The “Banned and Restricted” announcements for MTG tend to polarize the community. Bans are an important part of the formation and maintenance of constructed formats, and a huge part of the Magic ecosystem. They rightfully get a lot of chatter...
Read moreHello again wizards of the world! Looking for new ways to play constructed Magic outside Standard or Historic? Well, look no further than Pioneer.
Read moreWizards of the Coast announced yesterday the official transition from Explorer to Pioneer in Magic: The Gathering Arena. The transition marks the culmination of a three-year initiative that began with the launch of the Explorer format back in...
Read moreExplorer is WotC’s pathway format to Pioneer, and continues to work towards that goal with the introduction of cards to Arena that haven’t already been introduced through either Standard or Historic. Let’s take a look at where the format is...
Read moreWizards looked to Pioneer Regional Championships for the key cards that see play and traveled back to the start of Magic Online (the now-aged digital game used to play Modern, Legacy, and such) to implement cards from the Pioneer card pool into...
Read moreAzorius Control has been a powerful archetype for longer than I’ve been playing Magic. So today let’s take a deep dive into it and how it works in Pioneer.
Read moreOne of the last pillars of pure combo in Pioneer is the Lotus Field combo. This combo serves as a punisher for the midrange decks of Pioneer. So let’s take a look at the last combo deck standing, shall we?
Read moreThe Pioneer metagame changes weekly as top decks get attacked and new decks form and refine. One of the longest standing decks that’s still a player in challenges and PTQs every week is Niv to Light.
Read moreToday I’ll be going over the 25 cards that I think are going to have the biggest impacts on Magic’s many constructed formats. The cards I cover can be impactful in any of Standard, Pioneer, Historic, Modern or Legacy. Most of these will be for...
Read moreGreetings wizards, witches, and warlocks! On today’s magical venture I’ll be examining four different pre-built decks that WotC intends to serve as an easy lead into the Pioneer format. But are these decks worth your money? Should you just skip...
Read moreComing on the heels of Amonkhet Remastered, we have another MTGA-only “remix” set from Wizards of the Coast. The last one offered an interesting and unique draft environment, distinct from either of the two sets that determined its...
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