great Revel | 4.0 | 1% |
| Academic Dispute | 4.0 | <1% |
| Battlefield Forge | 4.0 | <1% |
| Boros Charm | 3.0 | <1% |
| Inspiring Vantage | 4.0 | <1% |
| Lightning Helix | 3.0 | <1% |
| Sacred Foundry | 4.0 | <1% |
| Spikefield Hazard | 1.0 | <1% |
| Twinmaw Stormbrood | 2.0 | <1% |
| Abrade | 1.0 | <1% |
| Copperline Gorge | 4.0 | <1% |
| Lightning, Army of One | 2.0 | <1% |
| Magebane Lizard | 4.0 | <1% |
| Questing Druid | 4.0 | <1% |
| Scorching Shot | 1.0 | <1% |
| Sheltered by Ghosts | 3.0 | <1% |
| Stomping Ground | 4.0 | <1% |
| Tersa Lightshatter | 2.0 | <1% |
Typical Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 314 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 314 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Magebane Lizard | 3.9 | 99% |
| Scorching Shot | 2.5 | 95% |
| Flowstone Infusion | 2.4 | 83% |
| Pyroclasm | 2.2 | 75% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.7 | 44% |
| Weathered Runestone | 1.9 | 43% |
| Sunspine Lynx | 1.3 | 43% |
| Redcap Melee | 2.1 | 41% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.7 | 29% |
| The Legend of Roku | 1.3 | 28% |
| Hexing Squelcher | 1.9 | 21% |
| Maelstrom Artisan | 2.8 | 11% |
| Abrade | 1.6 | 9% |
| Iroh's Demonstration | 1.1 | 4% |
| Unchained Berserker | 2.8 | 3% |
| Chandra's Defeat | 1.0 | 2% |
| Witchstalker Frenzy | 2.0 | 2% |
| Eidolon of the Great Revel | 1.5 | 1% |
| Torch the Tower | 2.0 | 1% |
| Abandon Attachments | 1.0 | <1% |
| Firebending Lesson | 2.0 | <1% |
| Searing Blood | 4.0 | <1% |
| Unlicensed Hearse | 2.3 | <1% |
| Urabrask's Forge | 3.0 | <1% |
| Chandra, Awakened Inferno | 1.0 | <1% |
| Erode | 2.0 | <1% |
| Origin of Metalbending | 2.5 | <1% |
| Rending Volley | 1.0 | <1% |
| Chandra, Torch of Defiance | 1.0 | <1% |
| Curse of Shaken Faith | 1.0 | <1% |
| Hazoret the Fervent | 1.0 | <1% |
| Price of Freedom | 1.0 | <1% |
| Redirect Lightning | 1.0 | <1% |
| Scab-Clan Berserker | 1.0 | <1% |
| Seismic Sense | 1.0 | <1% |
| Sheltered by Ghosts | 2.0 | <1% |
| Surrak, Elusive Hunter | 2.0 | <1% |