Pioneer staples: Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion

92 cards played in at least 2% of the 3159 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 (69)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	32.1%	1.0
2	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.1%	4.0
3	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.1%	3.1
4	Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	Enchantment — Room // Enchantment — Room	17.0%	3.7
5	Academic Dispute Instant	Instant	16.7%	4.0
6	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	12.3%	3.5
7	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.7%	4.0
8	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	8.9%	2.7
9	Proft's Eidetic Memory Legendary Enchantment	Legendary Enchantment	7.8%	3.0
10	Professor of Symbology Creature — Kor Cleric	Creature — Kor Cleric	7.8%	3.7
11	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.6%	1.0
12	Thundering Broodwagon Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	6.5%	2.4
13	Consider Instant	Instant	6.4%	3.9
14	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.4%	1.4
15	Castle Locthwain Land	Land	5.9%	1.4
16	Gran-Gran Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	5.7%	3.9
17	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	5.7%	3.9
18	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.1
19	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.2%	3.9
20	No More Lies Instant	Instant	5.0%	4.0
21	Winternight Stories Sorcery	Sorcery	4.9%	3.3
22	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.1
23	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.2
24	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
25	Jadzi, Steward of Fate // Oracle's Gift Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Sorcery	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Sorcery	4.7%	2.0
26	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
27	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
28	Fountainport Land	Land	4.7%	1.5
29	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.2
30	Opt Instant	Instant	4.5%	4.0
31	Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Goblin Shaman	Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Goblin Shaman	4.3%	3.4
32	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
33	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	4.2%	2.3
34	Monument to Endurance Artifact	Artifact	4.2%	4.0
35	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.1%	4.0
36	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	4.1%	1.0
37	Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito	4.0%	3.6
38	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
39	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
40	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	3.3%	4.0
41	Treasure Cruise Sorcery	Sorcery	3.2%	3.9
42	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	3.1%	1.6
43	Deadly Dispute Instant	Instant	3.0%	3.9
44	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.1
45	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	4.0
46	Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act Creature — Goblin Sorcerer // Sorcery	Creature — Goblin Sorcerer // Sorcery	2.9%	3.6
47	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.9%	4.0
48	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	2.8%	3.3
49	Cryogen Relic Artifact	Artifact	2.8%	3.5
50	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
51	Artist's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.7%	4.0
52	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
53	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.5
54	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
55	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
56	Spelunking Enchantment	Enchantment	2.5%	4.0
57	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
58	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
59	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
60	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
61	Omen of the Sea Enchantment	Enchantment	2.4%	3.2
62	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	2.3%	3.9
63	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	2.2%	4.0
64	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
65	Enduring Innocence Enchantment Creature — Sheep Glimmer	Enchantment Creature — Sheep Glimmer	2.1%	3.6
66	Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner Legendary Planeswalker — Kiora	Legendary Planeswalker — Kiora	2.0%	4.0
67	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
68	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	2.9
69	Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	2.0%	3.7

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Sideboard (35)

#	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	Soul-Guide Lantern Artifact	Artifact	19.0%	2.0
4	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.3%	1.0
5	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
6	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.5%	1.4
7	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.4
8	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.9
9	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	11.3%	1.7
10	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.0%	2.0
11	Ral, Crackling Wit Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	10.7%	1.4
12	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	10.3%	1.8
13	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.0%	2.2
14	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	6.8%	1.1
15	Loran of the Third Path Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	6.5%	1.2
16	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
17	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
18	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.6%	1.0
19	Annul Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
20	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
21	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
22	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	3.1%	1.3
23	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
24	Decorum Dissertation Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	2.9%	1.0
25	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.2
26	Surrak, Elusive Hunter Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	2.4%	1.6
27	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.9
28	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.4
29	Ledger Shredder Creature — Bird Advisor	Creature — Bird Advisor	2.2%	3.6
30	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
31	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.9
32	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
33	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
34	Negate Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
35	Narset's Reversal Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.4

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