I know a sideboard is dependent upon what deck you are playing and it's weaknesses and of course you are limited by colors, but I am curious about what sideboard cards are peoples go to cards to include as long as the color is supported. Basically, what cards do you find so useful that they are in almost all of your sideboards. I know there is really no right or wrong answer to this question, I am just curious about what cards people are using that I may overlook.
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Modern xWBreakfast at Urza'sxW UWGBantUWG GWRNaya ZooRWG
Annul Self explanatory Hurkyl's Recall Blues (limited) answer to Affinity Steel Sabotage Useful against any deck with a troublesome artifact Echoing Truth Substantial amount of application, this + Torpor Orb completely negates any reason to run something as narrow as Leyline of Singularity Trickbind Handy against Pod Spreading Seas Good versus Tron and any greedy manabase
Legacy:B The Gate // B Pox Modern:RGB Dredge // RBG Goblins // B The Gate // UBR Tezz AoB Control // RBG Prison Pox EDH:RBU Thraximundar // R Norin the Wary // RWB Kaalia of the Vast // BUR Grixis Combos // BU Gisa and Geralf Tribal Tiny Leaders:BUW Sydri, Galvanic Genius // R Feldon of the Third Path
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All: not 100% sure on this right now, but it turns off counterspells. I obviously use it against any deck with counters to win the counter war.
3 Duress: Tron, UWR, Scapeshift, anything with more non creature spells than creature spells.
2 Extirpate: one of my favorite cards, I main deck 2 of them since they are useable in almost every match up. But I bring in these 2 for pod, tron, and anything that relies heavily on the graveyard.
4 Steel Sabotage: awsome against affinity and tron.
2 Infest: obviously for aggresive decks.
1 Damnation: see infest.
2 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir: for anything using counters, he's absolutely amazing.
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If MTG is a part of your life, the formats are like relationships:
Standard/Block = The on-again, off-again holiday fling
Modern/Vintage/Legacy = Stable, homely. A ***** after absence/misreading
Limited/Sealed = Heart breaking free spirit
Commander/Cube = Agreeable, needy and expensive
Pauper/Peasant = Sweet, kind, practical, but shy and boring
If you know what to name for each deck, Pithing Needle is one of my faves ..and you can find 1-2 in most of all my decks! Also, Relics for those dreaded Combo Decks.
Ultimately, those are the two cards that i use mainly in my SBs.
Modern
xWBreakfast at Urza'sxW
UWGBantUWG
GWRNaya ZooRWG
Just for the sake of adding to the list:
Runed Halo It's flexible a can be used against a variety of decks to great effect
Kor Firewalker Versus Burn/RDW
Burrenton Forge-Tender Versus Jund, Burn, RDW
Auriok Champion Versus Jund
Ronom Unicorn/Keening Apparition Alternative to Disenchant for decks that care about running creatures
Celestial Purge I don't know if there's anything in the meta that would warrent this right now
Tempest of Light/Paraselene Totally unneeded in the meta now that Bogle is falling out of favour. Included for the sake of including.
Annul Self explanatory
Hurkyl's Recall Blues (limited) answer to Affinity
Steel Sabotage Useful against any deck with a troublesome artifact
Echoing Truth Substantial amount of application, this + Torpor Orb completely negates any reason to run something as narrow as Leyline of Singularity
Trickbind Handy against Pod
Spreading Seas Good versus Tron and any greedy manabase
Infest Black's Pyroclasm
Smash to Smithereens Alternative to Shatterstorm
Shattering Spree Again, an alternative to Shatterstorm that works better for some builds
Leyline of Punishment Versus lifegain. Only useful for RDW
Skullcrack Versus lifegain and decks with lifelinkers
Choke Against anything that runs blue
Obstinate Baloth/Brindle Boar Lifegain to stall Burn/RDW
Back to Nature See Tempest of Light
Jund Charm Flexible!
Kitchen Finks Lifegain and stall
Fulminator Mage Against manlands and Tron pieces
Rain of Gore Lifegain and lifelinkers
I'll be happy to organize all of the suggestions into the top post if people seem interested.
Modern
xWBreakfast at Urza'sxW
UWGBantUWG
GWRNaya ZooRWG
Being ready for Blood Moon is important too. You have to play enough basics to fetch them in response to a Blood Moon.
Standard: N/A
Modern: AffinityWR, Delver WUR
Legacy: High TideU, ZombiesWBRG, 12post UG, Delver UR
"that'll do."
Modern Junk Primer
Legacy ANT Primer
L1 Judge
Modern: RGB Dredge // RBG Goblins // B The Gate // UBR Tezz AoB Control // RBG Prison Pox
EDH: RBU Thraximundar // R Norin the Wary // RWB Kaalia of the Vast // BUR Grixis Combos // BU Gisa and Geralf Tribal
Tiny Leaders: BUW Sydri, Galvanic Genius // R Feldon of the Third Path
Projects:
Gisa and Geralf Extreme-Tribal EDH
Esper Eldrazi Processor Control
Brewing with Kuldotha Forgemaster
Primer: "The Gate" - Mono Black in Modern
Modern Prison Pox - building a better plague
Here's my sideboard:
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All: not 100% sure on this right now, but it turns off counterspells. I obviously use it against any deck with counters to win the counter war.
3 Duress: Tron, UWR, Scapeshift, anything with more non creature spells than creature spells.
2 Extirpate: one of my favorite cards, I main deck 2 of them since they are useable in almost every match up. But I bring in these 2 for pod, tron, and anything that relies heavily on the graveyard.
4 Steel Sabotage: awsome against affinity and tron.
2 Infest: obviously for aggresive decks.
1 Damnation: see infest.
2 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir: for anything using counters, he's absolutely amazing.
Standard/Block = The on-again, off-again holiday fling
Modern/Vintage/Legacy = Stable, homely. A ***** after absence/misreading
Limited/Sealed = Heart breaking free spirit
Commander/Cube = Agreeable, needy and expensive
Pauper/Peasant = Sweet, kind, practical, but shy and boring
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=512472
Modern Warp / UR Control / UR Storm / Naya Breachshift / ElectroBalance
Solidarity / Lands / Sneak and Show / Grixis Delver / Reanimator / Belcher / Storm / Dredge
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
That's not Blood Moon!
Modern Affinity
Soul Sisters
Izzet Delver of Secrets
Mono Green Stompy
Modern Red Burn
Gruul Dragons
Mono Black Aggro
EDH Decks:
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Omnath, Locus of Mana
Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
Tiny Leaders:
Vorel of the Hull Clade
LESS THAN THREE YEARS LATER, AND I STILL STAND BY THIS.
ALWAYS BET ON BLOOD MOON.
why is this thread on the front page
Tron variants
Eldrazi variants
Burn
Infect
Living End
Bloodwalkers
RG Ponza
LEGACY
Turbo Depths
Big Eldrazi
Ultimately, those are the two cards that i use mainly in my SBs.
MTGO/MTGA: Tyclone
My Primers ~ GWx Vizier Company ~ Knightfall ~ RG Eldrazi ~ Green's Sun's Zenith
More Brews ~ Modern Four Horsemen ~ Gitrog Dredge