Pioneer Metagame

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. Data being collected for The Brothers' War(BRO).

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Metagame Matchup Matrix

pioneer

07 Jun 2022 - 06 Sep 2023

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win
rate

vs

rakdos midrange

vs

Mono Green Devotion

vs

azorius control

vs

mono white humans

vs

abzan greasefang

vs

izzet phoenix

vs

Lotus Field Combo

vs

rakdos sacrifice

vs

creativity

vs

mono red aggro

vs

gruul aggro

vs

5c enigmatic incarnation

vs

azorius spirits

vs

mono blue spirits

vs

angels

vs

bant spirits

vs

boros convoke

vs

omnath to light

vs

4c fires

rakdos midrange

13.78% metagame

9591 matches

global 50.1% [49.1%-51.1%]

-

43.3%

1357 matches

51.6%

880 matches

53.6%

825 matches

48.1%

674 matches

57.7%

494 matches

50.1%

467 matches

36.9%

374 matches

57.9%

549 matches

61.4%

236 matches

37.0%

395 matches

32.4%

370 matches

52.1%

288 matches

57.9%

195 matches

47.4%

154 matches

56.4%

133 matches

45.6%

248 matches

41.0%

134 matches

35.3%

116 matches

rakdos midrange

13.78% metagame

9591 matches

global 50.1% [49.1%-51.1%]

Mono Green Devotion

10.72% metagame

6958 matches

global 52.4% [51.2%-53.6%]

56.7%

1357 matches

-

49.7%

574 matches

38.4%

565 matches

54.3%

446 matches

48.9%

362 matches

55.3%

300 matches

59.1%

318 matches

59.6%

342 matches

53.8%

158 matches

56.5%

313 matches

53.4%

247 matches

34.8%

201 matches

34.9%

149 matches

56.9%

102 matches

42.0%

100 matches

53.2%

124 matches

57.9%

76 matches

62.0%

92 matches

Mono Green Devotion

10.72% metagame

6958 matches

global 52.4% [51.2%-53.6%]

azorius control

7.78% metagame

4770 matches

global 52.6% [51.2%-54%]

48.4%

880 matches

50.3%

574 matches

-

43.2%

345 matches

47.2%

341 matches

60.7%

247 matches

41.0%

210 matches

48.9%

190 matches

59.5%

220 matches

48.7%

119 matches

55.1%

178 matches

69.0%

113 matches

51.8%

141 matches

50.7%

67 matches

76.1%

88 matches

60.3%

68 matches

65.8%

76 matches

67.6%

68 matches

69.4%

49 matches

azorius control

7.78% metagame

4770 matches

global 52.6% [51.2%-54%]

mono white humans

5.75% metagame

4418 matches

global 52.4% [50.9%-53.9%]

46.4%

825 matches

61.6%

565 matches

56.8%

345 matches

-

46.1%

271 matches

57.4%

256 matches

68.4%

190 matches

31.7%

161 matches

55.0%

171 matches

62.4%

93 matches

31.1%

177 matches

60.4%

139 matches

57.5%

120 matches

53.7%

82 matches

28.2%

78 matches

50.0%

54 matches

49.3%

73 matches

40.0%

50 matches

41.9%

62 matches

mono white humans

5.75% metagame

4418 matches

global 52.4% [50.9%-53.9%]

abzan greasefang

5.50% metagame

3747 matches

global 49.6% [48%-51.2%]

51.9%

674 matches

45.7%

446 matches

52.8%

341 matches

53.9%

271 matches

-

53.9%

154 matches

57.1%

154 matches

59.5%

148 matches

44.6%

193 matches

47.7%

88 matches

45.5%

121 matches

54.1%

122 matches

24.2%

124 matches

26.8%

71 matches

44.4%

54 matches

26.0%

50 matches

63.9%

72 matches

51.3%

39 matches

65.9%

44 matches

abzan greasefang

5.50% metagame

3747 matches

global 49.6% [48%-51.2%]

izzet phoenix

5.09% metagame

2946 matches

global 46.2% [44.4%-48%]

