Rgw Zoo

Delicious · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 566

// Deck file for Magic Workstation (http://www.magicworkstation.com)

// Lands
3 [SHM] Mountain (3)
1 [9E] Plains (2)
4 [GP] Stomping Ground
4 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
4 [ON] Windswept Heath
4 [RAV] Sacred Foundry

// Creatures
4 [EVE] Figure of Destiny
4 [ALA] Wild Nacatl
1 [SOK] Kataki, War's Wage
2 [ALA] Ajani Vengeant
4 [9E] Kird Ape
4 [SC] Silver Knight
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf

// Spells
2 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
4 [LRW] Lash Out
4 [RAV] Lightning Helix
3 [TSP] Sudden Shock
4 [MR] Molten Rain

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [SOK] Kataki, War's Wage
SB: 3 [LRW] Thorn of Amethyst
SB: 4 [SHM] Guttural Response
SB: 3 [SHM] Vexing Shusher
SB: 2 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg

After wild nacatl, i thought i would try my hand at the zoo

have 7 slots in my SB for the control match up because i see so much of it and i want to try to stop it quicker.

i was looking for a little help because i am not an Extended player so i don't know what cards should be in here and shouldn't

HdH_Cthulhu · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 13

Play jitte in the sb!
You couldnt support the mana for 4 figure of desteny and 2 jitte! + you play kataki md...!

Vesuvian · Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 56

I find it quite odd that Cthulhu's only criticism was the maindeck Jitte.. because you have much more glaring problems with your list than that.

For starters, Lash Out is not strong enough for extended, nor is Sudden Shock. You'd be much better off looking up the domain zoo decks, which play stronger cards like Tribal Flames, Dark Confidant, etc.

Engrishskill · Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 454

Lash out is terrible and I am not sure if silver knight will be easy to support. You might want to also consider removing molten and just adding some rift bolts and incinerates. It is a matter of great debate, but tarfire might suit you better than sudden shock. What are you running sudden shock for specifically? Fae? Luckily Fae isn't quite a deck to beat. I honestly don't see a point in running sudden shock at all.

I understand that guttural response is good, but what is it for specifically? The random [whatever]level blue deck run a very small amount of blue now and counter top is gone, so shusher seems silly. To be honest, you should just familiarize yourself with what is popular because your sideboard seems absolutely terribad.

InigoMontoya · Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 1

The main reason I see to run sudden shock in this list is because its amazing against Affinity, which zoo decks don't have a great game 1 against. Being able to sudden shock a ravager or a creature they were modular'ing (just made that up) helps quite a bit.

I do agree that silver knight seems really hard to support in this deck, there are definetely going to be times he will be stuck in your hand for several turns.

Also the 1 Kataki mise answer doesnt seem that solid in the maindeck; and having 2 Ajani and Jitte w/ 4 Figures would probably want more land.

Otherwise seems like a solid Zoo with a good matchup vs. other Zoo variants.

Engrishskill · Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: 454

Right now, as it stands aside from beating a deck based on the virtue of cheap beats, the only situations I see it winning due to optimization is affinity and that is retarded.

If the only card you wanted to have critiqued was silver knight, why on earth did you even bother posting? Seriously...some of the card choices in your deck are garbage. You already run Kataki and affinity is far from the top-performing deck in extended right now. Worry about the top decks.