Pioneering

Sky_Blue_Skies

Pioneer is Magic's newest non-rotating format. However, unlike its peer formats, it has suffered a seres of unprecedented setbacks within its first year of existence, including the effects of an unpopular rolling ban-list, extensive tournament cancellations, an overall lack of in-person tabletop play due to COVID-19, an extended period where the metagame was disproportionately dominated by a small group of combo decks, and, most recently, the ongoing dominance of "The Best of the Worst of Standards Past" (i.e. Uro, 3feri, etc. ). All this aside, I think this format still has great potential for innovative and affordable brewing, and for this reason I'm keeping my eye on it despite the world's unrelenting (yet understandable) turn towards EDH in these unusual times.