StandardZoo Help Wanted!

by celebratorkevin on 10 July 2011

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

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Deck Description

ZOOOO
With some of the cards coming back into print, and a couple of the new ones I got excited about the idea.
This is my second shot at it, a little bit more thought out.

I'm still having trouble thinking of good replacements for path to exile and sylvan library for some draw, but other than that I like where it's going.

I thought about maybe O-ring because it takes care of other pesky things, but it's an enchantment so it's removable, plus t doesn't add to any sort of fodder for grim lavamancer. I might run a journey to no where or even a pacifism as well.

I can't decide if I need artifact destruction mainboard, but I have manic vandal as a possibility.
Melira sideboarded for infect protect.
Grand Abolisher for some control defense.

Cards that are still considerable are Goblin Guide,
Also, Goblin Wardriver and Mirran Crusader and Garruk's Companion but I am turned off by the double cost in a 3 color deck.

Signal Pest and either Giant Growth or Mutagenic Growth are options, but I already have a lot of one drops, so I feel like I need some 3 drops or something a bit more powerful or are least draw-able.

The last consideration is whether I should fit in incinerate or not.

I decided to cut steppe lynx for lack of fetch lands.

I'm really torn on trying to fit the new Chandra in as well, maybe in place of the hero.

My biggest worry is really the draw abilities that a sylvan library would normally cover for these colors. The best things I can think of are hunter's insight which would cost too much for too little gain and infiltration lens which is mediocre at best.


This isn't as fast due to the lack of mana efficient creatures like wild nactils or a steppe lynx with an efficient amount of fetch lands, but I think it's promising because of battle cry effects. Although I'm not sure if signal pest gets there everytime since it's not doing any actual damage, goblin guide might be a better 1 drop just doing straight 2 damage right away.

I like the ideas of using swords at least side boarded.

Once again, any help is welcomed.

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  • Zoo

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for StandardZoo Help Wanted!

First of all i think u should add a few lands to your deck because you are three colors and with only 21 lands you will have about 1-2 lands in your opening hand. I realize that your curve is very low but without the right colors of mana you will be sitting there with dead cards in your hand. Adding Survival Cache could help and will most likely net you 4 life and 2 draw every time. Hope my advice was helpful

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Posted 11 July 2011 at 00:34

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I haven't gotten to mess with it much so I needa kinda work out the curve. If I wanted to draw 2 cards for 3 mana I could just use a hunter's insight, but the life gain might be worth it. It's a card definitely worth testing it out. And yeah I just don't know what lands I should add in or what to cut at this point. Thank you very much though!

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Posted 11 July 2011 at 08:13

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