No deck casts Dig Through Time as easily as Nexus does, thanks to Wilderness Reclamation and its plentiful cantrips. This deck has lost nothing from any of the bans, and it’s still an incredibly annoying (and surprisingly resilient) archetype to play in Pioneer. Pioneer thus far has been overshadowed by powerful archetype after powerful archetype, allowing Nexus of Fate to sneak through unscathed. Regardless of where these numbers fall, access to powerful disruption like Thoughtseize and Abrupt Decay alongside permanent-based card advantage is a combination that we’ve seen be powerful in Standard and older formats, and there’s no reason not to expect it to be successful in Pioneer as well. Do you include the Delirium package? If so, do you stay GB with Flayer or splash Blue for Oko and Jace? What’s the correct split of Tireless Tracker and Courser of Kruphix? BGx, like Red and UW, has a lot of room for adaptability. They are now able to occupy the sweet middle spot that GB decks so often do, where they are capable of fighting any deck in the format. BGx midrange decks have grown in positioning, as Field no longer trumps them. This list was taken not from the most recent deck dump, but from Logan Nettles’ (Jaberwocki) most recent stream. With the most obscene threat to control being banned ( Field of the Dead), UW can focus on answering the more reasonable builds of decks that become popular as the format continues to develop. In order for a control deck to thrive, it needs to know how to tailor its answers, both in the main and sideboard. The most important thing that has changed for UW is that the format seems to be settling down. Another option is to lean into the spells, looking to maximize the power of Dig Through Time in conjunction with Torrential Gearhulk. Going harder into walkers could lead to a more tap-out style of control. Multiple Teferi’s Narset, Parter of Veils Elspeth, Sun’s Champion and Jace, Architect of Thought are all solid options. UW has access to a huge suite of powerful planeswalkers, which is what it leans on in Pioneer. While UW is likely the direction to go because of the power of Supreme Verdict, it’s possible that a black or red splash could shore up some of its weaknesses. With Field out of the way, UW Control is in a similar spot to Monored it has a huge number of options, is probably powerful, but nobody has settled on a final build yet. ![]() The deck does shine, however, against the increasingly popular sideboard copies of Mystical Dispute, which does nothing against the massive amounts of mana it can generate.Ĭontrol in Pioneer has been nigh-unplayable because of the over-the-top power of Field of the Dead. Additionally, the deck has a very real fizzle rate, where it can flood, fail to find its namesake card, or just die to an aggro deck before they can set up. Once you’re rolling, use Fae of Wishes to fetch up whatever you need to close out the game (note the Enter the Infinite Jace, Wielder of Mysteries combo).Īt this point, the deck still benefits from some players not knowing what is going on, but as players familiarize themselves with the play patterns of the strategy and play more Thoughtseizes, the deck will hopefully be kept under control. In case you haven’t seen the deck in action before, the idea is to consistently find a Lotus Field with cantrips and Sylvan Scrying, and then use effects that untap lands ( Vizier of Tumbling Sands, Hidden Strings, Pore Over the Pages) to generate large amounts of cards and mana. With the banning of OUaT, this has become the default version. Originally, two versions existed, one heavier on creatures with Once Upon a Time and the version you see here. The newest deck to emerge from the wilderness of Pioneer is this Lotus Field combo deck.
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