Working on creating an Abzan Tokens deck that allows for my to disrupt my opponent's hand and then play my threats.
Hand disruption:
Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek are the go to when it comes to hand disruption. Definitely hoping to get these in my opening hand so I can start putting a wrench in my opponents game plan.
Board Control:
Path to Exile is the best white removal in Modern so it is an obvious going to be in the deck.
Abrupt Decay is here for the ability to take care of Liliana of the Veil since she is a thing in my local meta. I can easily replace it with Fatal Push which is another great option for removal in this deck.
Token Production:
Lingering Souls is another obvious include if you are doing the token route. It can just create so much advantage.
Spectral Procession is a bit pricey in terms of mana cost, but if I can play it for WWW then 3-mana for 3 flies is pretty good.
Raise the Alarm is cheap token production at instant speed. I am debating to change this out with Secure the Wastes, but I am not sure yet.
Token Support:
Intangible Virtue is always a good thing to give your creatures +1/+1 when you can, but adding vigilance into the equation is so much better! Gideon, Ally of Zendikar is a very straight forward card. I can create threatening 2/2 ally tokens or cash one in for the anthem effect and play second one to keep the token production going.
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar is here to create early token presence for blocking, but she can get out of hand quickly if not taken care of. Pumping up the squad with +1/+1 counters can really make my tokens tough to deal with.
Sorin, Solemn Visitor is here to pump of the squad and provide a little lifelink, but he can always create a token or two if needed in a pinch.
Slight ramping:
Birds of Paradise is here to try and accelerate my game plan on turn 1 or 2. Even if I Thoughtseize turn 1 and follow up with this on turn 2 it allows for me to get my Gideon out a turn earlier or use multiple removal spells if needed.
I am currently working on my sideboard still, but I have played against Affinity, Storm, U/W control, Naya burn, Bant Eldrazi, and Kiki-Jiki Combo at past tournaments with another deck. I have also seen several junk and jund builds using Gofy and Lilly so I need to consider that as well. Any advice in sideboard cards I may have overlooked would be much appreciated.
Thanks for looking!
