The Deck Check – #10 – Abzan Aggro, UR Omni-Tell at SCG: MKE

Special guests Austin Cook & John Lawrence guide us through Standard's Abzan Aggro and Legacy's UR Omni-Tell in Episode 10 of The Deck Check!

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Show notes:

00:00 — 00:20 Intro

Part 1
00:20 — 04:40 SCG: Cincinnati Premier IQ Tournament Report (2nd place) with Austin Cook.
04:40 — 11:15 Deck Tech

Austin Cook’s Abzan Aggro Deck List:

Creatures (22)
4 Hangarback Walker
4 Den Protector
4 Fleecemane Lion
4 Siege Rhino
2 Wingmate Roc
4 Anafenza, the Foremost

Planeswalkers (2)
2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Lands (26)
2 Forest
2 Plains
3 Caves of Koilos
3 Llanowar Wastes
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
3 Temple of Malady
1 Temple of Plenty
3 Temple of Silence
4 Windswept Heath
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Spells
3 Abzan Charm
3 Dromoka’s Command
2 Hero’s Downfall
2 Ultimate Price

Sideboard

2 Herald of Torment
1 Ultimate Price
2 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
2 Duress
2 Self-Inflicted Wound
3 Thoughtseize
3 Tragic Arrogance

Andrea Mengucci’s Abzan Aggro Primer and Abzan Aggro update from ChannelFireball.com.

11:15 — 13:00 In-game strategy and sequences
13:00 — 18:00 Keeps and mulligans
18:00 — 20:20 Good/Bad match ups and final thoughts

Part 2

20:40 — 29:10 Jeremy & Matt, Matt’s Tournament report
29:10 — 32:40 Zendikar spoilers!

Part 3

32:45 — 36:40 UR OmniTell Deck Tech

John Lawrence’s UR OmniTell Deck List:

Creatures (2)
2 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Lands (18)
5 Island
1 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
4 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
2 Volcanic Island
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All

Artifacts (2)
2 Lotus Petal

Spells (38)
4 Omniscience
4 Brainstorm
3 Cunning Wish
4 Dig Through Time
1 Flusterstorm
1 Spell Pierce
4 Force of Will
1 Split Decision
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Show and Tell

Sideboard

1 Through the Breach
1 Mind Break Trap
1 Eladamri’s call
1 Firemind’s Foresight
1 Release the Ants
1 Cryptic Command
2 Pyroclasm
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy
1 Boseju
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Pyroblast
1 Blood moon
1 Lightning Bolt

36:40 — 43:10 Hold Priority and Kill: How the deck wins the game
43:10 — 49:00 The Sideboard

SCG Worcester’s 2nd place UR OmniTell list.
SCG Cincinnati’s 2nd place UR Omnitell list

49:00 — 52:30 Keeps and mulligans with UR OmniTell

53:35 — 1:00:00 Good/bad match ups

1:00:00 – 1:06:00 Exciting cards from Battle for Zendikar for Eternal players??? And thoughts on the ‘Vancouver mulligan’ rule update.