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Wizards of the Coast just announced some big changes to sideboarding in Magic: The Gathering, but the changes only apply to "best-of-five" matches on Sundays of each Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour and for the card game's World Championships, beginning with Pro Tour Shadows of Innistrad. Players can only sideboard cards after game two, so they'll have to wait until game three to board-in or board-out cards.

This is good news for players whose decks can be completely wiped by sideboard cards. Decks like Affinity, Goreo's Vengeance, and Dredge that can take a hard beating after the game one will now have increased win rate in the second game.

So what do you think about these changes? I know this only applies to players who make it to the Pro Tour Top 8's, but some players have already criticized this change online. So what do you think about these change? Do you think it makes the matches more balance?