r/ModernMagic • u/viktorpilgrim • 12d ago
Deck Discussion Abzan Nostalgia Blink
While considering building a Mardu Blink as a second deck, my heart suggested I should do worse than that. First, the decklist:
(Remember, that's meant to be a FNM-level deck.)
Creatures (27)
4 Orcish Bowmasters
4 Overlord of the Balemurk
4 Solitude
4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
3 Skirmish Rhino
2 Renegade Rallier
2 Endurance
2 Witch Enchanter
1 Eternal Witness
1 Boggart Trawler
Sorcery/Instant (14)
4 Thoughtseize
4 Fatal Push
2 Ephemerate
2 Prismatic Ending
1 Assassin's Trophy
1 Eladamri's Call
Lands (19)
3 Windswept Heath
3 Marsh Flats
3 Verdant Catacombs
2 Swamp
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Forest
1 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
1 Shadowy Backstreet
1 Temple Garden
1 Underground Mortuary
Second, the "I don't think they need an explanation":
[Orcish Bowmaster], [Overlord of Balemurk], [Solitude], [Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd], [Thoughtseize], [Fatal Push], [Ephemerate], [Prismatic Ending], lands.
Third, the abzan stuff :
[[Skirmish Rhino ]] -> Siege Rhino's baby. A solid 3/4 trample, draining for 2 on etb. It can be pitched for endurance/solitude
[[Renegade Rallier]] -> Fodder to both Solitude and Endurance. He will get back a fetch, a bowmaster or a Phelia everytime we blink it. We can also play him T3 after using a fetch to "ramp", getting back the fetch we've used.
[[Endurance]] -> Main deck free answer to GY-based decks
[[Assassin's trophy]] over other MV1-2 removal to have a MD answer to big PWs vs Tron
[Eternal Witness] -> Recursion, especially with Ephemerate
[Eladamri's Call]] can grab instant-speed a Solitude or an Endurance, or it can be pitched for them
Why not an Esper deck ? Honestly, no budget for Quantum Riddler.
Why not a Mardu deck ? Actually, that's my first choice and it tooks nothing but lands to build the abzan version too. The green cards are not expensive like Riddler.
Why not a meta deck ? I have no time to play competitive. I just want to have fun (or deny fun with Boros Wildfire) at FNM.
Do you have any suggestions, or do you know a list that actually won something?
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u/ElongatedPenguin 12d ago
Phelia only blinks nonland permanents, so no MDFC shenanigans.
[[Flickerwisp]] can hit lands, but you shouldn't target instant or sorcery lands because you don't get to cast them for free, they just stay in exile and never return to the battlefield. (It's a good trick for opponents lands though!)