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by Valdarith
Wed Sep 09, 2015 5:38 am
Forum: Aggro
Topic: Gruul Zoo
Replies: 14
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Gruul Zoo

I have been testing a small Naya Zoo list on MTGO. I started with Patrick Sullivan's list shown here:

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After testing about 20 matches, I made some changes.

1) First to go was Eidolon of the Great Revel. I found this card killing me more often than it was winning me games considering how much fetching I had to do for untapped shocks. The deck has to fetch Stomping Ground and Sacred Foundry back-to-back pretty consistently which put me way in the hole against other aggressive decks. I tried Abbot of Keral Keep but it wasn't good in this list, so I tried Young Pyromancer which was great early and worked marvelously with Atarka's Command, but it was a bit slow and a bad topdeck. I finally tried Ghor-Clan Rampager and was sold after a few matches testing him. One of the problems the deck had in its infancy was attacking through other creatures, and adding Ghor-Clan solved that problem beautifully. It also gives extra upside to Boros Charm (for those of you that remember the blowouts from the Naya deck from ISD-RTR Standard).

2) I felt like the deck needed a couple more one drops for more consistent openings, so I added Rakdos Cacklers. I should probably take one out for a Zurgo Bellstriker, but whatever. I dropped the two copies of Lightning Helix for them because it was pretty bad.

3) Now that my spell count is a little lower, the effectiveness of my Swiftspears is reduced, but I think it's still better than any other one drop I could put there regardless. I have considered Experiment One. It's a bit slower but is basically another Wild Nacatl in almost every case in the early game. It does make me consider going heavier into GW to pick up Loam Lion and just play all the 2/3s.

[deck]
Creatures (23)
4 Goblin Guide
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Kird Ape
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Rakdos Cackler
3 Ghor-Clan Rampager

Spells (17)
2 Mutagenic Growth
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Atarka's Command
4 Boros Charm
3 Searing Blaze

Lands (20)
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Arid Mesa
3 Stomping Ground
3 Sacred Foundry
2 Mountain

Sideboard (15)
4 Path to Exile
2 Pyrite Spellbomb
4 Destructive Revelry
2 Deflecting Palm
3 Molten Rain
[/deck]

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