Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Token Beats

Modern BGW (Abzan, Junk) Competitive Goodstuff Midrange Rock Tokens

Eledain

Land (23)

• 4x Field of Ruin
• 1x Forest
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 3x Marsh Flats
• 2x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Temple Garden
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 2x Windswept Heath

Instant (10)

• 4x Assassin's Trophy
• 4x Path to Exile
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Settle the Wreckage

Enchantment (7)

• 2x Bitterblossom
• 3x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Worship

Sorcery (11)

• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Lingering Souls
• 2x Spectral Procession
• 2x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (9)

• 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 2x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 2x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 3x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Sideboard

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Choke
• 3x Leyline of the Void
• 2x Stony Silence
• 1x Worship

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Collective Brutality
• 2x Thoughtseize

Creature (2)

• 2x Auriok Champion

Instant (1)

• 1x Settle the Wreckage

Land (1)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All

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Abzan Token Beats

The idea

This deck utilizes the fact that most decks in modern don´t play that much basic lands.

The "give your opponent basics-cards" become better and better throughout the game and eventually become the best cards of their respective type:

• Field of Ruin becomes an upgraded Strip Mine
• Assassin's Trophy becomes an instantspeed Vindicate for only two mana
• Path to Exile becomes the best spotremoval ever printed
• Settle the Wreckage becomes an instantspeed Plague Wind for four mana

The problem

You can build Abzan in various ways. The usual way is to build a midrange-deck with cards like Tarmogoyf as the beater. Or you can put in some hateful creatures like Knight of Autumn. Grindy folks use cards like Lingering Souls for offense and defense.

The solution

This brought me to the glorious Abzan Triumvirate - one version for every playstyle.

Here I have chosen to flood the board with various tokens. There´s also a planeswalker-subtheme swinging in here. They tend to take over most games if they can be protected. Some decks can´t beat a Worship with various token in game one.

Really, there are so many great options to build abzan, but the core should always be Assassin's Trophy, Path to Exile and Field of Ruin.

Make Abzan great again!

Also make sure that you check out the two other decks of the triumvirate:

Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Planeswalker Control

Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Midrange Zerg

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 2 Mythic Rares 26 - 12 Rares 16 - 1 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.57
Tokens	Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Plant 0/1 G, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Warrior 1/1 W
Based on	Abzan No Basics Triumvirate: Planeswalker Control Eledain MDN