42.3%

494 matches

51.1%

362 matches

39.3%

247 matches

42.6%

256 matches

46.1%

154 matches

-

21.1%

123 matches

58.7%

92 matches

35.7%

70 matches

45.5%

99 matches

55.3%

123 matches

46.6%

73 matches

56.8%

44 matches

62.5%

64 matches

35.6%

59 matches

59.7%

67 matches

55.6%

18 matches

55.6%

27 matches

44.6%

65 matches

izzet phoenix

5.09% metagame

2946 matches

global 46.2% [44.4%-48%]

Lotus Field Combo

4.46% metagame

2644 matches

global 49.3% [47.4%-51.2%]

49.9%

467 matches

44.7%

300 matches

59.0%

210 matches

31.6%

190 matches

42.9%

154 matches

78.9%

123 matches

-

52.7%

93 matches

57.4%

148 matches

41.7%

60 matches

46.8%

124 matches

82.1%

67 matches

30.4%

56 matches

24.5%

53 matches

66.7%

42 matches

37.5%

32 matches

44.9%

49 matches

75.0%

40 matches

87.5%

24 matches

Lotus Field Combo

4.46% metagame

2644 matches

global 49.3% [47.4%-51.2%]

rakdos sacrifice

4.34% metagame

2321 matches

global 53.9% [51.9%-55.9%]

63.1%

374 matches

40.9%

318 matches

51.1%

190 matches

68.3%

161 matches

40.5%

148 matches

41.3%

92 matches

47.3%

93 matches

-

41.9%

93 matches

70.7%

58 matches

61.4%

88 matches

31.5%

92 matches

53.6%

112 matches

52.2%

23 matches

61.1%

36 matches

65.4%

26 matches

58.5%

53 matches

56.8%

37 matches

20.0%

10 matches

rakdos sacrifice

4.34% metagame

2321 matches

global 53.9% [51.9%-55.9%]

creativity

3.75% metagame

2774 matches

global 47.9% [46.1%-49.8%]

42.1%

549 matches

40.4%

342 matches

40.5%

220 matches

45.0%

171 matches

55.4%

193 matches

64.3%

70 matches

42.6%

148 matches

58.1%

93 matches

-

37.5%

40 matches

60.9%

87 matches

54.0%

113 matches

50.0%

90 matches

45.2%

31 matches

56.4%

39 matches

56.7%

30 matches

52.4%

63 matches

50.0%

40 matches

65.0%

20 matches

creativity

3.75% metagame

2774 matches

global 47.9% [46.1%-49.8%]

mono red aggro

3.53% metagame

1442 matches

global 46.7% [44.1%-49.3%]

38.6%

236 matches

46.2%

158 matches

51.3%

119 matches

37.6%

93 matches

52.3%

88 matches

54.5%

99 matches

58.3%

60 matches

29.3%

58 matches

62.5%

40 matches

-

37.8%

37 matches

54.3%

35 matches

62.9%

35 matches

51.7%

29 matches

29.6%

27 matches

56.3%

32 matches

47.1%

17 matches

22.2%

9 matches

28.6%

21 matches

mono red aggro

3.53% metagame

1442 matches

global 46.7% [44.1%-49.3%]

gruul aggro

3.30% metagame

2309 matches

global 51.9% [49.8%-53.9%]

63.0%

395 matches

43.5%

313 matches

44.9%

178 matches

68.9%

177 matches

54.5%

121 matches

44.7%

123 matches

53.2%

124 matches

38.6%

88 matches

39.1%

87 matches

62.2%

37 matches

-

30.6%

72 matches

50.0%

50 matches

53.1%

32 matches

36.4%

44 matches

56.1%

41 matches

36.0%

25 matches

38.5%

13 matches

41.4%

29 matches

gruul aggro

3.30% metagame

2309 matches

global 51.9% [49.8%-53.9%]

