Pioneer Preliminary (won by 1337Waffles)

Date

May 23, 2023

Players

36

Format

Pioneer

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	1337Waffles Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	4-0
2	Dictator_4_Life Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	4-0
3	Beenew Izzet Control	Izzet Control	4-0
4	jakobpablo Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	3-1
5	Dai66s Greasefang	Greasefang	3-1
6	ClumsyTumsy Boros Aggro	Boros Aggro	3-1
7	Mathilde7 Azorius Control	Azorius Control	3-1
8	_Stream Azorius Control	Azorius Control	3-1
9	scipios Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	3-1
10	Flossing Azorius Control	Azorius Control	3-1
11	GlowinHammerfist Rakdos Sacrifice	Rakdos Sacrifice	3-1
12	maxxattack Mono-White Aggro	Mono-White Aggro	2-2
13	1800LazerFace Sultai Midrange	Sultai Midrange	2-2
14	varal Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	1-2
15	tim96 Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	2-2
16	Raegis Azorius Control	Azorius Control	2-2
17	XGMR718 Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	2-2
18	Spiced Azorius Control	Azorius Control	2-2
19	nickdebe Greasefang	Greasefang	2-2
20	Betrix2688 Greasefang	Greasefang	2-2
21	jorelm510 Boros Aggro	Boros Aggro	2-2
22	Leafpanda Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	2-2
23	AlphaFrog Creativity	Creativity	2-2
24	Comrade1312 Selesnya Midrange	Selesnya Midrange	2-2
25	katuo079595 Jeskai Control	Jeskai Control	1-2
26	hauterho Boros Aggro	Boros Aggro	1-3
27	BerryAllen Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	1-3
28	Sinclair92 Izzet Control	Izzet Control	1-3
29	Marxelo Boros Aggro	Boros Aggro	1-3
30	esmyth Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	1-3
31	NotCicero Sultai Control	Sultai Control	0-2
32	NathanOfTheGiltLeaf Sultai Control	Sultai Control	0-2
33	MonkeBrain Izzet Midrange	Izzet Midrange	0-3
34	notoary Azorius Control	Azorius Control	0-3
35	DreamsOfAshiok Jeskai Control	Jeskai Control	0-3
36	Manny- Boros Aggro	Boros Aggro	0-3
	il_matagatto Boros Aggro	Boros Aggro
	boytriton Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange

New cards seeing play

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

• Forge Devil 1 deck
• Illness in the Ranks 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Pioneer metagame of the 30 days up to May 23, 2023 (3754 decks):

Archetypes by share of 38 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Other Azorius decks 6.1% overall	6	15.8%	6.1%	2
Other Bant decks 10.9% overall	4	10.5%	10.9%	1
Other Naya decks 2.3% overall	4	10.5%	2.3%	1
Greasefang 6.2% overall	3	7.9%	6.2%	1
Other Boros decks 2.2% overall	3	7.9%	2.2%	0
Other Izzet decks 4.4% overall	3	7.9%	4.4%	1
Other Rakdos decks 16.4% overall	3	7.9%	16.4%	2
Azorius Spirits 4.0% overall	2	5.3%	4.0%	0
Other Five-Color decks 7.4% overall	2	5.3%	7.4%	0
Creativity 1.8% overall	1	2.6%	1.8%	0
Golgari Midrange 0.2% overall	1	2.6%	0.2%	0
Mono-Red Aggro 3.0% overall	1	2.6%	3.0%	0
Other Four-Color decks 1.2% overall	1	2.6%	1.2%	0
Other Four-Color decks 0.5% overall	1	2.6%	0.5%	0
Other Four-Color decks 2.6% overall	1	2.6%	2.6%	0
Other Sultai decks 4.7% overall	1	2.6%	4.7%	0
Rakdos Sacrifice 2.4% overall	1	2.6%	2.4%	0

Overall

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