Pioneer Challenge (won by Phill_Hellmuth)

Date

Sept. 12, 2021

Players

59

Format

Pioneer

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	Phill_Hellmuth Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	8-1
2	MJ_23 Mono-White Midrange	Mono-White Midrange	7-2
3	Harry13 Dimir Control	Dimir Control	6-2
4	Egormaister Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	5-3
5	remf Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	6-1
6	BonVoyYawg Gruul Aggro	Gruul Aggro	5-2
7	Mogged Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	5-2
8	Watchwolf92 Azorius Aggro	Azorius Aggro	5-2
9	KarnageKardsENT Dimir Control	Dimir Control	4-2
10	tunicoberno Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	4-2
11	Gereffi Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	4-2
12	canepis16 Azorius Control	Azorius Control	4-2
13	SPyromancer Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	4-2
14	Ivan_Draw_Go Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	4-2
15	VenerableLammasu Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	4-2
16	Aardos Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	3-2
17	Miyazono Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	4-2
18	claudioh Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	4-2
19	Capriccioso Selesnya Midrange	Selesnya Midrange	4-2
20	_against_ Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	4-2
21	lazerbeam Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	3-3
22	_Batutinha_ Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	3-3
23	Ladon Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	2-3
24	Beenew Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	3-3
25	Mcleskey Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	3-3
26	komattaman Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	3-3
27	O_danielakos Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	3-3
28	musasabi Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-3
29	Hamuda Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	3-3
30	hiroP32 Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-3
31	killdashnine Rakdos Sacrifice	Rakdos Sacrifice	3-3
32	Belenus Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	3-3
33	nugget_poke Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-3
34	Oscar_Franco Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	3-3
35	Xerk Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	3-3
36	AliEnWaRe_ Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	3-3
37	LuckyOnline Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	3-3
38	PTarts2win Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	2-4
39	darius89 Dimir Control	Dimir Control	2-4
40	beraldi Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	1-4
41	marolanzi Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	2-4
42	-=Alfa=- Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	2-4
43	melody_5233 Azorius Spirits	Azorius Spirits	2-4
44	_Falcon_ Temur Control	Temur Control	2-4
45	McWinSauce Azorius Control	Azorius Control	2-3
46	azatoyellow Azorius Control	Azorius Control	2-4
47	Caitlyn Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	0-3
48	Powen Dimir Control	Dimir Control	1-3
49	WrzoBuSeks Jeskai Control	Jeskai Control	1-3
50	Rixxen Sultai Midrange	Sultai Midrange	1-4

New cards seeing play

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

• Guttersnipe 1 deck
• Reality Hemorrhage 1 deck
• Spark Harvest 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Pioneer metagame of the last 30 days (695 decks):

Archetypes by share of 61 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Azorius Spirits 1.6% overall	8	13.1%	1.6%	1
Other Gruul decks 2.7% overall	8	13.1%	2.7%	2
Other Five-Color decks 1.2% overall	7	11.5%	1.2%	0
Other Azorius decks 0.6% overall	6	9.8%	0.6%	1
Other Mono-Black decks 0.6% overall	5	8.2%	0.6%	0
Other Rakdos decks 0.6% overall	5	8.2%	0.6%	1
Other Dimir decks 1.0% overall	4	6.6%	1.0%	1
Other Four-Color decks 0.1% overall	4	6.6%	0.1%	0
Other Jund decks 3.2% overall	4	6.6%	3.2%	1
Izzet Phoenix 2.6% overall	3	4.9%	2.6%	0
Other Boros decks 0.9% overall	2	3.3%	0.9%	0
Other Jeskai decks 0.0% overall	2	3.3%	0.0%	0
Other Orzhov decks 0.6% overall	1	1.6%	0.6%	1
Other Sultai decks 0.1% overall	1	1.6%	0.1%	0
Rakdos Sacrifice 0.9% overall	1	1.6%	0.9%	0

Overall

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