Pioneer Challenge (won by McIeskey)
- Date
- Players
- 79
- Format
- Pioneer
- Organizer
- Wizards of the Coast
- Source
- MTGO
Decklists
New cards seeing play
Not played in Pioneer in the 120 days before this event.
- Prismari Command 7 decks
- Magma Opus 6 decks
- Culling Ritual 4 decks
- Decisive Denial 3 decks
- Grinning Ignus 2 decks
- Hazoret's Monument 2 decks
- Lorehold Command 2 decks
- Academic Dispute 1 deck
- Aetherize 1 deck
- Blade Historian 1 deck
- Containment Breach 1 deck
- Contentious Plan 1 deck
- Cram Session 1 deck
- Creative Outburst 1 deck
- Curate 1 deck
- Devastating Mastery 1 deck
- Double Major 1 deck
- Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar 1 deck
- Flunk 1 deck
- Fynn, the Fangbearer 1 deck
- Gnarlwood Dryad 1 deck
- Guiding Voice 1 deck
- Illuminate History 1 deck
- Indomitable Creativity 1 deck
- Insolent Neonate 1 deck
- Kasmina, Enigma Sage 1 deck
- Keruga, the Macrosage 1 deck
- Leonin Lightscribe 1 deck
- Narnam Renegade 1 deck
- Oath of Ajani 1 deck
- Psychic Rebuttal 1 deck
- Reduce to Memory 1 deck
- Rowan, Scholar of Sparks // Will, Scholar of Frost 1 deck
- Rune of Might 1 deck
- Sedgemoor Witch 1 deck
- Selfless Glyphweaver // Deadly Vanity 1 deck
- Teachings of the Archaics 1 deck
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive 1 deck
- Venerable Warsinger 1 deck
- Vineglimmer Snarl 1 deck
- Wasteland Viper 1 deck
Metagame of this event
Compared with the overall Pioneer metagame of the 30 days up to April 17, 2021 (2287 decks):
| Archetype | Decks | This event | Overall | Top 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Izzet Phoenix 
6.4% overall |
10 | 12.3% | 6.4% | 1 |
| Other Five-Color decks 10.1% overall | 9 | 11.1% | 10.1% | 0 |
| Other Boros decks 8.9% overall | 8 | 9.9% | 8.9% | 1 |
| Other Sultai decks 3.1% overall | 8 | 9.9% | 3.1% | 1 |
| Other Dimir decks 10.2% overall | 5 | 6.2% | 10.2% | 1 |
Azorius Spirits 
5.2% overall |
4 | 4.9% | 5.2% | 1 |
| Other Rakdos decks 4.8% overall | 4 | 4.9% | 4.8% | 1 |
Rakdos Sacrifice
6.6% overall |
4 | 4.9% | 6.6% | 0 |
| Golgari Midrange
0.1% overall |
3 | 3.7% | 0.1% | 0 |
| Other Four-Color decks 6.8% overall | 3 | 3.7% | 6.8% | 0 |
| Other Mono-Red decks 1.1% overall | 3 | 3.7% | 1.1% | 0 |
| Other Grixis decks 0.1% overall | 2 | 2.5% | 0.1% | 0 |
| Other Jeskai decks 1.0% overall | 2 | 2.5% | 1.0% | 0 |
| Other Simic decks 0.6% overall | 2 | 2.5% | 0.6% | 0 |
| Other Temur decks 1.3% overall | 2 | 2.5% | 1.3% | 0 |
| Other Bant decks 0.3% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0 |
| Other Four-Color decks 1.7% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0 |
| Other Golgari decks 1.3% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0 |
| Other Gruul decks 5.1% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 5.1% | 0 |
| Other Izzet decks 0.9% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0 |
| Other Mardu decks 0.3% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0 |
| Other Mono-Black decks 4.4% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 4.4% | 1 |
| Other Mono-Blue decks 0.1% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0 |
| Other Mono-Green decks 1.8% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0 |
| Other Mono-White decks 0.2% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0 |
| Other Naya decks 3.3% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 3.3% | 1 |
| Other Selesnya decks 0.5% overall | 1 | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0 |
- Overall
- share of the archetype in the overall metagame of the format, with the filters above