Pioneer staples: Creatures or Instants, Counterspells or Card draw or Recursion

58 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: Academic Dispute (17% of decks).

Main deck (45)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Academic Dispute Instant	Instant	16.7%	4.0
2	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.6%	4.0
3	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	8.9%	2.7
4	Professor of Symbology Creature — Kor Cleric	Creature — Kor Cleric	7.7%	3.7
5	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.5%	1.0
6	Consider Instant	Instant	6.3%	3.9
7	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.3%	1.4
8	Fear of Missing Out Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	Enchantment Creature — Nightmare	5.7%	3.9
9	Gran-Gran Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	Legendary Creature — Human Peasant Ally	5.6%	3.9
10	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.1
11	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.1%	3.9
12	No More Lies Instant	Instant	4.9%	4.0
13	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.1
14	Jadzi, Steward of Fate // Oracle's Gift Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Sorcery	Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Sorcery	4.8%	2.0
15	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.2
16	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
17	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.5%	3.3
18	Opt Instant	Instant	4.5%	4.0
19	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
20	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
21	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	4.2%	2.3
22	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
23	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
24	Moon-Circuit Hacker Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	Enchantment Creature — Human Ninja	3.2%	4.0
25	Deadly Dispute Instant	Instant	3.1%	3.9
26	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	3.0%	1.6
27	Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act Creature — Goblin Sorcerer // Sorcery	Creature — Goblin Sorcerer // Sorcery	3.0%	3.6
28	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
29	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.1
30	Marauding Mako Creature — Shark Pirate	Creature — Shark Pirate	2.9%	4.0
31	The Sackville-Bagginses Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen	2.8%	3.3
32	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
33	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
34	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.5
35	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
36	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
37	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
38	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
39	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	2.3%	3.9
40	Faerie Miscreant Creature — Faerie Rogue	Creature — Faerie Rogue	2.2%	4.0
41	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
42	Enduring Innocence Enchantment Creature — Sheep Glimmer	Enchantment Creature — Sheep Glimmer	2.1%	3.6
43	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
44	Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure	2.0%	3.7
45	Outcaster Trailblazer Creature — Human Druid	Creature — Human Druid	2.0%	3.7

% 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	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	21.4%	2.1
2	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.4%	1.0
3	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.7%	1.4
4	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.9
5	Quantum Riddler Creature — Sphinx	Creature — Sphinx	11.2%	1.7
6	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.0%	2.0
7	Beza, the Bounding Spring Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk	10.3%	1.8
8	Loran of the Third Path Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	6.4%	1.2
9	Abandon Attachments Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.6%	1.0
10	Annul Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
11	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
12	Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	Creature — Human Wizard // Instant	3.0%	1.3
13	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
14	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.2
15	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.9
16	Surrak, Elusive Hunter Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	Legendary Creature — Human Warrior	2.4%	1.6
17	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
18	Ledger Shredder Creature — Bird Advisor	Creature — Bird Advisor	2.2%	3.6
19	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
20	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
21	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
22	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.8
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