All Pioneer Articles

Anthony has shifted through all the draft chaft to see just what commons could come to a pioneer deck near you

Darthjacen breaks down one of the most popular upcoming Pioneer decks – Azorius Lotus Field

Wizards has decided to make no changes to Pioneer and Standard, and unban Preordain in Modern.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Darthjacen breaks down the side boarding plan for everyone’s favorite creative robot.

Darren “ServoToken” shares the in-depth secrets of his Thopter Token siblings.

Daren “Servotoken” breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Rose-Emoji highlights one of the community’s MTGO 5-0 results

Daren “Servotoken” breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Darren breaks down the most popular matchups for one of the hottest upcoming Pioneer decks – Izzet Drakes

Ben “ILOVEAZORIUS” joins us to share their own personal sideboard guide after their recent succenss with Mono-White Humans

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Darren (ServoToken) breaks down Pioneer’s oldest way to invalidate combat and count up to 20, one at a time.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Cris “Iglooboi” breaks down the Niv to Light deck he took to the Top 8 of a Pioneer NRG 10k, including sideboard choices and flex slots.

Darthjacen shares his personal Sideboard guide for everyone’s favorite multi-colored pile.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

IslandGoSAMe shares his personal sideboard guide for the newest deck on the block, Boros Convoke

IslandGoSAMe joins us once again to share what Aftermath could bring to the Pioneer metagame. Decklists inside!

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Answer the calling by checking out Xbox Greg’s Golgari Elves Guide.

Karnage has proven that rogues is not just limited to standard’s past and now is sharing his secrets with us all.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Tedaboy breaks down his successful Neoform Atraxa build and shares his detailed sideboard guide.

DarthJacen breaks down movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Jens Herzog breaks down a Pioneer Goblins deck built around Skirk Prospector that nabbed three MTGO League trophies recently.

DarthJacen breaks down the lack of movements and changes in yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down the movements and reasoning behind yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Christian “Sir EPIC” takes a look at the March of the Machines cards and mechanics that have been spoiled so far and how they might impact Pioneer.

DarthJacen breaks down the movements and reasoning behind yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Darren Magnotti shares his personally sideboard guide for the serpent-less Azorius Control

DarthJacen breaks down the movements and reasoning behind yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

DarthJacen breaks down the movements and reasoning behind yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Arinceo breaks down the week of Pioneer data to provide a glimpse into the future of the format.

DarthJacen breaks down the movements and reasoning behind yesterday’s Pioneer tier list.

Benton Madsen, who piloted Selesnya Auras to the finals of the Pioneer Pro Tour, talks with PlayingPioneer about the deck, the prep work, and the Pro Tour.

PlayingPioneer’s leading Enigmatic Incarnation expert Sir EPIC breaks down the deck that took Derrick Davis to the Pro Tour semifinals.

Darren highlight’s Reid Duke’s path to winning the Pioneer Pro Tour – the first Pro Tour since 2018 – on Izzet Creativity.

Coverage of the Semi-Finals match with Reid Duke and Derrick Davis

A brief profile of each player in the 2023 Philidelphia Pro Tour Top 8. Decklists inside!

Ben “ILOVEAZORIUS” uses his data from the tournament to predict a potential bracket and winners from the Top 8 matchups.

Darren explains how Izzet Creativity went from bouncing around in the lowest tiers of the Pioneer metagame to putting two results in the Top 8 at the Pro Tour

rose-emoji breaks down the (somewhat scarce) impact of All Will Be One on the Pioneer Pro Tour meta.

The PlayingPioneer Team breaks down the meta data and standings from Day One of the Pioneer Pro Tour. Decklists included!

rose-emoji shares every deck registered at the Pioneer Pro Tour that is at least spicier than black pepper.

Ruckman breaks down the Pioneer metagame at the first Pro Tour since 2018.

PVDDR joins us again for another strategy guide with this week providing insight on what changes when playing in open decklist events.

The first edition of Brews from the Crew, where we share demonstrably successful brews from the PlayingMTG team and Patreon community!

Arinceo breaks down the week of Pioneer data to provide a glimpse into the future of the format.

Tandy is back again, with some devout appreciation to what could be the next big mana cheater: Mindsplice Apparatus!

Xbox Greg, winner of this weekend’s Pioneer Challenge, breaks down Golgari Elves and shares his sideboard guide and three lists including Tyvar, Jubilent Brawler.

