MTG Salvation

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.

Torpor Orb is amazing.

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Here are mine:

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Just for the sake of adding to the list:

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I like the idea of this thread and would appreciate it if you could post a summary of all cards on the OP.

I'll be happy to organize all of the suggestions into the top post if people seem interested.

Pod is hard to deal with because they always have an answer, even for torpor orb. They also have a decent game without pod.

I find a good way to deal pod is to side in board wipes.

Being ready for Blood Moon is important too. You have to play enough basics to fetch them in response to a Blood Moon.

Surgical extractions and pithing needles.

"that'll do."

Ethersworn Canonist is great in the sideboard as well, if you are playing Affinity.

Shadow of doubt has its uses

Honestly a 1- or 2-of Profane Command in the sideboard has been insane in all my black decks.

I play U/B control.
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.

I don't understand why this thread was necro'd, but here's a more polished thread on hate cards

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=512472

Spellskite in all the sideboards!

Damping Matrix, Grafdigger's Cage, and Pyroclasm/Infest take care of almost all of the top decks. I've always viewed Extirpate and Surgical Extraction as main deck cards.

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Spellskite in all the sideboards!

That's not Blood Moon!

I am now seeing Ratchet Bomb as a sideboard card in Colorless Eldrazi

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Spellskite in all the sideboards!

That's not Blood Moon!

LESS THAN THREE YEARS LATER, AND I STILL STAND BY THIS.

ALWAYS BET ON BLOOD MOON.

why is this thread on the front page

relic of progenitus, pithing needle, nature's claim, spellskite, stony silence.

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.