Scrybles - [Junk Depths Variant]

Legacy BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Competitive Dark Depths Midrange

Reliquarian

Land (23)

• 2x Bayou
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Forest
• 1x Karakas
• 2x Marsh Flats
• 1x Plains
• 2x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sejiri Steppe
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 4x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 4x Windswept Heath

Creature (23)

• 3x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Dark Confidant
• 4x Knight of the Reliquary
• 3x Mother of Runes
• 2x Scryb Ranger
• 4x Tarmogoyf
• 3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Instant (9)

• 3x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Crop Rotation
• 4x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Thoughtseize

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Sylvan Library

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

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Sideboard

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 2x Choke
• 2x Deafening Silence
• 2x Leyline of the Void
• 2x Stony Silence

Instant (2)

• 2x Surgical Extraction

Creature (2)

• 2x Plague Engineer

Land (1)

• 1x Blast Zone

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Scrybles is a mix of junk depths and a midrange strategy. The deck can fairly often combo off on turn 3-4, but can also grind into the mid and late game, keeping pace on resources and board presence against most opponents. While the deck sacrifices some things by not going all in on the combo or the midrange plan, it also gains a lot from being able to do both.

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Description

This list uses disruption, removal, and a low curve to throw off your opponent's game plan while keeping up pressure. The main plan is to combine Scryb Ranger and Knight of the Reliquary to put Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage into play on the same turn (usually during your opponent's endstep), then make Marit Lage for the win (untap with Lage in play, then use Knight to find Sejiri Steppe if need be to make sure your 20/20 gets through). The secondary plan is to rely on your grindy cards to win a fair game with removal and efficient threats.

Against combo the deck's hand disruption and tax effects, along with the option to win around turn 3-4 with the depths combo, allows the deck to have better matchups against fast unfair decks than other non-blue midrange lists usually get.

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This list is still something I'm testing so any comments or suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks! :D

Top Ranked	Achieved #24 position overall 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 8 Rares 9 - 5 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.73
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Marit Lage, Zombie 2/2 B