Pioneer Preliminary (won by Lavaridge)

Pioneer tournament of 25 Jan 2020 with 61 decklists, won by Lavaridge with Simic Midrange.

Date

25 Jan 2020

Players

60

Format

Pioneer

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	Lavaridge Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	5-0
2	fistfullofmetal Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	5-0
3	wakasama Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	4-1
4	cheesfactory Grixis Midrange	Grixis Midrange	4-1
5	tabananga Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	4-1
6	Twibs Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	4-1
7	UmekawaneikU Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	4-1
8	taruto1212 Mono-Blue Control	Mono-Blue Control	4-1
9	petomartinez Mono-White Aggro	Mono-White Aggro	4-1
10	LickNsticK Bant Midrange	Bant Midrange	4-1
11	audio336 Golgari Aggro	Golgari Aggro	4-1
12	t_k_h_r Izzet Aggro	Izzet Aggro	4-1
13	Trieste Esper Midrange	Esper Midrange	3-2
14	Hluca Dimir Midrange	Dimir Midrange	3-2
15	asacha Mono-Blue Control	Mono-Blue Control	3-2
16	liuyuchen Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-2
17	achillies27 Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-2
18	Pavel_rep Izzet Midrange	Izzet Midrange	3-2
19	mansak Izzet Aggro	Izzet Aggro	3-2
20	Wisenesty1 Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	3-2
21	felider Sultai Midrange	Sultai Midrange	2-2
22	LackMemory Mono-White Aggro	Mono-White Aggro	3-2
23	Malakxy Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	3-2
24	quinniac Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-2
25	XinRong Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-2
26	pencil_1234 Izzet Aggro	Izzet Aggro	3-2
27	mindcandy Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	3-2
28	Vinushka Sultai Midrange	Sultai Midrange	3-2
29	JaSpidey27 Mono-White Aggro	Mono-White Aggro	3-2
30	Shogaku Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	2-3
31	GATOR022 Sultai Midrange	Sultai Midrange	2-3
32	Tetsubou Four-Color Midrange	Four-Color Midrange	2-3
33	nyut Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	2-3
34	Rhodanthe Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	2-3
35	charizard92 Izzet Aggro	Izzet Aggro	2-3
36	Nage051 Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	2-3
37	contrap Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	2-3
38	crator Azorius Control	Azorius Control	2-3
39	Gosaku Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	2-3
40	matsubagani Izzet Control	Izzet Control	0-3
41	Sam_M Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	1-3
42	jsteed Mono-White Aggro	Mono-White Aggro	1-2
43	ktmr-39 Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	1-3
44	sff_mtg Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	1-3
45	Zyrnak Mono-Blue Midrange	Mono-Blue Midrange	1-3
46	_Bolawarrior_ Azorius Control	Azorius Control	1-4
47	fradev1988 Azorius Control	Azorius Control	1-3
48	crazyklicker Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	1-3
49	_tsoi_ Dimir Control	Dimir Control	1-3
50	markdizon Mono-White Aggro	Mono-White Aggro	1-2

New cards seeing play

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

• Alhammarret's Archive 1 deck
• Metalspinner's Puzzleknot 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Pioneer metagame of the 30 days up to Jan. 25, 2020 (0 decks):

Archetypes by share of 61 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Other Azorius decks	11	18.0%	–n/a	0
Other Five-Color decks	9	14.8%	–n/a	1
Other Izzet decks	7	11.5%	–n/a	0
Other Mono-Black decks	7	11.5%	–n/a	2
Other Rakdos decks	3	4.9%	–n/a	0
Other Temur decks	3	4.9%	–n/a	1
Azorius Spirits	2	3.3%	–n/a	0
Other Dimir decks	2	3.3%	–n/a	0
Other Golgari decks	2	3.3%	–n/a	0
Other Grixis decks	2	3.3%	–n/a	1
Other Mono-Green decks	2	3.3%	–n/a	1
Other Mono-Red decks	2	3.3%	–n/a	1
Other Mono-White decks	2	3.3%	–n/a	0
Other Simic decks	2	3.3%	–n/a	1
Other Abzan decks	1	1.6%	–n/a	0
Other Esper decks	1	1.6%	–n/a	0
Other Mardu decks	1	1.6%	–n/a	0
Other Selesnya decks	1	1.6%	–n/a	0
Rakdos Sacrifice	1	1.6%	–n/a	0

Overall

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