Pioneer staples: Red or Multicolor, Removal or Counterspells or Recursion

45 cards played in at least 2% of the 3095 Pioneer decks of the last 120 days, in the main deck or in the sideboard. The most played in the main deck: Burst Lightning (23% of decks).

Main deck (33)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	23.3%	3.5
2	Reckless Rage Instant	Instant	23.3%	3.4
3	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.5%	3.0
4	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	12.7%	3.0
5	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	12.4%	3.5
6	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.6%	4.0
7	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.4
8	Kumano Faces Kakkazan // Etching of Kumano Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	9.3%	4.0
9	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.1
10	Fiery Impulse Instant	Instant	7.5%	3.7
11	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.5%	1.0
12	Thundering Broodwagon Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	6.4%	2.4
13	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
14	Lightning Axe Instant	Instant	5.7%	2.3
15	No More Lies Instant	Instant	4.9%	4.0
16	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.0
17	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.8
18	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
19	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
20	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.7%	3.4
21	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.5%	3.3
22	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.2
23	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.2%	4.0
24	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
25	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.2
26	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
27	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
28	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
29	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
30	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
31	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.3
32	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
33	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it

Sideboard (21)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Redcap Melee Instant	Instant	25.4%	1.9
2	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
3	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.6%	2.2
4	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
5	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.8%	1.8
6	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
7	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.6%	1.4
8	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
9	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
10	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.3
11	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.1%	2.2
12	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	6.8%	1.1
13	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
14	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.3
15	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.5%	1.0
16	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
17	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.5
18	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
19	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1
20	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1
21	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.8

% of decks

decks of the format that play it in this part

Avg. copies

among the decks that play it