Pioneer staples: Creature removal or Discard or Recursion

101 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 (69)

#	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	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.1%	3.9
32	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.0%	2.7
33	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.9%	3.7
34	The Wandering Emperor Legendary Planeswalker	Legendary Planeswalker	4.8%	2.9
35	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.4
36	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
37	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.0
38	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
39	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
40	Temporary Lockdown Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	3.5
41	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.0
42	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.8
43	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.3
44	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
45	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.2%	4.0
46	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
47	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.2
48	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	4.1%	1.0
49	Erode Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
50	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
51	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
52	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.4%	3.7
53	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	3.2%	4.0
54	Farewell Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
55	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
56	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
57	Hopeless Nightmare Enchantment	Enchantment	2.8%	4.0
58	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
59	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
60	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
61	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
62	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
63	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.5%	1.6
64	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
65	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
66	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
67	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
68	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
69	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	2.9

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Sideboard (50)

#	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	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
5	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.5%	2.2
6	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
7	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
8	Go Blank Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	1.8
9	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.7%	1.8
10	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.7%	1.4
11	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
12	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.7%	1.4
13	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
14	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.9
15	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.3
16	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.7%	1.3
17	Ray of Enfeeblement Instant	Instant	7.5%	1.9
18	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	1.6
19	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.1%	2.2
20	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
21	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
22	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.9%	1.8
23	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.7
24	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	5.1%	3.4
25	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
26	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
27	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.3
28	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.5%	1.0
29	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	2.2
30	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	4.1%	2.8
31	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
32	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
33	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.4
34	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
35	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
36	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.5
37	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
38	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.0%	1.9
39	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
40	Grim Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	3.0
41	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	1.0
42	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
43	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.4%	1.5
44	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1
45	Get Lost Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.8
46	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	2.2%	2.4
47	Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	2.1%	1.8
48	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
49	The Meathook Massacre Legendary Enchantment	Legendary Enchantment	2.0%	1.2
50	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1

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