Budget Abzan
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 14, 2015, 7:04 p.m. by Baltec
I know that everyone says this isn't a deck you should build a budget version of because you just can't replace Tarmogoyf, LotV, etc. However I am doing it anyways. I was wondering if my alternative choices are acceptable and if there are some other fairly budget options that would be ideal.
In case it is relevant my meta consists of Jund, Bogles, Grixis Delver, Grixis Twin, Tron, Storm, and various homebrews.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Well If I include them it like doubles the price of the deck. So kinda budget. Dismember is definitely better. Idk what I was thinking.
Curse of Death's Hold is slow but it was between it and Night of Souls' Betrayal. I'm still not sure about that yet. Grafdigger's Cage is brought in for the storm matchup. It is also good against Collected Company and Chord of Calling (I forgot to mention there is a Coco Abzan player as well). I really want Hallowed Moonlight to be good. It may be too narrow but I'm not sure.
August 14, 2015 9:55 p.m.
Grafdigger's Cage also turns off persist so it really is an all-star in the Coco matchup.
square711 says... #2
That can't even be called budget. You have everything an Abzan deck needs save for Goyf and Liliana.
Anyway, your main list is pretty good. I'd replace the Murderous Cut with Dismember (save your graveyard for Taz, Abzan can be quite slow to fill it without Liliana), and I'm not sure I like Garruk in there, but the rest is fine as is.
Now, as for the sideboard... Curse of Death's Hold is slow as balls and should definitely go away, IMO. Hallowed Moonlight and Grafdigger's Cage don't seem all that relevant in your meta, either... are there many reanimator brews in your meta?
August 14, 2015 8:40 p.m.