Pioneer Metagame
Mono-Red Prowess and Golgari Midrange are locked in a dead heat atop the Pioneer metagame (13.3% vs 13.2% of 1,167 recent appearances), and Mono-Green's share is up 16x over the last 30 days.
A | Aggro | 13.3% | 1.7 | 22.9 | 23 | +75% | |
A | Midrange | 13.2% | 3 | 24.7 | 43 | −5% | |
B | 8.4% | 2.2 | 24 | 29 | +122% | ||
— | Other | 8.1% | 2.5 | 22.6 | 15 | +112% | |
B | Control | 8.1% | 2.8 | 27.9 | 27 | +23% | |
C | Aggro | 7.0% | 1.2 | 19.6 | 19 | −21% | |
B | Tempo | 5.5% | 2.3 | 18.4 | 15 | −25% | |
A | Midrange | 5.1% | 2.6 | 23.8 | 15 | −35% | |
C | Midrange | 4.9% | 3.4 | 22 | 21 | +38% | |
C | Combo | 4.4% | 3.2 | 31.5 | 11 | +42% | |
B | 3.9% | 2.6 | 22.1 | 14 | New | ||
B | 3.1% | 3 | 22.3 | 8 | >+999% | ||
C | Tempo | 2.8% | 1.9 | 22.1 | 10 | −45% | |
— | 2.1% | 2.9 | 24.7 | 4 | +248% | ||
C | 1.8% | 1.9 | 33.3 | 4 | +7% | ||
— | 1.2% | 3.3 | 21.6 | 3 | +610% | ||
— | Combo | 1.0% | 3.4 | 22.1 | 2 | −62% | |
— | Midrange | 1.0% | 2.8 | 25.2 | 2 | −45% | |
— | 0.7% | 1.8 | 22 | 1 | −68% | ||
— | Midrange | 0.7% | 2.6 | 22.5 | 2 | −92% | |
— | 0.7% | 2.1 | 23.3 | 0 | +306% | ||
— | 0.6% | 1.5 | 20 | 3 | New | ||
— | 0.4% | 1.8 | 19.8 | 0 | −19% | ||
— | 0.4% | 3.2 | 21.2 | 0 | +103% | ||
— | 0.3% | 2.3 | 27 | 1 | −39% | ||
— | 0.2% | 2.6 | 23 | 0 | −82% | ||
— | 0.2% | 2.2 | 27.5 | 0 | −66% | ||
— | 0.2% | 2.9 | 35.5 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.1% | 3.3 | 32 | 0 | −75% | ||
— | 0.1% | 2.3 | 22 | 0 | −80% | ||
— | 0.1% | 3 | 23 | 0 | −49% |
Finishes by Strategy
Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.
- 1. Mono-Red Prowess — 23 Top 8s, 12 League 5-0s
- 2. Golgari Midrange — 43 Top 8s, 12 League 5-0s
- 3. Dimir Midrange — 29 Top 8s, 4 League 5-0s
- 4. Rogue — 15 Top 8s, 5 League 5-0s
- 5. UW Control — 27 Top 8s, 3 League 5-0s
- 6. Izzet Prowess — 19 Top 8s, 1 League 5-0
- 7. Izzet Phoenix — 15 Top 8s, 2 League 5-0s
- 8. Orzhov Greasefang — 15 Top 8s, 14 League 5-0s
- 9. Abzan Greasefang — 21 Top 8s, 1 League 5-0
- 10. Scapeshift — 11 Top 8s, 2 League 5-0s
Pioneer Metagame Movers
Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 30-day window.
Gaining Pioneer Metagame Share
last 30d vs prior 30d0.18% → 2.9% share
0.18% → 1.3% share
0.09% → 0.37% share
Losing Pioneer Metagame Share
last 30d vs prior 30d9.7% → 0.74% share
1.00% → 0.18% share
0.45% → 0.09% share
Newest Pioneer Rogue decks
Brews from the last 30 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.
Most-played Pioneer cards
List changes within archetypes over the last 30 days. Hover a badge for share change — use 14d to match the homepage.
Rankings are based on 1,086 recent MTGO Challenge appearances in the selected window.
Pioneer is a non-rotating competitive format using cards from Return to Ravnica onward (2012–present), bridging the gap between Modern and Standard.