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Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
Legendary Creature — Bird Bard
Flying, first strike, lifelink When Abigale enters, up to one other target creature loses all abilities. Put a flying counter, a first strike counter, and a lifelink counter on that creature.
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“Tiny evasive bard that strips and upgrades creatures with keyword counters.”
Aggro
Beginner
Combat damage, Commander damage
Tokens, Voltron, Aristocrats
Strategy
Abigale is a tiny flyer with a huge upside: she strips abilities from opponents' creatures while loading up your own threats with her keyword counters. Your core gameplan is to swing in early with evasive creatures, then use Abigale to neuter an opposing blocker or threat while upgrading one of your own creatures into a harder-to-block, harder-to-kill attacker. You're playing a hybrid aggro-midrange game where you pressure opponents while building up your best flyer with stacking counters—first strike lets you trade favorably, lifelink shores up your life total, and flying lets you go over the top. The deck wins through commander damage and evasive combat damage, turning Abigale's ability into both offense and defense.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive flyers like Solitude; use Spell Queller, Soulless Jailer, or common flying creatures instead. Cheap removal like Fatal Push and Swords to Plowshares work just as well.
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