Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #161 – Playtest Sideboarded, Damnit!
The art of sideboarding is elusive. The metagame evolves at a startling rate, and there are enough different archetypes across all formats to make everyone happy. However, this is not an excuse for us to ignore the sideboard altogether. In the first part of a two-part series, Peter stresses the importance of testing those sideboarded games, and supplies practical examples to prove his point.
Years ago, I was part of a team of pros practicing for upcoming events. We would take sixty random commons, then write a half dozen decklists on the…
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