DarthJacen breaks down his favorite cards from the new set in a new brew!

PVDDR covers some things that he and the team have learned in testing for the Pro Tour in terms of deck difficulty.

Darren is back with what he feels is the best deck that people aren’t playing right now, a new Jeskai Ascendancy Combo with a turn 2 kill.

SCG Champion Vinny Vitanza covers what he thinks is one of the best new cards for Pioneer from ONE, Skrelv, Defector Mite.

Arinceo breaks down the week of Pioneer data to provide a glimpse into the future of the format.

DarthJacen ranks the plethora of new planeswalkers in All Will Be One, with a focus on Pioneer and Explorer.

Darthjacen covers one of his favorite decks and all of its many tools. Company bolsters Thalia and Reflector Mage in Bant Humans!

In this new series, DarthJacen goes over some tips and tricks on things that your brew may be missing to take it to the next level.

PVDDR takes us through some next-level mindset needed to succeed at the top levels, in how and when to play around the cards you’re afraid of.

DarthJacen covers the best Phoenix-Alternative, the graveyard resilient Izzet Drakes!

Brush up on your Pioneer mulligan game with IslandGoSAMe!

Ricky takes us through one of the wilder decks in the format, with Grinning Ignus, a combo aggro deck that is sure to turn heads.

DarthJacen breaks down the more recent 80-card version of Azorius Control, which is better tuned to counter the current meta than its 60-card counterpart.

PVDDR breaks down Pioneer and Explorer decks that would be significantly improved by the printing of the Allied Fast Lands in the new set.

Darren covers a hot new community brew featuring some of the least appreciated standard allstars of all time.

Arinceo breaks down the week of Pioneer data to provide a glimpse into the future of the format.

PVDDR breaks down Mono-White Humans – Pioneer’s premier aggro deck – and shares his sideboard guide.

Todd Anderson takes us through the ins and outs of Pioneer’s current reigning champ, Rakdos Midrange.

DarthJacen covers Pioneer’s best way to build your own threat.

SCG Champ Vinny V takes us through some of the best ways to tackle our Rakdos problem in Pioneer right now!

rose-emoji ranks the Pioneer-playable alternate art cards set to release with Dominaria Remastered on January 13.

Arinceo goes into all the ways we can play our favorite card game

ServoToken breaks down Pioneer’s premier life gain deck that raises your life total without raising the price.

PVDDR joins us again, but this time to go over the ins and outs of Sideboarding in Pioneer

PVDDR comes to us to share the tricks and tips to returning to paper magic

Alex Covers the basics of brewing with today’s focus on brewing for a single card

Join Darthjacen for a breakdown of this week’s top Pioneer decks and the meta shifts that were seen in recent events

Arinceo breaks down the week of Pioneer data to provide a glimpse into the future of the format.

In PVDDR’s debut article for PlayingPioneer, he goes over some competitive tips, Pioneer’s top decks and shares his pick for the best deck in the format right now.

Brush up on your Pioneer mulligan game with IslandGoSAMe!

Join Darthjacen for a breakdown of this week’s top Pioneer decks and the meta shifts that were seen in recent events

DarthJacen breaks down Pioneer’s longest-standing combo menace in Lotus Field/Hidden Strings Combo.

Iglooboi explores some decks from standards’ past to see how they might stack up in todays Pioneer Meta game.

Join Darthjacen for a breakdown of this week’s top Pioneer decks and the meta shifts that were seen in recent events

ServoToken breaks down a new graveyard brew in this month’s Budget article!

DarthJacen breaks down Pioneer’s premier midrange deck, which has answers for every permanent and threats to boot. Sideboard guide inside!

Bradcifer explorers what could be possible with Hardened Scales – a seemingly forgotten Pioneer archetype.

Darthjacen takes a look at Pioneer’s premier life-gain deck and learns just how easy it is to get to 27 life

Briger joins us this week for his series, Explosive Impacts ,and shares the top cards from each set in M14 and Theros Block

Michael Letsch shares his Dreamhack Atlanta Regional Championship Top 8 deck and goes over his playtesting and decision-making.

Arinceo breaks down this weekend’s first regional championships to provide a glimpse into the future of the format

Join Darthjacen for a breakdown of this week’s top Pioneer decks and the meta shifts that were seen in recent huge paper events

Darren covers the weekend’s festivities at RC Atlanta!