Meme or Dream? Abzan Legends (Historic)
A few months ago, Wizards started publishing decklists from Magic Arena. To qualify for publication, a deck needs to win at least six matches in a row at platinum rank or better. This sounds simple on its face, but some incredibly janky lists end up being posted every time lists are published. This has led to speculation that a bug in the system allows decks that didn't actually win six matches in a row to be published or, for the most tin-foil-hatted crowd, the idea that Wizards just publishes whatever it wants, to make the metagame look more diverse than it really is.
This week's deck is legendary. Literally. We're playing an Abzan Legends deck in Historic that, thanks to all of the one- and two-ofs, might be more at home in Commander. There's also some weirdness, like Esika, God of the Tree without any way to cast Prismatic Bridge (other than Esika itself), Valki, God of Lies without any red mana to cast Tibalt, and Fynn, the Fangbearer with only one other deathtouch creature. The main plan seems to be to tutor up the right legend at the right time with Captain Sisay, which seems sweet...if we draw one of our three Captain Sisays. Can the plan work? Is Abzan Legends a meme or a dream? Let's find out!
