Sideboard


Please check each section to read how this deck matches up against popular decks in the Pioneer Meta.

Despite typically having x9 removal spells, we have responses in the form of Bonecrusher Giant and Gruul Spellbreaker in the mainboard. Gruul Spellbreaker will force our opponents to save removal spells for use on their turns, meaning they won't have as much readily available mana to combo off. Also, the only creature that can handle the Spellbreaker is Inverter of Truth, leaving our opponents vulnerable. As for their Dig Through Time, Scavenging Ooze and Klothys, God of Destiny will limit what spells they can dig back from the graveyard. Their sideboard will contain X copies of Languish and Cry of the Carnarium, but being aggressive early enough will minimize the threat. Our own sideboard contains some surprises. Witchstalker will punish our opponent for playing spells on our turn. This combined with Gruul Spellbreaker will greatly limit when our opponents can use their removal spells. Terror of the Peaks will tax our opponent's removal spells while also giving us a large body and a means to target our opponent's board. Phyrexian Revoker is included to slow down our opponent's Narsets and Jaces.
Mono-Black Aggro will face a similar dilemma as Dimir Inverter when trying to target creatures on our board. Klothys, God of Destiny shines in this match up, removing creatures that our opponents can reanimate and feed to Rankle, Master of Pranks. Despite containing flyers, we can still manage to block their airborne threats thanks to Atarka's Command. Mangara, the Diplomat helps by acting as a blocker as well as a potential source of card draw. The threat of Spawn of Mayhem still remains, but Stoke the Flames can help remove it from the board before it becomes too big of a trampling threat to handle. Mono-Black Aggro's sideboard won't really impact our board. We aren't reanimating creatures, or really casting multiple spells per turn.
If aggressive enough early on, we can handle this deck easily. Mangara, the Diplomat will help us benefit from all the spells our opponents are slinging, making it easier to draw into our responses. Klothys, God of Destiny and Scavenging Ooze again are great for removing key pieces from their graveyard. Hushbringer directly impacts 9 of our opponents' 13 creatures while also giving us an evasive beater. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon is a significant threat to our board and can be fished out with Fae of Wishes. Bonecrusher Giant and Stoke the Flames will help us whittle down Ugin or flat out kill him. Our sideboard contains shining pieces in the form of Ash Zealot and Drannith Magistrate to turn off Underworld Breach. This won't stop our opponents from wishing out Ugin, the Spirit Dragon or Anger of the Gods but that's okay because we can quickly rebuild our board with Collected Company.

One surprise included that can handle all of these decks is Savage Summoning, providing a way to flash in a key hate piece that our opponents will have few ways to respond to.

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Casual

91% Competitive

Date added 4 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Pioneer legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 2 Mythic Rares

38 - 9 Rares

7 - 4 Uncommons

3 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.42
Tokens Food, On an Adventure
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