Best sideboard cards on Reddit
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#1
Magic: The Gathering
4.2
(78)
"Good at stopping graveyard recursion decks"
"Great way of picking apart your opponent's hand"
"Also great lol"
"Shuts down both belcher and the lotus blooms."
"MVP"
"One mana get off my lawn!"
"Enables a lot of shenanigans."
"Are more versatile answers and can be used in other matchups."
"Kill your own eggs and maps gain some sweet life juice."
"[[Sanctifier En-vec]] and [[Kataki, war's wage]] are pretty standard and hit those two areas."
#2
Pithing Needle
4.4
(5)
"Highly recommend a copy of Pithing Needle right now."
"The most efficient card I think you can run is Pithing Needle. Naming Metalworker can slow them down considerably, and it's also useful against other decks."
"Pithing needle is always there for you."
"Pithing Needle seems rather solid against them."
"Pithing Needle is really good against them."
#3
Blood Moon
4.5
(4)
"Mardu can easily play Blood Moon. I think it is the best answer for Titan."
"Blood Moon (or Magus) is what shuts them down hardest."
"1x Blood Moon"
"2 Blood Moon"
#4
Beast Within
4.0
(4)
"Beast Within destroys everything from creatures to artifacts."
"Beast Within destroys everything from creatures to artifacts or even enchantments."
"Beast within."
"Beast Within effects (Beast Within, Terastodon, Rapid Hybridization, Lignify, etc.) are solid."
#5
Chalice of the Void
4.3
(3)
"Chalice of the void, engineered explosives, and soul-guide lantern."
"For DnT, Chalice of the Void, Cataclysm, Council's Judgment, any Planeswalker, Leonin Relic-Warder, Palace Jailer."
"9. chalice of the void"
#6
Thalia
4.0
(3)
"Thalia"
"Play thalia over some reflector mages."
"Thalia and Gisela are great for the mirror."
#7
Thorn of the Black Rose
4.0
(3)
"The best cards against tron are Thorn of the Black Rose."
"Thorn of the black rose + graveyard hate + discard is your best shot."
"The best cards against tron are Thorn of the Black Rose."
#8
Tormod's Crypt
4.0
(3)
"My sideboards consists of Tormods crypt."
"Tormod's crypt to stop graveyard shenanigans."
"Tormod's Crypt (graveyard hate is still important in the standard meta)."
#9
Surgical Extraction
4.0
(3)
"Surgical extraction is pretty strong there."
"Surgical extraction"
"Surgical Extraction"
#10
Spell Pierce
4.0
(3)
"Here's some 'standard' Blue sideboard cards I use: Spell Pierce"
"Spell Pierce is pretty underrated imo."
"4. spell pierce"
#11
Deafening Silence
4.0
(3)
"[[Deafening silence]] [[high noon]] , granted you have ways to deal with a resolved omniscience/atraxa"
"Deafening silence helps a bit vs omni lines."
"Deafening Silence seems pretty hot."
#12
N/A
4.0
(3)
"Horribly Awry (proactive) and Complete Disregard (reactive) are nice answers to small aggro."
"Complete Disregard seems good against HBW, DeathMist, Mantis, Jace."
"Anything that can remove counters and something to shoot him as soon as he appears."
#13
Nihil Spellbomb
5.0
(2)
"For sideboard I suggest you [[Nihil spellbomb]] for graveyard hate"
"You should do [[tormod's crypt]] or [[nihil spellbomb]] since you're in black."
#14
Void Mirror
5.0
(2)
"Artifacts: Void Mirror, Chalice of the Void, Engineered Explosives, Soul-Guide Lantern, Pithing Needle, Torpor Orb"
"[[void mirror]] is a good option since its colorless and can be played in any deck."
#15
Nature’s Claim
5.0
(2)
"[[Nature’s Claim]] is excellent because it can pad out your life total."
"Nature’s Claim is excellent."
#16
Batterskull
4.5
(2)
"I've found the best cards are oblivion stone, repeal, and batterskull."
"Batterskull is a pretty nice card against them."
#17
Ancient Grudge
4.5
(2)
"If you play Jund Ancient Grudge is by far your best option."
"[[Ancient Grudge]] and [[Ray of Revelation]] can be useful to interact with problem permanents."
#18
Unlicensed Hearse
4.5
(2)
"Unlicensed Hearse is the best grave hate, value pick for creature decks."
"Unlicensed Hearse might be your best bet."
#19
Liliana, the Last Hope
4.5
(2)
"I'd also add Liliana, the Last Hope vs Mardu Pyromancer, 9/10."
"Liliana the Last Hope tends to be good against Delver decks too."
#20
Liliana of the Veil
4.5
(2)
"Liliana of the veil and reckoner bankbuster are great cards."
"Some of the best sideboard cards in general for me was Liliana of the Veil."
#21
Alpine Moon
4.5
(2)
"Alpine Moon, Kataki, Rest in Peace, EE and Chalice are some options that are pretty much standard or very useful against a wide field of decks"
"I'm a constant fan of Alpine Moon"
#22
Vexing Bauble
4.5
(2)
"I play shift and tell and some of the most effective hate cards I’ve faced are vexing bauble (counters free casts with omni)..."
