Before we go to the sideboard guide section, let’s focus on the environment Belcher is fighting right now and how it affects deckbuilding.
How Belcher should react to current metagame shifts?
In the last few weeks, we didn’t get any new cards that could impact the metagame. All the changes are the result of players finding more efficient builds of certain archetypes and others trying to adapt to beat the most popular decks in the format. I tried to summarise the most important factors that have shaped top Modern archetypes in the last month and what they mean for Belcher players.
Murktide - the evolution of the archetype continues, as players still haven’t settled on how the deck should be built after the printing of Ledger Shredder. That’s why at the same time there are unchanged lists with four Dragon’s Rage Channelers, ones that have replaced them with Ledger Shredders and hybrid versions that play both. From Belcher’s perspective, the more expensive creatures are played in Murktid...