Abzan Grief Rites

Modern BGW (Abzan, Junk)

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Land (23)

• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Brushland
• 3x Caves of Koilos
• 4x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 2x Fetid Heath
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 3x Llanowar Wastes
• 2x Plains
• 2x Razorverge Thicket
• 2x Swamp

Creature (15)

• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 4x Grief
• 3x Priest of Fell Rites
• 1x Serra's Emissary
• 3x Siege Rhino
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Timeless Dragon

Sorcery (14)

• 4x Persist
• 2x Profane Tutor
• 3x Smallpox
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 4x Unmarked Grave

Instant (8)

• 2x Bitter Triumph
• 4x Ephemerate
• 2x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Creature (9)

• 3x Blade Splicer
• 1x Callous Bloodmage
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 3x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Siege Rhino

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Damn
• 2x Prismatic Ending

Artifact (1)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Touch the Spirit Realm

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Maybeboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Angel of Sanctions
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Gnarled Professor
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Grief
• 1x Hidden Horror
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Loxodon Hierarch
• 1x Ox of Agonas
• 1x Woodcaller Automaton

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Collective Brutality
• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Duress
• 1x Lingering Souls

Land (2)

• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair

Instant (3)

• 1x Fracture
• 1x Mythos of Nethroi
• 1x Undying Evil

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A hybrid version of Griefblade and Esper reanimator in the Abzan colors. Why? Because Abzan, and more important because Rhino.

In the early game the deck tries to protect the gameplan with handdisruption. After that it tries to get big beaters with good ETB in the yard and reanimate them with low(er) cmc spells. If the opponent tries to snipe the beater you can protect it with ephemerate /rebirth, and doing so you gain some extra value out of the ETB.

If the opponents exiles your yard its not that difficult to hardcast Rhino and use that as a beater. I mean 5 mana for a 4/5 trample with drain 9 sounds pretty deece.

The mana base is "budget" so a few fetches, shocks, triomes and Flagstones will improve the deck a bit, but this will do fine for now.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 35 - 9 Rares 12 - 4 Uncommons 0 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Elephant 3-3 G, Energy Reserve, Pest 1/1 BG, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Timeless Dragon 4/4 B
Folders	Abzan