Cathartic Pyre is a flexible card that can work as target removal and as a card draw with discard synergy
That means bigger numbers, more consistency, and a better chance of triggering high-value results on other cards
By playing this card early in the game you have the opportunity to slam your creatures without fearing your opponent playing board wipes
Although this will not be a sideboard guide but more a how to play each matchup, I do have a short sideboard guide against most decks in Modern that you can find here
Thanks to Contender's enter the battlefield trigger, we are able to select the best Knight, Aura, Equipment, or legendary artifact card from the top five of our deck and add it to our hand
(2025-06-06) If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs