Doubling Your Cut - Ally Rally and Abzan MIdrange

Standard Aggro Allies BGW (Abzan, Junk) Competitive Lifegain Midrange

justinlf

Creature (24)

• 2x Den Protector
• 3x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 4x Expedition Envoy
• 3x Lantern Scout
• 4x Siege Rhino
• 2x Warden of the First Tree
• 2x Woodland Wanderer
• 4x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (24)

• 4x Canopy Vista
• 2x Forest
• 3x Llanowar Wastes
• 3x Plains
• 3x Shambling Vent
• 5x Swamp
• 4x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Silkwrap

Instant (9)

• 2x Abzan Charm
• 4x Dromoka's Command
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 2x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Ruinous Path

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Arashin Cleric

Instant (7)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 2x Murderous Cut
• 2x Surge of Righteousness
• 2x Valorous Stance

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Infinite Obliteration
• 2x Self-Inflicted Wound

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After a bunch of very successful games at fnm and other competitive standard matches I have decided to run the Abzan Midrange (Ally sub-theme) version of this deck consistently. Reason being - it fired off better then the other version. Currently, this deck is sitting at 7-2 with other competitive match-ups. Thanks again.

This deck has evolved into being almost two different decks depending on the match-up. First, the Ally Rally deck is focused on Rally effects with an aggro dimension. This build is essentially an Ally version of the Abzan Rally decks that are doing pretty well in competitive standard. The different Allies interact with one another while Nantuko Husk allows me to sac creatures with the promise of return via March from the Tomb . Zulaport Cutthroat is the key to this build as it as it facilitates the aggro style of play (with little fear of creatures dying) while picking away at your opponent and gaining life. Kalastria Healer interacts nicely with March from the Tomb - again, whittling down your opponents while increasing life. Lantern Scout gives all creatures Lifelink - great! And of course Drana, Liberator of Malakir does her thing - getting bigger and helping to enlarge my army.

The instants and sorcery's are, as you can see, removal based. Abzan Charm and Dromoka's Command are very effective as utility spells.

Perhaps the funnest thing about this deck is how versatile it is with a thorough switch-out from the sideboard. All of a sudden - game two or three - this deck becomes the Abzan Midrange version. I take out all four Kalastria Healer 's, Nantuko Husk 's and March from the Tomb 's - and I remove Grim Haruspex for a total of 13 cards. I add in 4x Siege Rhino, 2xWoddland Wanderer, 2x Warden of the First Tree , the Den Protector, 2 or 3x Transgress the Mind and 1 or 2x Ruinous Path. This version still maintains a solid Ally sub-theme but now it has a more midrange feel - with the inclusion of bigger trampling threats.

Thoughts? Will this idea really work. I believe it will but I am open to all feedback. Thanks for your time folks.

Top Ranked	Achieved #9 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 years
Splash colors	G
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 2 Rares 15 - 9 Uncommons 0 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.50
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Standard Hacer, Aggro, Ideas I like, Standard