![]() ![]() Previous remastered sets gave us cards that didn’t originally appear in the block in paper, like Collected Company in Amonkhet Remastered, so we have that to look forward to. While there’s no Explorer Anthology 3 announced we know that Shadows over Innistrad Remastered is coming in 2023, which will virtually bring us to the Pioneer card pool. The first of these introduced 20 cards to the format, and the second brought another 24. So far we've had two Explorer Anthologies to help close the gap with Pioneer. Mono red is pretty cheap on the rare and mythic wildcards, so that would be my suggestion. My advice for starting out in any format if you don’t have something similar to start from is to slap together an aggro deck and learn the format with that. If you’ve been playing Standard, there’s likely a similar deck that exists in Explorer. Section updated for 2023 meta by Chris Reay Some versions of the deck also run Burning-Tree Emissary which can allow for some explosive turn 2s, especially following Kumano Faces Kakkazan. Mono Red AggroĪre you even playing a real Magic format if a mono red burn variant isn’t viable? This does what you expect: cheap hasty creatures like Robber of the Rich and direct damage spells like Lightning Strike. This basically auto wins against most of the aggro decks in the format, but it can be controlled to prevent it from getting too out of hand. Selesnya ( ) angels is the premier deck currently playing this in Explorer, running a mono white angels package and splashing green for Collected Company to up the tempo. I don’t think it’s possible to have a format on Arena that doesn’t have some kind of lifegain deck. Either one is difficult to deal with if you’re running a deck that wants to attack in on the ground since they have chump blockers that they actually want to die for days. It's usually either built around Oni-Cult Anvil and artifacts, or Cauldron Familiar and Witch's Cauldron. Rakdos SacrificeĪnother Rakdos deck that's popular in Pioneer, Rakdos sac comes in a couple of different flavors. The other decks have caught up since then and it isn’t quite as far-and-away powerful in the Pioneer meta as it was a few months ago, but it’s still a powerful and popular deck.Ĭhock full of really powerful individual cards like Fable of the Mirror-Breaker and Graveyard Trespasser, it often feels like everything in this deck is a threat. Here are the current top contenders in Explorer! Azorius ControlĪ really solid deck, Rakdos ( ) midrange didn’t lose anything from its Pioneer version when Explorer first debuted, and it was powerful out of the gate. This means that the meta is closing the gap it has with the Pioneer meta, but there are still a few differences between the two. Explorer Decksĭecks updated for 2023 meta by Chris ReayĮxplorer is closing the gap on Pioneer as more cards are being added to the format. The only place to play Explorer is on MTG Arena since it’s a digital-only format. Since not all cards that are legal in Pioneer are on Arena there may be format imbalances that need correcting that can be reverted as the full list of cards are implemented on the platform. The Explorer banlist started with the same cards that are currently banned in Pioneer and will change based on the needs of the digital-only format. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.Here’s a full list of all sets that will be legal in Explorer once they’re added to Arena: ![]() Explorer-Legal SetsĪll Pioneer-legal sets are legal in Explorer. This increases the player's options to access one of Magic’s favorite formats. While competitive players will want to play Explorer to work on their understanding of Pioneer, the benefit of having an analogous format to Pioneer on MTGA is that a whole new swath of players can experience and enjoy Pioneer-like gameplay. Who Is Explorer for?Įxplorer is for Arena players to wade into the waters of Pioneer. Explorer has all the legal cards from the Pioneer format that appear on Arena. ![]() Veteran Explorer | Illustration by Steven BelledinĮxplorer is an Arena-only Constructed format that most closely mirrors the Pioneer format. ![]()
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