Your Old Friend Yew

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Budget Control Pillow Fort

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Creature (32)

• 1x Angel of Destiny
• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Benalish Marshal
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Faithbound Judge  ^Flip
• 1x God-Eternal Oketra
• 1x Greenweaver Druid
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Indomitable Ancients
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon"
• 1x Loxodon Lifechanter
• 1x Naga Vitalist
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician
• 1x Ravos, Soultender *f-etch*
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 1x Sapling of Colfenor
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Selfless Squire
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Veteran Armorer
• 1x Willow Geist

Land (34)

• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Woodland Chasm

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Damn
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Eerie Ultimatum
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wave of Reckoning

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Druid's Deliverance
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pledge of Unity
• 1x Putrefy

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Abzan Ascendancy
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Gaea's Anthem
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Glorious Anthem
• 1x Leyline of Vitality
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Spidersilk Armor

Artifact (7)

• 1x Abzan Banner
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spear of Heliod

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I have probably made every deck color combo under the sun except for Abzan. I've always wanted to try a reanimate deck but I could never get it to take off. Colfenor, the Last Yew technically doesn't go full reanimate. He does just enough for me to make things interesting.

This deck has multiple strategies that could be fun for you and annoying for anyone else.

Big swingers? Creatures who have naturally high toughness but also creatures like Angel of Invention, Benalish Marshal, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, and Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" naturally beef up anything that comes down for you. If you cant use them Gaea's Anthem, Glorious Anthem, Spirdersilk Armor, and Spear of Heliod should do the trick.

Pillow Fort/Control vibes? Not a problem. Plenty of target removal Assassin's Trophy, Vindicate, and Mortify. Plenty of board wipes Dusk / Dawn, Damn, and Finale of Eternity. Several cards Thalia, Heretic Cathar + Baird, Steward of Argive + Blind Obedience will slow your opponents down and you can't forget the classic Ghostly Prison + Sphere of Safety comfort. Not to mention the several protection spells you have to save you from opponents board wipes/removals.

The main Idea is to use Colfenor's second trigger to allow us to get any card we want from our graveyard back into our hand and not pay dearly for it. So a lot of focus to either build up toughness for all creatures or +1+1 for everyone.

I also tried to keep this semi affordable for people. So while I don't want to call this budget. It is on the cheaper side. Definitely beats dropping 1-2k on a deck you can't even get rolling because everyone targets you!

I know this is leaning toward casual play but I don't really care lol I love the idea and I love making it really hard for other players to kill you off! As always, let me know what you think!

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.58
Tokens	Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Marit Lage, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Zombie Warrior 4/4 B