Abzan Budget-ish Lifegain/Counters (Standard MTG Deck)

Abzan Budget-ish Lifegain/Counters

Standard BGW (Abzan, Junk) Lifegain Midrange

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Creature (23)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (22)

Enchantment (2)

2x Banishing Light

Artifact (2)

2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (10)

Sideboard

Creature (5)

Instant (6)

Sorcery (4)

This is a budget deck at the moment. I may wind up with a bit of store credit for a buylist I'm bringing with me to FNM, so I may be able to swing a few non-budget cards, but not 100% certain what I want to add here.

The idea of the deck is to put out and protect my Pridemates and/or Phalanx Leaders, so that I have the versatility to either build up one big creature (against removal-light decks) or build the army up all together (to make the spot-removal a bit less effective). Either way, I use the Wall of Limbs for early protection and as a late-game finisher, to push those last few points of damage through. Lifegain plus Hardened Scales = 2 counters on Pridemates and Wall of Limbs.

I'm fairly positive my first target here would be another Siege Rhino or 2, but Coursers also seem to fit the deck well. No fetchlands, though, so I can't really take full advantage of the Coursers.

I want to find a way to put in some protection against boardwipes, but not sure how here. Maybe Ephemeral Shields? But then that will likely force me to remove either the Gods Willing or the Feat of Resistance, both great ways to pump and give some evasion.

Haven't had much chance to playtest this yet, taking it out for it's first run tomorrow night. Any suggestions you can give me would be helpful. Still working out the sideboard, so suggestions on that would also be appreciated.

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First outing, 2-2 — Nov. 8, 2014

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Got a 4th Rhino, 2 Wingmate Rocs, 2 Fleecemane Lions and a bunch of scrylands, as a result of a buylist I put together of some of my old Commander cards. I went 2-2 last night in my first ever Standard tournament, and decided that the deck was a little scattered in its current form, so I focused the deck a bit more, increased several cards to 4-ofs, and eliminated the things that weren't working for me last night. Wall of Limbs is a good card, but really only great against control matchups, late-game, so I moved those to the sideboard. Still a work in progress. Further suggestions would be wonderful.

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Revision 4 See all

(10 years ago)

-1	Abzan Charm	main
-1	Ajani's Pridemate	main
+1	Anafenza, the Foremost	main
+2	Back to Nature	side
-2	Dark Betrayal	side
+2	Deicide	side
-1	Drown in Sorrow	side
+4	Elvish Mystic	main
+1	Hushwing Gryff	side
-4	Nyx-Fleece Ram	main
-1	Revoke Existence	side
+1	Sorin, Solemn Visitor	main
-2	Spectra Ward	main
+1	Whip of Erebos	main

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 13 - 6 Rares 15 - 8 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	FNM Decks
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