Hello, and welcome to the December update to my sideboard guide for UR Murktide. As always, I like to start with my current recommended decklist:

You can find a downloadable copy of the decklist here.
 
If you’re new to UR, I strongly recommend checking out my four-parts primer first. You can find it here.
 
Metagame update
 
Modern constantly evolves. There are many possible factors responsible for such shifts - rise or fall of prominent archetypes, new printings, or ban announcements. Sometimes it’s a mix of the above - in the last few weeks, every single thing listed above has happened. With so many variables, it’s hard to pinpoint what’s the exact driving force behind those changes and what predictions to make moving forward. However, despite the difficulty of the task at hand, I’ll try to do my best and share my take on both the present and the somewhat immediate future of Modern.
First and foremost, let’s discuss the latest change on the Modern banlist - Yorion, S...