Top Decks and White Sideboard Tech (Fixed)
Modern forum
Posted on Feb. 19, 2015, 2:32 p.m. by DarkMagician
What are some of the better sideboard options mono white has access to against various top modern decks?
GlistenerAgent hit all the main ones, but I'll chime in with a few more niche cards you might find useful:
Kor Firewalker and Burrenton Forge-Tender are total nightmares for Burn, Delver, and most red-based combo decks (Storm, Ad Nauseam).
Sacred Ground is good against Fulminator Mage and Tectonic Edge if you rely on a lot of non-basics.
Porphyry Nodes vs. aggro.
Wrath of God vs. B/G/x decks playing Thrun, the Last Troll or Sigarda, Host of Herons.
Fiendslayer Paladin and Mirran Crusader are nightmares for B/x/x variants.
Eidolon of Rhetoric and Ethersworn Canonist are alternates to Rule of Law if you need bodies (such as when playing a deck built around AEther Vial).
Timely Reinforcements is fantastic against aggro. It lets you catch up if you took a beating for the first few turns.
February 19, 2015 7:31 p.m.
selesvyaloverer8 says... #4
Kor Firewalker is not as good as one might think against storm and especially not ad nauseum. Burrenton Forge-Tender trades 1 for 1 with a burn deck so thats meh compared to Timely Reinforcements and Kor Firewalker. I agree with Sylvannos and GlistenerAgent o everything else. Scapeshift, burn, Junk Midrange, affinity, twin, infect, and bloom titan are popular. Keep that in mind when crafting ur sideboard.
February 19, 2015 8:45 p.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #5
Burrenton is solid against Anger of the God'ss and like minded red wraths.
Kor Firewalker is good against Burn.
Suppression Field is good against a lot of decks but doesn't see play that mu h except in Bogles.
Leyline of Sanctity is nice against Burn.
Runed Halo and Nevermore are self explanatory.
February 20, 2015 3:14 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #6
The list can go on forever.
Sundering Growth, Ethersworn Canonist, Auriok Champion, Rest in Peace.
There could be a sub-forum on MTG Salvation just for white sideboards.
February 20, 2015 3:50 a.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #7
I have 1 and a 1/2 deck boxes of potential sideboarding for my UWR Control list.
GlistenerAgent says... #2
Stony Silence is a game-breaker against Affinity, as is Kataki, War's Wage.
Rule of Law is a game-breaker against Storm. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben is also good here, as well as against any blue decks or burn decks.
Leyline of Sanctity is a game-breaker against Burn. Timely Reinforcements is also quite strong.
Aven Mindcensor is strong against Scapeshift, Bloom Titan and sniping fetchlands.
Rest in Peace wipes the floor with graveyard decks.
February 19, 2015 2:40 p.m.