Pioneer

Deck Size

60+

Number of Players

Game Duration

30 Minutes

Why Play This Format?

This nonrotating format features sets from Return to Ravnica, forward. It aims to be more powerful than Standard but less powerful than Modern or Legacy.

Have a beloved Standard deck but some of the cards are rotating out, Pioneer is the perfect place to play them and continue upgrading it without having to compete against cards from before 2012.

Constructed decks can have up to four of any card in their combined deck and sideboard. Basic lands are not included in this restriction.

Play Rules/Modifiers

– Minimum deck size of 60 cards
– Up to 15 cards in your sideboard (if used)

What Sets Are Legal in Pioneer?

March of the Machines: Aftermath
March of the Machines
Phyrexia: All Will Be One
The Brother’s War
Dominaria United
Streets of New Capenna
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Strixhaven
Kaldheim
Zendikar Rising
Core 2021
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
Theros Beyond Death
Throne of Eldraine
Core Set 2020
War of the Spark
Ravnica Allegiance
Guilds of Ravnica
Core Set 2019
Dominaria
Rivals of Ixalan
Ixalan
Hour of Devastation
Amonkhet
Aether Revolt
Kaladesh
Eldritch Moon
Shadows over Innistrad
Oath of the Gatewatch
Battle for Zendikar
Magic Origins
Dragons of Tarkir
Fate Reforged
Khans of Tarkir
Magic 2015
Journey into Nyx
Born of the Gods
Theros
Magic 2014
Dragon’s Maze
Gatecrash
Return to Ravnica

Updated 5/26/2023

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