Explore the best decks in the metagame for the Magic: The Gathering Pioneer format. Our information is based on tournament data from MTG Meta and carefully curated by our expert players to ensure their accuracy.
Pioneer is the latest nonrotating constructed format featuring only Standard sets from Return to Ravnica and forward – no supplementary products. Currently, this format is available only for tabletop and Magic Online. We are including coverage on MTG Arena Zone as it will be coming to MTG Arena in the next few years and relates directly to its bridging format on MTG Arena, called Explorer.
Metagame Snapshot
Metagame Matchup Matrix
pioneer
07 Mar 2022 - 29 May 2022
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win
rate
rate
vs
Winota
vs
Mono Red Aggro
vs
other
vs
azorius control
vs
izzet phoenix
vs
Mono Green Ramp
vs
rakdos midrange
vs
lotus field
vs
izzet control
vs
Rakdos Sacrifice
vs
mono blue spirits
vs
Greasefang
vs
Bant Spirits
vs
niv to light
vs
Jund Sacrifice
vs
Fires of Invention
vs
jeskai ascendancy
vs
mono-black devotion
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77.1%
35 matches
76.9%
26 matches
51.7%
29 matches
40.4%
47 matches
68.9%
45 matches
57.1%
14 matches
69.2%
13 matches
30.8%
39 matches
50.0%
4 matches
16.7%
6 matches
50.0%
6 matches
56.3%
16 matches
40.0%
5 matches
14.3%
7 matches
66.7%
3 matches
66.7%
3 matches
66.7%
3 matches
22.9%
35 matches
-
80.0%
10 matches
60.0%
15 matches
59.1%
22 matches
47.6%
21 matches
0.0%
3 matches
87.5%
8 matches
70.0%
10 matches
20.0%
5 matches
-
0.0%
2 matches
75.0%
4 matches
-
33.3%
3 matches
50.0%
4 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
2 matches
23.1%
26 matches
20.0%
10 matches
-
50.0%
26 matches
50.0%
10 matches
57.9%
19 matches
70.0%
10 matches
33.3%
3 matches
33.3%
15 matches
50.0%
6 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
2 matches
33.3%
3 matches
-
20.0%
5 matches
0.0%
5 matches
0.0%
1 matches
75.0%
4 matches
48.3%
29 matches
40.0%
15 matches
50.0%
26 matches
-
51.5%
33 matches
50.0%
20 matches
41.2%
17 matches
44.4%
9 matches
57.1%
14 matches
25.0%
4 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
33.3%
3 matches
33.3%
3 matches
66.7%
3 matches
50.0%
4 matches
80.0%
5 matches
66.7%
3 matches
59.6%
47 matches
40.9%
22 matches
50.0%
10 matches
48.5%
33 matches
-
60.0%
35 matches
70.0%
10 matches
60.0%
10 matches
53.6%
28 matches
33.3%
3 matches
60.0%
5 matches
20.0%
5 matches
66.7%
3 matches
75.0%
4 matches
100.0%
6 matches
100.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
33.3%
3 matches
31.1%
45 matches
52.4%
21 matches
42.1%
19 matches
50.0%
20 matches
40.0%
35 matches
-
41.7%
12 matches
28.6%
7 matches
53.8%
26 matches
50.0%
2 matches
62.5%
8 matches
0.0%
1 matches
61.5%
13 matches
66.7%
6 matches
100.0%
6 matches
40.0%
5 matches
0.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
42.9%
14 matches
100.0%
3 matches
30.0%
10 matches
58.8%
17 matches
30.0%
10 matches
58.3%
12 matches
-
66.7%
6 matches
45.5%
11 matches
0.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
4 matches
0.0%
2 matches
33.3%
3 matches
0.0%
3 matches
100.0%
3 matches
100.0%
1 matches
30.8%
13 matches
12.5%
8 matches
66.7%
3 matches
55.6%
9 matches
40.0%
10 matches
71.4%
7 matches
33.3%
6 matches
-
50.0%
10 matches
50.0%
2 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
100.0%
1 matches
-
69.2%
39 matches
30.0%
10 matches
66.7%
15 matches
42.9%
14 matches
46.4%
28 matches
46.2%
26 matches
54.5%
11 matches
50.0%
10 matches
-
100.0%
2 matches
77.8%
9 matches
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
4 matches
100.0%
3 matches
0.0%
1 matches
66.7%
3 matches
50.0%
2 matches
0.0%
3 matches
50.0%
4 matches
80.0%
5 matches
50.0%
6 matches
75.0%
4 matches
66.7%
3 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
0.0%
2 matches
-
-
0.0%
1 matches
-
-
0.0%
1 matches
20.0%
5 matches
-
100.0%
2 matches
83.3%
6 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
40.0%
5 matches
37.5%
8 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
22.2%
9 matches
-
-
-
50.0%
2 matches
-
-
-
100.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
6 matches
100.0%
2 matches
0.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
80.0%
5 matches
100.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
-
100.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
-
-
-
100.0%
1 matches
43.8%
16 matches
25.0%
4 matches
66.7%
3 matches
66.7%
3 matches
33.3%
3 matches
38.5%
13 matches
50.0%
4 matches
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
4 matches
-
50.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
-
-
-
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
60.0%
5 matches
-
-
66.7%
3 matches
25.0%
4 matches
33.3%
6 matches
100.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
0.0%
3 matches
-
-
100.0%
1 matches
-
