I'm an Abzan aggro player too trying to figure out a way around these dragons. Foul Tongue Invocation is more of a beating than the actual dragons in many games. Even though>Hi spikes,

I haven't had as much time to actually play lately - trips for work - so I've just been keeping track of results on the internet. Abzan Aggro, by virtue of being very experienced with it, is a deck I am looking at for an RPTQ this weekend, so I'd like to gather some thoughts/discussion on how it fares against our new overlords - Esper Dragons. Forgive me if this has been discussed already, but I haven't been as updated as I ought to be.

Curve toppers - Abzan Aggro has generally used these guys at the top end of the curve: Whisperwood, Tasigur, & Roc. Wingmate seems to match up very poorly against these dragons (Ojutai eats it and Silumgar just blocks it for days), so I'm not too sure on playing it for this weekend. I like the other two, though, but am not sure which one. Tasigur allows a steady stream of cards to keep coming and can be cast for cheap. Whisperwood does the same, except the stream of cards goes directly into play, and can protect your existing creatures from a wipe. Which one matches up better against Esper?

Surrak - is he still worth it now that people will probably expect that haste-y damage? BBD has taken this out for the Whisperwoods in his latest Abzan Aggro iteration, as Whisperwood has more staying power. Surrak allows for more explosive starts, but the formidable ability can easily be stymied by killing one of your guys. I'm leaning on no, but the explosiveness of Lion into Annie into Surrak into haste-y Rhino is very, very tempting.

Foul-Tongue Invocation - this card seems to do a serious number against us, as it gets through the built-in resistance of Fleecemane and Deathdealer, while gaining them a comfortable 4 life - that's a Rhino trigger/Anafenza attack erased. With this finding its home into Esper Dragons what's the best adjustment Abzan can make? The usual lists seem to be playing just a little more than 20 creatures (21-22), so off the bat I'm thinking one way would be to increase the count of dudes (take your pick, there's a lot of options) while removing/SBing some of the noncreatures being played. Is this a good way to go about it, or is there an angle of attack I haven't seen?

Those are some of the thoughts I've been mulling about for now, will add some more when I think of them.

I'm not running dragons, giving them a little FTI is just as backbreaking to them and their hexproof fatties. I'm not sure what to take out post board but I'm tempted to run a full set.