I have observed that sideboard suggestions are not likely recommended as part of the Magic: the Gathering Standard deck tech videos I have seen on Youtube. Some of these vloggers may lightly discuss it, others do a thorough card-by-card analysis, and the rest are just there showing the list, and that is it. Their suggestions may appear to be archetype specific, but the general sideboard strategy is missed in the discussion.
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The chances, I always aim for the chances. That is maybe the main reason why I still stick to opening booster packs such as set boosters from old release sets as I am on the main objective on that: the chance to open the good cards, Wandering Emperor, Meathook Massacre, etc. Going with the calculations, the chances of Mythics in a booster box is already low enough, much more on the specific card such as those mentioned.
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The opening of the Magic: the Gathering Set Booster packs on live sell is still ongoing for me despite our Standard card pool in almost 100% complete. This might be on testing my luck despite some of these other cards being already available and on hand. Maybe with the chance of selling them to the other players in the community? Or just to collect the extras in preparation for the next Standard rotation? Or maybe it is just The List cards in these set booster packs that I am trying to hit?
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This is one of my current dilemmas for MTG Iloilo. The current scenario of recruiting new players to join the community is quite a challenge. This is mainly because of the lack of public events such as the hobby conventions wherein we can present the TCG and hold a learn-to-play session to teach them the basic game rules. As of this posting, I have not yet heard of a local event dedicated entirely to hobbies and scheduled for the rest of the year.
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The Magic: The Gathering Arena is a good platform for beginners of the game especially to the young players to get familiar with the rules and gameplay in an interactive environment. The devs also has been providing free redemption codes for its player users to be able to gain free items such as card cosmetics, and booster packs in-game. The usual method to get more cards and to increase your card pool is to do the daily quests, grind match wins and participate in online tournaments.
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Opening some new Magic: the Gathering products is like opening a box of chocolates (with reference to the movie Forrest Gump). What is exciting is not only having the chance to open the good chased Rares and Mythics for Standard gameplay use, but also having the probability of revealing some money-worthy List cards they included in the Set Booster packs. I have experienced it from FB live sells of game stores where you have them choose which packs to open on the box.
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