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Life gain. Stall out. Beat down. The most common win condition is just to beat your opponent down with big creatures, or slowly ping them with small creatures, while using life gain to outlast them. If you have enough of a lead, Felidar Sovereign can seal the deal. Defiant Bloodlord turns Feed the Clan into a 10 damage burn spell that can end the game very quickly. Alhammarret's Archive makes any of those conditions easier to reach. Nissa's Renewal helps bridge into the higher cost cards, and with a Jaddi Offshoot or Retreat to Kazandu in play, can easily give you enough life to get you back in the game.

Jaddi Offshoot and Arashin Cleric help keep control of the board for the first two turns, preventing aggro decks from going wide and gaining life, possibly drawing out some removal. Turn three Drana's Emissary gives you presence in the air, drains 1 life each turn it is out, and blocks thopters. Alternately, Abzan Charm can remove an early threat, or Hidden Dragonslayer can enter morphed. Turn four, Siege Rhino...because Siege Rhino...or Languish to reset the board. Once you have a big body in play, Dromoka's Command gives you another source of removal and Feed the Clan keeps your life total out of their reach.

Side board options include Winds of Qal Sisma and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar for red matchups and Jeskai aggro. Utter End gives more removal, and removal for non-creature permanents, like Sphinx's Tutelage. Sorin, Solemn Visitor, another Felidar Sovereign , and Retreat to Kazandu come in against slower matchups, and Aligned Hedron Network can get added for decks playing multiple large threats. Anafenza, the Foremost gets brought in against mega-morph. Tainted Remedy is my surprise for Abzan mirrors, and Become Immense is a general surprise finisher.

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Last week I went 2-2. This week I went 0-3 (with a bye in the last round). Every deck I played was a control variant, and I can't seem to get a win against decks that can keep my board state so clear. I guess the local metagame shifted away from Atarka Red and I might need some new ideas to combat it.

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Revision 9 See all

(8 years ago)

+1 Anafenza, the Foremost side
+1 Felidar Sovereign side
+2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar side
-4 Surge of Righteousness side
Date added 8 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

2 - 4 Mythic Rares

14 - 5 Rares

11 - 6 Uncommons

12 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.17
Tokens Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Morph 2/2 C, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders deck idea, Deck, BFZ ideas, Considerations, Abzan, Budget Decks, allies, KTK-BFZ Standard Options, Budget Decks, Life Gain
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