Sideboard for affinity
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Posted on Nov. 26, 2013, 11:25 a.m. by wnorris17
I have been working on my first modern deck , Dem Artifacts and I need to make a sideboard. However I am not very familiar with the format, so what are some cards I might consider for my side? Thanks!
With a format as diverse as modern, it's hard to say specifically which cards to have in your sideboard, and one of the draws for affinity is that Glimmervoid , Mox Opal and Springleaf Drum means it can sideboard any single color spell pretty safely. So that's a pretty big pool of cards.
In addition to what's been mentioned a few other common ones:
Spellskite - perhaps arguably the most versatile sideboard card in modern.
Thorn of Amethyst - for UWR control, Delver tempo, etc.
Thoughtseize - anything with combos.
Torpor Orb - Splinter Twin decks.
Whipflare - vs anything that puts a bunch of guys on the field or depends on mana dorks.
Dismember - another very common sideboard card. 1 colorless mana kill spells, even with a big life chunk loss, are pretty valuable. Some of the creature combo decks require that you have ways to interact with them.
November 26, 2013 12:44 p.m.
don't forget some combination of Grafdigger's Cage and Relic of Progenitus .
PrimeSpeaky says... #2
Blood Moon for tron and 3 color mana bases. Ancient Grudge for mirror matches, Ethersworn Canonist for storm, a third ravager in the sideboard and etched champion in the side as a 3-4 of. Note this is without actually looking at your decklist, these are pretty stable decisions for sideboards for robots
November 26, 2013 11:56 a.m.