-
-
-
-
-
85.7%
7 matches
66.7%
3 matches
80.0%
5 matches
33.3%
3 matches
0.0%
6 matches
0.0%
6 matches
66.7%
3 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.0%
3 matches
33.3%
3 matches
50.0%
4 matches
100.0%
5 matches
50.0%
4 matches
0.0%
2 matches
60.0%
5 matches
100.0%
3 matches
-
33.3%
3 matches
80.0%
5 matches
-
-
100.0%
1 matches
-
-
-
-
-
33.3%
3 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
20.0%
5 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
2 matches
0.0%
3 matches
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
-
-
-
-
0.0%
2 matches
33.3%
3 matches
0.0%
2 matches
25.0%
4 matches
33.3%
3 matches
66.7%
3 matches
50.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
-
100.0%
3 matches
0.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
-
100.0%
3 matches
-
100.0%
2 matches
-
vs
Winota
vs
Mono Red Aggro
vs
other
vs
azorius control
vs
izzet phoenix
vs
Mono Green Ramp
vs
rakdos midrange
vs
lotus field
vs
izzet control
vs
Rakdos Sacrifice
vs
mono blue spirits
vs
Greasefang
vs
Bant Spirits
vs
niv to light
vs
Jund Sacrifice
vs
Fires of Invention
vs
jeskai ascendancy
vs
mono-black devotion
Metagame Tier List
Tier 1
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The premier decks of the format. These are the most likely decks to win challenges or preliminaries on Magic Online and often survive even while being targeted directly by other top decks.
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Winota
56.2% win rate10.47% metashare562$
izzet prowess
28.6% win rate1.87% metashare462$
Mono Red Aggro
50% win rate9.08% metashare272$
izzet phoenix
54.4% win rate8.28% metashare627$
Tier 2
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These are very strong decks that are poised to top 8 the challenges and may even win them, but generally have a specific weak matchup either against other A tier decks or against some number of S tier decks, which hold these decks back from the top spot.
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Mono Green Ramp
45.5% win rate7.53% metashare538$
lotus field
42.3% win rate5.82% metashare365$
azorius control
48.5% win rate8.60% metashare827$
Tier 3
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These are the last of the decks that are likely to put up strong results in the Challenges Online. These decks tend to have skewed matchup spreads, needing to win the matchup lottery to overperform and usually are more like to top 16 a Challenge than top 8.
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Tier 4
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These are decks that can 5-0 a league and will occasionally spike a larger event, but generally they fall victim to too many bad matchups in the upper tiers of the metagame or lack the consistency outside of a single pilot to put up consistent results.
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boros heroic
50% win rate0.75% metashare249$
niv to light
44% win rate1.98% metashare617$
rakdos midrange
46.4% win rate6.52% metashare643$
Tier 5
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These decks show up often enough to warrant mention outside of FNM tier and can sneak into top 16s some amount of the time, but on a week to week basis, these decks are liable to leave you outside of prizes in competitive events.
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4c omnath
0% win rate0.00% metashare0$
Bant Spirits
46.7% win rate2.08% metashare521$
Greasefang
60.7% win rate2.40% metashare548$
Mono Black Aggro
85.7% win rate1.18% metashare375$
azorius spirits
75% win rate1.07% metashare179$
Fires of Invention
62.9% win rate1.50% metashare716$
Rakdos Sacrifice
53.8% win rate2.94% metashare666$
Humans
42.9% win rate1.34% metashare370$
orzhov vampires
38.5% win rate1.50% metashare592$
boros feather
0% win rate1.50% metashare129$
Jund Sacrifice
41.5% win rate1.55% metashare803$
zombies
66.7% win rate0.11% metashare348$
jeskai ascendancy
36% win rate1.02% metashare581$
dimir control
55.6% win rate0.32% metashare402$
mono white midrange
45.5% win rate0.16% metashare711$
angels
33.3% win rate0.32% metashare621$
orzhov auras
44.4% win rate0.64% metashare66$
neoform
33.3% win rate0.16% metashare466$
grixis control
0% win rate0.00% metashare671$
dredgeless dredge
0% win rate0.05% metashare516$
Goblins
0% win rate0.00% metashare490$
golgari sacrifice
0% win rate0.00% metashare819$
gruul aggro
80% win rate0.53% metashare427$
jeskai control
0% win rate0.00% metashare581$
naya company
0% win rate0.00% metashare340$
other
43.8% win rate8.65% metashare224$
rogues
0% win rate0.00% metashare0$
elves
0% win rate0.00% metashare0$
mono-black devotion
48.4% win rate0.75% metashare687$
gates
0% win rate0.00% metashare0$
grixis arcanist
0% win rate0.00% metashare0$
mono blue tempo
0% win rate0.00% metashare0$