5c enigmatic incarnation

3.00% metagame

1997 matches

global 51.1% [48.9%-53.3%]

67.6%

370 matches

46.6%

247 matches

31.0%

113 matches

39.6%

139 matches

45.9%

122 matches

53.4%

73 matches

17.9%

67 matches

68.5%

92 matches

46.0%

113 matches

45.7%

35 matches

69.4%

72 matches

-

31.5%

73 matches

28.0%

25 matches

50.0%

30 matches

50.0%

22 matches

54.5%

44 matches

30.0%

30 matches

84.2%

19 matches

5c enigmatic incarnation

3.00% metagame

1997 matches

global 51.1% [48.9%-53.3%]

azorius spirits

2.33% metagame

1703 matches

global 55.0% [52.6%-57.4%]

47.9%

288 matches

65.2%

201 matches

48.2%

141 matches

42.5%

120 matches

75.8%

124 matches

43.2%

44 matches

69.6%

56 matches

46.4%

112 matches

50.0%

90 matches

37.1%

35 matches

50.0%

50 matches

68.5%

73 matches

-

71.4%

14 matches

46.7%

15 matches

50.0%

12 matches

46.7%

45 matches

80.0%

25 matches

100.0%

1 matches

azorius spirits

2.33% metagame

1703 matches

global 55.0% [52.6%-57.4%]

mono blue spirits

1.78% metagame

1084 matches

global 53.2% [50.3%-56.2%]

42.1%

195 matches

65.1%

149 matches

49.3%

67 matches

46.3%

82 matches

73.2%

71 matches

37.5%

64 matches

75.5%

53 matches

47.8%

23 matches

54.8%

31 matches

48.3%

29 matches

46.9%

32 matches

72.0%

25 matches

28.6%

14 matches

-

33.3%

15 matches

55.0%

20 matches

37.5%

16 matches

100.0%

9 matches

52.9%

17 matches

mono blue spirits

1.78% metagame

1084 matches

global 53.2% [50.3%-56.2%]

angels

1.74% metagame

996 matches

global 50.1% [47%-53.2%]

52.6%

154 matches

43.1%

102 matches

23.9%

88 matches

71.8%

78 matches

55.6%

54 matches

64.4%

59 matches

33.3%

42 matches

38.9%

36 matches

43.6%

39 matches

70.4%

27 matches

63.6%

44 matches

50.0%

30 matches

53.3%

15 matches

66.7%

15 matches

-

38.5%

13 matches

100.0%

9 matches

18.2%

11 matches

66.7%

21 matches

angels

1.74% metagame

996 matches

global 50.1% [47%-53.2%]

bant spirits

1.58% metagame

892 matches

global 49.7% [46.4%-52.9%]

43.6%

133 matches

58.0%

100 matches

39.7%

68 matches

50.0%

54 matches

74.0%

50 matches

40.3%

67 matches

62.5%

32 matches

34.6%

26 matches

43.3%

30 matches

43.8%

32 matches

43.9%

41 matches

50.0%

22 matches

50.0%

12 matches

45.0%

20 matches

61.5%

13 matches

-

50.0%

2 matches

60.0%

5 matches

46.2%

26 matches

bant spirits

1.58% metagame

892 matches

global 49.7% [46.4%-52.9%]

boros convoke

1.38% metagame

1126 matches

global 49.1% [46.2%-52%]

54.4%

248 matches

46.8%

124 matches

34.2%

76 matches

50.7%

73 matches

36.1%

72 matches

44.4%

18 matches

55.1%

49 matches

41.5%

53 matches

47.6%

63 matches

52.9%

17 matches

64.0%

25 matches

45.5%

44 matches

53.3%

45 matches

62.5%

16 matches

0.0%

9 matches

50.0%

2 matches

-

60.0%

20 matches

0.0%

1 matches

boros convoke

1.38% metagame

1126 matches

global 49.1% [46.2%-52%]

omnath to light

1.05% metagame

743 matches

global 49.3% [45.7%-52.8%]

