But the fear of it shouldn’t force you to always side in three Wear//Tears. Sure, sometimes you’ll lose to a random Leyline of the Void that somehow got into the sideboard of the deck that usually doesn’t play it. In my opinion, in Dredge it’s better to not side in something that’s maybe good, but you are not 100% sure than to add something that’s not absolutely necessary.

There’s also a huge threat of oversideboarding. If you feel that the hate is covered, or you can just overpower it with what you have in the maindeck, then you can start thinking about hating the opponent’s strategy. That’s why our sideboard should always prioritize answering to the opponent’s hate first. We are simply forced to do our thing over and over again. It’s also so dedicated to its main gameplan that we can’t pivot into something different after game one. Dredge is an aggro-combo deck that’s designed to get a critical mass of threats early in the game. When building and using a sideboard in Dredge, it’s also important to understand how sideboarding affects the deck’s main gameplan. The secondary purpose is to do what regular sideboard cards should do – answer opponents’ key cards or strategies, but it’s more of collateral damage than the main reason why the card is here.

Its main use is to neutralize opponents’ hate cards. Introductionĭredge’s sideboard is nothing spectacular in the combo world. If you want to check out more of my Dredge content, check this link. If you are new here, don’t forget to check our Discord Channel.

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