"Vexing Bauble and Boromir. Both have static abilities that counter any spells that were cast for 0 mana."
#23
Trinisphere
4.0
(2)
"Sb 3 trinisphere 2 obstinate baloth 1 fracturing gust 2 Abrade 3 anger of the gods 1 thrun the last troll 3 scavengeing ooze"
"Trinisphere, Choke, Scavenging Ooze, Thragtusk, Hornet Queen, Thrun the last Troll, Acidic Slime, Guttural Response, Pithing Needle, Dismember, Shaper's Sanctuary, Reclamation Sage, Damping Sphere, Raking Canopy, Elderscale Wurm (personal favorite), Carnage Tyrant."
#24
Engineered Explosives
4.0
(2)
"Engineered Explosives is good against the green versions."
"Seems you're on RG so you've got: engineered explosives."
#25
Spellskite
4.0
(2)
"7. spellskite"
"I've really been enjoying spellskite against burn."
#26
Hallowed Moonlight
4.0
(2)
"[[Hallowed Moonlight]] in the sideboard seems pretty good."
"I have [[Hallowed Moonlight]] for the rally coco decks."
#27
Mystical Dispute
4.0
(2)
"Mystical Dispute is pretty good if you're playing control."
"Here's some 'standard' Blue sideboard cards I use: Mystical Dispute"
#28
Blue Elemental Blast
4.0
(2)
"4x blue elemental blast (protection against krark-clan/breath weapon)"
"[[Blue Elemental Blast]]/[[hydroblast]] for blue."
#29
Thoughtseize
4.0
(2)
"If you're already in black maybe play fatal push, thoughtseize, drown in the loch."
"If you have any questions or want other options feel free to ask."
#30
Gleeful Sabotage
4.0
(2)
"I board one or two gleeful sabotage so I'm not cold to a Circle of Protection: green."
"* 4 Gleeful Sabotage"
#31
Dispel
4.0
(2)
"3. dispel"
"SB options are pretty much just more counterspells like Dispel or spell pierce."
#32
Ethersworn Canonist
4.0
(2)
"Ethersworn canonist"
"Another great option in BW is [[Ethersworn Canonist]]."
#33
Dromoka's Command
4.0
(2)
"In my very inexperienced opinion. Dromkas command looks good against enchantments."
"Do you mean Dromoka's Command?"
#34
Dress Down
3.5
(2)
"Here's some 'standard' Blue sideboard cards I use: Dress Down"
"Dress down maybe."
#35
Relic
4.0
(1)
"Relic, natures claim, snake skin veil, wrap in vigor. That’s my personal sideboard"
#36
Boseiju
4.0
(1)
"Boseiju, especially if you can run wrenn and six."
#37
Tale's End
4.0
(1)
"Here's some 'standard' Blue sideboard cards I use: Tale's End"
#38
Rapid Hybridization
4.0
(1)
"Beast Within effects (Beast Within, Terastodon, Rapid Hybridization, Lignify, etc.) are solid."
#39
Terastodon
4.0
(1)
"Beast Within effects (Beast Within, Terastodon, Rapid Hybridization, Lignify, etc.) are solid."
#40
Drown in the Loch
4.0
(1)
"If you're already in black maybe play fatal push, thoughtseize, drown in the loch."
#41
Destructive Revelry
4.0
(1)
"Surely that card is in a great place right now against Whip decks."
#42
Aerial Volley
4.0
(1)
"Also wondering about aerial volley against decks running hanga."
#43
Infinite Obliteration
4.0
(1)
"What do people think of infinite obliteration?"
#44
Fire/Ice
4.0
(1)
"Forked bolt and fire/ice always hurt when they take out a blighted agent."
#45
Fatal Push
4.0
(1)
"If you're already in black maybe play fatal push, thoughtseize, drown in the loch."
#46
Subtlety
4.0
(1)
"Here's some 'standard' Blue sideboard cards I use: Subtlety"
#47
Flusterstorm
4.0
(1)
"Here's some 'standard' Blue sideboard cards I use: Flusterstorm"
#48
Forked Bolt
4.0
(1)
"Forked bolt and fire/ice always hurt when they take out a blighted agent."
#49
Darkblast
4.0
(1)
"As people have said, darkblast, grim lavamancer, anything that can kill a 1/1."
#50
Declaration in Stone
4.0
(1)
"Declaration in Stone seems also very powerful."
#51
Always Watching
4.0
(1)
"That or Always Watching to make your quellers 3/4's."
#52
White
4.0
(1)
"Stony silence, rest in peace, burrenton forge tender, Thalia guardian of thraben or aethersworn cannonist (both against storm), leonin arbiter."
#53
Blue
4.0
(1)
"Ceremonious rejection, negate, spell pierce, vendilion clique."
#54
Devastation Tide
3.0
(1)
"Devastation tide - (G)"
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