Key cards
The pieces that decide the matchup
Cards from each archetype that disproportionately determine the outcome. The full key-card lists live on each archetype primer.
Sideboard plan
How each side sideboards
Landstill brings [Meddling Mage](/cards/meddling-mage/) naming [Pernicious Deed](/cards/pernicious-deed/) and leans on [Dust Bowl](/cards/dust-bowl/) against the nonbasic mana base, trimming dead anti-aggro cards while keeping [Wrath of God](/cards/wrath-of-god/) for the threats and [Standstill](/cards/standstill/) that blanks their discard. The Rock sides in [City of Solitude](/cards/city-of-solitude/) and [Choke](/cards/choke/) to shut off instant-speed control, adds [Duress](/cards/duress/) to strip [Counterspell](/cards/counterspell/) and [Swords to Plowshares](/cards/swords-to-plowshares/), and cuts now-dead creature removal.
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