Pioneer staples: Removal or Counterspells or Burn or Recursion

122 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: Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (32% of decks).

Main deck (79)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	32.0%	1.0
2	Boseiju, Who Endures Legendary Land	Legendary Land	29.8%	1.2
3	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	28.3%	3.9
4	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	24.0%	1.0
5	Reckless Rage Instant	Instant	23.2%	3.4
6	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	23.2%	3.5
7	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.2%	4.0
8	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.2%	3.1
9	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.5%	3.0
10	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.7%	2.1
11	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	13.3%	1.2
12	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	12.6%	3.0
13	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	12.3%	3.5
14	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.6%	4.0
15	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.4
16	Kumano Faces Kakkazan // Etching of Kumano Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	9.3%	4.0
17	Ramunap Ruins Land — Desert	Land — Desert	9.3%	2.3
18	Sunspine Lynx Creature — Elemental Cat	Creature — Elemental Cat	8.6%	3.6
19	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	8.1%	2.1
20	Fiery Impulse Instant	Instant	7.5%	3.7
21	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	7.4%	1.2
22	Get Lost Instant	Instant	7.0%	3.4
23	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.5%	1.0
24	Thundering Broodwagon Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	6.4%	2.4
25	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.4%	2.2
26	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.3%	1.4
27	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	6.2%	2.5
28	Vivi Ornitier Legendary Creature — Wizard	Legendary Creature — Wizard	6.2%	3.6
29	Tear Asunder Instant	Instant	6.0%	1.1
30	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
31	March of Otherworldly Light Instant	Instant	5.8%	3.5
32	Lightning Axe Instant	Instant	5.7%	2.3
33	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	5.4%	1.1
34	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.1%	3.9
35	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.0%	2.7
36	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.9%	3.7
37	No More Lies Instant	Instant	4.9%	4.0
38	The Wandering Emperor Legendary Planeswalker	Legendary Planeswalker	4.8%	2.9
39	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.4
40	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.2
41	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
42	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.0
43	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
44	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
45	Temporary Lockdown Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	3.5
46	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.0
47	Field of Ruin Land	Land	4.6%	2.9
48	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.8
49	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.5%	3.3
50	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.3
51	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.3%	1.2
52	Tablet of Discovery Artifact	Artifact	4.2%	4.0
53	Voldaren Thrillseeker Creature — Vampire Warrior	Creature — Vampire Warrior	4.1%	1.0
54	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	4.1%	2.2
55	Erode Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
56	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
57	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
58	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.4%	3.7
59	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	3.2%	4.0
60	Farewell Sorcery	Sorcery	3.1%	1.2
61	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
62	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.1
63	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
64	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
65	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
66	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.5
67	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
68	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
69	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
70	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
71	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
72	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.5%	1.6
73	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
74	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	2.3
75	Voldaren Epicure Creature — Vampire	Creature — Vampire	2.3%	3.9
76	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
77	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
78	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.0%	3.9
79	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.0%	2.9

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Sideboard (65)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Redcap Melee Instant	Instant	25.3%	1.9
2	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
3	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	21.4%	2.1
4	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
5	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.5%	2.2
6	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
7	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.4%	1.0
8	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
9	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.7%	1.8
10	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.7%	1.4
11	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.7%	1.4
12	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
13	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.7%	1.4
14	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.5%	1.9
15	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.0%	2.0
16	Magebane Lizard Creature — Lizard	Creature — Lizard	10.3%	3.7
17	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.9%	1.2
18	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
19	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.7%	1.9
20	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.3
21	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.7%	1.3
22	Ray of Enfeeblement Instant	Instant	7.5%	1.9
23	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	1.6
24	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.1%	2.2
25	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	6.8%	1.1
26	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
27	Loran of the Third Path Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	6.4%	1.2
28	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
29	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.9%	1.8
30	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	5.7%	1.7
31	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
32	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
33	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.5%	1.3
34	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.5%	1.0
35	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	4.3%	2.2
36	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	4.1%	2.8
37	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
38	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
39	Annul Instant	Instant	3.6%	1.5
40	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.4
41	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
42	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.0
43	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.5
44	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
45	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
46	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.0%	1.9
47	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
48	Grim Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	3.0
49	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.7%	1.0
50	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.2
51	Sunspine Lynx Creature — Elemental Cat	Creature — Elemental Cat	2.5%	1.7
52	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.9
53	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
54	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.4%	1.5
55	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
56	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1
57	Get Lost Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.8
58	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	2.2%	2.4
59	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
60	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
61	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
62	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.8
63	The Meathook Massacre Legendary Enchantment	Legendary Enchantment	2.0%	1.2
64	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1
65	Narset's Reversal Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.4

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