The coolest thing about this format is its points system where particularly powerful cards are worth a number of points
The pull rates back then for these cards were incredibly tough and there was even a limitation of only one Gold Star card per competitive deck at the time
The name combines 'garde' (to guard) with 'devoir' (duty), referencing its protective nature toward its trainer
Izzet Phoenix 4 Fiery Impulse 4 Riverglide Pathway 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Steam Vents 4 Treasure Cruise 4 Picklock Prankster 4 Arclight Phoenix 4 Consider 4 Ledger Shredder 4 Sleight of Hand 4 Opt 4 Lightning Axe 3 Island 2 Hall of Storm Giants 2 Spell Pierce 1 Otawara, Soaring City 1 Stormcarved Coast 1 Galvanic Iteration 1 Temporal Trespass 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory 3 Mystical Dispute 2 Brotherhood's End 2 Crackling Drake 2 Young Pyromancer 2 Thing in the Ice 1 Ashiok, Dream Render 1 Negate 1 Brazen Borrower 1 Aether Gust Izzet Phoenix, with a 14.8% share of the winner's metagame, is the obvious deck to beat in Pioneer after the bans
With this in mind, lets dig into the decks themselves
CCC Grading has been grading Lorcana cards since March 2023 , several months before the official release of the TCG