As the Pioneer is becoming a popular format in our local game store and among the significant Magic: the Gathering tournaments announced recently, it may seem natural to me to check on its metagame on what the top-tier decks’ build would look like. I’d expect some similar decks to that in Standard like UW Control, Mono-Red Aggro, and the like.
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Standard in a formal description, is a tournament format containing several recent Magic: The Gathering sets. Most sets enter the format when released and drop out about twenty-one months later. In a few weeks or this coming September, we will bid goodbye to some MTG sets that are next scheduled to rotate out of the format.
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While we are still waiting for the next card spoilers or info of the upcoming set Dominaria United and on it will affect the Standard format, we look at some existing deck builds that the strategy may be are rotation-proof. When we say that term, it means that the cards are still legal to play in the format right after some Magic: the Gathering sets are rotating out.
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Good day all, I do hope you have a productive Tuesday and your goals today be achieved. It has been announced in the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Commander EDH community group chat of the upcoming major Commander tournament this August 6th, 2022. The event is called the CommandFest @ Nth Dimension, an APAC League 2022 qualifier type of tournament.
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The Magic: the Gathering Pioneer Tournament last Friday was held with eight players in attendance and two teammates participating in the prize grind. It is a good thing that this is a consistent event despite some of the players having schedule conflicts at work or in the family.
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The recent updates on the Magic: the Gathering Standard format usually depends on the results of the various major tournaments online on MTGO and Arena, and also with return of face-to-face events. With the limited set in the format, the top deck archetypes usually retain their ranks as they are more consistent in winning games, and while there are some decks with experiment builds, they do not really excel as the consistency becomes an issue. Still, I’d be happy to see some of them perform well even with just one major Magic: the Gathering tournament.
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