Magic the Gathering Thursday Night Pioneer

Want to try the newest way to play Magic: the Gathering? Stop by Comic Book University for Pioneer every Thursday at 6 PM. Pioneer will be a Swiss tournament with a maximum of three rounds. Players receive one Booster Pack per Round Win. $5 to enter.

What is Pioneer? Pioneer is a new non-rotating, constructed format and therefore adheres to the following constructed rules:

• Minimum of sixty cards
• No maximum deck size, as long as you can shuffle your deck unassisted
• Up to fifteen cards in your sideboard, if used

With the exception of basic lands (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest), your combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card.

All Standard releases from Return to Ravnica forward are legal.

The following card sets are permitted in Pioneer:

Throne of Eldraine, Core Set 2020, War of the Spark, Ravnica Allegiance, Guilds of Ravnica, Core Set 2019, Dominaria, Rivals of Ixalan, Ixalan, Hour of Devastation, Amonkhet, Aether Revolt, Kaladesh, Eldritch Moon, 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 and Return to Ravnica

The following cards are banned for this format:

Bloodstained Mire, Flooded Strand, Polluted Delta, Windswept Heath and Wooded Foothills