Pioneer Metagame

15 archetypes · Updated Mar 9, 2026

1

Mono-Red Prowess

17.5%
MTGGoldfish #7669010 MTGGoldfish #7668997 MTGGoldfish #7666807
Burst Lightning Burst Lightning Emberheart Challenger Emberheart Challenger Kumano Faces Kakkazan Kumano Faces Kakkazan Monastery Swiftspear Monastery Swiftspear Monstrous Rage Monstrous Rage Reckless Rage Reckless Rage
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Creatures (18)

Instants (14)

  • 4 Burst Lightning
  • 2 Lightning Strike
  • 4 Monstrous Rage
  • 4 Reckless Rage

Enchantments (6)

  • 4 Kumano Faces Kakkazan
  • 2 The Legend of Roku

Lands (22)

Sideboard (15)

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2

Abzan Greasefang

15.9%
MTGGoldfish #7669014 MTGGoldfish #7669003 MTGGoldfish #7668999
Esika's Chariot Esika's Chariot Greasefang, Okiba Boss Greasefang, Okiba Boss Parhelion II Parhelion II Thoughtseize Thoughtseize Bitter Triumph Bitter Triumph Cache Grab Cache Grab
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Creatures (14)

Instants (6)

Sorceries (8)

  • 1 Duress
  • 4 Thoughtseize
  • 3 Witherbloom Command

Artifacts (10)

Lands (22)

Sideboard (15)

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3

Orzhov Greasefang

13.6%
MTGGoldfish #7669015 MTGGoldfish #7669012 MTGGoldfish #7669006
Fatal Push Fatal Push Fleeting Spirit Fleeting Spirit Greasefang, Okiba Boss Greasefang, Okiba Boss Iron-Shield Elf Iron-Shield Elf Monument to Endurance Monument to Endurance Parhelion II Parhelion II
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Creatures (15)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (8)

Lands (24)

Sideboard (15)

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4

Izzet Prowess

13.2%
MTGGoldfish #7669061 MTGGoldfish #7669013 MTGGoldfish #7669009
Academic Dispute Academic Dispute Cori-Steel Cutter Cori-Steel Cutter Monastery Swiftspear Monastery Swiftspear Reckless Rage Reckless Rage Soul-Scar Mage Soul-Scar Mage Stormchaser's Talent Stormchaser's Talent
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Creatures (11)

Instants (15)

  • 4 Academic Dispute
  • 3 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 3 Firebending Lesson
  • 4 Reckless Rage
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard

Sorceries (6)

Enchantments (4)

  • 4 Stormchaser's Talent

Artifacts (4)

Lands (20)

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 2 Divide by Zero
  • 1 Firebending Lesson
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 1 It'll Quench Ya!
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 2 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 2 Redcap Melee
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Spell Snare
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5

Izzet Phoenix

6.5%
MTGGoldfish #7667721 MTGGoldfish #7665756 MTGGoldfish #7665735
Arclight Phoenix Arclight Phoenix Consider Consider Cori-Steel Cutter Cori-Steel Cutter Opt Opt Sleight of Hand Sleight of Hand Lightning Axe Lightning Axe
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Creatures (7)

  • 4 Arclight Phoenix
  • 3 Picklock Prankster

Instants (14)

Sorceries (9)

Enchantments (5)

  • 2 Artist's Talent
  • 2 Does Machines
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory

Artifacts (6)

Lands (19)

Sideboard (15)

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6

Azorius Control

5.9%
MTGGoldfish #7668998 MTGGoldfish #7665730 MTGGoldfish #7664544
Consult the Star Charts Consult the Star Charts Dovin's Veto Dovin's Veto Get Lost Get Lost March of Otherworldly Light March of Otherworldly Light No More Lies No More Lies Omen of the Sea Omen of the Sea
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Creatures (2)

Instants (22)

  • 4 Consult the Star Charts
  • 4 Dovin's Veto
  • 4 Get Lost
  • 4 March of Otherworldly Light
  • 4 No More Lies
  • 2 Spell Snare

Sorceries (4)

Enchantments (8)

Planeswalkers (8)

Lands (36)

  • 4 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 3 Field of Ruin
  • 4 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Hall of Storm Giants
  • 4 Hallowed Fountain
  • 4 Hengegate Pathway
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 6 Plains
  • 3 Restless Anchorage

Sideboard (15)

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7

Golgari Midrange

3.9%
MTGGoldfish #7669002 MTGGoldfish #7668988 MTGGoldfish #7668986
Abrupt Decay Abrupt Decay Badgermole Cub Badgermole Cub Fatal Push Fatal Push Ouroboroid Ouroboroid Sentinel of the Nameless City Sentinel of the Nameless City Thoughtseize Thoughtseize
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Creatures (16)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (8)

Enchantments (4)

  • 4 Unholy Annex/Ritual Chamber

Lands (24)

Sideboard (15)

