Hi guys, I'm new to the forums. I recently just got back into magic a week ago after taking a 11 yr hiatus. MTGO is the reason for that and I can't believe I missed out on it since then. I played competitively up until the tempest block.
Anyways, I just looked for a strong deck online for the som block and picked up on the tempered steel deck and needed some help for sideboarding strategies as I plan on doing dailies for the first time this weekend.
This is my decklist. Unfortunately i don't know how to put it in the deck format so bear with me.
Land (21):
17 x Plains
4 x Inkmoth Nexus
Creatures (21):
3 x Blade Splicer
3 x Hero of Bladehold
3 x Leonin Relic-Warder
4 x Memnite
4 x Signal Pest
4 x Vault Skirge
Artifacts (10):
4 x Glint Hawk Idol
2 x Mox Opal
4 x Origin Spellbomb
Other (8):
4 x Dispatch
4 x Tempered Steel
SB:
2 x Contested War Zone
2 x Elspeth Tirel
2 x Indomitable Angel
2 x Marrow Shards
4 x Mutagenic Growth
3 x Revoke Existence
I've been play testing in the tournament practice room but its not that often that you get to play against tourney level decks so I'm having a hard time figuring out whats the best strats for sideboarding.
Here are the decks that I'm interested in getting tips against. If you could just tell me which cards you'd take out and put back in from sideboard, that'd be awesome.
Sword of Peace/Flayer/Mortar Equip
Koth
mono b Infect
Karn/Elspeth/U Control
Thanks a lot guys and its awesome playing magic again. I really need some proper playtesting so if any of you play these decks, please look me up on mtgo, ign: TigerBlood
Tempered Steel doesn't have as many sideboard options as other decks. I'd recommend adding a 4th hero of bladehold and leonin relic-warder in the deck. Some builds also add mirran crusader to the side against dismember and artifact hate.
Against the koth deck, the Hero of Bladehold rocks, because they can't really deal with him. But truthfully, Tempered Steel doesn't really have a good matchup unless you get off to a really fast start.
The other decks you listed, tempered steel blows them away. Mono B infect in particular has no ways to really deal with your threats apart from Ratchet Bomb and Black Sun's Zenith, which also kills their own stuff. And the venser control deck is just too slow to match it.
Thanks for the response. Yah, in general, based on my opening hand, you at least have a decent idea of where the game is gonna go. I understand the matchups in general, but my issue lies in with the sideboard. I would add another hero if I could buy another one but I'm short on that so its at 3 and I do agree with adding a 4th leonin so I've done that.
I'm mainly curious as to when indomitable archangel and elspeth get play. Any info on that would be great. Because I haven't been able to figure out those two cards really, I'm assuming indomitable is generally for koth and maybe the blue control deck with karn. I have no idea what Elspeth is really brought in for.
Also, do most of you always take out origin spellbomb when going into game 2 if you sideboard. It seems I never see spellbomb get any play after game 1. I'm not sure if I'm making a mistake on this or if that's how the general strategy is when sideboarding. And is there ever any reason to sideboard out even one Hero of Bladehold let alone all of them.
Thanks again for all the help. I could also really use some playtesting against those mentioned decks. If any of you have those decks and some spare time on mtgo, please look me up, ign: TigerBlood
I'm mainly curious as to when indomitable archangel and elspeth get play. Any info on that would be great. Because I haven't been able to figure out those two cards really, I'm assuming indomitable is generally for koth and maybe the blue control deck with karn. I have no idea what Elspeth is really brought in for.
Indomitable Archangel is brought in for any deck that runs a lot of removal, for example the mono red decks. Elspeth Tirel is for mirror match-ups / Puresteel / Control decks.
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Anyways, I just looked for a strong deck online for the som block and picked up on the tempered steel deck and needed some help for sideboarding strategies as I plan on doing dailies for the first time this weekend.
This is my decklist. Unfortunately i don't know how to put it in the deck format so bear with me.
Land (21):
17 x Plains
4 x Inkmoth Nexus
Creatures (21):
3 x Blade Splicer
3 x Hero of Bladehold
3 x Leonin Relic-Warder
4 x Memnite
4 x Signal Pest
4 x Vault Skirge
Artifacts (10):
4 x Glint Hawk Idol
2 x Mox Opal
4 x Origin Spellbomb
Other (8):
4 x Dispatch
4 x Tempered Steel
SB:
2 x Contested War Zone
2 x Elspeth Tirel
2 x Indomitable Angel
2 x Marrow Shards
4 x Mutagenic Growth
3 x Revoke Existence
I've been play testing in the tournament practice room but its not that often that you get to play against tourney level decks so I'm having a hard time figuring out whats the best strats for sideboarding.
Here are the decks that I'm interested in getting tips against. If you could just tell me which cards you'd take out and put back in from sideboard, that'd be awesome.
Sword of Peace/Flayer/Mortar Equip
Koth
mono b Infect
Karn/Elspeth/U Control
Thanks a lot guys and its awesome playing magic again. I really need some proper playtesting so if any of you play these decks, please look me up on mtgo, ign: TigerBlood
Against the koth deck, the Hero of Bladehold rocks, because they can't really deal with him. But truthfully, Tempered Steel doesn't really have a good matchup unless you get off to a really fast start.
The other decks you listed, tempered steel blows them away. Mono B infect in particular has no ways to really deal with your threats apart from Ratchet Bomb and Black Sun's Zenith, which also kills their own stuff. And the venser control deck is just too slow to match it.
I'm mainly curious as to when indomitable archangel and elspeth get play. Any info on that would be great. Because I haven't been able to figure out those two cards really, I'm assuming indomitable is generally for koth and maybe the blue control deck with karn. I have no idea what Elspeth is really brought in for.
Also, do most of you always take out origin spellbomb when going into game 2 if you sideboard. It seems I never see spellbomb get any play after game 1. I'm not sure if I'm making a mistake on this or if that's how the general strategy is when sideboarding. And is there ever any reason to sideboard out even one Hero of Bladehold let alone all of them.
Thanks again for all the help. I could also really use some playtesting against those mentioned decks. If any of you have those decks and some spare time on mtgo, please look me up, ign: TigerBlood
Indomitable Archangel is brought in for any deck that runs a lot of removal, for example the mono red decks. Elspeth Tirel is for mirror match-ups / Puresteel / Control decks.