It thus sets itself apart from other aggressive decks which are often mono-colored and/or tribal based. This deck will commonly win on turn 3. Zoo usually employs either some burn or a full suite of burn, either to burn creatures out of the way, or to finish off someones life total. Not having Kird Ape around is kind of a loss for the deck but Jackal Pup and Skyshroud Elite will get the job done too.
Competitive Register. 1 Rith's Grove A Zoo deck will traditionally play weenie creatures alongside burn and utility spells. 1 Caves of Koilos
Play less and you will end up with fetches that can’t find anymore lands, play more and you’ll increase the risk of getting mana screwed.
• Sylvan Library guarantees to keep things running and is even better with fetch lands. Kird ape - Beautiful kird ape making this deck less of a complete waste of money i honestly think another good threat was what the deck was missing so i have high hopes in this little guy. 3 Pyroblast You can now import it in the MTG Arena client. To further our agenda, we want to complement the creatures with spells that help to reduce our opponent’s life total to zero. Contact | But we still need the effect from time to time and this card trumps the other possible options like Terminate and Vendetta. The sky was Her hair; the sun, Her face. For a creature, that means it either has to have good stats compared to its converted mana cost (power/toughness > cmc, e.g. 2 Forest We expect that with the return of Wild Nacatl, those decks will return as a viable option. With these, the creature count is raised to 25 to make sure there’s always enough gas. Zoo is a term that describes an archetype of multicoloured aggro decks, usually featuring three or more colours. Since we are playing a green creature deck, we need to play Llanowar Elves, and having this many 1/1s makes Lovestruck Beast the best 3 drop available. Rith Zoo is a timeless classic but it has its limits, so let’s max out! Rancor is a key card in this deck. Zoo adopts an approach closer to the classic Sligh deck than anything else. Top Modern Suicide Zoo Decks. If you get to activate his ability a few times, chances are high that you’re winning.
But the fact that the better part of our lands is five-coloured combined with a curve that allows us to play a decent game of Magic with 1–2 mana sources cancels that out to a certain degree. For a time, zoo was abandoned, but eventually its highly tweakable shell would come back into use, this time under Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Which hurt the tempo decks at the time, as well as combo. Others: 5 Greatness, at any cost. 2 Tormod's Crypt This new version of zoo was much more creature heavy and put speed pressure on opponents. The only really powerful thing it is missing is Grove of the Burnwillows + Punishing Fire, but it can't support that combo because it really need the blue lands. 4 Carnophage Zoo was one of the most anticipated decks at the start of the format. Instants and Sorceries: 13 The idea behind the deck is that, if we untap with Ghalta alive, we probably win and Selfless Savior seems like the perfect card for enabling that. It took the name counter cat, or aquarium (see below).
On one hand, it produces unconditional and painless mana but on the other hand it is a risky move to play it on turn one against many decks and a sweeper does not only clear our board but will also cost us a land. Relic of Progenitus - shoutout to TTC and G/B Dredge that deck is sick and i don't want to lose to it. Seriously, in most games drawing a fourth land is like not drawing a card at all. 2 Mountain Artifact-based aggressive strategies have remained popular and a few other aggressive decks have emerged, but the Zoo decks eventually disappeared as a result of the ban and nothing else emerged as a viable traditional aggressive deck. In 2014, Nacatl is unbanned. While not included in this list, having access to blue opens up a bunch of interesting possibilities for our sideboard: Hydroblast, Meddling Mage and Stifle are very appealing contenders for a slot. 2 Grim Lavamancer MAIN DECK (60) Speaking of meta, if yours is full of fancy control or even fancier combo decks, you might want to step up your game. 1 Karplusan Forest To keep the possibility of flooding at a minimum, the mana base has to be relatively tight. Lightning Helix, Shock, Char, and Flames of the Blood Hand are all featured, so there are a ton of both creature elimination, as well as player elimination options. The creatures are usually complemented with a suite of red Burn spells such as Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Lightning Helix which can either kill creatures standing in the way or just go to the opponents head to finish the game off. Zoo remained tier 2 without Wild Nacatl, and became more Gruul oriented (See Below) and creature heavy in order to provide constant pressure and speed only seconded by Affinity.
The “can’t be regenerated”-clause won’t matter most of the time but it’s something to keep in mind versus cards like Masticore. 4 Rancor
Each of the lands has a heavy yet manageable downside. … Naya Zoo (Modern MTG Deck) Updated Jul 29, 2020 by Gtrcgujff using our MTG Deck Builder. 4 Windswept Heath If aggressive decks or lunch breaks are your favorite thing, then Naya Zoo is the deck you’ve been looking for. 1 Duress ------------------------------------------------ Attention! The reason for this was because of Experiment One's ability to replace Nacatl, and the explosive power of Burning-Tree Emissary. We have collected the top Suicide Zoo Modern decks from … 4 Wax // Wane Things that destroy creatures or deal damage will be almost useless against us, but we should still be very careful not to play into Extinction Event or Cry of the Carnarium, if we fear our opponents have access to those cards. Artifact-based aggressive strategies have remained popular and a few other aggressive decks have emerged, but the Zoo decks eventually disappeared as a result of the ban and nothing else emerged as a viable traditional aggressive deck. Zoo has fairly good game against many decks that are considered to be top tier and it can probably beat any strategy out there.
