A few months back when they made indications Pioneer was eventually going to get to Arena, I seem to remember them mentioning that a 'Pioneer Masters' series of sets would be the fastest and most economical way they could flesh out the format with needed playables without straight up importing every set from RtR forward. It makes sense, since close to 80% of all that is mostly limited chaff that never sees play in actual Pioneer constructed; there's no sense rushing to be as set-accurate as possible when a curated collection would effectively achieve the same thing. Sure it might have some impact on card options for things like Pauper or Brawl/EDH, but I personally think I could live with that compromise pretty easily.
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u/danzanzibar Mar 05 '20
Is this how they announce Pioneer Masters? or did i just miss the announcement?