Abzan Midrange [[Primer]]

Pioneer BGW (Abzan, Junk)

averagenovice74

Land (24)

• 3x Blooming Marsh
• 3x Fabled Passage
• 3x Field of Ruin
• 1x Forest
• 2x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 2x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 2x Woodland Cemetery

Creature (16)

• 3x Deathrite Shaman
• 3x Grim Flayer
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 2x Scavenging Ooze
• 4x Siege Rhino
• 3x Tireless Tracker

Artifact (3)

• 3x Smuggler's Copter

Instant (8)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Assassin's Trophy
• 4x Fatal Push

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Collective Brutality
• 4x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Liliana, the Last Hope

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Sideboard

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Duress
• 1x Languish
• 1x Legion's End

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Leyline of the Void

Creature (5)

• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 2x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Loxodon Smiter

Instant (1)

• 1x Heroic Intervention

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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Maybeboard

Artifact (4)

• 2x Grafdigger's Cage
• 2x Pithing Needle

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Witch's Vengeance

Creature (3)

• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 2x Loxodon Smiter

Instant (2)

• 2x Once Upon a Time

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So here's is my first take on a potential abzan shell for the upcoming intro of PIONEER format. I think having Thoughtseize and Assassin's Trophy together already make B/Gx decks already tops on the pecking order. Also with Fatal Push and Abrupt Decay doesn't hurt neither. I like the henging the fact of playing 3x Field of Ruin since the mana bases in this format isn't as explosive with fetches not being in and could really punish greedy mana bases and special lands like Mana Confluence , Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx , Westvale Abbey   and Sanctum of Ugin .

Obviously the SB is still pretty loose since the meta isn't formed yet with the maybeboard that has cards that I'm strongly debating to put in the 75.

So yeah, there it is. If you like the deck +1 it and if you want to give some suggestions, critique or inquiry of sorts drop a comment below! Thanks!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 3 Mythic Rares 40 - 9 Rares 7 - 0 Uncommons 0 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.11
Tokens	Clue, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B