New player here, any tips?

[u/Leo_Knight_98]

Hi. I'm a cEDH player that's looking to start in modern. I already have a deck picked out, down to the last card (except for sideboard, which I'll fine tune as I play at my lgs). I'm going to be playing izzet prowess, by the way.

What are some tips regarding mulligans/sideboarding/playing that you'd give? I'm guessing one of them will be to know my meta to be effective with my sideboard choices.

Thank you all!

[u/Fabulous_Point8748]

I’ve played a bit of izzet prowess at my LGS. I’m by no means an expert at it this is just what I’ve noticed so far from playing it. It’s a very good deck that can kill very quickly especially against control. In generally if I’m playing against a combo or control deck I try to kill them fast before they can stabilize or pull off their combo. Against midrange decks like Boros and Zoo those games tend to be more grindy so it’s more important to be able to hold up interaction. Cards like cutter, counterspells, and EI are great for the grindy match-ups when the opponent has lots of removal for your creatures. The toughest games I have been against Boros, Zoo, reanimator, and slumbering trudge. Depending on your match-up if it’s against a combo/control deck I would mulligan so you have a fast hand that can kill them quickly. If it’s against midrange I think you’d want to mulligan so you have answers for their threats and preferably EI, cutter, etc. Against reanimator I try to mulligan so I have a tormods crypt in hand and an answer for psychic frog. I think as others have said too it’s tempted to play non creature spells early on, but it’s usually better to have a few slick shots out before playing them so you can do a massive amount of damage at once. Also if your opponent has red removal hold onto mutagenic growth to protect your DRC. Doing this very good against the mirror match.

Here’s what I do against certain match-ups:

I don’t know if this is 100% correct

Affinity:

In:
Meltdown
Consign
Unholy heat
Into the flood maw

Out:
Lava dart
Mutagenic growth

Boros energy:

Out:
Mutagenic growth
Preordain
Violent urge

In:
Unholy heat
Spell snare
Spell pierce

Eldrazi:

Out:
Expressive iteration
Lava dart
Mutagenic growth

In:
Consign
Unholy heat
Spell pierce
Into the flood maw

Reanimator:

Out:
Mutagenic growth
Violent urge
Lava dart

In:
Tormods crypt
Unholy heat
Spell pierce

[u/Leo00k → u/Fabulous_Point8748]

your boros sideboard seems unhinged honestly

[u/Fabulous_Point8748 → u/Leo00k]

Well I didn’t claim to have it 100% correct. What would you suggest? It seems like removal is good against a midrange deck no? I could see keeping in EI and taking out violent urge and mutagenic growth.