The most important inclusion to this category are the Apocalypse painlands. There are clearly a bunch of inexpensive cards in here that have real potential to become staple players depending upon how the format shakes out (especially, but not exclusively, if there are bannings before the Pioneer Magic Fest Season begins). I also think this is an article savvy MTG finance people would be wise to take notice of. I’m sure there are some I overlooked or missed, but I think this creates a solid baseline for thinking about the format. I looked through roughly 1500 Core Set cards and these were the ones I felt had the most potential. However, at this point in time the metagame is so undefined it is difficult to tell what types of decks will thrive, or fall short, and so I’m open-minded about not writing off cards I’d consider to be ‘long shots,’ off the bat. Will every card become a Pioneer Staple? Clearly, no. I’ve broken the four sets down by category (color, multicolor, and colorless) and listed the cards I deemed most notable in terms of the likelihood that I could see myself playing them in a constructed deck, or have played them in the past. Today I want to share that work to help other Pioneers gain a footing on the new terrain. However, it seemed particularly important to have a grasp of the Core Set cards because they are more difficult to distinguish based on flavor alone. I’ve actually been doing something similar for all of the blocks in order to generate a spreadsheet of what I deem to be the playable staples. ![]() I decided to go deep into Core Sets to figure out what was in or out for Pioneer. ![]() I think it has to do with the fact that these sets have more distinct expansion symbols that I associate with the included cards, whereas Core Sets have less distinct symbols. Origins is the planeswalker “Muppet Babies” set with young versions of the ‘Walkers and Dominaria is the Historic, Dominaria-themed set. The later two are easier for me to mentally keep track of the cards for some reason. I’d also throw out that Magic Origins and Dominaria feel like Core Sets because they have generic flavor as opposed to other more distinct expansion blocks. Pioneer includes the following Core Sets: 2014, 2015, Core Set 2019, and Core Set 2020. ![]() ![]() When Modern was rolled out, it was fairly easy to know by the border what was legal.Īre Titans in? Thundermaw Hellkite? Jace Beleren? There’s no easy way to know without pinpointing exactly which Core Set a card was last released in. One of the most confusing elements of the format for me was figuring out exactly which Core Set cards were in or out of Pioneer. I also want to see what some of the defining decks are before I commit to a strategy or strategies to develop. When I game, whether MTG, 40K, or a board game, I like to understand the context of the game before I dive in, especially for games that are pay-to-play and require I purchase my game pieces individually. Well, the training wheels are off and time will determine what the new build-around me powerhouses will be. There’s always an element of starting with Bolt, Snapcaster, Aether Vial, Tron Lands, etc and working outward around these stellar cards. It’s clear the format will be defined as much by what was excluded as included, at least in terms of how it differs and is distinct from its Modern or Standard counterparts.
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