How to make a sideboard
Modern forum
Posted on Feb. 6, 2014, 9:06 a.m. by iVampire
After testing my deck a lot, I have found out that my only bad matchups are USA control and Robots. Should I sculpt my sideboard to only go against these decks or should I try and make it inclusive to decks that I have an okay matchup against?
If it helps I am running Modern Burn Deck Wins
UrzaTron is easy to beatJund and Pod are not too hard to beatTwin and UB Delver are pretty easy to beatZoo and Faeries are easy to beat
I lose to lifegain, counter spells, and aggro decks. So should my sideboard reflect these matchups or all of them?
I am going to GP Richmond so I need to make this deck perfect. Blood Moon does too much bad in my deck considering I have three colors and fetch lands. Torpor Orb , and Rakdos Charm are the most versatile so I need those. The ONLY decks I am not good with are lifegain and robots, and I already have 4x Skullcrack mainboard. So Flames of the Blood Hand , and Smash to Smithereens should do the trick. USA control is left...
February 6, 2014 9:21 a.m.
you can side out the cards for the other colors. It's only 8 and you can add in the Smash to Smithereens to deal with the things they can play. Don't think you always need to keep the same base, transformative sideboards to go AIR is a good thing. Though you'll need a way to deal with Leyline of Sanctity which you don't have, which should be a post board addition to u/w/r and soul sisters, I don't have a good suggestion at the moment, maybe something in an artifact. Skullcrack is a stop gap, never did like it much, because lifegain is going on every turn. Erebos, God of the Dead and Leyline of Punishment is a better choice for that.
gufymike says... #2
If you find your mainboard is good against a few matchups, I wouldn't bother with them much, I might add in one or two cards that are generally useful against them or most of them. For example, Torpor Orb shuts down pod and hurts twin and u/w/r's Snapcaster Mage . Blood Moon should also be considered for u/w/r matchup (shuts down most of the deck's counters and w removal) and hurts souls sisters, pod and u/b delver, faeries (unless it's u/r or u/r/b but even then it hurts). I know you have Torpor Orb in there, but Blood Moon is exempt.
Personally, I tailor my sideboard to the local meta I'm facing. Not necessarily the best decks in the format, unless I'm going to a ptq or similar with a bunch of players from outside my local meta. When that is the case, don't worry about the big matchups but the ones you know you'll be facing.
February 6, 2014 9:16 a.m.