Abzan Saprolings

Standard BGW (Abzan, Junk) Saproling

CharlesChinigan

Land (21)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 5x Forest
• 2x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Plains
• 2x Sunpetal Grove
• 4x Swamp
• 2x Temple Garden
• 2x Woodland Cemetery

Creature (19)

• 2x Poison-Tip Archer
• 3x Slimefoot, the Stowaway
• 4x Sporecrown Thallid
• 4x Tendershoot Dryad
• 3x Trostani Discordant
• 3x Yavimaya Sapherd

Instant (6)

• 3x Fungal Infection
• 3x Spore Swarm

Sorcery (9)

• 4x Flower / Flourish
• 1x Gruesome Fate
• 4x Saproling Migration

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Fungal Plots
• 3x Song of Freyalise

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 2x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 2x Shield Mare

Artifact (2)

• 2x Sorcerous Spyglass

Instant (5)

• 3x Cast Down
• 2x March of the Multitudes

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Citywide Bust

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Seal Away

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Vraska, Golgari Queen
• 1x Vraska, Relic Seeker

Instant (1)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy

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I was looking at my old saproling deck and was thinking of how to upgrade it with the newer sets. My thought was that the best way to get these sappy bois back up and going was to throw some selesnya action into here!

The Tokens

So our main token generators are going to be Saproling Migration and Spore Swarm. These two cards immediately put creatures onto the board giving us a threat, or in a bad situation, creatures to block with. We also have some late game options in Tendershoot Dryad and Fungal Plots. These both provide us with ways to not slow down and keep up a strong offense/defense. Tendershoot Dryad can also be a way to close up the early game by boosting our team when Song of Freyalise ultimates.

The Lords

The main reason for adding white to this deck was for the lord and boosting effects. The added benefit of having Trostani Discordant gives us a way to more consistently pump our creatures and the lifegain on the side from the soldiers can also be very beneficial. Of course there are the same sappy lords as the other decks with Sporecrown Thallid and deck:Tendershoot Dryad. Sporecrown Thallid is a way to boost up the majority of your team and has a very low CMC making it easy to cast most times. Tendershoot Dryad is an amazing way to close out a game. A constant +2/+2 effect is extremely powerful. The way it makes tokens is also amazing for building a boardstate after only a couple turns.

The Killing Blow

Like the Tier 1 selesnya tokens deck, our goal is to go wider than our opponent can handle and then buff the team with cards like Flower / Flourish so we can finish them off in one go. We even have the death triggers from Slimefoot, the Stowaway and Poison-Tip Archer that can let us simply kill our opponents by creating creatures in response to a board wipe.

The Ideal Play

I'm not sure what the ideal setup for this deck is, but I think it would go something like this. Turn 1. Shock Land Tapped Turn 2. Land, Saproling Migration Turn 3. Land, card:Song of Freylise, Yavimaya Sapherd Turn 4. Land, Tendershoot Dryad, Slimefoot, the Stowaway Turn 5. Song of Freyalise ultimates, swing for 21 damage with trample, vigilance, and indestructible.

We also need to remember that this would be in the early game with one lord and one of our death trigger creatures on board. One more turn and this would be even crazier once we get more lords out there.

Conclusion

I personally think that this deck would be a good, more budget alternative to playing selesnya tokens. It seems to play consistently and has plenty of tribal synergies to compensate for the lack of cards like deck:Emmara, Soul of the Accord or deck:Venerated Loxodon.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 2 Mythic Rares 13 - 3 Rares 21 - 10 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	City's Blessing, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink