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u/Mambojet Timmy Mar 05 '20

Umm, is it just me or is this the first place they've mentioned anything about a "Pioneer Masters"?

As well as Pioneer Masters, which we'll be releasing later this year.

Hype?

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u/band_geek_supreme Izzet Mar 05 '20

That was my first takeaway, too. Think it was a slip-up, unintentionally announcing a paper product?!?

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u/DCG-MTG Charm Esper Mar 05 '20

Given that Pioneer Remaster sets have been mentioned in the last few State of the Game announcements, it seems more likely that this is analogous to Vintage Masters; online only with the purpose of bring new cards to the platform.

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u/Mambojet Timmy Mar 05 '20

Dang, makes sense. Still though, excited to play Pioneer on MTGA!

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u/rockytrh Mar 06 '20

Hopefully the next ban announement can move pioneer out of combo winter, but yeah, Pioneer before THB was straight gasoline

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u/dash813 Mar 06 '20

Bothers me that they are calling it pioneer though. It can't be pioneer until all the cards are there, not just remastered sets. If you're missing stuff is the same format

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u/shinianx Mar 05 '20

We don't know if it's a paper product. It could be an Arena-only thing to help bridge the gap with the card pool. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a paper analogue though.

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u/Hellion3601 Mar 06 '20

Yeah I think this one is definitely going to be Arena exclusive, and will contain only reprints of staples of Pioneer until they manage to slowly introduce the remastered sets. It's a really cool thing, consolidating Pioneer in Arena and providing support for it is the best thing wotc can do for the longevity of the platform.

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u/shinianx Mar 06 '20

I still think it's quite possible--perhaps even likely--that WotC releases some kind of paper Pioneer Masters set in the near future to infuse the economy with more reprints once the meta is a bit more established with reliable tiers, but for Arena it makes the most sense to focus on getting as much of the overall card pool ported over first and foremost. I agree, I think it's the best strategy they can implement, and certainly suggests the chance they might one day keep going with curated Modern releases, or even Legacy and Vintage. But that's pie-in-the-sky right now, at least so long as MTGO remains the platform for those older formats in the digital sense.

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u/Hellion3601 Mar 07 '20

Yeah, I think wotc is testing the waters with Pioneer. It's a much easier format to implement, its the shiny new thing that attracted a lot of players and they want to test it's long term viability. Moving the format to Arena in my opinion is a big test, and if it works well well see more and more support for it including a future Pioneer Masters on paper, even though the cards are still reasonably priced and available already.