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

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Opt, Strategic Planning, Dig Through Time, and Sylvan Scrying provide consistency in finding all the pieces you need while Lotus Field, Thespian's Stage, and the various untap effects make up your core mana engine. You’ll win the game with Fae of Wishes and Mastermind’s Acquisition or you won’t win at all. There’s basically no chance you’ll ever get there with combat damage from your terrible creatures. Sideboard Strategy 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.

Commander Clash S10 E7: Anything Goes w/ Adriano! | Ramos vs. Syr Gwyn vs. Volrath vs. Akiri & Dargo,Innistrad: Crimson Vow II | Olivia vs. Torens vs. Runo vs. Halana & Alena | Commander Clash S11E17, Commander Clash S4 Episode 25: Competitive Commander (Breakfast Hulk vs. Doomsday vs. Ruric Thar vs. Teferi Stax,

Mono White Samurai vs. Mono Blue Burn vs. Naya Urborg vs. Niv-Mizzet Creatures | Commander Clash S12 E21, Commander Clash S7 E18: Original Theros Commanders | Erebos vs. Medomai vs. Phenax vs. Tromokratis, Commander Clash S8 E1: Commander Classic w/ The Professor from Tolarian Community College | Brigid vs. Kethis vs. Radha vs. Rielle, Commander Clash S5 E24: Holiday Gift Exchange! (Gitrog Monster vs. Niv-Mizzet vs. Sharuum vs. Ludevic & Sidar), 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 StrategyCommander Clash S6 E12: No Tutors! (Child of Alara vs. King Macar vs. Sakashima vs. Tymna & Vial Smasher), Lava Coil is an efficient removal at dealing with creatures returning from the graveyard like Arclight Phoenix, while also resolving the archetype's other threat, Thing in the Ice. You can put other removals in this slot, but I find Izzet Phoenix relevant enough at the moment that you need to respect it. Commander Clash S8 E3: 4C Week w/ Riley Knight | Kynaios & Tiro vs. Ishai & Vial Smasher vs. Silas & Sidar vs. Yidris, Pioneer Tier:1.5 (for Boros Burn), ???? (for Mono-Red Burn; all of the top-performing lists are Boros) Commander Clash S4 Episode 11: Secret Santa! (Mistform Ultimus vs. Xenagos vs. Nazahn vs. Ludevic & Sidar Kondo),

On the other hand, Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries work as card advantage and wincondition simultaneously. Commander Clash S5 E18: Dungeons & Dragons Week! (O-Kagachi vs. Ravos & Tymna vs. Rubinia vs. Taigam), Niv-Mizzet Parun can essentially win the game if combined with one or more copies of Peer into the Abyss, while also functioning as a wincondition if you can put it into play and maintain the spell streak flowing, drawing a card and dealing 1 damage to the opponent for each spell cast.Shadow Tribal vs. Golgari Artifacts vs. Tengen Uzui vs. Opponent Triggers | Commander Clash S13 E01, 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 S8 E10: Commander 2020 w/ Gavin Verhey | Ruthless Regiment vs. Enhanced Evolution vs. Symbiotic Swarm vs. Timeless Wisdom,