Pioneer Format Guide
Deck Construction Rules
- Minimum 60 cards in the main deck.
- Optional sideboard of up to 15 cards.
- Your deck and sideboard is not allowed to hold more than four of any individual card in this format, except for basic lands.
- Winner is determined either by best of one, or best of three games.
- These games should last standard length for a game (about 20 minutes on average).
Legal Sets
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Magic: the Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Through the Omenpaths - Digital Only
- Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Edge of Eternities
- Magic: The Gathering—FINAL FANTASY
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Aetherdrift
- Magic: The Gathering® Foundations
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Bloomburrow
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Wilds of Eldraine
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath
- March of the Machine
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- The Brothers' 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
Banned / Restricted Cards
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre
- Balustrade Spy
- Bloodstained Mire
- Cori-Steel Cutter
- Expressive Iteration
- Felidar Guardian
- Field of the Dead
- Flooded Strand
- Geological Appraiser
- Heartfire Hero
- Inverter of Truth
- Jegantha, the Wellspring
- Karn, the Great Creator
- Kethis, the Hidden Hand
- Leyline of Abundance
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
- Nexus of Fate
- Oko, Thief of Crowns
- Once Upon a Time
- Polluted Delta
- Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
- Teferi, Time Raveler
- Tibalt's Trickery (only in MTG Arena Best-of-One)
- Undercity Informer
- Underworld Breach
- Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
- Veil of Summer
- Walking Ballista
- Wilderness Reclamation
- Windswept Heath
- Winota, Joiner of Forces
- Wooded Foothills