Dirt Cheap MTG Deck Makes Waves in Multiple Formats!
Roughly a month and a half ago, Boros Convoke had a breakout performance in Pioneer, placing first and second in a Magic Online Pioneer Challenge. Since then, Boros Convoke has been a known quantity that continues to put up results. The deck is known for its brutally fast starts, capable of creating 14 power on […]
MTG Bulk Rare Wins 400+ Person Event on a Budget!
For as linear as the format is, Pioneer continues to evolve and showcase breakout cards and decks. This weekend, we saw a unique take on a red aggressive deck designed to maximize Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival win the Magic Online Pioneer Showcase Challenge. Pia Nalaar is an extremely pushed card from March of the […]
Nostalgic MTG Archetype Returns Thanks to Broken Combo!
Ever since the printing of Faerie Mastermind in March of the Machine, Dimir Rogues has seen mild representation in Pioneer. With a bunch of Creatures with Flash and solid interaction in the form of discard spells, removal, and Counterspells, the deck has a decent tempo gameplan for a variety of matchups. One of the bigger […]
MTG Discard Tribal Deck Destroys Combo Players!
Recent Pioneer events have been full of new archetypes and breakout decks with cool card interactions. The Regional Championships brought forth interesting surprises, such as Storm Herald Combo and Archfiend of the Dross Combo. Last weekend’s Pioneer Challenges had some surprises as well, most notably Mono-Black Waste Not breaking into top 8 of Sunday’s Challenge. […]
MTG Tribal EDH Payoff Surpasses $50 in Massive Price Spike!
Now that the full list of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth cards have been revealed, the secondary market is starting to make movements. Sure, this set doesn’t appear to be third coming of the Modern Horizons series, but there is some real potential for Commander players in this set. This has already begun […]
Underexplored Two-Card MTG Combo Dominates Major Format!
This past weekend featured the MTG Regional Championships, and with it came some really cool deckbuilding decisions. From Rakdos Goblins to Azorius Lotus Field, these tournaments displayed lots of innovation and showcased just how much of Pioneer was underexplored. No deck showcased this better than the one combining and . Archfiend had been getting more […]
MTG Uncommon Dominates Massive Event!
This weekend, the Pioneer format saw a multitude of unique strategies arise and put up excellent results. While many people are likely focused on the cool combo deck that started with nine wins and zero losses at the Athens Regional Championship, Izzet Drakes, an Arclight Phoenix-style deck that instead utilizes Crackling Drake, put up a […]
Unique Combo Deck Showcases Resiliency At Major Tournament!
Pioneer has a wide range of combo decks available to choose from. From Lotus Field combo to Abzan Greasefang, the format is defined by different linear strategies. Despite this, there has been clear room for innovation. The first group of Regional Championships showcased a unique combo deck at the top tables, and it looks like […]
MTG Metabreaker Sees 5900% Price Increase Over a Week!
MTG players have a habit of identifying new potential archetypes as the sky falling. We saw this with the rise of Boros Convoke in Pioneer, which caused a massive surge in price for all of the unique staples seen in that strategy that were, before it, bulk cards. The fear for that archetype was particularly […]
Breakout MTG Archetype Takes Down Multiple Major Events!
Pioneer saw a lot of interesting deckbuilding decisions this weekend. While the new combo deck certainly caught a lot of people’s attention, it was none other than Azorius Lotus Field to make top eight of both Canada’s Regional Championship and Sunday’s Magic Online Pioneer Showcase Challenge. This deck utilizes and to generate lots of mana. […]