If I recall correctly this was the protour where they banned twin to avoid a stream full of mirror matches…. so everyone played abzan midrange and this deck is a direct response to that meta. Generally not a great deck in a vacuum, but very good against gbx decks.

Great article as always man. Running delver as a feint is great. Been toying with a similar tactic in a legacy brew.

I have no idea what is neat or cool about thay abzan list or why it would be exciting or inspiring for it to get 7th place at a pro tour. Was this eldrazi era? Twin era? Pod era? Dredge era? Is smiter/liege whats supposed to be the surprise?

Past standard decks are really low value examples for modern players, but a past modern deck with no context and no insight into what was great about it isnt far behind. Its not like you can take that list and see for yourself since the meta is completely different (presumably) and lots of new cards like push and company (?) exist now.