Pioneer staples: Counterspells or Cantrips or Recursion

53 cards played in at least 2% of the 3127 Pioneer decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (32% of decks).

Main deck (40)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	32.0%	1.0
2	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.2%	4.0
3	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.2%	3.1
4	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.6%	4.0
5	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	8.9%	2.7
6	Proft's Eidetic Memory Legendary Enchantment	Legendary Enchantment	7.9%	3.0
7	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.5%	1.0
8	Consider Instant	Instant	6.3%	3.9
9	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.3%	1.4
10	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.1
11	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.1%	3.9
12	No More Lies Instant	Instant	4.9%	4.0
13	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.2
14	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
15	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
16	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.5%	3.3
17	Opt Instant	Instant	4.5%	4.0
18	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
19	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	4.2%	2.3
20	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.2%	4.0
21	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
22	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
23	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
24	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.1
25	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	2.8%	3.3
26	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	2.8%	3.5
27	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
28	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.5
29	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
30	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
31	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.5%	4.0
32	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
33	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
34	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
35	Omen of the Sea Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	3.2
36	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
37	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	2.2%	4.0
38	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
39	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
40	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	2.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (22)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	21.4%	2.1
2	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
3	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.4%	1.0
4	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.7%	1.4
5	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.7%	1.4
6	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.9
7	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	11.2%	1.7
8	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.0%	2.0
9	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	10.3%	1.8
10	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	6.8%	1.1
11	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
12	Annul Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
13	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
14	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
15	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.2
16	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.9
17	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
18	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
19	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
20	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
21	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.8
22	Narset's Reversal Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.4

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it