Magic: The Gathering Pioneer Challenger Deck 2021 – Azorius Spirits (White-Blue)

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Pioneer Tier:1.5 (for Boros Burn), ???? (for Mono-Red Burn; all of the top-performing lists are Boros)

Commander Clash S5 E18: Dungeons & Dragons Week! (O-Kagachi vs. Ravos & Tymna vs. Rubinia vs. Taigam), Orzhov Auras is another great choice for intermediate players. The initial gameplan is easy to grasp but there’s some room for optimization with good sequencing and mulligans. Auras may arguably be even more linear than Mono Red Burn since you almost always end up suiting up creatures with auras and then bashing your opponent with massive beaters.

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Commander Clash S8 E1: Commander Classic w/ The Professor from Tolarian Community College | Brigid vs. Kethis vs. Radha vs. Rielle, Commander Clash S5 E16: Battlebond! (Okaun & Zndrsplt vs. Pir & Toothy vs. Rowan & Will vs. Sylvia & Khorvath), Commander Clash S4 Episode 25: Competitive Commander (Breakfast Hulk vs. Doomsday vs. Ruric Thar vs. Teferi Stax, Commander Clash S9 E16: Halloween Special! | Sorin's Lot vs. Salem Witch Trials vs. Spooky Skeletons vs. Us (The Movie), Mono Red Burn’s mana curve is rather low with 16(!) 1-drop creatures, no spells over 3-mana, and only 20 lands. It can operate on land-light draws thanks to its low mana curve and can lean on Ramunap Ruins to finish the job if you happen to draw a few too many lands. A solid opening hand has two or three lands, a couple of creatures, and a couple of burn spells. Sideboard Strategy

Finally, the sideboard has an equally strange mix of cards, but all are relatively understandable given that these products were not built to be fully complete, although I still consider that there are better options that could be applied, such as an increase in the number of Devout Decree. Innistrad: Crimson Vow II | Olivia vs. Torens vs. Runo vs. Halana & Alena | Commander Clash S11E17, Commander Clash S5 Episode 2: M19 Elder Dragon Highlander! (Arcades vs. Chromium vs. Nicol Bolas vs. Vaevictis), Mono White Samurai vs. Mono Blue Burn vs. Naya Urborg vs. Niv-Mizzet Creatures | Commander Clash S12 E21,Once we start talking upgrades Phoenix gains access to Galvanic Iteration to copy powerful effects like Treasure Cruise and Temporal Trespass. Ledger Shredder is a multiformat player that is worth investing in if you play Modern, but is powerful in its own right in Pioneer Phoenix. An additional flying threat that pays you for casting multiple spells in the same turn is already attractive, but Shredder also gives you another way to discard Arclight Phoenix. Commander Clash S4 Episode 11: Secret Santa! (Mistform Ultimus vs. Xenagos vs. Nazahn vs. Ludevic & Sidar Kondo), Commander Clash S5 E24: Holiday Gift Exchange! (Gitrog Monster vs. Niv-Mizzet vs. Sharuum vs. Ludevic & Sidar),

In addition, Fatal Push also interacts much better with larger creatures if you sacrifice permanents such as Selfess Savior to activate Revolt, allowing it to destroy from Spell Queller to Omnath, Locus of Creation. Pioneer is still a decently popular format in Magic Online, though the delay of Pioneer Masters was definitely a bummer for fans of the format. Paper play of Pioneer (really, paper play in general) is spotty thanks to COVID so hopefully that doesn’t last forever. Commander Clash S4 Episode 8: C17 Precons! (Arcane Wizardry, Draconic Domination, Feline Ferocity, Vampiric Bloodlust),Estrid vs. Hazezon Tamar vs. Ephara vs. Kardur Doomsayer| New Year's Resolutions | Commander Clash S11E21, Mono Red Burn is pretty straightforward. Get your opponent down to 0 life as fast as possible. So it’s an easy choice for a beginner. If you’d still like something more complex, both Spirits and Auras are fine options. Commander Clash S10 E7: Anything Goes w/ Adriano! | Ramos vs. Syr Gwyn vs. Volrath vs. Akiri & Dargo, Commander Clash S5 E10: Planar Commander! (Edgar Markov vs. General Tazri vs. Lin Sivvi vs. O-Kagachi), In addition, the list also has some reach and impactful plays for later turns, such as Bonecrusher Giant, which can be an early-game removal while also a threat from turn 3 onwards, while Bomat Courier and Light up the Stage allows it to keep the cards running after the first few turns.

Commander Clash S8 E10: Commander 2020 w/ Gavin Verhey | Ruthless Regiment vs. Enhanced Evolution vs. Symbiotic Swarm vs. Timeless Wisdom,Shadow Tribal vs. Golgari Artifacts vs. Tengen Uzui vs. Opponent Triggers | Commander Clash S13 E01, Commander Clash S6 E12: No Tutors! (Child of Alara vs. King Macar vs. Sakashima vs. Tymna & Vial Smasher), Commander Clash S7 E18: Original Theros Commanders | Erebos vs. Medomai vs. Phenax vs. Tromokratis, On the other hand, Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries work as card advantage and wincondition simultaneously. With the release of Theros Beyond Death came a handful of cards that proved too much, between Thassa's Oracle, Underworld Breach, and Heliod, Sun-Crowned. This left a sour taste in a lot of peoples' mouths and made players less eager to play. On top of that, the pandemic followed shortly afterward, ending the majority of paper play for a long time and the momentum that the format had been building. With the format not being on MTG Arena - and still apparently on hold due to Historic's popularity - the last bastion of the format ended up being Magic Online. The problem there, however, is that Magic Online is a bastion for so much other already well established formats like Modern and Legacy that players would rather play those than Pioneer.