Pioneer staples: Black or Red, Removal or Recursion

47 cards played in at least 2% of the 3095 Pioneer decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Fatal Push (28% of decks).

Main deck (25)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	28.3%	3.9
2	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	23.3%	3.5
3	Reckless Rage Instant	Instant	23.3%	3.4
4	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.5%	3.0
5	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.8%	2.1
6	Kumano Faces Kakkazan // Etching of Kumano Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	9.3%	4.0
7	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.1
8	Fiery Impulse Instant	Instant	7.5%	3.7
9	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	7.3%	1.2
10	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.3%	1.4
11	Lightning Axe Instant	Instant	5.7%	2.3
12	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.0%	2.7
13	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.8
14	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.7%	3.4
15	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
16	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.8
17	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.2%	4.0
18	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
19	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
20	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
21	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
22	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
23	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
24	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
25	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.1%	2.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (28)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Redcap Melee Instant	Instant	25.4%	1.9
2	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
3	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.6%	2.2
4	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
5	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
6	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
7	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.6%	1.4
8	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
9	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	1.6
10	Ray of Enfeeblement Instant	Instant	7.5%	1.9
11	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	6.8%	1.1
12	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
13	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.9%	1.8
14	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.7
15	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.8%	1.0
16	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.3
17	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.5%	1.0
18	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
19	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	1.4
20	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.4
21	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
22	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.5
23	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
24	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
25	Grim Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	3.1
26	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	1.0
27	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
28	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it