Azorius Spirits 
Azorius Spirits Pioneer decklist played by Aarne Pyulze at DeadCatCup (9 May 2026).
- Player
- Aarne Pyulze
- Finish
- #22 of 89, 4-3
- Event
- DeadCatCup,
- Archetype
- Azorius Spirits
- Staples
- Azorius Spirits
- Format
- Pioneer
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (30)
- 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
- 1 Empyrean Eagle
- 4 Mausoleum Wanderer
- 4 Rattlechains
- 2 Selfless Spirit
- 2 Shacklegeist
- 4 Skyclave Apparition
- 3 Spectral Sailor
- 4 Spell Queller
- 4 Supreme Phantom
- 1 Watcher of the Spheres
Instants (8)
Artifacts (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Azorius Spirits list
Average of 3 decks in the 30 days up to May 9, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Island (7 vs 4.0)
- +3 Cavern of Souls (4 vs 1.3)
- +3 Lofty Denial (4 vs 1.3)
- +2 Spectral Sailor (3 vs 1.0)
- +1 Selfless Spirit (2 vs 0.7)
- +1 Shacklegeist (2 vs 0.7)
- +1 Smuggler's Copter (2 vs 0.7)
- +1 Spell Pierce (2 vs 0.7)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Adarkar Wastes (0 vs 2.7)
- -3 No More Lies (0 vs 2.7)
- -2 Seam Rip (0 vs 2.3)
- -2 Enduring Curiosity (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Plains (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Mutavault (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Sheltered by Ghosts (0 vs 1.7)
- -1 Geistlight Snare (0 vs 1.3)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Portable Hole (4 vs 1.3)
- +1 Katilda, Dawnhart Prime (2 vs 0.7)
- +1 Mystical Dispute (2 vs 0.7)
- +1 Soul-Guide Lantern (2 vs 0.7)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Spell Pierce (0 vs 1.7)
- -1 Split Up (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity (0 vs 1.3)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 18 cards away from the average.
Deck stats
Mana curve
1.98 average mana value
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 0 |
Lands
20 33.3% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 71.7%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 63.8%
- Same, on the draw
- 72.2%
Colors: costs and sources
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16 symbols (32.7%)
13 sources (28.9%)
-
33 symbols (67.3%)
20 sources (44.4%)
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
4 sources (8.9%)
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0 symbols (0.0%)
4 sources (8.9%)
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0 symbols (0.0%)
4 sources (8.9%)
Card types
- Creatures 30 (50.0%)
- Instants 8 (13.3%)
- Artifacts 2 (3.3%)
- Lands 20 (33.3%)