MTG Salvation

Gabriel Nassif writeup for RB:

https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/a-guide-to-black-red-hollow-one-in-modern/

If you didn't catch Team Modern Super League this week on Twitch, Gabriel Nassif wrecked several other pros with RB.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/238497097

Sideboarding too much is definitely something I've struggled with. I would definitely be helped by hearing about others experience with what to bring in because a lot of the sideboard cards seem relevant in matchups where they're not necessarily optimal. I'm on the RB version. Running through some of the top decks (this is not authoritative; it's just brainstorming):

Tron
Relevant: Blood Moon, Ancient Grudge
Out: Bolt? It doesn't answer any threats, but it speeds up the clock by going to the dome.
My sense is that Grudge is too cute. +2 Moons; -2 Bolts

Humans
Relevant: Blood Moon, Grim Lavamancer, Ancient Grudge, Fatal Push
Out: Nothing is bad, but Brutality is probably worst card.
Fatal Push comes in for sure. Moon is probably too slow and is hurt by Aether Vial. +2 Push; -2 Brutality.

GDS
Relevant: Blood Moon, Big Game Hunter, Fatal Push, Leyline
Out: Probably Brutality, and maybe Burning Inquiry does help their game plan
Not confident at all about this one. BGH for sure. Push probably. Leyline (shuts down snapcaster, tasigur & angler) and Moon (very vulnerable mana base) can be powerful, but I don't know. I also don't know how they side for us. My guess: +2 BGH, +2 Push; -2 Brutality, -2 Inquiry

Burn
Relevant: Fatal Push, Grim Lavamancer
Out: Street Wraith does Burn's work for them
+2 Push, +2 Lavamancer, -4 Wraith

Affinity
Relevant: Ancient Grudge, Blood Moon, Fatal Push, Grim Lavamancer
Out: ?
Do we actually become the control deck here? I have no idea what the best strategy is here.

Jeskai Control
Relevant: Blood Moon, Leyline
Out: ?
Just standing pat seems right to me.

Eldrazi Tron
Relevant: Blood Moon, Big Game Hunter, Fatal Push, Ancient Grudge, Collective Brutality
Out: Bolt
Grudge and Moon seem essential. After that, not sure. +2 Grudge, +2 Moon, +2 BGH; -4 Bolt, -2 Bloodghast

Storm
Relevant: Collective Brutality, Fatal Push, Leyline
Out: ?
I know I want to bring Brutality and Push in. I think Leyline is probably pretty good. But I have no idea what to take out. Maybe thin on creatures? A guess: +1 Brutality, +2 Push, +3 Leyline; -2 Angler, -2 Phoenix, -2 Goblin Lore

Dredge
Relevant: Leyline
Out: Brutality isn't great, but neither is Burning Inquiry which may help them as much as it helps us.
+3 Leyline; -2 Brutality, -1 Inquiry

Titan Shift
Relevant: Brutality, Big Game Hunter
Out: Bolt
+1 Brutality, +2 BGH; -3 Bolt

Mardu Pyromancer
Relevant: Fatal Push, Grim Lavamancer, Leyline
Out: ?
I haven't played this matchup yet, and I'm really not confident about what to do.

Traverse Shadow
Relevant: Leyline, Blood Moon, Fatal Push, Big Game Hunter
Out: Their threats get out of range of Bolt pretty fast, but they are vulnerable to direct damage.
Another one that I am very unsure about. I want to bring in +3 Leyline, +2 Moon, +2 Push, +2 BGH. They all seem very good. But I have no idea how to take out 9 cards from the deck. Maybe remove the Street Wraiths because they have such a fast clock that we don't want to help them? They frequently operate from an empty hand, so maybe Brutality isn't that good?

Mirror
Relevant: Leyline, Fatal Push, Big Game Hunter, Ancient Grudge
Out: Brutality, Bolt isn't great, Inquiry helps them
All of our options are situationally good, but imperfect. Not sure if Leyline is worth it, but I'll go: +2 BGH, +3 Leyline; -2 Brutality, -2 Inquiry, -1 Wraith

Hey everyone. A friend from the Lantern Discord was asking me if I could make a spreadsheet that tracks the deck's performance, like I've done with Lantern. Got it mostly set up, but it could definitely use some more game data. I talked to him about maybe contacting you all to see if you would be interested in all working together to enter data so that you all could benefit. Anyways, here's the link for it. It's relatively easy to input data and have it calculate everything. Unless he gives all of you editing access, you'll have to create a copy and edit that to input your own data. I'll be standing by if any help is needed, and I hope you all find it useful!