Abzan Starfield: Before the Dawn (Standard MTG Deck)

Abzan Starfield: Before the Dawn

Standard BGW (Abzan, Junk) Enchantment

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Instant (5)

Sorcery (1)

1x Extinguish All Hope

Enchantment (8)

Creature (25)

Land (21)

Sideboard

Enchantment (4)

4x Skybind

Creature (8)

Maybeboard

Instant (1)

1x Might of the Masses

Sorcery (2)

Enchantment (10)

Creature (6)

I'm still committed to trying to use Starfield of Nyx in a deck, and decided to focus more on black/green with a hint of White. Heliod, God of the Sun is more essential here than he was in my White/Black deck, since I think his ability to create enchantment creature tokens and trigger constellation is more useful than Athreos, God of Passage's life toll ability.

This deck also cuts out the Dictate of Erebos + Virulent Plague combo I had in my last Starfield deck which, while it a) serves as a good counter to token-generating decks and b) allows me to use any token I generate to trigger it, felt a little cluttered with the Agent of Erebos + Thoughtrender Lamia + Waste Not Combo that I DID leave in.

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Aug. 1, 2015

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Based on recommendations, I've gone ahead and trimmed a lot of this deck down. Focusing less on cumbersome combos and moreso on just getting a formidable enchantment army out, this is more functional than the discard strategy I'd tried to implement earlier.

I've outright removed Thoughtrender Lamia and Agent of Erebos, as well as Waste Not; they're fun, but they don't help me survive the bullshit people will throw at me by turn two! They MIGHT work better in a mill deck that exploits Sphinx's Tutelage, but that's not what I'm building here.
I've added a couple more Herald of the Pantheon, and adjusted numbers of creatures slightly; I've also added Siege Rhino, and it's been working pretty well when I can get them out!
Abzan Advantage was replaced with Might of the Masses, which has been useful situationally but hasn't really gotten the UMFH I want out of it. I'm considering tossing in a couple Ranger's Guile too; while not as stomp-y as Might of the Masses, it's cheap and might swing things in my favor with hexproof. I've had people blow a burn on a rhino, only to throw down a second burn after playing Might; Ranger's Guile would keep that from happening.
Extinguish All Hope is stupid fun. >:3 I got a ragequit when I was able to drop that one.

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Dictate of Erebos + Virulent Plague Agent of Erebos + Thoughtrender Lamia + Waste Not
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 8 Rares 13 - 4 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.10
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W
Folders	Standard Constructed
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