Abzany 2: gideon's revenge

Standard BGW (Abzan, Junk)

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Creature (21)

• 4x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 4x Den Protector
• 3x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 4x Siege Rhino
• 4x Warden of the First Tree
• 1x Wingmate Roc

Planeswalker (4)

• 4x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Land (26)

• 2x Canopy Vista
• 3x Flooded Strand
• 2x Forest
• 2x Llanowar Wastes
• 2x Plains
• 4x Shambling Vent
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 4x Windswept Heath
• 4x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Silkwrap

Instant (9)

• 3x Abzan Charm
• 4x Dromoka's Command
• 2x Murderous Cut

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Silkwrap

Instant (4)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 2x Surge of Righteousness
• 1x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (7)

• 3x Duress
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 2x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Transgress the Mind

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Refined abzan deck resulting from trading lilanna's from my previous build into a playset of gideons.

As of 11/7/2015 this is a PPTQ Winning deck list for me, going 8 match wins- zero losses with only 1 game dropped in the process.

Evolutionary charms were cut from the board as vs abzan, they just eat dromoka's for little value.

A deep removal suite fills in any gaps with abzan charms, dromoka's command, ruinous path and more exile options out of the sideboard.

Any of the primary threat's sticking can close out the game as well as the oft ignored Managorger (i started running him after every single player i dropped him against groaned.)

a playset of den protectors to throw under the bus early and potentially recur late for card advantage.

Dromoka's command gives me a little help in beating the red deck match one by shutting off burn spells in response. Dragonlord Dromoka out of the board and disruption for control decks.

Enough instant speed removal to hold the temer combo at bay, but can have trouble with atarka red. Murderous cut is key for the combo matchup. Hold it with one black open for a blow out. Languish is too slow a wiper to bother with which means we just need to have enough lifelink to stabilize or we bite it.

Boarding for matches was done on a deck by deck basis, but some of my tech includes taking out gideons and hangerbacks: When the deck is too fast for gideon to be more then a 2/2 for 4 mana, hangerbacks when they lean on stasis/silkwrap. If they hit my other creatures, dromka's blows them out badly.
Tragic arrogance for the mirror. Let your abzan opponent overcommit then punish hard. Beats wingmate roc.Instant speed removal for aggro, of course. Dromoka, Tasigur, and Sorin for the grindy matchups, (sometimes brought in for mirror) and then duress/trangress for combo (temur, Rally, control)

I'd like to find room for Hallowed moonlight in the sideboard, as a spike combo deck based on rally/husk/cutthroat pushed my deck to the limit, but uncertain if it will be a metadeck i need to worry about.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 2 Mythic Rares 37 - 4 Rares 6 - 6 Uncommons 0 - 3 Commons
Cards	61
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	Bird 3/4 W, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Morph 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Vampire 2/2 B
Based on	Abzany gravitygroove STD