59.0%

134 matches

42.1%

76 matches

32.4%

68 matches

60.0%

50 matches

48.7%

39 matches

44.4%

27 matches

25.0%

40 matches

43.2%

37 matches

50.0%

40 matches

77.8%

9 matches

61.5%

13 matches

70.0%

30 matches

20.0%

25 matches

0.0%

9 matches

81.8%

11 matches

40.0%

5 matches

40.0%

20 matches

-

-

omnath to light

1.05% metagame

743 matches

global 49.3% [45.7%-52.8%]

4c fires

0.75% metagame

727 matches

global 49.2% [45.6%-52.9%]

64.7%

116 matches

38.0%

92 matches

30.6%

49 matches

58.1%

62 matches

34.1%

44 matches

55.4%

65 matches

12.5%

24 matches

80.0%

10 matches

35.0%

20 matches

71.4%

21 matches

58.6%

29 matches

15.8%

19 matches

0.0%

1 matches

47.1%

17 matches

33.3%

21 matches

53.8%

26 matches

100.0%

1 matches

-

-

4c fires

0.75% metagame

727 matches

global 49.2% [45.6%-52.9%]

vs

rakdos midrange

vs

Mono Green Devotion

vs

azorius control

vs

mono white humans

vs

abzan greasefang

vs

izzet phoenix

vs

Lotus Field Combo

vs

rakdos sacrifice

vs

creativity

vs

mono red aggro

vs

gruul aggro

vs

5c enigmatic incarnation

vs

azorius spirits

vs

mono blue spirits

vs

angels

vs

bant spirits

vs

boros convoke

vs

omnath to light

vs

4c fires

Metagame Tier List

Tier 1

? 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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rakdos midrange

50.1% win rate13.78% metashare741$

Mono Green Devotion

52.4% win rate10.72% metashare502$

Tier 2

? 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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Lotus Field Combo

49.3% win rate4.46% metashare312$

mono white humans

52.4% win rate5.75% metashare251$

gruul aggro

51.9% win rate3.30% metashare299$

angels

50.1% win rate1.74% metashare476$

azorius control

52.6% win rate7.78% metashare481$

abzan greasefang

49.6% win rate5.50% metashare529$

5c enigmatic incarnation

51.1% win rate3.00% metashare735$

izzet phoenix

46.2% win rate5.09% metashare440$

rakdos sacrifice

53.9% win rate4.34% metashare551$

Tier 3

? 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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4c fires

49.2% win rate0.75% metashare596$

mono red aggro

46.7% win rate3.53% metashare99$

bant spirits

49.7% win rate1.58% metashare266$

mono blue spirits

53.2% win rate1.78% metashare121$

Tier 4

? 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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jund sacrifice

47.3% win rate0.50% metashare410$

Boros Heroic

50.6% win rate1.03% metashare210$

niv to light

43.6% win rate0.87% metashare760$

Tier 5

? 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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auras

