Pioneer Preliminary (won by Kazuga)

Date

Dec. 12, 2023

Players

35

Format

Pioneer

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	Kazuga Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	4-0
2	Xraphie Azorius Control	Azorius Control	4-0
3	selesneal Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	3-1
4	Pugface Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	3-1
5	BHe Rakdos Sacrifice	Rakdos Sacrifice	3-1
6	el-pollo-lolo Rakdos Sacrifice	Rakdos Sacrifice	3-1
7	joaoclaudioms Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	3-1
8	McWinSauce (Tom White) Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	3-1
9	GDS-in-modern Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	3-1
10	Nammersquats Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	3-1
11	HouseOfManaMTG (Jack Potter) Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	3-1
12	Lord_Beerus Creativity	Creativity	2-2
13	NAP_DARKMAGE_MJM Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	2-2
14	ETBJezus Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	2-2
15	qbturtle15 Mono-White Humans	Mono-White Humans	2-2
16	ScreenwriterNY Jund Midrange	Jund Midrange	1-2
17	jakers1016 Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	2-2
18	frekinsmart Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	2-2
19	Eubank Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	2-2
20	TheUnseen Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	2-2
21	Killah_SUV Azorius Control	Azorius Control	2-2
22	God1801 Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	2-2
23	esmyth Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	2-2
24	karatedom Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	1-2
25	HermonHero Boros Aggro	Boros Aggro	1-3
26	_Falcon_ Greasefang	Greasefang	1-3
27	raginpirate Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	1-3
28	Xunolix Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	1-3
29	ChuChuMTFKR Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	1-3
30	CrawWurm Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	0-3
31	TrashBoat100 Boros Midrange	Boros Midrange	0-1
32	YawgmothPT Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	0-2
33	FedeG Rakdos Midrange	Rakdos Midrange	0-3
34	hodortimebaby Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	0-2
35	thebuttermerchant Izzet Phoenix	Izzet Phoenix	0-3

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Pioneer metagame of the 30 days up to Dec. 12, 2023 (4178 decks):

Archetypes by share of 35 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Other Rakdos decks 11.3% overall	9	25.7%	11.3%	2
Izzet Phoenix 11.4% overall	4	11.4%	11.4%	0
Other Abzan decks 4.6% overall	4	11.4%	4.6%	2
Other Gruul decks 2.4% overall	4	11.4%	2.4%	1
Mono-Red Aggro 3.2% overall	3	8.6%	3.2%	0
Other Azorius decks 10.9% overall	2	5.7%	10.9%	1
Other Boros decks 10.1% overall	2	5.7%	10.1%	0
Rakdos Sacrifice 4.8% overall	2	5.7%	4.8%	2
Creativity 0.4% overall	1	2.9%	0.4%	0
Golgari Midrange 0.0% overall	1	2.9%	0.0%	0
Greasefang 3.6% overall	1	2.9%	3.6%	0
Mono-White Humans 1.3% overall	1	2.9%	1.3%	0
Other Five-Color decks 8.1% overall	1	2.9%	8.1%	0

Overall

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