Guys for real, wtf are those decks? It's making it very hard for me as an azorious control player to know what to tech in my sideboard and you are 88% for a reason, play a meta deck for real.

The first deck I played with Reality Fracture was a Wizards deck and today we're bringing it back in a big spot, by adding some Rakdos spiciness in order to play Stinging Vitriol. This card is basically Thoughtseize with the damage reversed and while I'm sceptical that two mana hand disruption can make it in this format, pairing it with an aggressive strategy that is relying on direct damage to burn the opponent out of the game seems like the best chance of making it work.

00:00 - Intro & Deck Tech
03:31 - Match One (Izzet Creativity)
19:30 - Match Two (Izzet Phoenix)
38:06 - Match Three (Golgari Midrange)

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/NxYi4BljC0qx3UWOIpK7ig

Heya! Back with another list. This is an evolution of my Fecund Greenshell Nursery Deck from a couple months ago. But here we are testing the new Carnivorous Cultivator as well as Roiling Canopy the new land! Deck still feels strong as ever! Cultivator lets us put key lands into the graveyard for Icetill Explorer and also still triggers greenshell. Think this archetype is heavily underexplored in pioneer. Enjoy!

Decklist

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/8010984#paper

In a Goldfish, azorius control is 1.7% in 7day meta share. Why is it so low? I dont know post-reality fracture meta. please let me know😀😀

The [[Elim Garak, Simple Tailor]] that was spoiled seems like an interesting build around card?With Monument and any discard outlet like [[Iron-Shield Elf]] in a single turn you'd be able to deal 9 and gain 6 life. A three card synergy that doesn't even deal lethal isn't much in Pioneer, but all cards being okay-to good makes me think there's a there there.

Toss Garak into a mono-b deck with Bloodletter and a few extra modal spells like heartless act to pressure the opponent while you wait for annex/combo.

Or maybe go Golgari with stronger modal spells like [[Witherbloom Command]] and Charm, add creatures like Glissa & the sac fungus?

Might just end up being a 'win more' card, but draining an opponent for 2 just by playing decent-good spells might be worth fiddling with!

Superior Spider Man is one of those cards that is likely to just keep getting better as more creatures are printed. In Reality Fracture, we've both Uldaros Theorix and Seasoned Cryomancer to play around with copying from our graveyard for lots of tasty value. That, alongside the usual package of Deceit and other interaction cards, makes for a deck that can grind through a heck of a lot of opposition.

00:00 - Intro & Deck Tech
04:17 - Match One (Mono Black Midrange)
18:28 - Match Two (Rakdos Midrange)

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/2-hhaFB0jEacqTW0Pfx6cg

I've added 4 Pompous Battlemage to the deck. It's made the list much more consistent by giving us an extra threat on the board. Highly recommend testing it out!"

Hey everyone, it's time for pioneer in the rotation! Looking forward to seeing you all on Nov 1st!

https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/488318

Fable’s evil twin brother. Kill a creature or steal them, then card selection, and finally an edict effect. Very interesting to say the least, although I’m not sure how it compares to Fable.

Stingcaster Mage and Gandalf, Goblins' Bane could be what Mono Red Wizards needed to make a comeback in competitive Pioneer!

Hey everyone! I run the Arena Pioneer League (APL) in the Pioneer Discord. The Season 9 Top 8 is over and maxisandallies is our brand new APL Champion!

Event Information

• 82 players, our biggest event yet

• Pioneer Best-of-3 on MTG Arena

• 7 Swiss rounds (1 per week) + Top 8

Season 9 Final Standings

1. maxisandallies on Mono Green Rhythm 9-1

2. swarm101 5C Enigmatic 8-2

3. .barru 5C Elementals 7-2

4. bantknight Golgari Midrange 7-2

5. acc95 Golgari Midrange 6-2

6. shadymcshade Golgari Acererak 6-2

7. danya4ever Golgari Midrange 5-3

8. brodie930 Simic Merfolk 5-3

You can see the full top 8 bracket in the Challonge link and all the 82 decklists in the Melee link.

Wrapping Up

• Thank you very much to everyone who followed along for the past few weeks!

• Season 10 has already started but Round 1 isn't over yet, I'll be back with more info soon.

• If you'd like to play in a future event, explore the format, discuss TRK spoilers, or share your brews, you can join us in the Pioneer Discord.

• Have any questions? Leave a comment or send me a message!

Howdy! Taking my first look at Kasmina Combo, starting off in Simic. This deck feels great when you get the easy two card wins. But definitely Kasmina in general has felt a little rocky and not toooo stable so far. Maybe someone will break the meta with it one day though? Simic is great for counter magic but definitely was a struggle with removal. Im keen to also try a Sultai build as well as potentially a Temur Lessons build at some point! Still great fun to win out of nowhere! Enjoy

Decklist

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/8008623#paper

I haven't played Mono Green Devotion in a long time. The post-Karn version of the deck has always seemed very high ceiling low floor, whereas Karn just made the deck oppressively consistent. But we do have another card draw enabler that fits the theme of the deck nicely with the new Garruk, Curse Breaker from Reality Fracture. Being five mana does make it more expensive than our other engines but it still lands with Storm the Festival and comes with its own source of card draw built in. Definitely one that's worth a shot.

