New to Modern, Need help with side board
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Posted on May 27, 2019, 12:12 a.m. by AkrosTheClear
Hey guys, some of my friends and I are starting to get into modern. I have made a couple of decks and one really fun one in particular but I am struggling with the side board for it. We exclusively play commander and I don't know the modern meta at all. the deck (Gob-Kin Frenzy) is a red green (mostly red) combo deck.
I would love suggestions for sideboard cards for this deck in particular and some generic cards for modern in general
thanks for your time.
With your colors you have a decent amount of sideboard option. You already run relic, which hits both dredge and phoenix. Anger of the Gods can help both board wipe against fast aggro decks, and again hurt graveyard based decks when they can't get their creatures back. Surgical Extraction is a great card, but expensive. You already have Blood Moon , which can shut down tron, as well as nonred decks with few basics. Pithing Needle is a nice all around card, as it can name anything from planeswalkers to fetchlands. I would also look at maindecking Lightning Bolt , so you have a bit of removal or direct damage. I would cut the Nature's Claim for Shatterstorm if you want more removal, you don't want to provide too much life gain to your opponents. Hope this helps
BrandonJamesCAC says... #2
This is a brief response. Modern is decently diverse right now
Right now the format has 4 decks that I prepare for.
Izzet Phoenix - a spell slinger deck
Dredge - Traditional not BridgeVine
Tron - Green Urza Tron
U/W Control/Miracles
Both Dredge and Phoenix, see below.
Basically, you NEED major graveyard hate. The U/W control deck is actually maindecking a Rest in Peace
And you should have a full playset in the board. Or use
Surgical Extraction
Tron, you want
Field of Ruin Ghost Quarter Spreading Seas Ceremonious Rejection
U/W Control - whatever you think you need to get past Jace and Terminus
May 27, 2019 12:48 a.m. Edited.