On the one year anniversary of Pioneer, we give the format a performance review. We look at what happened over the last year, and what are the Goals, Obstacles, Opportunities, and Decisions that we can evaluate and make for the newest competitive Magic format. The Break Down: A Call From CorporateThe Dive Down: A History LessonThe Dive Down, cont: A Performance ReviewBecome a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedownGet 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown"Timestamps:3:21 - Housekeeping7:59 - The Break Down Begins - Pioneer Challenges22:20 - The Dive Down Begins - Pioneer, A Year in Review25:44 - A Spike’s History of Pioneer’s Launch 35:10 - The Initial Round of Pioneer Bannings40:06 - Pioneer First Golden Age41:50 - Enter Theros Beyond Death47:00 - The Companion Era Begins49:27 - We’ve Been Told the Combo Decks Are Fine52:39 - Combo Cards Banned, Pioneer is Saved(?)57:04 - What the Pioneer Meta Looks Like Today1:01:44 - Year 1 Takeaways1:04:16 - Performance Reviews are Due1:07:08 - How Has Pioneer Performed on its Goals?1:20:50 - What Obstacles Should Pioneer Overcome? 1:31:54 - What Opportunities Does Pioneer Have Ahead?1:37:45 - Decisions, Decisions1:41:44 - Shane's Bottom Line: Pioneer is Fundamentally A Good Idea1:43:10 - Dave's Bottom Line: It's Not the Gameplay's Fault1:44:30 - Stan's Bottom Line: Dave is RightLinks from this week's episode:10/24/20 Pio Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-12221068#paper10/25/20 Pio Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/pioneer-challenge-12221072#paperAbe Stein "Defining the Pillars of Pioneer": https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/defining-the-pillars-of-pioneer/Pioneer announced: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-pioneer-format-2019-10-21Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?email us: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown