Hey everyone, I took a break from EDH and now Im back! I wanted to build an Abzan deck featuring Astral Slide and Life From the Loam. I figured the cycling lands go great with Loam. Loam dredges, milling creatures. Bring back those creatures with Karador! Im sure Im not the first person to think of this so Id love some input! Heres the list.
1) Are 6 basics enough? Recurring STEve, Solemns, Farhaven Elfs, etc I feel like Im going to run out of basics fast.
2) Thinking about cutting Survival of the Fittest. Personally think its too powerful so Im open to some suggestions. Maybe it should just be a 37th land (a basic?)
3) If I cut survival, maybe Genesis should be cut as well. Thoughts?
4) I only played one game with it, but the deck seems to lack wincons. Outside of Avenger, Angel of Despair, Sun Titan, and Noxious Gearhulk, Im lacking fattys that pack a punch.
5) Any other thoughts I would greatly appreciate!
1x Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Lands (36)
1x Barren Moor
1x Bayou
1x Bojuka Bog
1x Canopy Vista
1x Command Tower
1x Drifting Meadow
2x Forest
1x Godless Shrine
1x Golgari Rot Farm
1x Isolated Chapel
1x Kor Haven
1x Krosan Verge
1x Marsh Flats
1x Orzhov Basilica
1x Overgrown Tomb
1x Phyrexian Tower
2x Plains
1x Polluted Mire
1x Sandsteppe Citadel
1x Savannah
1x Scattered Groves
1x Scrubland
1x Secluded Steppe
1x Selesnya Sanctuary
1x Slippery Karst
1x Strip Mine
1x Sunpetal Grove
2x Swamp
1x Temple Garden
1x Tranquil Thicket
1x Verdant Catacombs
1x Windswept Heath
1x Woodland Cemetery
1x Acidic Slime
1x Angel of Despair
1x Angel of Finality
1x Avenger of Zendikar
1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
1x Brutalizer Exarch
1x Courser of Kruphix
1x Duplicant
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Elvish Visionary
1x Eternal Witness
1x Farhaven Elf
1x Fleshbag Marauder
1x Genesis
1x Harmonic Sliver
1x Hornet Queen
1x Karmic Guide
1x Krosan Tusker
1x Manglehorn
1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
1x Noxious Gearhulk
1x Oracle of Mul Daya
1x Qasali Pridemage
1x Ramunap Excavator
1x Reclamation Sage
1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
1x Satyr Wayfinder
1x Shriekmaw
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Spore Frog
1x Sun Titan
1x Viscera Seer
1x Wood Elves
1x Yavimaya Dryad
1x Ashnod's Altar
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Oblivion Stone
Sorcery (13)
1x Austere Command
1x Cultivate
1x Damnation
1x Decree of Justice
1x Decree of Pain
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Kodama's Reach
1x Life from the Loam
1x Maelstrom Pulse
1x Merciless Eviction
1x Regrowth
1x Vindicate
1x Wrath of God
Enchantment (7)
1x Astral Slide
1x Aura Shards
1x Deadbridge Chant
1x Pernicious Deed
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Survival of the Fittest
1x Sylvan Library
Instant (6)
1x Chord of Calling
1x Entomb
1x Path to Exile
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Sylvan Reclamation
1x Vampiric Tutor
Now for some questions
1) Are 6 basics enough? Recurring STEve, Solemns, Farhaven Elfs, etc I feel like Im going to run out of basics fast.
2) Thinking about cutting Survival of the Fittest. Personally think its too powerful so Im open to some suggestions. Maybe it should just be a 37th land (a basic?)
3) If I cut survival, maybe Genesis should be cut as well. Thoughts?
4) I only played one game with it, but the deck seems to lack wincons. Outside of Avenger, Angel of Despair, Sun Titan, and Noxious Gearhulk, Im lacking fattys that pack a punch.
5) Any other thoughts I would greatly appreciate!