Pioneer staples: Creatures or Instants, Recursion or Artifact removal

27 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: Abrupt Decay (13% of decks).

Main deck (22)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	12.5%	3.0
2	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.7%	4.0
3	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.6%	1.0
4	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.4%	1.4
5	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	6.2%	2.5
6	Tear Asunder Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.1
7	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.5
8	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.2%	3.9
9	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
10	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.0
11	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
12	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.2
13	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
14	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
15	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.3%	3.7
16	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	3.0%	4.0
17	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
18	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
19	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
20	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
21	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
22	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (7)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.7%	1.4
2	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.9%	1.2
3	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
4	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.2%	1.3
5	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.8%	1.3
6	Loran of the Third Path Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	6.5%	1.2
7	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it