Literal Counterplay

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Reanimator

Kurnu

Creature (26)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Cathodion
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Ferocious Pup
• 1x Glowspore Shaman
• 1x Good-Fortune Unicorn
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Weaponcraft Enthusiast
• 1x Young Wolf
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Abzan Ascendancy
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Death's Oasis
• 1x Golgari Germination
• 1x Promise of Bunrei

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 5x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple Garden

Artifact (11)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x Talisman of Unity

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Victimize

Instant (7)

• 1x Barrier Breach
• 1x Despark
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Mythos of Nethroi
• 1x Obscuring Haze
• 1x Rally the Ancestors

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Basri Ket

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This is my first try at Abzan deck. I guess this deck has some features from other Abzan generals, like lots of counters and some reanimation, but still being different from them.

The deck is built from leftovers and some of the new Commander 2020 cards, so the mana base can and will be upgraded in the future for consistency. Also, at some point Persist creatures will be changed to Undying ones.

Main goal of the deck is to have Tayam, Luminous Enigma and at least one other counter provider (Cathars' Crusade or Good-Fortune Unicorn) or repeatedly recurring creature (Putrid Goblin or Young Wolf) on the field, start to mill yourself and get the engine and eventually the loop going on. The game will end when you have some sort of aristocrat (Zulaport Cutthroat or Corpse Knight) on the field while sacrificing Priest of Gix or Weaponcraft Enthusiast for mana and recursion.

If the main wincon of Tayam's enigmatic ways will not work, there is a back-up plan including Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel + Fiend Hunter + Felidar Guardian + Corpse Knight.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.47
Tokens	Companion Zone, Emblem Basri Ket, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Wolf 2/2 G