Thread by @Metallix87

I wanted to do a little thought exercise this morning. Let's presume that "What Was Written", the Pioneer Lite format on #MTGArena, becomes the fourth ranked Constructed format on Arena in a month or two, and they decide to use "Pioneer Anthology" releases to get us to Pioneer.

What would these sorts of releases look like? I decided to concoct a hypothetical "first thirty cards" that could be released to bolster the format, as well as be added to Historic for use there. I'm going to try to keep a roughly even color distribution for "fairness".

White:

- Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
- Spirit of the Labyrinth
- Ethereal Armor
- Chained to the Rocks

Blue:

- Thing in the Ice
- Pore Over the Pages
- Hidden Strings
- Mausoleum Wanderer

Black:

- Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
- Liliana, the Last Hope
- Bloodsoaked Champion
- Collective Brutality

Red:

- Eidolon of the Great Revel
- Monastery Swiftspear
- Reckless Bushwhacker
- Shrapnel Blast

Green:

- Oath of Nissa
- Tireless Tracker
- Sylvan Caryatid
- Elvish Mystic

Gold & Lands:

- Voice of Resurgence
- Jeskai Ascendancy
- Spell Queller
- Abrupt Decay

- Mana Confluence
- All five Tango lands from BFZ Block (Canopy Vista, etc.)

With these 30 cards, you'd be taking a pretty reasonable step towards the format being able to play very similarly to full-on Pioneer. Obviously you'd need more Anthology releases later, but I believe that these cards are the right ones to start with.