Pioneer staples: Counterspells or Discard or Recursion

49 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: Thoughtseize (32% of decks).

Main deck (35)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	32.2%	3.9
2	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	32.1%	1.0
3	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.1%	4.0
4	Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	13.1%	3.4
5	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	10.9%	1.3
6	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.7%	4.0
7	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.6%	1.0
8	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.4%	1.4
9	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	5.5%	1.1
10	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.2%	3.9
11	No More Lies Instant	Instant	5.0%	4.0
12	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.2
13	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
14	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
15	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	1.8
16	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.2
17	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
18	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.1%	4.0
19	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	4.1%	1.0
20	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
21	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
22	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	3.0%	2.1
23	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	4.0
24	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
25	Hopeless Nightmare Enchantment	Enchantment	2.8%	4.0
26	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
27	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.5
28	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
29	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
30	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
31	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
32	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
33	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
34	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
35	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 (23)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	27.3%	1.9
2	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	21.4%	2.1
3	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.3%	1.0
4	Go Blank Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	1.8
5	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.5%	1.4
6	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.8%	1.4
7	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.9
8	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.0%	2.0
9	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	5.0%	3.4
10	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
11	Annul Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
12	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
13	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
14	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.2
15	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.9
16	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.4
17	Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	2.2%	1.8
18	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
19	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.9
20	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
21	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
22	Negate Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.2
23	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