Pioneer Preliminary (won by Aardos)

Date

Dec. 26, 2023

Players

36

Format

Pioneer

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	Aardos Selesnya Control	Selesnya Control	4-0
2	_goblinlackey Naya Midrange	Naya Midrange	4-0
3	slaxx Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	3-1
4	KarnageKardsENT Dimir Midrange	Dimir Midrange	3-1
5	adebevoise Rakdos Aggro	Rakdos Aggro	3-1
6	zmanuel Boros Midrange	Boros Midrange	3-1
7	xDingusKhan Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	3-1
8	TheManLand Simic Control	Simic Control	3-1
9	darius89 Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	3-1
10	TombSimon Azorius Control	Azorius Control	3-1
11	esmyth Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	3-1
12	joaoclaudioms Rakdos Sacrifice	Rakdos Sacrifice	3-1
13	pavesito Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	2-2
14	xfile Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	2-2
15	BeoulveHeart Abzan Midrange	Abzan Midrange	2-2
16	alemilan19 Rakdos Aggro	Rakdos Aggro	1-2
17	Daking3603 Selesnya Midrange	Selesnya Midrange	2-2
18	Magicofplayer1 Azorius Control	Azorius Control	2-2
19	claudioh (Claudio Henrique Miranda) Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	2-2
20	taku123 Izzet Midrange	Izzet Midrange	2-2
21	HermonHero Selesnya Midrange	Selesnya Midrange	2-2
22	canepis16 Rakdos Aggro	Rakdos Aggro	2-2
23	Aelyck Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	2-2
24	Cachorrowo (Felipe Guzmán) Simic Control	Simic Control	2-2
25	416FrowningTable Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	2-2
26	Giltspire Simic Control	Simic Control	1-3
27	burnt_taco77 Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	1-3
28	Sliverdude Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	1-3
29	dedav Azorius Control	Azorius Control	1-3
30	Bobpie Mono-Black Control	Mono-Black Control	1-3
31	Dreddybajs Rakdos Control	Rakdos Control	1-3
32	FanksEoT Azorius Control	Azorius Control	0-2
33	JJ4Heisman Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	0-3
34	QueenOfJuice Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	0-3
35	Dai66s Azorius Control	Azorius Control	0-3
36	MagicSchild Rakdos Control	Rakdos Control	0-4
	InterludeShadow Mono-Black Midrange	Mono-Black Midrange

New cards seeing play

Not played in Pioneer in the 120 days before this event.

• Warrant // Warden 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Pioneer metagame of the last 30 days (694 decks):

Archetypes by share of 37 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Other Rakdos decks 0.6% overall	9	24.3%	0.6%	3
Other Five-Color decks 1.2% overall	7	18.9%	1.2%	3
Other Azorius decks 0.6% overall	5	13.5%	0.6%	0
Izzet Phoenix 2.6% overall	3	8.1%	2.6%	0
Other Mono-Black decks 0.6% overall	3	8.1%	0.6%	0
Mono-Red Aggro 9.7% overall	2	5.4%	9.7%	0
Other Abzan decks 0.0% overall	2	5.4%	0.0%	0
Other Four-Color decks 0.3% overall	2	5.4%	0.3%	0
Other Boros decks 0.9% overall	1	2.7%	0.9%	1
Other Dimir decks 1.0% overall	1	2.7%	1.0%	1
Other Four-Color decks 0.1% overall	1	2.7%	0.1%	0
Rakdos Sacrifice 0.9% overall	1	2.7%	0.9%	0

Overall

share of the archetype in the overall metagame of the format, with the filters above