3 {Canopy Vista}
4 {Forest}
2 {Flooded Strand}
4 {Windswept Heath}
4 {Llanowar Wastes}
1 {Plains}
1 {Caves of Koilos}
3 {Swamp}
1 {Rogue's Passage}
1 {Sunken Hollow}
24 lands
4 {Elvish Visionary}
1 {Fleshbag Marauder}
4 {Nantuko Husk}
4 {Blisterpod}
4 {Zulaport Cutthroat}
4 {Grim Haruspex}
4 {Kalastria Healer}
25 creatures
4 {Collected Company}
1 {Silkwrap}
4 {Rally the Ancestors}
2 {Abzan Charm}
11 other spells
Sideboard
2 {Abzan Charm}
3 {Duress}
2 {Negate}
3 {Arashin Cleric}
1 {Silkwrap}
1 {Dromoka's Command}
1 {Anafenza, the Foremost}
2 {Evolutionary Leap}
15 sideboard cards
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I don't play Standard often, but I figured Aristocrats looked like fun on a relative budget.
The main thing I'm working on at the moment is my mana. I tried a Foothills, a Mire, and a Smoldering Marsh a way to get black earlier, but after the deck's first outing at FNM, I'm going to see how Strands plus a Sunken Hollow do. I'm not sure how many fetches and tangoes I should run, as I don't want to get too greedy with fixing; I want to have enough basics to fetch to both get untapped mana when I need it and to turn on my tangoes.
I'm also trying boarding some countermagic to fight against Infinite Obliteration, though that may be a little ambitious unless I find more room for Strands. (I have four available.)
My sideboard needs work, in general. I have a copy of Anafenza, which I figure is good to have in the mirror or against Hangarbacks, but it's just the one. I feel like I should be mainboarding more of my Abzan Charms, but I also want Silkwrap in the main to deal with Jace. I'm also not sure if Duress is what I need or if I need a fourth Arashin Cleric. I should also work in more Fleshbag Marauders, since they can answer lone Anafenzas with little fixing.
I suppose the root of all my issues is space. The deck feels so tight that I don't want to mess around with much. The most I did was cut all of my copies of {Catacomb Sifter}, which I didn't really want to do. Maybe I'm running too many things as playsets? I'm just so much more used to building EDH decks.
Thoughts and suggestions welcome!