Episode 53: Diving Deeper: 5 Pioneer Takeaways

This week we Dive Deeper into the Pioneer format, and bring you 5 ways to level up your play!

The Break Down: The latest Pioneer bans, and WOTC's new B&R schedule

The Dive Down: Level up your Pioneer thinking with 5 takeaways

The Wind Down: We answer some listener questions

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Timestamps:

3:02 - Housekeeping

4:19 - The Break Down begins - The latest Pioneer bans

19:07 - WOTC's new B&R schedule, or lack thereof

29:18 - The Dive Down begins - Observations on Pioneer

30:18 - Non-basic lands.... can be good!

43:17 - Taking the advantage back on the draw

57:25 - The 3 toughness challenge

1:11:00 - The casting cost mindshift, 1 mana cards in Pioneer

1:19:30 - Counterspells in Pioneer

1:26:30 - The Wind Down: Listener questions on Pioneer

Links from this week's episode:

The 12/16/19 Pioneer bannings: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-16-2019-pioneer-banned-announcement

The 12/16/19 B&R annoucement: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/december-16-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement

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