Abzan Life in the Kitchen

Modern GrandRoyal

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GrandRoyal says... #1

Chasmolinker Yea! I love anguished unmaking as a card but as you said, can't find anything to cut for it. Even in sideboard.... It's funny you suggest it cause I actually used to have it in sideboard too but not listed on this site cause I was still figuring it out! :P Thanks for the suggestion!

April 27, 2017 12:58 p.m.

Chasmolinker says... #2

Any time! Cool deck. I'm glad Eldritch Evolution finally has a home.

April 27, 2017 1:15 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #3

Chasmolinker Thanks for saying that! Means a lot to me! I have a ton of updating to do on the description though! Also, I just noticed after visiting your profile right now that you had created that Jund Midrange deck! I up-voted it earlier while browsing other decks and didn't even notice it was the same person that commented on my deck! lol Love your deck! :P I was play testing it against mine a couple days ago haha

April 27, 2017 1:35 p.m.

Chasmolinker says... #4

Nice. I finally got to play it at my LGS yesterday. It didn't do so great, but I also played some fast decks. Tron and scapeshift. I will test out your deck and see what happens. Abzan is really powerful right now.

April 27, 2017 1:41 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #5

Ahh yea fair enough. Midrange really hurts against those decks...I have had soooo much trouble with scapeshift with this deck. I think it's pretty much just a loss unless I can gain infinite life before they do what scapeshift does... Then again, haven't played this updated version of my deck at my lgs...

April 27, 2017 2:08 p.m.

Chasmolinker says... #6

I like the addition of Thragtusk. Really helps in the grindy match-ups. I did some testing with it and the matches could have probably gone either way. Pretty grindy. Grafdigger's Cage locked out the combos in the deck. Didn't get any of the Reclamation Sages or the 2 Abrupt Decay after board. I think Painful Truths or some type of card advantage is needed for match-ups like Jund or Grixis where discard is prevalent. I got stuck in topdeck mode pretty quickly and drew into lands, thragtusk, and a couple of birds. I might try it against my eldrazi build, (I'll have to re-add it to my profile). It's definitely got what it takes. Abzan/Jund/Grixis matches are always really close.

April 27, 2017 2:33 p.m. Edited.

GrandRoyal says... #7

Yea, that's what I was finding too when I play tested with your deck. It was extremely grindy... card draw would definitely help a ton but I have no clue where I'd fit it in.... Also yea, holy I totally forgot about how much Grafdigger's Cage hurts this deck...

April 27, 2017 3:07 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #8

That is good to hear for sure though! Side question, did you get color locked? I haven't changed up lands since update so need to figure out how much I need to do so.

April 27, 2017 3:16 p.m.

Chasmolinker says... #9

Reclamation Sage and/or Abrupt Decay would have done the job had I drawn one in time. What do you usually side out? If you keep siding out a certain card I would drop it for some sort of card advantage. Nothing jumps out at the moment besides maybe IoK or Thoughtseize

April 27, 2017 3:23 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #10

Good point! Uhm hmm.... Man hard choice, I guess putting in Dark Confidant would work? or like Phyrexian Arena (Not sure if modern legal...)?

April 27, 2017 4:42 p.m.

Chasmolinker says... #11

Yeah they work too. Bob has skyrocketed in price a bit. I got mine for $30 ea. I think he's at $40-45 now

April 27, 2017 8:07 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #12

Yea... Bob is like $48 now... But like it'd be useful to have him in the deck...

April 27, 2017 8:17 p.m.

nuts4tennis13 says... #13

Chord of Calling might be good in the deck.

May 5, 2017 12:06 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #14

nuts4tennis13 I do like chord and that it is an instant but by using it I lose the utility that sacing some of my creatures provides. I will keep it in mind when play testing for sure though to see what situations it'd be better in and when I'd prefer it over Evo! Thanks for the suggestion!

May 10, 2017 9:57 a.m.

Chasmolinker says... #15

Nice Job with this. Thanks for the shout out!

May 11, 2017 6:21 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #16

Chasmolinker Thank you! and thanks a ton for the help!

May 13, 2017 11:55 a.m.

Shay789 says... #17

June 3, 2017 9:51 a.m.

I like it. I run an almost similar list, it's angel chord. Why not run Chord of Calling? Since you're gunning for a toolbox style of play. You run enough bodies to make it viable.

June 13, 2017 8:59 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #19

Shay789 The reason I'm using evo is because it helps to give value out of the creatures that want to be sacrificed and also because it lets me search for exactly the card I want instead of hoping it's in the top 6 cards. I've found when playing this deck that it's more helpful to get the right answer to an opposing deck than to flood and hope for combo pieces or rhinos.

Heretic_Dragoon Glad you like it! Chord is awesome and I love the card. I haven't done enough testing with it but losing the sac effect hurts a little with this deck as it leaves only Viscera Seer to sac my creatures. That said, using Chord would up the amount of cards that Witness could hit... Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely do more testing with it!

June 14, 2017 1:39 p.m.

Penthoplayer says... #20

Have you tested Dark Confidant? It might be bad because of your curve, but since you gain life it might work.

July 3, 2017 10:37 a.m.

GrandRoyal says... #21

Penthoplayer Good idea! I will definitely try it out, I've been looking for a way to get some card draw in the deck and that would definitely do the job! Thanks for the suggestion!

July 3, 2017 10:50 a.m.

Penthoplayer says... #22

No problem. I'd usually advocate for the lesser-known Dark Tutelage instead, but you are going for creatures, and your curve is already questionably high.

July 3, 2017 2:07 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #23

Penthoplayer Thats fair, I've been thinking about using Phyrexian Arena actually but I dont know what I'd swap out for it... I think I really need the card draw though so maybe it'd be in as a 2 of and I take out maybe 2 of Finks or Voice of Resurgence or maybe 1 of each?

July 3, 2017 2:21 p.m.

Penthoplayer says... #24

Obzedat should come out regardless. 5 mana, including double of two colors in a three color deck is a bit much. It's also why I think Tutelage is better than Arena. In 3+ colors, it's better to have lower colored requirements.

July 3, 2017 2:51 p.m.

GrandRoyal says... #25

Penthoplayer Yea that's fair, he is back out. I just love the card lol... Tutelage is certainly much easier to cast and I do have a decent amount of lifegain but the getting hit by a 5 cmc card is gonna hurt with it. I'll try out both Tutelage and Arena and see how each works out. It'll be interesting to see if the 1 less black for more life cost is gonna be more of a pay off or not. This deck is mostly 1 and 3 drops so the life loss should be fine. Question is... how many and what do I take out? Maybe running 3 and taking out 2 Voice and 1 Finks or vice versa?

July 10, 2017 1:36 p.m.

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