46.7% win rate0.89% metashare326$

dimir control

43.6% win rate1.51% metashare345$

4c humans

61.5% win rate0.03% metashare450$

Izzet Tempo

46.7% win rate0.16% metashare350$

esper control

46.9% win rate0.52% metashare266$

Pyre Humans

47.6% win rate0.23% metashare461$

grixis phoenix

53.3% win rate0.01% metashare676$

Mardu Greasefang

48.7% win rate0.15% metashare680$

Vampires

62.5% win rate0.12% metashare359$

esper greasefang

41% win rate0.34% metashare502$

neoform

48.6% win rate0.81% metashare512$

mono black aggro

48% win rate1.11% metashare561$

jeskai control

37.1% win rate0.06% metashare808$

izzet control

42.9% win rate0.24% metashare331$

5c humans

43.1% win rate0.09% metashare390$

bant humans

37% win rate0.14% metashare319$

esper humans

33.3% win rate0.00% metashare238$

gruul ramp

55.3% win rate0.06% metashare673$

transmogrify

49.1% win rate0.99% metashare555$

creativity

47.9% win rate3.75% metashare532$

jeskai fires

40.9% win rate0.04% metashare827$

orzhov humans

48.5% win rate0.12% metashare441$

Selesnya Company

48.4% win rate0.38% metashare251$

azorius spirits

55% win rate2.33% metashare318$

elves

50.5% win rate0.53% metashare418$

goblins

54.2% win rate0.77% metashare413$

grinning ignus combo

42.3% win rate0.18% metashare372$

orzhov greasefang

0% win rate0.00% metashare504$

azorius soldiers

46.3% win rate0.07% metashare233$

dimir shredder

52% win rate0.08% metashare605$

other

31.5% win rate0.96% metashare910$

acererak combo

39.4% win rate0.07% metashare553$

azorious metalwork colossus

47.2% win rate0.04% metashare175$

bant company

41.9% win rate0.07% metashare363$

big red

48.8% win rate0.05% metashare342$

boros hammer

46.9% win rate0.08% metashare298$

boros midrange

47.1% win rate0.06% metashare162$

demonic bargain combo

54.1% win rate0.11% metashare357$

dimir rogues

49.4% win rate0.84% metashare343$

dread presence lands

20% win rate0.02% metashare627$

ensoul artifact

38.3% win rate0.17% metashare289$

golgari sacrifice

50.8% win rate0.15% metashare372$

grixis midrange

50.2% win rate0.45% metashare619$

gyruda

39.1% win rate0.03% metashare104$

jeskai ascendancy

43.9% win rate0.33% metashare477$

merfolk

35% win rate0.02% metashare125$

mono black discard

40.4% win rate0.39% metashare642$

mono blue devotion

47.8% win rate0.04% metashare506$

mono white midrange

53.6% win rate0.19% metashare448$

orzhov midrange

48.5% win rate0.19% metashare664$

possibility storm

48.1% win rate0.07% metashare289$

soulflayer

55% win rate0.04% metashare510$

storm herald combo

41.4% win rate0.08% metashare508$

4c omnath

40% win rate0.02% metashare580$

abzan sacrifice

45.8% win rate0.01% metashare339$

azorious artifacts

52.9% win rate0.01% metashare305$

azorious midrange

45.2% win rate0.03% metashare359$

azorius yorion

52.9% win rate0.01% metashare515$

birthing pod

50% win rate0.00% metashare262$

boros aggro

37.7% win rate0.27% metashare239$

boros convoke

49.1% win rate1.38% metashare270$

doom foretold

37.1% win rate0.03% metashare483$

elementals

45.8% win rate0.04% metashare645$

esper legends

55.7% win rate0.12% metashare626$

gates

30% win rate0.01% metashare145$

golgari midrange

42.7% win rate0.14% metashare561$

golgari vehicles

46.9% win rate0.12% metashare482$

grixis tempo

45% win rate0.02% metashare430$

hardened scales

20% win rate0.03% metashare500$

izzet apparatus

23.1% win rate0.01% metashare184$

jeskai transmogrify

0% win rate0.00% metashare0$

jund midrange

42.4% win rate0.04% metashare689$

jund transmogrify

45.6% win rate0.12% metashare736$

mardu midrange

50% win rate0.03% metashare689$

mono black midrange

48.6% win rate0.16% metashare560$

naya aggro

41.7% win rate0.03% metashare464$

naya tokens

33.3% win rate0.02% metashare571$

omnath to light

49.3% win rate1.05% metashare604$

paradox engine combo

50% win rate0.02% metashare692$

rona combo

46.9% win rate0.45% metashare701$

selesnya heroic

43.8% win rate0.02% metashare134$

stompy

41.5% win rate0.07% metashare539$