Pioneer staples: Creatures or Sorceries, Removal or Recursion

44 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: Boomerang Basics (21% of decks).

Main deck (27)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.2%	3.1
2	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.5%	3.0
3	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.6%	4.0
4	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.4
5	Kumano Faces Kakkazan // Etching of Kumano Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	9.3%	4.0
6	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.5%	1.0
7	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.3%	1.4
8	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
9	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.0
10	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
11	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
12	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.8
13	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.3
14	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
15	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
16	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
17	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.4%	3.7
18	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	3.2%	4.0
19	Farewell Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
20	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
21	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
22	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
23	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
24	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
25	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
26	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
27	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 (20)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
2	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
3	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.5%	2.2
4	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
5	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.7%	1.8
6	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
7	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.7%	1.3
8	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	1.6
9	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.1%	2.2
10	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	6.8%	1.1
11	Loran of the Third Path Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	6.4%	1.2
12	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
13	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
14	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
15	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
16	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.4
17	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
18	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	1.0
19	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
20	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it