A thread dedicated to sideboarding and what cards different decks do not want to see out of the side. I would like to see it become comprehensive enough to be stickied/pinned one day. For now, I just wanted to get a few of the big decks in Modern and lay out which SB cards they don't want to see, in any colors, from any deck. Perhaps include a brief thing about WHY decks don't like a card
Tron hate
Stony Silence- shuts down Chromatics, Map, O-Stone, Eelic....it's savage
Ghost Quarter/Tectonic Edge- these see more MB play than SB, but I have seen decks bring them in. They destroy Tron lands and slow the deck enormously.
Burn -
Spellskite-it eats Bolts heading to creatures, it turns Bolt to the face into Shock, it's good
Affinity
Stony Silence, all artifact destruction...a well timed kill spell can do serious work, Push a big Ravager. if a big Ravager comes swinging, Deflecting Palm is also brutal.
I would greatly appreciate any advice, new info. I want to make a comprehensive guide, but Modern is too big for me to really know where to go from here
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Spellskite is only good for combo decks against burn. Imagine a card that said "spend 2 mana at atandard speed to reduce the next source of damage by 2." The skite can only eat one bolt a turn or die, and barely reduces your life loss. By comparison feed the clan might as well say "target burn player discards three cards at random."
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Pauper: UB Wight Phantasm RB Burn UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
I suggest using Card Tags if you want this to become something of a resource. Not all players will immediately know what "Chromatics, Map, O-Stone, Eelic" are or what "Tron Lands" means and will then need to do more research or will just ignore your thread and go on to read someone else's.
Anyhow, I agree with both of the above sentiments; Spellskite is meh against Burn and card tags would help tremendously.
For sideboard options against burn, Aegis of the Gods or Leyline of Sanctity is decent to prevent them from targetting your face (and can make Boros Charm, Lava Spike, and Searing Blaze sit in their hand due to a lack of valid targets). Kitchen Finks is especially good as it can gain 4 life and block a creature for two turns, though 3 CMC is a tad slow. Also Kor Firewalker and, in the mirror, Dragon's Claw. And if you really want to be cheesy Worship is neat if you can stick creatures on the board consistently.
Tron hate
Stony Silence- shuts down Chromatics, Map, O-Stone, Eelic....it's savage
Ghost Quarter/Tectonic Edge- these see more MB play than SB, but I have seen decks bring them in. They destroy Tron lands and slow the deck enormously.
Burn -
Spellskite-it eats Bolts heading to creatures, it turns Bolt to the face into Shock, it's good
Affinity
Stony Silence, all artifact destruction...a well timed kill spell can do serious work, Push a big Ravager. if a big Ravager comes swinging, Deflecting Palm is also brutal.
UB Wight Phantasm
RB Burn
UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Legacy:
R Burn
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Anyhow, I agree with both of the above sentiments; Spellskite is meh against Burn and card tags would help tremendously.
For sideboard options against burn, Aegis of the Gods or Leyline of Sanctity is decent to prevent them from targetting your face (and can make Boros Charm, Lava Spike, and Searing Blaze sit in their hand due to a lack of valid targets). Kitchen Finks is especially good as it can gain 4 life and block a creature for two turns, though 3 CMC is a tad slow. Also Kor Firewalker and, in the mirror, Dragon's Claw. And if you really want to be cheesy Worship is neat if you can stick creatures on the board consistently.
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