The article discusses the challenges of finding a budget-friendly deck to play in the Pioneer format of Magic: The Gathering. It highlights the difficulty of finding affordable top decks in the format and the struggle of paying for necessary cards. However, it introduces a mono-white deck built around non-Creature Artifacts and Metalwork Colossus that performed well in a recent Magic Online Pioneer Challenge. The deck is extremely budget-friendly, costing under $100 in paper and under nine tickets online. The article details the deck’s use of cheap interactive Artifacts, mana producers, and cool synergies to maximize the effectiveness of Metalwork Colossus. It also discusses the deck’s strengths, such as its strong matchup against Rakdos midrange, and its weaknesses against certain decks like Azorius control and Gruul midrange. The article concludes by suggesting that the deck, while unconventional, is a reasonable choice in a Rakdos-heavy metagame and is worth trying for players looking for a unique, cheap, and fun deck to play in Pioneer.
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