Abzan Aggro?
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on April 28, 2018, 5:15 p.m. by Konglicker
I run an Abzan blink deck and I need help making it faster. Aggro decks are ruling the meta.
I've already got ramp and Aether Vial but I need ways to speed up and compete with aggro decks. I'm open to all suggestions.
Konglicker says... #3
SilverKing90, I know it's not aggro at the moment, what I'm looking for is a way to reconfigure it to make it aggro. I'm aware it may or may not be an Abzan blink deck anymore.
April 28, 2018 5:33 p.m.
Just play the safe (and some would say "boring") cards for abzan. You want to go with blinking midrange? ok, no problem. Add 4 Mama blink.
Utter End is a bad card in modern, simply because it provides for 4 mana what you most often can do for 1 (remove a creature). Play the more efficient Path to Exile, which lets you answer aggro threats a lot earlier than at 4 mana. Rakshasa Deathdealer is somewhat the same story - it doesn't do anything you can't get at lower mana (well, regeneration, actually, but at 2 mana...). Grim Flayer would be a very real upgrade. And this seems to be the theme for your creatures. Hooded Hydra isn't exactly fast either, when you have none/very little ramp. I guess Wingmate Roc is an interesting card, but since the rest of your creatures are a bit on the heavy end, this is not very good either.
Against aggro, you should bring some sort of discard at 1 mana (that is Inquisition of Kozilek or Thoughtseize). Those trade for the best card in your opponents hand on your first turn, and might take 3 to 6 damage out of your opponent (or more, in some cases), even if they are pretty bad topdecks later on. Burn is particularly intimidated by Collective Brutality, since it kills one of their attackers and takes a card from them. It also enables delve and/or delirium.
April 28, 2018 6:52 p.m.
SliverKing90 says... #5
gotta put double brackets around someones name to tag them.
April 28, 2018 9:16 p.m.
Your removal needs to become more efficient.
You might want to take a look into this.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-abzan-aggro-45378#paper
April 28, 2018 9:38 p.m.
Next Level Abzan - the list is a bit old, so it will need some modification. But its probably the fastest and most agressive thing that can be done in Abzan.
April 29, 2018 7:59 a.m.
Konglicker says... #8
Oh Christ... it linked the wrong deck.... https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/rhino-smash-1/
SliverKing90 says... #2
thats not really an aggro deck. just weird midrange.
April 28, 2018 5:28 p.m.