Quote Originally Posted by MadMaximus View Post
My sideboard strategy against maverick is basically:
- removing the whole stoneforge package
- removing a couple 'o' spell snares
- boarding in 2 path, 1 additional else, 2 wrath of god, 2 engineered explosives, 1 - 3 surgical extraction (depending on their build, mainly for punishing fire, when they have red splash, which is popular)

my problem with that:
I rely heavily on my planeswalkers to close the game and that's pretty slow...
So, I probably will get to game 3, but then I can't close the game, what do you think?
Should I consider boarding the stoneforge package back in after game 2?
Seems reasonable, ain't it?
Makes perfect sense. Removing all your artifacts to blank artifact hate is a good idea. However, against Mav, this might not be the highest value play, as their artifact hate is usually Qasali Pridemage and he's pretty useful in other situations. However, against decks like Zoo or RUG, this can be very powerful, as it will usually leave them with 2-3 dead cards, like Ancient Grudge or Krosan Grip.

Removing all my artifacts doesn't work for me, as I have Mishra's Factories, so they always have artifact targets, so I usually just leave in my SFM package.