TEMP TESTING

Following the CubeCon decklist / draft dump and the development of the Pioneer format across the recent Regional Championships, I have figured out some swaps that I am excited to test!

A majority of these cards were huge underperformers based on player feedback, observation, and play percentages. Additionally, a handful of these cards stopped seeing constructed play and there were better options that, at a glance, really seemed to be good 1 for 1 replacements!

I am really excited to add in Jace, the Perfected mind, as I've been struggling to find a nicely balanced Mono-Blue planeswalker. JTPM is seeing a lot of constructed play, and has some solid finishing patterns that I want to see in this cube.

There have been a handful of color pairs that have not had meaningful multi-colored cards (Like Gruul), and I have been adding in support for the constructed adjacent decks (i.e. Gruul Prowess). I'm definitely on the cusp of breaking away from the spreadsheet aesthetic cube list, but I'm quite there yet! I'm expecting to cut cards from Gruul, Orzhov, and Selesnya, because the constructed counterpart-like decks are carried by mono-color cards.

Lastly, I'm in a weird place with my artifact pool. Cards like Syr Ginger and Bladecoil Serpent really aren't doing much, are often last picks, and just have not done much. It's just more fuel to the fire for me needing to get away from the spreadsheet aesthetic.

I'm absolutely open to any suggestions and feedback! Feel free to post either here or in the MTG Cube Talk Discord in the Pioneer Showcase cube-changelog!

Hangarback Walker was supposed to be Walking Ballista ahead of CubeCon, but I accidentally locked in the wrong card... Oops! I picked up a sweet future sight framed Ballista, which I am stoked about!

I am patiently awaiting the data from CubeCon 2024 and decklists, and I will likely use that information to make some changes in the near future!

Big CubeCon update!

After a few drafts and some feedback, I had a handful of cards that really were not seeing play and were not bringing excitment to the drafts. I've decided to cut a few cards and insert a small package of cards that are commonly seen in the Boros Convoke decks running around both Pioneer and Standard constructed formats. While I don't think a true 'Boros Convoke' can be consistent enough for cube, the indiviudal cards can be support pieces in a handful of other decks.

Notably, I am excluding Novice Inspector to not have 2 Inspectors.

BIG Lost Caverns of Ixalan update! There have been a few cards I've had my eye on lately but wanted to do some testing before I came to a firm decision.

I've also been making note of the least played cards and many of those have been cut from the list and replaced with current cards that are a bit higher power level.

After a few tests and some feedback from the Cube discord, I have made a much needed update to the manabase options for this cube. These updates should provide much needed support going into three colors for cards like Archangel of Wrath and Vodalian Mindsinger!

I do currently have a handful of cards on my watchlist for removal.

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Oko, Thief of Crowns, and Invasion of Zendikar have proven to be pretty high-power for this cube and may be too powerful for this environment (additionally my playgroup who played the F out of Pioneer RCQs have seen enough Sheoldred for one lifetime).