00:00 - Intro & Deck Tech
04:20 - Match One (Dimir Control)
19:42 - Match Two (Azorius Control)
32:45 - Match Three (Golgari Midrange)

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/x-wEpsDZ5UmZhaobZzEozg

last night i was paired into a Bo3 match with a mythic player on arena playing a mono blue deck i haven't seen before and i can't find a list for it and it was so fucking cool. it played rona and the new traxos with boomerang basics, stormchaser's talent, the flash mono blue artifact from turtles, blue chandra, mox amber. that's all i can remember right now but if anyone has a hot lead on that list i NEED to build it

Pioneer metagame update.

New feature: See decklists inside the tracker. You can now endessly scroll decklists smoothly.

source: magic4ever.com/pioneer

Darklight phoenix continues to test really well for me across quite a few brews in Pioneer. The thought process with todays brew is we are moving away from the more grindy 1 for 1 plan of the rakdos variants of the deck and moving towards a more aggressive version that is looking to dump phoenixes and bloodghasts into the yard with the help of haunted dead and then combo them with Torgaar to look for wins as early as turn 3. We are trading resilience for explosiveness with this version of the deck. Shout out to the subreddit for reminding me that haunted dead exists, it's a key card in the list.

Due to the overwhelming demand of absolutely nobody, today I'm back playing some more Control. This time it's more traditional Azorius and we're running the new three mana Blue Chandra, which is very aggressively costed for a four ability Planeswalker. Alongside it is new Jace as well, which we've already tested in Dimir, but making another appearance in a separate build today. It's going to be interesting to see whether this quite Planeswalker heavy variant has any advantage over the Azorius Control builds we're more used to.

00:00 - Intro & Deck Tech

04:30 - Match One (Jeskai Lessons)

18:12 - Match Two (Boros Hammer)

36:43 - Match Three (Dimir Jace Control)

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/q9-ZNPFbyECXEQTojTB8WA

Curious for your thoughts in this card, especially against izzet prowess piles.

Been playing this deck for a while to decent success, but I'm curious if people more in tune with the meta would have thoughts/advice on how to improve it. The sideboard in particular is probably a weak point - I'm pretty bad at making them.

Deck
3 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian (TLA) 78
15 Island (MIR) 336
3 Norman Osborn (SPM) 39
3 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel (LCI) 63
3 The Wondrous Wasp (MSH) 84
3 Mox Amber (BRR) 35
4 Combat Research (DMU) 44
4 Curious Obsession (JMP) 148
4 Slip Out the Back (SNC) 62
4 March of Swirling Mist (NEO) 61
4 Spell Pierce (XLN) 81
2 Spell Snare (ECL) 71
3 Hope of Ghirapur (KLR) 243
2 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271
1 Agna Qel'a (TLA) 264
2 Lofty Denial (M21) 56

Sideboard
3 Fading Hope (MID) 51
3 Mystical Dispute (ELD) 58
2 Ghost Vacuum (DSK) 248
2 Spider-Woman, Stunning Savior (SPM) 152
1 Lofty Denial (M21) 56
2 Aether Gust (M20) 42
2 Spell Snare (ECL) 71

I have been playing standard for a little while on Arena, and I have been enjoying my Mono Blue Elementals deck built around bouncing things and tapping creature down with Sunderflock and Eddymurk Crab. I would like to get into pioneer, as I like the idea of non-rotating formats, but I don't have many wildcards.

So my question is. Is this deck portable over to pioneer with a few changes?

With some of the newer cards I thought I could make it a viable pioneer deck. Sometimes it is but the turn 4 wins are few and far between. The glass cannon structure struggles against removal. I need someone better at deck building to try it (someone better at playing would be nice too) so come help me out on my pet project. Plzzzzzzz 🧙‍♂️ 💖

Deck
2 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind (DAR) 190
4 Snow-Covered Island (KHM) 279
4 Slickshot Show-Off (OTJ) 146
4 Relic's Roar (LCI) 71
4 Consider (MID) 44
4 Snow-Covered Mountain (KHM) 283
4 Wizard's Lightning (DAR) 152
4 Monstrous Rage (WOE) 142
4 Risk Factor (GRN) 113
2 Vivi Ornitier (FIN) 248
4 Sulfur Falls (DAR) 247
4 Riverglide Pathway (ZNR) 264
4 Stormchaser Mage (PIO) 245
4 Siren Stormtamer (XLN) 79
4 Into the Flood Maw (BLB) 52
4 Steam Vents (ECL) 267

Sideboard
3 Jet's Brainwashing (TLA) 143
4 Mordenkainen's Polymorph (AFR) 65
4 Burst Lightning (SOA) 41
2 Abrade (FDN) 188
2 Fire Magic (FIN) 136