If you take a look at older eternal formats such as Legacy or Modern the decks, for the most part, are optimized. Sure new sets shake them up every once in a while, but you'll never have a red deck NOT playing Lightning Bolt or a white deck NOT playing Sword to Plowshares or Path to Exile. Is that true of Pioneer though?
When people say that Pioneer isn't fun because there are only a few good decks or that it's solved, I can't help but shake my head and sigh. I for one, do not honestly believe that Pioneer is anywhere close to being a solved format and in this week's episode Kevin and I (along with our re-occuring guest Amit, a.k.a. EkerossMTG) to explain why we think so.
Sure there are a few decks that seem to be optimized for the Pioneer metagame, but in our opinion the large majority of them still have work to be done. We talk about what decks need optimization, what optimizing a deck in Pioneer means, as well as how to optimize decks. Whatever deck you're playing, listen to this week's episode and ask yourself if YOUR deck is optimized. If it isn't, join our Discord community to talk about how to optimize it or if it is we'd love to see it!
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#153 - For Better or Worse: Historic Cards in Pioneer
#152 - The 2022 Pioneer Wrap Up
#151 -The First Pioneer’s 2022 Holiday Wishlist
#150 - Is Pioneer Playable on Arena with Explorer Anthology 2?
#149 - A look back at our Top 5 Pioneer picks in 2022: What we Got Wrong
#148 - Pioneer 101: Bard Class and the Case for Combo
#147 - Pioneer in Action at the Regional Championships
#146 - Brother’s Brews for Pioneer
#145 - The Brother’s War Pioneer Set Review
# 144 - Artifacts in Pioneer: Toys or Tools of Destruction?
# 143 - How Your Pioneer Deck Can Survive a Banning
#142 - Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered: Pioneer on MTG Arena
#141 - The 2022 Pioneer Challenger Decks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
# 140 - You’re Already Dead
# 139 - Play Bad Cards, Win Good Prizes
# 138 - August Pioneer Metagame Update with ClaudiohMTG
#137 - Brewing Together: 6 New Pioneer decks with Dominaria United
#136 - The Dominaria United Set Review for Pioneer!
#135 - A First Look at Dominaria United in Pioneer
# 134 - Making the Jump to Pioneer after Standard Rotation
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