User blog comment:Haosking1234/United Knigdom ( England ) Buddy Challenge First place deck!!/@comment-1755882-20140702134004/@comment-1755882-20140702182453

No, that exactly is my definition of a sideboard. I harp on sideboards not being used properly all the time, but this is exactly my point. If a card is not important enough to even be run at 2 in the main deck, then its probably only there for specific situations. If that is the case, then that is a sideboard. If that ISN'T the case though, then it should be dropped altogether. The problem with running 1-ofs for Grandfather is not only is it gimmicky and completely unnecessary, but it weakens the deck overall. Let's say you were running just 6 different Wizard monsters at 3-4 each. You have reliable consistency at getting at least 1 copy of each of these different Wizards still, especially with Magic World's drawpower, that you can still easily get Grandfather Clock live. So, let's see. What if we turned Rody into a 2nd Jace Aldis, Albrecht into a 2nd Herb Magician, and...some random spell, perhaps a Key of Solomon...into a 2nd Hearty. We still have a total of 9 unique Wizards, and a whole lot more consistency with getting the higher quality ones.