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Formats — Pioneer

Pioneer is a competitive non-rotating Constructed format consisting of cards from all Standard-legal sets starting from Return to Ravnica.

Included sets

Format includes cards from the following sets:

• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Edge of Eternities
• Final Fantasy
• Tarkir: Dragonstorm
• Aetherdrift
• Foundations
• Duskmourn: House of Horror
• Bloomburrow
• The Big Score
• 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: School of Mages
• Kaldheim
• Zendikar Rising
• Core Set 2021
• Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
• Theros Beyond Death
• Throne of Eldraine
• Core Set 2020
• War of the Spark
• Ravnica Allegiance
• Guilds of Ravnica
• M19 Gift Pack
• Core Set 2019
• Dominaria
• Rivals of Ixalan
• Ixalan
• Hour of Devastation
• Welcome Deck 2017
• Amonkhet
• Aether Revolt
• Kaladesh
• Eldritch Moon
• Welcome Deck 2016
• 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 cards

• Amalia Benavides Aguirre
• Balustrade Spy
• Bloodstained Mire
• 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
• 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

Restricted cards

There are no restricted cards.

Ban history

2025-11-10

• Heartfire Hero: legal → banned

2024-12-16

• Jegantha, the Wellspring: legal → banned

2024-08-26

• Amalia Benavides Aguirre: legal → banned
• Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord: legal → banned

2023-12-04

• Smuggler's Copter: banned → legal
• Karn, the Great Creator: legal → banned
• Geological Appraiser: legal → banned

2022-06-07

• Winota, Joiner of Forces: legal → banned
• Expressive Iteration: legal → banned

2022-03-07

• Lurrus of the Dream-Den: legal → banned

2021-02-15

• Balustrade Spy: legal → banned
• Teferi, Time Raveler: legal → banned
• Undercity Informer: legal → banned
• Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath: legal → banned
• Wilderness Reclamation: legal → banned

2020-08-03

• Inverter of Truth: legal → banned
• Kethis, the Hidden Hand: legal → banned
• Walking Ballista: legal → banned
• Underworld Breach: legal → banned

2020-07-13

• Oath of Nissa: banned → legal

2019-12-17

• Oko, Thief of Crowns: legal → banned
• Nexus of Fate: legal → banned

2019-12-03

• Once Upon a Time: legal → banned
• Field of the Dead: legal → banned
• Smuggler's Copter: legal → banned

2019-11-12

• Veil of Summer: legal → banned

2019-11-08

• Felidar Guardian: legal → banned
• Leyline of Abundance: legal → banned
• Oath of Nissa: legal → banned

Format start

• Bloodstained Mire: banned
• Flooded Strand: banned
• Polluted Delta: banned
• Windswept Heath: banned
• Wooded Foothills: banned