Tolarian Tutor: Sideboarding - A Magic: The Gathering Study Guide

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Ever since we started this series, we’ve received one topic request over and over and over again: Sideboarding. Well, we’re finally going to be discussing it in today’s episode of Tolarian Tutor, and hopefully start answering all of those questions you’ve been sending us.

We’ll go into what a sideboard is, what it can do for you, what to put in it and when to use it. We’ll cover some common mistakes players make when sideboarding, and ways you can level up your sideboarding skills in both limited and constructed formats.

This isn’t a beginning lesson in Magic: The Gathering, and this isn’t an advanced pro guide. This is for players who already know how to play, play regularly, and want to get better. This is Tolarian Tutor!

We generally know that sideboards are cards that you can “sub in” to your main deck after the first game of a round, and are meant to help you better answer your opponent’s deck based on what you’ve seen so far. Sideboards are often treated as the “B-Team”, the cards you bring in when your “A-Team” just isn’t quite getting there, our second string as it were.

However, a much more productive way of thinking about Sideboarding is using “The Elephant Method”, first introduced by Magic veteran Zuh-vee Mow--show--itz. To paraphrase, Zuh-vee advocates looking at your deck not as your “main board” versus your “sideboard”, but as a whole.
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I've been playing magic for 10 years and i still learned something from this. Thank you.

quentinscott
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I love you man, i live in a very small town (in Wyoming) and nobody here plays magic, most people haven't even heard of it. I have taught a few people to play but no one is really interested in it. I love watching your videos and its great to know that there is other people like me somewhere. thank you, keep up the good work.

mypenisisincrediblysmallbu
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I'd love to see a good explanation of the stack priority, particularly as it relates to decks like Storm that can be difficult to disrupt if you don't understand how effects trigger.

walkthebassline
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Nice, comprehensive video. The transformational sideboarding is a fun trick when the opponent isn’t expecting it!

MTGUnpacked
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One of the things i have the most trouble with, thanks professor.

Alexhandre
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Sorry I'm an hour late sir!
Oh wait...
It's an online class...

FallenAngelVeox
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Thank you for making this video!!! I have been confused sideboards that I have stayed away from it. I love this series

karymthekoolguy
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Maybe a segment on Winston Drafting? How it’s strategy differs from a regular draft?

gavinli
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I am new to this all. I just got my first deck and am binge watching all of your vids. They help me so much to get a better understaning of the game and just wanted to thank you for this.

tj
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Extremely useful video Professor, keep em coming :)

MadHatterTCGS
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Great addition to the list of courses! Ideas for the future - Deckbuilding going wide vs. narrow, mechanics that pair well together, lore and artwork. Keep up the good work Prof.

MB-uumu
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Really helpful prof. I knew most of this, but never knew about transformational sideboards. Keep up the good work!

MrInfernoblade
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Would love to see some videos on playing with 3 or more colours. Thanks!

johnsmodularjams
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Thank you! I finally understand what the sideboard is. Truly a great explanation.

Yoshtremendous
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Gratz Prof on 300k subs! Keep rocking it and soon u will surpass mtg 's official youtube channel sub count (318k now) soon :) I believe that u mentioned this as your next goal during a q&a and i really really want u to achieve this :D

Now about video request i would like to see one where u talk about bluffing in magic. How i can bluff that i have counter/removal and how i can tell if my opponent has or doesn't have counter/removal etc. Obviously the answer is dependant upon many many factors so i don't know if it can be answered properly.

kylesavage
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Excellent episode, as always. Thank you three for the episode.

Yakkosprite
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Keep the Tolarian Tutor series episodes coming. I think they are great!

RepublicanMetal
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This is the episode ive been waiting for! Sideboarding is something ive had such a difficult problem with haha i believe thats what motivated me to play more edh.
Im building a legacy deck right and have been looking for help. Thanks man

cheocordoba
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STOP STALKING ME!!! youve literally had the last few videos on the EXACT topic I needed. There is a pptq in my home town, and I really wanted these topics, thank you so much for being an amazing person! (Also I met someone the other day who knows you, that was pretty cool)

sethmasters
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This series is great! It feels as if I were taking an online course in MtG (though fun and engaging). Keep it up, please! :D

Also, I would totally love to see a similar series from you, but for Pokémon TCG. I just recently got back to playing Pokémon TCG (as a matter of fact, your reviews on some of its products did help me with this decision), and I have enjoyed it just as much as playing MtG. Of course, this would mean a heck of more research on Pokémon TCG on your part, and thus more work, so I would not expect to see such series anytime soon. However, with the possible upcoming 300K Q&A (by the way, congratulations!), it would be nice to hear whether you plan on adding more videos to your small collection of the Pokémon TCG playlist (any videos at all, not just for a tutor series). Consider this my suggestion for the Q&A.

Thank you, Professor, for all the content you offer to our community, and I sincerely hope your channel (and number of followers) keeps growing ever larger.

Ferraco