/ Martin. Domain Zoo has randomly been a mildly competitive pauper deck over the years, most of the time it's not. If you want to go aggro in Premodern but don’t feel like playing Sligh or one of the already established monocolored or tribal based strategies, Zoo just might be the right deck for you! 4 Savannah Lions Umezawa's Jitte and Hunted Wumpus in the sideboard bolster Aggro matchups, and Giant Solifuge and Flames of the Blood Hand bolster Control matchups. 3 Swords to Plowshares • Caller of the Claw is our insurance against sweepers like Pernicious Deed or Wrath of God. If the card resolves, we’re probably going to win as soon as we untap. Adjust accordingly. 2 Darigaaz's Caldera The self-inflicted damage can be tough, especially with a draw that contains multiple City of Brass or in a matchup where your own life total is pressured, but you should use it aggressively nevertheless. It played the best of what modern magic had to offer creature wise, backed up with the explosive Tribal Flames. There are games where a few top decks could win it … The low curve makes the deck capable of operating on just a few lands. Abundant Growth - cantrip and mana fixing super good, super important. Kraul Harpooner is an incredibly powerful card if decks like monoU tempo of UW fliers become more popular.
The sideboard is designed for an open metagame, but depending on how it evolves, we may need more graveyard hate in the form of a 4th Ooze or a few Containment Priests, or we may need more artifact/enchantment removal. We are not playing planeswalkers or other card advantage spells, so curving out is paramount to all of our games. In another interesting choice, Jones maindecked three Kami of Ancient Law. Poor little Mogg Fanatic may not seem very outstanding at first glance but he’s in fact a very powerful piece of interaction: from shooting a turn one Birds of Paradise to preventing your Doomsday playing opponent from comboing off, the one damage can make quite the difference. MTG Arena Zone © 2020. This page was last edited on 4 June 2014, at 22:09. Early 2-power one-drops (Kird Ape and the dreaded White Weenie duo of Isamaru, Hound of Konda and Savannah Lions, (plus the newly added Wild Nacatl, easily a 3/3 for 1) are backed up by a powerful two drop (Watchwolf). Among these are Kird Ape, its near reprint Loam Lion or Wild Nacatl.
Help | Scavenging Ooze will stop our opponent from abusing the graveyard and, with Gemrazer in the sideboard, we should have reliable interaction against everything else. Team Fireball's "Blue Zoo/Countercat/Catfish" deck is probably the best Zoo deck right now. Zoo may refer to: Extended Domain Zoo deck; Standard RGW Aggro Zoo deck; Legacy Zoo deck; Modern Zoo deck; This disambiguation page lists articles … The latter is somehow good since most of the decks in the format will grant them their +1/+2 and the few decks that can offset their nonbasic lands from hitting the field, to avoid the power-up, usually do that at the cost of a tempo loss, which we’ll be taking advantage of. Lands: 19 1 Naturalize Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. But unfortunately, the other one mana options are cards like Shock or Firebolt which don’t fit these criteria. This page was last edited on 6 April 2019, at 22:50. 4 Gemstone Mine It’s nice to have a card that wins in the late game and morevoer it matters that it’s neither a creature nor red.But don’t overpack them—resolving the card is not essential in most matchups and you really don’t want to draw multiples since you would never be able to keep yourself Hellbent (i.e. 4 Lightning Bolt It’s an universal answer that solves a lot of problems, messing with your opponent’s plans and obtaining information. Zoo is currently a deck not seen often in its available formats. To do so you can only afford to include the most efficient creatures and spells that the card pool has to offer. Despite having an aesthetically pleasing artwork, this angry man gives the deck a way to control the board and is a repetitive source of damage that doesn’t have to connect through combat, which is exactly what you want in the mid and late game. Creatures: 21 Voracious Hydra will be great against Goblins or Elves, to have removal against small but powerful creatures.
Mancta Rioters - probably the biggest reason to make this a domain list, 5/5s for 3 are sweet and nothing is going to change that. Zoo is an often underappreciated archetype that doesn’t receive as much love as other decks do but it is remarkably strong and can be quite rewarding in the hands of a skilled and experienced pilot. Instants and Sorceries: 15 The fetch lands Windswept Heath and Wooded Foothills fix our mana and fuel Grim Lavamancer.