I thought about Shambling Vent and it may make it in... What to adjust for it, though? I dig Stirring Wildwood as it's out of bolt range and can block fliers.

And thanks, btw!

I personally dislike Vault of the Archangel, but it depends on you. The filter land could be the cut maybe

Test Oath of Nissa in place of Anguished Unmaking and a discard spell. I love the card because it gives you somethign proactive to do on turn 1, instead of something defensive. I've found it can really help to find that T2 threat you might want to pull ahead.

Also Painful Truths might be good.

I really dislike Dark Confidant builds of abzan to be honest. Dark confidant is a control card that wants you to draw lots of cheap spells - and that isn't what this deck is about. You want to be hitting hard consistently from early in the game. Abzan is a deck about strong creatures, not about winning through card advantage like Jund, in my opinion. The slot is better used on some kind of flexible beater, rather than on a card that lets you play like a control deck. I mean, it's just my opinion, but I think playing Abzan as if it's Jund is a mistake.

Also I'm not sure why you'd play Knight of the Reliquary over something like Anafenza, the Foremost that solves matchups like Living End or Podless Pod or something like Brimaz, King of Oreskos that's stellar due to vigilance. Anafenza is amazing with Lingering Souls and stuff too.

@MTGNuclear I may have to try that!

@ChiefBell All very excellent points, and coming from a seasoned Abzan player, those I'll take into account.

I find your use of Oath of Nissa interesting and may incorporate it. I'm testing Anguished Unmaking ATM to see how it fares, especially against Tron.

If I took out Bob, then Painful Truths would be an auto-include. I really, really like how Bob has worked for me in testing thus far. I'm a sucker for CA and he's one on a stick. If I find through further grinding he doesn't work, he'll be replaced.

I like KoTR for Tron to dig for Ghost Quarter, but I've been thinking about Anafenza (on maybe board), and I believe that you've convinced me. Brimaz looks to be interesting as well. That being said, do you think I should take out KoTR for a Brimax and Anafenza?

Also, how does my mana base and sideboard look?

Well give it a test and see what happens. Running 1 to 2 3-mana creatures is a good idea but it's up to you which exactly.

I don't see much in your sideboard for burn but that's a relatively small part of the meta. Though Kalitas and Baloth are both great they're also 4 drops. I prefer to go for stuff that's a bit cheaper cmc wise. Something like Timely Reinforcements or Kitchen Finks. I like the fact that both give you lots of blocking opportunities and life for a lower cost than 4 mana. I'd play kitchen finks against a lot of decks actually.

I think you may be too likely to take a ton of damage from Bob considering how many 4 drops and 3 drops you have. I would probably either lower the curve or lower the amount of Bobs you have so you don't just kill yourself all the time. But hey I haven't playtested it that's just my impression, maybe you gain enough life from Seige Rhino, Scooze and Kalitas that it doesn't bother you. How has having both Ghost Quarter and Gavony Township worked out in a three color deck so far?

@corythackston Jund will often run a similar curve with Bob. Although this isn't Jund, the CA that Bob offers is SUPER nice, and the life loss is often negated by S'Cooze, Kalitas, and Rhino. Just don't play Bob with 6 or less life...ha! Most Abzan lists don't run Bob, but I really like the CA.

I usually run no more than four colorless utility lands in a Tri-color deck. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth works wonders and I run plenty of fetches and shocks to where, usually, I'm mana fixed.

I would say replace either a rhino or a confidant or just a confidants with anafenza the foremost. As for the rest of the maybeboard, the only other thing I can see actually being playable is anguished unmaking.

I'd drop an IoK for Fatal Push #4. Otherwise looks good.

1x Back to Nature and 2x Creeping Corrosion for the SB.

Flaying Tendrils over Drown in Sorrow in the side? Obviously still does exile Prized Amalgam, but it can exile Gravecrawler and Bloodghast.

I was going back and forth about Creeping Corrosion... it definitely blows out Affinity, Lantern, and Tezzerator. Back to Nature is something I totally forgot about, thanks!

I really dig Flaying Tendrils, and again, forgot it existed lol. Thanks gents!

Good to see that Thalia suggestion coming in and doing work!

Yeah, she's pretty good! I'm thinking she may be decent against Tron variants as well, but she'll eat removal like a boss. She's too slow for Affinity, I think, but good against other Aggro decks. Having First Strike helps immensely!

Gaddock Teeg might be good for side.