Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath is still legal, so I’m gonna play it (since I don’t want to play Oops All Spells in Pioneer, but definitely wouldn’t fault anyone who did). Patrick Chapin - Four-Color Ramp (Jegantha) I’m thrilled that it’s back in the ring here in Pioneer. ![]() What could be more epic than that? This is the true spiritual successor to the old Legacy Solidarity deck of over a decade ago. You eventually win at your leisure with Omniscience and Approach of the Second Sun, but you can also get busy with Shifting Ceratops and Niv-Mizzet, Parun if you want. You can simply churn through your deck with Pore Over the Pages and Bala Ged Recovery loops, use Dig Through Time to immediately find the Hidden Strings that you need to boost your mana to towering proportions, and more. You don’t need the easy win with Tome Scour and Hidden Strings anymore. While other people are porting old banned Standard decks into Pioneer and trying to make them work, we’re porting old banned Pioneer decks back into Pioneer and winning easily. With an easy Turn 4 goldfish kill alongside incredible resilience to common disruption and a tremendously fun sideboard tutor package, there’s a lot to like about it. Lotus Field Combo is still ban-worthy, and it’s not too hard to see why. That means I want to play with ban-worthy cards. I want to find the deck that breaks the most rules and run with it. ![]() It’s time to look at Pioneer with an eye towards a “best deck.” What does that mean? When I look at Pioneer decklists, I want the one that most resembles something that I would have been able to play back before the bannings. However, the desire to play with something busted has started creeping back as of late. For a good half of the year, that meant Dimir Inverter, but ever since it was banned, there’s been less of a reason for me to get excited about Pioneer. ![]() Ever since the format was first introduced, the goal has been clear: play the best, most broken cards you can. Pioneer just isn’t the same without Inverter of Truth, sadly.
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