Unfortunately, Fnm was canceled. But I played a couple matches for fun, a white aggro and u/w control. Aggro was tough round 1, but after side boarding lifebanes it was a quick game 2/3 for me. My opponent played celestial flares, and my final win was saccing a 15/15 lifebane zombie with Jarad.

U/W was actually the easiest games I’ve played so far. Game 1 went a little long but I wore him out with troll/nighthowler. Game 2 I sideboarded in the usual but kept nemesis. I ended up putting 7 creatures in the gy by turn 4, and had two in hand. Pithing needle stopped his win conditions, and he wasn’t able to sphinx’s rev through the damage.

My favorite game was against a G/R monsters deck. He got me down to 7 before I was able to stabilize the board, but then we were at an impasse. Mybiggest card was a nemesis/nighthowler, but I hadn’t even done any damage to him. I had a herald in hand but knew I couldnt survive more than one swing. I top deck a grisly salvage, cross my fingers, put 2 creatures into the graveyard, tap all my mana dorks and mana to bestow herald, monstrous nemesis, swing for 20.

Before this I was playing this with +2 Deathrite Shaman, +2 Whip of Erebos, -2 Ultimate Price, -1 Shadowborn Demon, -1 Elvish Mystic. I thought I would miss Whip and Shaman but I felt like having them out of the deck smoothed out my draws and made the deck a tiny bit more consistent. The Ultimate Prices were definitely awesome and took out big troublemakers like Scavenging Ooze/Demon/Thundermaw during game ones which made the respective matches all that much easier. The Lifebanes out of the board were also really effective and the third Golgari Charm was a welcome addition.

Really nice article, especially for someone like myself who has just come back to the game and can make full use if the extra sideboard information. Thanks again!

great! let me know how it goes

I’m playing this deck for FNM tonight, excited to see how it goes! Thanks for this article – sideboarding is an artform I’m still wrapping my head around.