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8

Sultai Scapeshift

3.2%
MTGGoldfish #7669016 MTGGoldfish #7666800 MTGGoldfish #7665737
Arboreal Grazer Arboreal Grazer Formidable Speaker Formidable Speaker Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Scapeshift Scapeshift Spelunking Spelunking The Wandering Minstrel The Wandering Minstrel
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Creatures (21)

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Scapeshift

Enchantments (4)

Lands (31)

Sideboard (15)

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9

Orzhov Midrange

3.0%
MTGGoldfish #7669007 MTGGoldfish #7666794 MTGGoldfish #7665739
Fatal Push Fatal Push Gifted Aetherborn Gifted Aetherborn Thoughtseize Thoughtseize Unholy Annex/Ritual Chamber Unholy Annex/Ritual Chamber Vanishing Verse Vanishing Verse Pest Control Pest Control
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Creatures (13)

Instants (11)

Sorceries (7)

Enchantments (4)

  • 4 Unholy Annex/Ritual Chamber

Lands (25)

Sideboard (15)

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10

Gruul Prowess

2.5%
MTGGoldfish #7666786 MTGGoldfish #7665742 MTGGoldfish #7664545
Academic Dispute Academic Dispute Burst Lightning Burst Lightning Cori-Steel Cutter Cori-Steel Cutter Emberheart Challenger Emberheart Challenger Kumano Faces Kakkazan Kumano Faces Kakkazan Monastery Swiftspear Monastery Swiftspear
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Creatures (19)

Instants (12)

  • 4 Academic Dispute
  • 4 Burst Lightning
  • 4 Reckless Rage

Enchantments (4)

  • 4 Kumano Faces Kakkazan

Artifacts (4)

Lands (21)

Sideboard (15)

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11

Hidden Strings

1.2%
MTGGoldfish #7668992 MTGGoldfish #7665749 MTGGoldfish #7656494
Arboreal Grazer Arboreal Grazer Hidden Strings Hidden Strings Pore Over the Pages Pore Over the Pages Vibrance Vibrance Vizier of Tumbling Sands Vizier of Tumbling Sands Emergent Ultimatum Emergent Ultimatum
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Creatures (14)

  • 4 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Fae of Wishes
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 4 Vibrance
  • 4 Vizier of Tumbling Sands

Instants (4)

Sorceries (18)

Enchantments (1)

  • 1 Omniscience

Lands (23)

Sideboard (15)

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12

Selesnya Company

1.1%
MTGGoldfish #7668190 MTGGoldfish #7667718 MTGGoldfish #7644825
Aven Interrupter Aven Interrupter Collected Company Collected Company Elvish Mystic Elvish Mystic Enduring Innocence Enduring Innocence Llanowar Elves Llanowar Elves Skyclave Apparition Skyclave Apparition
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Creatures (32)

Instants (4)

Planeswalkers (2)

  • 2 Elspeth, Storm Slayer

Lands (22)

Sideboard (15)

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13

Azorius Spirits

1.0%
MTGGoldfish #7669004 MTGGoldfish #7666790 MTGGoldfish #7665761
Mausoleum Wanderer Mausoleum Wanderer No More Lies No More Lies Rattlechains Rattlechains Skyclave Apparition Skyclave Apparition Spell Queller Spell Queller Supreme Phantom Supreme Phantom
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Creatures (24)

Instants (6)

Enchantments (6)

Lands (24)

  • 4 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 4 Hallowed Fountain
  • 4 Hengegate Pathway
  • 1 Island
  • 3 Mutavault
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 2 Plains
  • 4 Seachrome Coast

Sideboard (15)

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14

Mono-Black Midrange

1.0%
MTGGoldfish #7659743 MTGGoldfish #7657602 MTGGoldfish #7654854
Fatal Push Fatal Push Gifted Aetherborn Gifted Aetherborn Graveyard Trespasser Graveyard Trespasser Thoughtseize Thoughtseize Unholy Annex/Ritual Chamber Unholy Annex/Ritual Chamber Liliana of the Veil Liliana of the Veil
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Creatures (11)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (8)

  • 2 Duress
  • 2 Invoke Despair
  • 4 Thoughtseize

Enchantments (4)

  • 4 Unholy Annex/Ritual Chamber

Artifacts (1)

  • 1 The Soul Stone

Planeswalkers (3)

Lands (25)

Sideboard (15)

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15

5c Legends

0.7%
MTGGoldfish #7668993 MTGGoldfish #7644835 MTGGoldfish #7642447
Arachne, Psionic Weaver Arachne, Psionic Weaver Gran-Gran Gran-Gran Inti, Seneschal of the Sun Inti, Seneschal of the Sun Relic of Legends Relic of Legends Rona, Herald of Invasion Rona, Herald of Invasion Aang, Swift Savior Aang, Swift Savior
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Creatures (31)

Artifacts (7)

Lands (22)

  • 4 Cavern of Souls
  • 4 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 4 Plaza of Heroes
  • 2 Secluded Courtyard
  • 4 Starting Town
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)

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