Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
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| May 31 | View | GzusReturned | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 23rd | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 31 | View | AFX | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 32nd | 2-4 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 30 | View | AFX | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 12th | 4-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 30 | View | Arca_de_Karn | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 27th | 2-4 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 30 | View | AKvsJJ | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 31st | 2-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 30 | View | carabinid | Pioneer League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 29 | View | KeepAny7vsYou | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 5th | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 29 | View | KeepAny7vsYou | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 7th | 4-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 29 | View | Arkany1 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 16th | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 29 | View | Arca_de_Karn | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 19th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 29 | View | cabrabr12 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 21st | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 29 | View | Bachipandi21 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 22nd | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 29 | View | Arkany1 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 26th | 2-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 29 | View | Grogore | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 30th | 2-1 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 28 | View | sandydogmtg | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 1st | 8-1 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 28 | View | Arkany1 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 12th | 4-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 27 | View | yIral | Pioneer League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 25 | View | Hernan72 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 23rd | 2-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 25 | View | boom_bust | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 27th | 2-4 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 25 | View | deleon91 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 29th | 2-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 24 | View | Arkany1 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 10th | — | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 23 | View | sandydogmtg | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 15th | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 23 | View | BERNASTORRES | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 28th | 2-4 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 23 | View | Arkany1 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 31st | 2-4 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 22 | View | Arkany1 | Pioneer Challenge 32 | 6th | 5-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 |
Mono-Red Prowess has climbed from ~3.4% to 9.4% of the Pioneer metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~3.4% to 9.4% · 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 315 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Monastery Swiftspear | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mountain | 14.3 | 100% |
| Ramunap Ruins | 2.3 | 100% |
| Kumano Faces Kakkazan | 4.0 | 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 | 78% |
| The Legend of Roku | 1.2 | 65% |
| Rockface Village | 1.4 | 47% |
| Hexing Squelcher | 1.8 | 21% |
| Robber of the Rich | 2.1 | 19% |
| Lightning Strike | 1.8 | 11% |
| Bonecrusher Giant | 3.0 | 10% |
| 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% |
| Ghitu Lavarunner | 3.0 | <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% |
| Slickshot Show-Off | 4.0 | <1% |
Typical Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 315 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 315 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Magebane Lizard | 3.9 | 99% |
| Scorching Shot | 2.5 | 94% |
| Flowstone Infusion | 2.4 | 83% |
| Pyroclasm | 2.2 | 74% |
| 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 | 10% |
| 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% |
| Searing Blood | 4.0 | 1% |
| Torch the Tower | 2.0 | 1% |
| Abandon Attachments | 1.0 | <1% |
| Firebending Lesson | 2.0 | <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% |
Mono-Red Prowess Pioneer FAQ
Is Mono-Red Prowess good in Pioneer right now?
Yes — one of Pioneer's top decks at 9.4% of decklists in the last two weeks, with 2 Challenge wins and 6 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (8-1) at Pioneer Challenge 32 on Jul 25, 2026.
What are the key cards in Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess?
Nearly every list runs Monastery Swiftspear, Ramunap Ruins, Kumano Faces Kakkazan, and Screaming Nemesis (99%+ of Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 100 Mono-Red vs 5 Boros lists.
What's a typical Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess sideboard?
The most common Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Magebane Lizard (99% of lists), Scorching Shot (94% of lists), Flowstone Infusion (83% of lists), and Pyroclasm (74% of lists). Soul-Guide Lantern is the fastest riser, up from 16% to 23% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess?
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-Red Prowess decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 1,724 Pioneer Mono-Red Prowess decklists all-time (47 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Mono-Red Prowess result Jul 28, 2026.