First printed in The Hobbit (2026)

Pinecone Strike

Instant

Choose one or both —
• Pinecone Strike deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
• Destroy target artifact token.

In the last 30 days 1.1% of Standard decks played it (1 of 95). Most played in UR (unclassified).

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
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

Standard Other periods →

In 1 of 95 decks (1.1%).

Share of decks

1.1%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

0 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	4.2%	25%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR Bl4ckdragon, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Duel Commander.