Abzan Butts

Modern BG (Golgari) BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo GW (Selesnya) WB (Orzhov)

FrantaFire

Land (24)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 3x Khalni Garden
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 4x Stirring Wildwood
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 4x Windswept Heath

Creature (17)

• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Doran, the Siege Tower
• 1x Sapling of Colfenor
• 3x Siege Rhino
• 4x Tree of Perdition
• 4x Wall of Omens

Instant (7)

• 4x Abrupt Decay
• 3x Path to Exile

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Commune with the Gods
• 4x Thoughtseize

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Assault Formation
• 3x Triskaidekaphobia

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 4x Fulminator Mage
• 2x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Obstinate Baloth

Instant (1)

• 1x Golgari Charm

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Languish
• 2x Read the Bones
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Rest in Peace

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 4x Skinshifter
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Kin-Tree Invocation

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Ever since I saw Tree of Perdition I knew there was a new deck to be made with Triskaidekaphobia . I've seen a few decks floating around and here is my modern take on it.

Plan A

This deck is well equipped with high toughness creatures and Assault Formation makes them lethal. Both Tree of Perdition and his brother Tree of Redemption can be a 4-drop 13/13 and prove to be very intimidating.

Plan B

I would consider the Tree of Perdition + Triskaidekaphobia combo second because it's not always as simple as it seems. When it works, it works; but, making it a back-up plan can give just that much more room to work with the rest of the cards.

Deck Tech

Creatures

Tree of Perdition - the reason these decks now exist. Very successful blocker and our combo piece.

Doran, the Siege Tower - awesome 3-drop 5/5 and makes all other creatures viable attackers. Good synergy with Sapling of Colfenor .

Siege Rhino - Because Siege Rhino is Siege Rhino . Siege Rhino, Siege Rhino.

Sylvan Caryatid - always nice. Especially with 3 colors.

Sapling of Colfenor - Has a nice toughness to pair with Assault Formation and has a wonderful ability to both gain lots of life and draw through the deck a little. Also, he's indestructible.

Wall of Omens - draws us, protects us, and can become lethal with Assault Formation .

Spells

Triskaidekaphobia - the other combo piece and often the namesake of other similar decks. This makes you very aware of both player's life totals. Always be sure that you may have to play a fetch just to keep yourself from 13.

Assault Formation - beautiful.

Kin-Tree Invocation - I've definitely grown to love this card in the deck. Probably not worthy of a playset because of the lower creature count but a 2-drop 13/13 is something.

Abrupt Decay - Yup.

Thoughtseize - Totally.

Path to Exile ? - Yes, please.

Lands

The only ones really worth mentioning includes: Miren, the Moaning Well . This really helps against most any deck to give you just that much more time. Sac a token to it, a tree if you want or even your Caryatid. Very nice. And the Pain lands Cave of Koilos and Llanowar Wastes . These help yourself keep your life away from 13 in case Triskaidekaphobia ever became your own problem.

I am a huge fan of man-lands for those really late games and the free creatures from Khalni Garden . 2 Forests and 2 Swamps and 1 Plains to help against Blood Moon . No Verdant Catacombs purely based on money.

Sideboard (In the making)

Thanks for looking. I'm up for any debate on the relevance of keeping or dropping any new or old cards. Thanks everyone.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Tree of Perdition + Triskaidekaphobia
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 10 Rares 7 - 3 Uncommons 5 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.36
Tokens	Plant 0/1 G
Folders	Modern, like