Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Midrange Zerg

Modern BGW (Abzan, Junk) Competitive Discard Goodstuff Midrange Rock

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Land (24)

• 4x Field of Ruin
• 1x Forest
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 3x Hissing Quagmire
• 2x Marsh Flats
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Temple Garden
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 2x Verdant Catacombs
• 2x Windswept Heath

Creature (13)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 2x Knight of Autumn
• 3x Knight of the Reliquary
• 2x Scavenging Ooze
• 2x Siege Rhino
• 3x Tidehollow Sculler

Instant (10)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 4x Assassin's Trophy
• 4x Path to Exile
• 1x Settle the Wreckage

Sorcery (11)

• 2x Collective Brutality
• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Lingering Souls
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 3x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Veil

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 2x Knight of Autumn

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Artifact (1)

• 1x Damping Sphere

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Choke
• 3x Leyline of the Void
• 2x Stony Silence

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Liliana's Defeat
• 1x Thoughtseize

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Abzan Midrange Zerg

The idea

This deck utilizes the fact that most decks in modern don´t play that much basic lands.

The "give your opponent basics-cards" become better and better throughout the game and eventually become the best cards of their respective type:

• Field of Ruin becomes an upgraded Strip Mine
• Assassin's Trophy becomes an instantspeed Vindicate for only two mana
• Path to Exile becomes the best spotremoval ever printed
• Settle the Wreckage becomes an instantspeed Plague Wind for four mana

The problem

You can build Abzan in various ways. The usual way is to build a midrange-deck with cards like Tarmogoyf as the beater. Or you can put in some hateful creatures like Knight of Autumn. Grindy folks use cards like Lingering Souls for offense and defense.

The solution

This brought me to the glorious Abzan Triumvirate - one version for every playstyle.

Here I have chosen to play the good stuff version. We have the typical BG disruption suite, some heavy beaters with Knight of the Reliquary or Siege Rhino and utility creatures like the awesome Knight of Autumn, Tidehollow Sculler and Scavenging Ooze.

Hissing Quagmire should see way more play in my opinion. It is truly one of the best manlands ever printed. This version has not so many lopsided matchups like the other versions, but it can grind out a win against nearly every deck in the format, especially with its maindeck graveyard-, artifact- and burnhate.

Make Abzan great again!

Also make sure that you check out the two other decks of the triumvirate:

Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Token Beats

Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Planeswalker Control

Top Ranked	Achieved #54 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 3 Mythic Rares 34 - 9 Rares 17 - 3 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.19
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Planeswalker Control Eledain MDN