Birmingham Abzan Aggro (Standard)

Nothing Fancy. Aggro is not really the best descriptor for this deck, but for a three color deck it is about as close as it gets. Very balanced. The average converted mana cost is not even 3 and doesn't get higher than 6 so you should have no problem getting cards out on the board no matter when they are drawn. The cards in this deck all have multiple purposes to make it as efficient as possible. Life Link, Trample, non-combat or spell related life gain and damage dealt to your opponent compounds the strategy of "Make your life go up and your opponents life go down. Keep their mana occupied by making them tap for counter spells, removal and having to search their deck using "dig through time" or similar deck searching card all the while your creature count increases as do their power and toughness while your life goes up and theirs quickly falls." One of the primary advantages this deck offers is the number of solid creatures that pose an immediate threat when played on turn two that will become a huge problem when turn 4, 5 and 6 come. Weaknesses are, like any deck, if your land gets clumped in the middle of your deck then you will fall behind and against a good deck and a good player it is hard to come back if you don't hit your early land drops. On the other hand if you don't get many lands after turn 4, while it is not ideal to only have 4 lands you should be able to manage through a few turns without being able to play the 5 and 6 drops in the deck (there are only 2 cards in the deck that cost 5 mana (2x wing mate roc which gives you two 3/4 fliers and you gain life for each attacking creature when he attacks.) There are 2 cards that cost 6 mana in Dragonlord Dromoka and Elspeth, Sun's Champion. These both should cost at least 7 mana and in my opinion Dromoka would be the last thing I would want to see hit the board... Can't be countered and opponents can't cast spells on your turn so you don't have to worry about any response to your actions as long as it's your turn. It doesn't hurt that he has Life Link to boot!