Den of the Bugbear (Pioneer)

Den of the Bugbear appears in 15.4% of Pioneer decks in the last 90 days (196 decks), averaging 1.2 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in UR (unclassified).

Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated 28 Oct 2026. How we count

Share of decks

15.4%

vs previous 90 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

196

196 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.2

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

35 top 8 (challenges only)

Weekly data

Week from	Share of decks
2026-08-06	–
2026-08-13	14.3%
2026-08-20	11.0%
2026-08-27	9.3%
2026-09-03	15.2%
2026-09-10	15.1%
2026-09-17	19.6%
2026-09-24	23.3%
2026-10-01	21.1%
2026-10-08	13.1%
2026-10-15	21.5%
2026-10-22	14.2%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Monastery Swiftspear	87%	3.9
Emberheart Challenger	86%	3.9
Burst Lightning	83%	3.8
Reckless Rage	83%	3.8
Soul-Scar Mage	82%	3.9
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance	73%	4.5
Monstrous Rage	66%	4.3
Screaming Nemesis	62%	4.2
Ramunap Ruins	58%	6.0
Kumano Faces Kakkazan // Etching of Kumano	58%	6.0
Sunspine Lynx	55%	6.3
Mutavault	45%	1.6
Rockface Village	43%	6.5
The Legend of Roku // Avatar Roku	37%	4.2
Academic Dispute	27%	1.6
Shivan Reef	27%	1.6
Stormchaser's Talent	27%	1.4
Boomerang Basics	27%	1.4
Riverpyre Verge	27%	1.1
Spirebluff Canal	27%	0.9

Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	23.6%	17%
Mono-Red Aggro	9.7%	92%
BRG (unclassified)	2.8%	6%
BR (unclassified)	2.8%	77%
WUBRG (unclassified)	2.8%	3%
Mono-Red (unclassified)	0.1%	100%