Pioneer staples: Removal or Counterspells or Discard or Recursion

123 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: Thoughtseize (32% of decks).

Main deck (81)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	32.0%	3.9
2	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	31.9%	1.0
3	Boseiju, Who Endures Legendary Land	Legendary Land	29.9%	1.2
4	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	28.3%	3.9
5	Otawara, Soaring City Legendary Land	Legendary Land	23.9%	1.0
6	Burst Lightning Instant	Instant	23.3%	3.5
7	Reckless Rage Instant	Instant	23.3%	3.4
8	Stormchaser's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	21.2%	4.0
9	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.2%	3.1
10	Screaming Nemesis Creature — Spirit	Creature — Spirit	17.5%	3.0
11	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	16.8%	2.1
12	Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire Legendary Land	Legendary Land	13.2%	1.2
13	Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	13.2%	3.4
14	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	12.7%	3.0
15	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	12.4%	3.5
16	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	10.9%	1.3
17	Greasefang, Okiba Boss Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	Legendary Creature — Rat Pilot	10.6%	4.0
18	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	10.3%	1.4
19	Kumano Faces Kakkazan // Etching of Kumano Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	Enchantment — Saga // Enchantment Creature — Human Shaman	9.3%	4.0
20	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	8.0%	2.1
21	Fiery Impulse Instant	Instant	7.5%	3.7
22	Go for the Throat Instant	Instant	7.3%	1.2
23	Get Lost Instant	Instant	6.9%	3.4
24	Emptiness Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	6.5%	1.0
25	Thundering Broodwagon Artifact — Vehicle	Artifact — Vehicle	6.4%	2.4
26	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	6.3%	2.2
27	Overlord of the Balemurk Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	Enchantment Creature — Avatar Horror	6.3%	1.4
28	Into the Flood Maw Instant	Instant	6.2%	2.4
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	5.3%	1.1
34	Divide by Zero Instant	Instant	5.0%	3.9
35	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.0%	2.7
36	No More Lies Instant	Instant	4.9%	4.0
37	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	4.8%	1.0
38	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.8%	3.8
39	Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi	4.8%	2.6
40	Yathan Roadwatcher Creature — Human Scout	Creature — Human Scout	4.7%	1.0
41	The Wandering Emperor Legendary Planeswalker	Legendary Planeswalker	4.7%	2.9
42	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.7%	3.4
43	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.7%	3.2
44	Temporary Lockdown Enchantment	Enchantment	4.7%	3.5
45	Lively Dirge Sorcery	Sorcery	4.7%	1.3
46	This Town Ain't Big Enough Instant	Instant	4.6%	3.0
47	Collective Brutality Sorcery	Sorcery	4.5%	1.8
48	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	4.5%	3.3
49	Field of Ruin Land	Land	4.5%	2.9
50	Supreme Verdict Sorcery	Sorcery	4.4%	2.2
51	Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery	4.2%	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	Geier Reach Sanitarium Legendary Land	Legendary Land	4.0%	1.0
56	Erode Instant	Instant	3.8%	2.9
57	Thor, God of Thunder Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	Legendary Creature — God Warrior Hero	3.5%	2.0
58	Flashback Instant	Instant	3.5%	1.7
59	Skyclave Apparition Creature — Kor Spirit	Creature — Kor Spirit	3.3%	3.7
60	Floodpits Drowner Creature — Merfolk	Creature — Merfolk	3.1%	4.0
61	Farewell Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.2
62	Arclight Phoenix Creature — Phoenix	Creature — Phoenix	2.9%	4.0
63	Momentum Breaker Enchantment	Enchantment	2.9%	3.8
64	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	2.9%	2.1
65	Hopeless Nightmare Enchantment	Enchantment	2.8%	4.0
66	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.3
67	Prismari Command Instant	Instant	2.7%	1.6
68	Cauldron Familiar Creature — Cat	Creature — Cat	2.6%	4.0
69	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.6%	2.4
70	Get Out Instant	Instant	2.6%	3.0
71	Aftermath Analyst Creature — Elf Detective	Creature — Elf Detective	2.5%	1.9
72	Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	Legendary Creature — Elemental Bear	2.5%	4.0
73	Port of Karfell Land	Land	2.5%	3.9
74	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.5%	1.6
75	Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Giant // Instant — Adventure	2.4%	2.8
76	Witherbloom Command Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	2.3
77	Vibrance Creature — Elemental Incarnation	Creature — Elemental Incarnation	2.2%	2.7
78	Prismari Charm Instant	Instant	2.1%	3.6
79	Cavalier of Thorns Creature — Elemental Knight	Creature — Elemental Knight	2.1%	3.9
80	Scavenger's Talent Enchantment — Class	Enchantment — Class	2.1%	2.9
81	Sunderflock Creature — Elemental	Creature — Elemental	2.0%	3.9

