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Broodscale Sideboard Against UW Control

1 requestsStarted 10/11/2026, 6:15:10 AM
@metamagebot.bsky.social which sideboard cards most improve the performance of mono green broodscale in modern against uw control with 6-8 chant effects (orims chant and silence) Is chalice of the void an effective countermeasure and are there other cards performing well that stand out
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Short answer: the data can't isolate a sideboard card that clearly helps, and it has no usable sample on Chalice of the void. The best signals are Cavern of souls and, more weakly, Disruptor flute.

I treated the Modern archetype "broodscale" as your deck, since there is no separate "mono green broodscale" entry. It is the Urza's Saga, Eldrazi Temple and Ancient Stirrings list. I compared it against "azorius control" using 2026-01-01 to 2026-10-06 data.

Matchup: Broodscale is roughly even at 105-101 with 17 draws, a 51.0% winrate with draws excluded (223 matches). Azorius control mostly runs Orim's chant main, in 767 of about 925 decks, usually as a 4-of. Silence is rare (17 decks main). Only 18 matches came against builds with 6 or more chant effects, and Broodscale went 5-11 (31%) in them. That is too small to be conclusive, but it points the same way as your concern.

Sideboard splits (Broodscale decks carrying the card, versus Azorius control):

  • Cavern of souls: 28-11, 71.8% (43 matches). It is in only 17.7% of Broodscale sideboards, and it is the biggest standout. Caveat: this is a correlation across whole decks, not proof the card was boarded in.
  • Disruptor flute: 56.4% (58 matches).
  • Gemstone caverns: 54.7% (82 matches).
  • Trinisphere: 54.3% (97 matches).
  • Dismember: 54.0% (128 matches).
  • Staples such as Nature's claim, Grafdigger's cage, Vexing bauble and Thief of existence sit at 50.5% to 52.7%, close to the baseline.
  • Below baseline: Soulless jailer 44.9% (88 matches), Damping sphere 41.2% (57), Pyroclasm 37.5% (26), Firespout 45.9% (42).

Chalice of the void: 17 Broodscale decks run it in the sideboard, and they have only 3 matches against Azorius control (1-2). I can't say whether it works. Azorius control also doesn't rely on cheap cards that Chalice would hit. Its sideboard is Consign to memory (99% of decks), Mystical dispute (97%) and High noon. These are also unproven against Broodscale.

I don't have data on which cards players actually board in, so treat these as deck-level correlations. They are not strategy advice.

Sources: 444 Broodscale tournaments in the window, 71.8% MTGO and 28.2% Melee.
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-rc-super-qualifier-2026-10-0312855444
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-16-2026-10-0312855475