ATTENTION. I am adding match ups as requested. Report back in the morning to have the full guide!
Sideboard Guide for SCG Indianapolis. This deck is less balanced but more powerful than my Grand Prix list. If you want to play my GP list, it's still good!
Please keep in mind that 20% of the time I deviate from my own sideboard guide because my opponent showed me something unique that I wasn’t prepared for. If your opponent surprizes you with something new, do what you have to do when sideboarding.
Maindeck
12 Island
4 Mutavault
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1 Minamo, School at Water’s Edge
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Silvergil Adept
3 Harbinger of the Tides
1 Tidebinder Mage
3 Merrow Reejerey
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Master of Waves
3 Dismember
4 Aether Vial
4 Spreading Seas
I usually side in 1-3 Tectonic Edges vs BGx. Ive started shaving 1 mutavault to squeeze another tectonic edge in because I don't want to shave any U mana from the deck. Not sure if it's working or not but I did that at the GP.
Edit: I guess you could shave a cavern vs Abzan because they are a path to exile deck.
Yes, I'll have a list by Friday. Im not sure but I think I want Negate over Unified Will in a sea's claim build to help fight control. Valakut got a lot worse anyway. We'll see.
As someone who is just picking the deck up, this (http://i.imgur.com/HWKnTyc.png) is what I'm currently debating on buying to start with. Besides the Negates you just mentioned is there anything else youbsee that I'm missing for flex cards, etc.
Chalice of the Void. I think you have everything else.
Yes, I'll have a list by Friday. Im not sure but I think I want Negate over Unified Will in a sea's claim build to help fight control. Valakut got a lot worse anyway. We'll see.
Btw, I read a war earlier between Tec Edge and Seas Claim. They are both good and I wouldn't fault anyone for playing one over the other at any open. However I was expecting Grixis Control and RG Valakut and sea's claim is pitiful in that department.
With death's shadow being the star of the show I would move to sea's claim for this weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPzcXT2lOK8
Sideboard Guide for SCG Indianapolis. This deck is less balanced but more powerful than my Grand Prix list. If you want to play my GP list, it's still good!
Please keep in mind that 20% of the time I deviate from my own sideboard guide because my opponent showed me something unique that I wasn’t prepared for. If your opponent surprizes you with something new, do what you have to do when sideboarding.
Maindeck
12 Island
4 Mutavault
2 Cavern of Souls
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1 Minamo, School at Water’s Edge
4 Cursecatcher
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Silvergil Adept
3 Harbinger of the Tides
1 Tidebinder Mage
3 Merrow Reejerey
2 Vendilion Clique
4 Master of Waves
3 Dismember
4 Aether Vial
4 Spreading Seas
Sideboard
3 Dispel
4 Sea’s Claim
4 Negate
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Tidebinder Mage
Death’s Shadow
+2 Dispel
+4 Sea’s Claim
+2 Tidebinder Mage
+2 Relic of Progenitus
-4 Master of Waves
-3 Dismember
-2 Vendilion Clique
-1 Cavern of Souls
Bant Eldrazi
+1 Sea’s Claim
+1 Tidebinder Mage
-2 Cursecatcher
Burn
+4 Seas Claim
+3 Dispel
+2 Tidebinder Mage
-3 Merrow Reejerey
-3 Dismember
-2 Vendilion Clique
-1 Harbinger of the Tides
Abzan
+4 Sea’s Claim
+2 Relic of Progenitus
+2 Tidebinder Mage
-4 Aether Vial
-4 Cursecatcher
Jund
+4 Sea’s Claim
+2 Relic of Progenitus
+2 Tidebinder Mage
-4 Aether Vial
-3 Harbinger of the Tides
-1 Vendilion Clique
Affinity
+2 Sea’s Claim
-2 Master of Waves
Tron
+4 Sea’s Claim
+4 Negate
-4 Master of Waves
-3 Dismember
-1 Tidebinder Mage
Grixis Control
+2 Relic of Progenitus
+4 Negate
+3 Dispel
-3 Harbinger of the Tides
-1 Dismember
-1 Tidebinder Mage
-2 Merrow Reejerey
-2 Cursecatcher
Dredge
+2 Relic of Progenitus
+4 Sea’s Claim
-1 Tidebinder Mage
-2 Vendilion Clique
-3 Dismember
RG Valakut
+4 Negate
+3 Dispel
+2 Tidebindeer Mage
-2 Harbinger of the Tides
-3 Dismember
-4 Master of Waves
Infect
+2 Negate
+2 Tidebinder Mage
+3 Dispel
-4 Master of Waves
-3 Merrow Reejerey
Ad Nauseam
+4 Negate
+3 Dispel
-4 Master of Waves
-3 Dismember
Cheerios
+4 Negate
+3 Dispel
+1 Relic of Progenitus
-4 Master of Waves
-3 Harbinger of the Tides
-1 Tidebinder Mage
Abzan Company
+2 Tidebinder Mage
+3 Dispel
+2 Relic of Progenitus
-1 Cavern of Souls
-4 Master of Waves
-2 Cursecatcher
Merfolk
+2 Tidebinder Mage
-2 Spreading Seas
Eldrazi Tron
+2 Sea's Claim
-1 Tidebinder Mage
-1 Cursecatcher
Lantern Control
+4 Negate
+2 Relic of Progenitus
+1 Sea's claim
-4 Master of a Waves
-3 Dismember
Edit: I guess you could shave a cavern vs Abzan because they are a path to exile deck.
With death's shadow being the star of the show I would move to sea's claim for this weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPzcXT2lOK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPzcXT2lOK8
Merfolk in Modern Ep.71 Pt.4 vs Bushwhacker Zoo (Nikachu)
youtu.be
Merfolk in Modern Ep.71 Pt.3 vs BG Tron (Nikachu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPzcXT2lOK8