Baker is out for the week, and replacement MTGO grinder and deckbuilder extraordinaire Felix Sloo (probably better known as xfile) joins Nick to chat his PTQ win over the weekend, beating the Oko mirrors, and the state of Pioneer after the first ban announcement and big paper tournament

This week we take a deep look at six of the sweetest decks from the first Pioneer deck dump and how we can refine them to try and break the format open!

The deck dump can be found here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-league-2019-10-28

And the updated lists can be found here:

https://twitter.com/75CardPickup/status/1189834459283120130

With the release of the new format Pioneer, we cover the rules of engagement for building the first wave of decks and some of the shells that are most promising. Also with standard getting a ban, we discuss the best ways to attack Oko to avoid a one deck metagame.

We go over the finer points of the decklists from the Mythic Championship and the insights they offer into deckbuilding and how to attack the format.

Now that Golos has emerged as the clear top deck, we explore the avenues each of us has been using to beat it, Nick with the mirror and Baker with Gruul

We work through the process of how Baker developed the BG aggro deck he's been crushing MTGO with and what we've learned about the format as its begun to take shape in the early weeks.

BG list: https://scryfall.com/@VTCLA/decks/eff495f9-8f4d-426f-bea6-1d815fa77431

We discuss how different removal in a format can impact which cards you're willing to play in a format, and how the key new cards from Eldraine like Murderous Rider, Bonecrusher Giant, and Wicked Wolf will impact our deckbuilding

The Cauldron of Eternity looks absurdly powerful if enabled, and Emry, Lurker of the Loch seems like just the tool for the job. Join as us we build the deck we think uses these terrifying new tools best

It's basically Christmas morning and new cards have arrived! We talk about new potential standouts, how to abuse Shimmer Dragon and Rankle, and what RW Knights may look like as the standout aggro deck in the new format.

Now that we've had a week to try out Stoneforge Mystic and see what works (and what doesn't), we talk about what we don't like about them and how to build with SFM going forward (mana dorks and infinite combos)

bobinchese's Devoted Druid primer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14KrgjrermN7tjW0CTVk4oA4GWArqt1kXhdc-2vFsCaQ/edit

Baker's 4c Saheeli: https://imgur.com/a/phDbzbz