Zooicide

by jimmbobwayriot on 05 November 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (16 cards)

Creatures (4)


Instants (4)


Artifacts (2)

Enchantments (6)

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Deck Description

thinking gut shot would work well in the deck

Deck Tags

  • Zoo
  • Competitive
  • Rainbow
  • Modern
  • Creature-Based

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

32151011

Deck Format


Modern

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Zooicide

I'm not sure I'm a fan of mutagenic growth or temur battle rage in here.

I know the growth bleeds you, sneaks in some damage, and fodders your grave for delving, but even if you double strike the damage it gives I'm not sure its worth the spot since it doesn't generate direct advantage and relies on a variety of circumstances. This is further compacted because there are only 3 direct control cards (thoughtseize) and only a few possible preventative acts (bauble, peek), meaning that you could commit the growth and then face a terminate/path/etc. and be down 2 to 1 with a loss of tempo, which would devastate.

I have similar problems with battle rage, in that its conditional and contains the possibility of committing too much to 1 creature, especially game 2 and 3.

That being said, I think this looks solid. Slip through space seems like it might find a home in this deck, possibly as a substitute for battle rage? Replaces itself and bypasses annoying blockers gaining you a tempo and damage for 1 mana that can also be topdecked into replacing itself if you dont' have the proper circumstances.

Although, I don't see a blue source of mana in here.

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Posted 26 October 2017 at 23:08

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added my blue source. thanks for the heads up on that. i didnt need it in the original build because i had use of Gitaxian Probe, so i replaced it with peek. that throws some of my tempo off now as well. Slip through space helps me keep some tempo and draw but i also like having some information to go off of. I also need to cut a land since i had to add a blue source, but im unsure of which one. i like having all the fetches because it helps drain me. Maybe i could run apostles blessing or gut shot instead?

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Posted 27 October 2017 at 20:53

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Ah, the death of the probe. She was great while she lasted, and a common at that.
Honestly I would consider cutting blue altogether as you're only running the 4 cards and it ups the chance of a mulligan, which would be hard to deal with in a deck with less than 20 lands. Maybe up the thoughtseize to 4 (ups the info with the loss of peek) and maybe 3 path to exiles, or 3 inquisitions? Maybe even a copy or two of dismember if you really want to bleed.

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Posted 28 October 2017 at 03:48

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thanks! i feel like the card draw really helps me keep tempo though. maybe i can find something in black?

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Posted 28 October 2017 at 19:57

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maybe nights whisper

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Posted 28 October 2017 at 20:16

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solid, does both things you want and is basically the best topdeck youre gunna get, and doesn't affect your curve too much

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Posted 28 October 2017 at 20:30

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i appreciate all your feedback! Thank you! I hope you post on some of my other decks and ideas! youve been most helpful!

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Posted 28 October 2017 at 23:17

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