Pioneer staples: Creature removal or Recursion

95 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 (64)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	32.1%	1.0
2	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	28.4%	3.9
3	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	24.2%	1.0
4	Reckless Rage Instant	Instant	23.2%	3.4
5	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	23.1%	3.5
6	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.1%	4.0
7	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.1%	3.1
8	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.4%	3.0
9	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.8%	2.1
10	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	13.2%	1.2
11	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	12.5%	3.0
12	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	12.3%	3.5
13	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.7%	4.0
14	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	10.2%	1.4
15	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.1
16	Fiery Impulse Instant	Instant	7.5%	3.7
17	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	7.5%	1.2
18	Get Lost Instant	Instant	7.0%	3.4
19	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.6%	1.0
20	Thundering Broodwagon Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	6.5%	2.4
21	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.4%	1.4
22	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.4%	2.2
23	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	6.2%	2.5
24	Tear Asunder Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.1
25	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
26	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.5
27	Lightning Axe Instant	Instant	5.7%	2.3
28	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.2%	3.9
29	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.1%	2.7
30	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	5.0%	3.7
31	The Wandering Emperor Legendary Planeswalker	Legendary Planeswalker	4.8%	2.8
32	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.4
33	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
34	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.0
35	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
36	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
37	Temporary Lockdown Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	3.5
38	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.6%	1.8
39	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.0
40	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.3
41	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
42	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.1%	4.0
43	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.2
44	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
45	Erode Instant	Instant	3.9%	2.8
46	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
47	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
48	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.3%	3.7
49	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	3.3%	4.0
50	Farewell Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
51	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	4.0
52	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
53	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
54	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
55	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
56	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
57	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
58	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.5%	1.6
59	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
60	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
61	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
62	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
63	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
64	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	2.9

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Sideboard (46)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Redcap Melee Instant	Instant	25.1%	1.9
2	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
3	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
4	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.5%	2.2
5	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
6	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
7	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.7%	1.8
8	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.5%	1.4
9	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
10	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.7%	1.4
11	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
12	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.9
13	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.2%	1.3
14	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.8%	1.3
15	Ray of Enfeeblement Instant	Instant	7.6%	1.9
16	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.6%	1.6
17	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.0%	2.2
18	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
19	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
20	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.8%	1.8
21	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	5.8%	1.7
22	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
23	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
24	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
25	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.3
26	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	2.2
27	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	4.1%	2.8
28	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
29	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	1.4
30	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.6%	1.4
31	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
32	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
33	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.5
34	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
35	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.0%	1.9
36	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
37	Grim Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	3.0
38	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.8%	1.0
39	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.5%	1.0
40	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.4%	1.5
41	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1
42	Get Lost Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.8
43	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	2.2%	2.4
44	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
45	The Meathook Massacre Legendary Enchantment	Legendary Enchantment	2.1%	1.2
46	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1

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