Best sideboard cards on Reddit
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#1
Magic: The Gathering
4.3
(76)
"Good at stopping graveyard recursion decks"
"Great way of picking apart your opponent's hand"
"Great at stopping any interaction on your turns"
"Also great lol"
"Shuts down both belcher and the lotus blooms."
"Is an easy one drop that hits their blooms."
"MVP"
"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."
#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
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."
#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
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."
#10
Surgical Extraction
4.0
(3)
"Surgical extraction is pretty strong there."
"Surgical extraction"
"Surgical Extraction"
#11
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."
#12
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."
#13
Nature’s Claim
5.0
(2)
"[[Nature’s Claim]] is excellent because it can pad out your life total."
"Nature’s Claim is excellent."
#14
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."
#15
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."
#16
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."
#17
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"
#18
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."
#19
Unlicensed Hearse
4.5
(2)
"Unlicensed Hearse is the best grave hate, value pick for creature decks."
"Unlicensed Hearse might be your best bet."
#20
Batterskull
4.5
(2)
"I've found the best cards are oblivion stone, repeal, and batterskull."
"Batterskull is a pretty nice card against them."
#21
N/A
4.0
(2)
"Horribly Awry (proactive) and Complete Disregard (reactive) are nice answers to small aggro."
"Complete Disregard seems good against HBW, DeathMist, Mantis, Jace."
#22
Spellskite
4.0
(2)
"7. spellskite"
"I've really been enjoying spellskite against burn."
#23
Ethersworn Canonist
4.0
(2)
"Ethersworn canonist"
"Another great option in BW is [[Ethersworn Canonist]]."
#24
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."
#25
Spell Pierce
4.0
(2)
"Spell Pierce is pretty underrated imo."
"4. spell pierce"
#26
Engineered Explosives
4.0
(2)
"Engineered Explosives is good against the green versions."
"Seems you're on RG so you've got: engineered explosives."
#27
Hallowed Moonlight
4.0
(2)
"[[Hallowed Moonlight]] in the sideboard seems pretty good."
"I have [[Hallowed Moonlight]] for the rally coco decks."
#28
Dispel
4.0
(2)
"3. dispel"
"SB options are pretty much just more counterspells like Dispel or spell pierce."
#29
Dromoka's Command
4.0
(2)
"In my very inexperienced opinion. Dromkas command looks good against enchantments."
"Do you mean Dromoka's Command?"
#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
Blue Elemental Blast
4.0
(2)
"4x blue elemental blast (protection against krark-clan/breath weapon)"
"[[Blue Elemental Blast]]/[[hydroblast]] for blue."
#32
Back to Basics
5.0
(1)
"The card he was most afraid out of a Blue Deck would be Back to Basics."
#33
Grim Lavamancer
5.0
(1)
"As people have said, darkblast, grim lavamancer, anything that can kill a 1/1."
#34
Linvala
5.0
(1)
"My honest opinion? Main 2 Linvala."
#35
Repeal
5.0
(1)
"I've found the best cards are oblivion stone, repeal, and batterskull."
#36
Oblivion Stone
5.0
(1)
"I've found the best cards are oblivion stone, repeal, and batterskull."
#37
Declaration in Stone
4.0
(1)
"Declaration in Stone seems also very powerful."
#38
Always Watching
4.0
(1)
"That or Always Watching to make your quellers 3/4's."
#39
Gisela
4.0
(1)
"Thalia and Gisela are great for the mirror."
#40
Jitte
4.0
(1)
"Jitte, EE, Engineered Plague, Cage, Containment Priest, Cannonist, Spirit of the Labyrinth, Ugin, Pyroclasm - there's a huge list."
#41
Backlash
4.0
(1)
"Late to the party, but Backlash is great tech if you are running into Marit lage a lot."
#42
Path to Exile
4.0
(1)
"I second Path to Exile or if you don't want to ramp them Dismember is pretty good as well"
#43
Ensnaring Bridge
4.0
(1)
"[[Ensnaring Bridge]] You will never have 20+ cards in hand."
#44
Flashfreeze
4.0
(1)
"[[Flashfreeze]]"
#45
Black
4.0
(1)
"Surgical extraction, leyline of the void, collective brutality, nihil spellbomb (technically has black), damnation."
#46
Blue
4.0
(1)
"Ceremonious rejection, negate, spell pierce, vendilion clique."
#47
Red
4.0
(1)
"Anger of the gods, sweltering suns, blood moon."
#48
Circle of Flame
4.0
(1)
"I think circle of flame is great against nearly any token deck."
#49
Emeria, Sky Ruin
4.0
(1)
"Emeria, Sky Ruin seems like it should be an auto include, along with 1-2 springjack pasture."
#50
Trading Post
4.0
(1)
"If you can't fit Trading Post into the main, it might be worth trying in the side. It is an absolute swiss army knife."
#51
Declaration of Naught
4.0
(1)
"Declaration of Naught (and other early counterspells), bounce effects, fight effects, and cheap targeted red and/or green removal."
#52
Wrath of God
4.0
(1)
"Pretty much any sweeper will do. Protection won't shield Animar from Wrath of God."
#53
Merciless Eviction
4.0
(1)
"Protection won't shield Animar from Merciless Eviction."
#54
Garruk
4.0
(1)
"Sundering growth post rotation, dryad militant, garruk caller of beast, pithing needle, ratchet bomb, and the tswarre comments.."
#55
White
4.0
(1)
"Stony silence, rest in peace, burrenton forge tender, Thalia guardian of thraben or aethersworn cannonist (both against storm), leonin arbiter."
#56
Boseiju
4.0
(1)
"Boseiju, especially if you can run wrenn and six."
#57
Confusion in the Ranks
3.0
(1)
"Another way to go is Confusion in the Ranks, but down that path lies madness."
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