#70 - Pleading the Fifth

Many, if not all of the other competitive Magic the Gathering formats, are defined by their speed. Some people might say that Legacy is a 1 or 2 drop format, Modern probably tops out at 3. Sure they can cheat out some bigger cards, but most decks are playing as low to the ground as they can go and as fast as they can go. This leaves out many of the other cards at 4 converted mana cost or higher. But where does Pioneer stand?

 

Is Pioneer the first 5 drop competitive eternal format? Can you safely play 5 drops and get value from them either right away or over a number of turns? Today we turn our focus to competitive 5 mana spells in the Pioneer format and talk about what makes a 5 drop good, why we should play them, which ones are our favorites, and also which 5 mana spells we'd love to see played in the format in the future.

 

Resident streamer and competitive MTGO grinder EkerossMTG joins us once again to evaluate the 5 mana cards of the format and to tell Ryan he's living in Magic Christmas Land while telling Kevin that he's absolutely right.

 

Join the discussion on Twitter and Discord if you have some other fun 5 drops you think we should have talked about!

 

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