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Sideboard (66)

#	Card	Type	% of decks	Avg. copies
1	Duress Sorcery	Sorcery	27.1%	1.9
2	Redcap Melee Instant	Instant	25.4%	1.9
3	Iroh's Demonstration Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	21.7%	1.0
4	Spell Pierce Instant	Instant	21.5%	2.1
5	Scorching Shot Sorcery	Sorcery	19.6%	2.2
6	Boomerang Basics Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	19.6%	1.0
7	Firebending Lesson Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	19.2%	1.0
8	It'll Quench Ya! Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	15.4%	1.0
9	Invoke Despair Sorcery	Sorcery	14.8%	2.4
10	Go Blank Sorcery	Sorcery	14.1%	1.8
11	Culling Ritual Sorcery	Sorcery	13.8%	1.8
12	Ghost Vacuum Artifact	Artifact	13.8%	1.4
13	Disdainful Stroke Instant	Instant	12.6%	1.4
14	Pyroclasm Sorcery	Sorcery	12.2%	2.0
15	Abrade Instant	Instant	11.6%	1.4
16	Change the Equation Instant	Instant	11.6%	1.9
17	Mystical Dispute Instant	Instant	11.1%	2.0
18	Origin of Metalbending Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	9.9%	1.2
19	Abrupt Decay Instant	Instant	9.8%	2.1
20	Flowstone Infusion Instant	Instant	8.8%	1.9
21	Vanishing Verse Instant	Instant	8.1%	1.3
22	Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	Creature — Faerie Rogue // Instant — Adventure	7.7%	1.3
23	Languish Sorcery	Sorcery	7.5%	1.6
24	Ray of Enfeeblement Instant	Instant	7.5%	1.9
25	Pest Control Sorcery	Sorcery	7.1%	2.2
26	Price of Freedom Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	6.8%	1.1
27	Fatal Push Instant	Instant	6.7%	2.0
28	Loran of the Third Path Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	Legendary Creature — Human Artificer	6.4%	1.2
29	Professor Dellian Fel Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	Legendary Planeswalker — Dellian	5.9%	1.4
30	Nowhere to Run Enchantment	Enchantment	5.9%	1.8
31	Bitter Triumph Instant	Instant	5.6%	1.7
32	Thoughtseize Sorcery	Sorcery	5.1%	3.4
33	Ruinous Waterbending Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.8%	1.0
34	True Ancestry Sorcery — Lesson	Sorcery — Lesson	4.7%	1.0
35	Rending Volley Instant	Instant	4.6%	1.3
36	Combustion Technique Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	4.5%	1.0
37	High Noon Enchantment	Enchantment	4.2%	2.2
38	Seam Rip Enchantment	Enchantment	4.0%	2.8
39	Anger of the Gods Sorcery	Sorcery	4.0%	1.4
40	Extinction Event Sorcery	Sorcery	3.9%	1.4
41	Annul Instant	Instant	3.7%	1.5
42	Path of Peril Sorcery	Sorcery	3.5%	1.4
43	Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	Legendary Planeswalker — Ral	3.4%	1.6
44	Torch the Tower Instant	Instant	3.3%	1.5
45	Sheoldred's Edict Instant	Instant	3.2%	1.0
46	Sokka's Haiku Instant — Lesson	Instant — Lesson	3.2%	1.3
47	Sheltered by Ghosts Enchantment — Aura	Enchantment — Aura	3.0%	1.9
48	Strategic Betrayal Sorcery	Sorcery	3.0%	1.9
49	Broadside Barrage Instant	Instant	3.0%	1.0
50	Grim Bauble Artifact	Artifact	2.9%	3.1
51	End of the Hunt Sorcery	Sorcery	2.6%	1.0
52	Aven Interrupter Creature — Bird Rogue	Creature — Bird Rogue	2.5%	2.1
53	Three Steps Ahead Instant	Instant	2.5%	1.9
54	Test of Talents Instant	Instant	2.4%	1.4
55	Elspeth, Storm Slayer Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth	2.4%	1.5
56	Withering Curse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.4%	1.0
57	Maelstrom Pulse Sorcery	Sorcery	2.3%	1.1
58	Get Lost Instant	Instant	2.3%	1.8
59	Portable Hole Artifact	Artifact	2.2%	2.4
60	Spider-Sense Instant	Instant	2.2%	1.2
61	Spell Snare Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.4
62	Aether Gust Instant	Instant	2.1%	1.1
63	Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf	2.1%	1.8
64	Fire Magic Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.1
65	Dovin's Veto Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.8
66	Narset's Reversal Instant	Instant	2.0%	1.4

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