Budget Abzan Retreats

Standard BGW (Abzan, Junk)

Liquid155

Creature (10)

• 3x Herald of the Pantheon
• 2x Oblivion Sower
• 4x Siege Rhino
• 1x Warden of the First Tree

Land (29)

• 3x Blighted Woodland
• 2x Blossoming Sands
• 2x Caves of Koilos
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 2x Jungle Hollow
• 2x Llanowar Wastes
• 3x Plains
• 4x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 2x Scoured Barrens
• 2x Swamp

Enchantment (12)

• 4x Retreat to Emeria
• 4x Retreat to Hagra
• 4x Retreat to Kazandu

Instant (5)

• 4x Abzan Charm
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 3x Despise

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Silkwrap

Instant (2)

• 2x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Despise
• 3x Duress
• 3x Self-Inflicted Wound
• 3x Transgress the Mind

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A budget version of Eric Thomasma's Retreat Control deck.

Makes topdecking a land tonnes of fun, but the high amount of lands does make for lots of mulliganing. It's really interesting to see it almost always level out over time. If you can survive a bad start the deck always seems to get going around turn 6, no matter what.

I'm afraid by budgeting it it loses a lot of its control elements. I also think I may have taken it in a slightly more aggro direction, which I don't believe is the right way to go for this. It's funny that late game I would rather topdeck a land than servant of the scale.

EDIT: Dropped 3x Servant of the Scale for 3x Despise

Would love some suggestions on making it more controlly.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 0 Rares 26 - 12 Uncommons 4 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Kor Ally 1/1 W