Pioneer staples: Creature removal or Counterspells or Discard or Recursion

117 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: Thoughtseize (32% of decks).

Main deck (77)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	32.0%	3.9
2	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	32.0%	1.0
3	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	28.3%	3.9
4	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	24.0%	1.0
5	Reckless Rage Instant	Instant	23.2%	3.4
6	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	23.2%	3.5
7	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.2%	4.0
8	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.2%	3.1
9	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.5%	3.0
10	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.7%	2.1
11	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	13.3%	1.2
12	Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	13.1%	3.4
13	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	12.6%	3.0
14	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	12.3%	3.5
15	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	10.9%	1.3
16	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.6%	4.0
17	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.4
18	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.1
19	Fiery Impulse Instant	Instant	7.5%	3.7
20	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	7.4%	1.2
21	Get Lost Instant	Instant	7.0%	3.4
22	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.5%	1.0
23	Thundering Broodwagon Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	6.4%	2.4
24	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.4%	2.2
25	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.3%	1.4
26	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	6.2%	2.5
27	Tear Asunder Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.1
28	Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Hero // Legendary Creature — Gamma Hero	5.9%	1.1
29	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.5
30	Lightning Axe Instant	Instant	5.7%	2.3
31	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.1
32	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.1%	3.9
33	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.0%	2.7
34	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.9%	3.7
35	No More Lies Instant	Instant	4.9%	4.0
36	The Wandering Emperor Legendary Planeswalker	Legendary Planeswalker	4.8%	2.9
37	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.4
38	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.2
39	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
40	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.0
41	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
42	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
43	Temporary Lockdown Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	3.5
44	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.0
45	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.8
46	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.5%	3.3
47	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.3
48	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
49	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.2%	4.0
50	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
51	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.2
52	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	4.1%	1.0
53	Erode Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
54	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
55	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
56	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.4%	3.7
57	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	3.2%	4.0
58	Farewell Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
59	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
60	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.1
61	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
62	Hopeless Nightmare Enchantment	Enchantment	2.8%	4.0
63	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
64	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
65	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.5
66	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
67	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
68	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
69	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
70	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
71	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.5%	1.6
72	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
73	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
74	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
75	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
76	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
77	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	2.9

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Sideboard (64)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	27.2%	1.9
2	Redcap Melee Instant	Instant	25.3%	1.9
3	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
4	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	21.4%	2.1
5	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
6	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.5%	2.2
7	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
8	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.4%	1.0
9	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
10	Go Blank Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	1.8
11	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.7%	1.8
12	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.7%	1.4
13	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.7%	1.4
14	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
15	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.7%	1.4
16	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.9
17	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.0%	2.0
18	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
19	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.9
20	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.3
21	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.7%	1.3
22	Ray of Enfeeblement Instant	Instant	7.5%	1.9
23	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	1.6
24	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.1%	2.2
25	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
26	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
27	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.9%	1.8
28	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.7
29	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	5.1%	3.4
30	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
31	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
32	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.3
33	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.5%	1.0
34	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	2.2
35	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	4.1%	2.8
36	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
37	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
38	Annul Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
39	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.4
40	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
41	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
42	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.5
43	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
44	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
45	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.0%	1.9
46	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
47	Grim Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	3.0
48	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	1.0
49	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.2
50	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.9
51	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
52	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.4%	1.5
53	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
54	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1
55	Get Lost Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.8
56	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	2.2%	2.4
57	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
58	Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	2.1%	1.8
59	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
60	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
61	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.8
62	The Meathook Massacre Legendary Enchantment	Legendary Enchantment	2.0%	1.2
63	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1
64	Narset's Reversal Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.4

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