The Grace of Heron: Abzan Humans

Standard* Aggro BGW (Abzan, Junk) Humans Lifegain Midrange

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Creature (25)

• 2x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 4x Heron's Grace Champion
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 4x Lone Rider  ^Flip
• 2x Restoration Gearsmith
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 2x Thalia's Lieutenant
• 4x Thraben Inspector
• 2x Tireless Tracker
• 2x Verdurous Gearhulk

Land (24)

• 3x Canopy Vista
• 2x Concealed Courtyard
• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 9x Plains
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 2x Swamp

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Always Watching
• 4x Stasis Snare

Instant (5)

• 2x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Blessed Alliance
• 2x Eerie Interlude

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fragmentize

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 2x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Sigarda, Heron's Grace
• 2x Verdurous Gearhulk

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls

Instant (2)

• 2x Eerie Interlude

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fragmentize

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Maybeboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Fairgrounds Warden
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Hamlet Captain
• 1x Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip
• 1x Linvala, the Preserver
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Veteran Cathar

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Land (1)

• 1x Blooming Marsh

Instant (2)

• 2x Anguished Unmaking

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Mid range aggro deck that utilizes mostly Green & White with splash of black consisting mostly permanents particularly humans alongside bomb rare good stuff.So far, during 2 tournaments it has not lost a match. 2 Draws, but one of the draws would have been a win if it had 1 more attack phase.

The early goal of this deck is to get a lone rider out & flip it to 4/4 lifelink, firststrike, trample as soon as you can. The most common way to do this is by flashing in Heron's Grace Champion on turn 4 on either attack step or flashing him in on defense block. Thalia's Lieutenant, Always watching, Blessed Alliance, Verdurous Gearhulk, or at worst multiple Lone riders can also trigger the effect. Verdurous Gearhulk on Lone Rider can often result in an 8/8 first strike, lifelink, trample Lone Rider. his deck was built in mind to defeat R/W aggro decks, but has the ability to go longer by winning races. Eerie Interlude is quite important to avoid board wipes and give good advantages from cards such as Verdurous Gearhulk, Thalia's Lieutenant, Thraben Inspector, and restoration Gearsmith.

Kambal, Consul of Allocation has been star against control & combo (such as Aetherworks Marvel decks).

Note: this is with cards that I own, mana base has room for improvement. My top 2 cards to consider adding would probably be thalia, heretic cathar, and hanweir, militia captain. Maybe by dropping Authority of the Consuls & Duskwatch Recruiter.

Note: looking forward to adding the new Ajani into this deck or side board when the next set, Aether Revolt gets released as there is only 4 non-permanents as of this build.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	UR
Splash colors	B
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 9 Mythic Rares 21 - 5 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Clue, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Knight Ally 2/2 W