Blindside - The Art of War

Pioneer* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Competitive Tempo

Caedere

Creature (21)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 3x Fleecemane Lion
• 1x Reaper of the Wilds
• 4x Skylasher
• 4x Soldier of the Pantheon
• 4x Voice of Resurgence
• 4x Witchstalker

Land (24)

• 5x Forest
• 3x Godless Shrine
• 2x Golgari Guildgate
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Temple Garden
• 3x Temple of Plenty
• 3x Temple of Silence

Enchantment (7)

• 3x Gift of Orzhova
• 4x Unflinching Courage

Artifact (2)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (6)

• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Putrefy
• 4x Selesnya Charm

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead

Instant (10)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Devour Flesh
• 3x Golgari Charm
• 3x Putrefy

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Duress
• 1x Revoke Existence
• 1x Thoughtseize

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"To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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"Blindside" is the tempo deck that Standard desperately needs right now. It can function anywhere on the aggro - midrange spectrum, but always, always seeks to win by gaining incremental advantages and punishing misplays from your opponent.

The deck's biggest strengths are its consistency, flexibility, and surprisingly resilient nature - as soon as your opponent believes that they've figured out the deck's strategy, you can... well.... blindside them out of nowhere and steal wins.

It's consistent because you run enough creatures to ensure you'll almost always have a threat on the board, and the manabase is really solid. It's flexible because you can easily sideboard out 10-13 cards in order to adapt, without hurting the deck's ability to win. And it's resilient because each of the creatures is remarkably difficult to remove, due to protection, hexproof, indestructibility, and regeneration.

Blindside is a deck that shows that, yes, you can in fact have answers for pretty much everything, AND that you can look good while having them.

Note: You can view the older discussion on this deck, which addresses a lot of common concerns, if you click HERE

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 2 Mythic Rares 39 - 2 Rares 10 - 6 Uncommons 5 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.42
Tokens	Elemental */* GW, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance
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