![]() ![]() By its very nature, Disdainful Stroke takes tempo away from your opponent and hands it over to you. Stroke is a two-mana card that answers a card with mana value four or greater. This is because Disdainful Stroke's greatest asset lies in its ability to steal back tempo (the pace of played threats) from the opponent. However, most players aren't aware that you often want more copies of Disdainful Stroke in your deck when you're on the draw than when you're on the play. This counterspell is known to be a great sideboard card against control decks, since it is capable of countering the majority of a control deck's threats. This is one of the most difficult points in Magic for players to understand, but whether you're on the play or on the draw makes a huge difference on the efficacy of many cards.įor the sake of this example, let's consider Disdainful Stroke. The final and least understood point of properly building a great sideboard comes from adjusting your sideboard for being on the play as well as the draw. Then, consider what cards to include in your sideboard that you would like to pull in. It may seem counterintuitive, but it's best to start with what you're taking out when building a sideboard. It won't do you any good to put ten cards in your sideboard that are good against control, only to find out later that you've only got five cards in your mainboard that you want to pull out. This way, you know how many deck slots you have to sideboard with against a specific deck. In all cases, you have to find the happy medium between slotting in appropriate answers and threats, while still keeping intact your deck's original game plan.Īs opposed to throwing in all of the cards from your sideboard that are good in a specific matchup, we've found that it's better to first figure out the cards that are coming out. This is especially true in the case of combo decks that rely on a critical mass of combo pieces in order to win the game. The most painstaking part of sideboarding isn't putting cards into your deck it's taking them out. ![]()
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