Sweet Dark Rancor Zoo...

JacobMatthew · Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 126

// Lands
1 [BRB] Plains (4)
1 [GP] Stomping Ground
4 [ZEN] Verdant Catacombs
4 [ZEN] Arid Mesa
1 [I2P] Mountain (2)
1 [RAV] Temple Garden
1 [M12] Forest (2)
1 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
1 [DIS] Blood Crypt
2 [RAV] Sacred Foundry
3 [ZEN] Marsh Flats

// Creatures
3 [CFX] Noble Hierarch
4 [ZEN] Goblin Guide
2 [V09] Kird Ape
3 [ZEN] Steppe Lynx
2 [WWK] Loam Lion
4 [RAV] Dark Confidant
4 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
3 [DDG] Knight of the Reliquary
1 [B] Birds of Paradise
1 Qasali Pridemage

// Spells
4 [ARC] Rancor
4 [B] Lightning Bolt
4 [RAV] Lightning Helix
1 [DDF] Elspeth, Knight-Errant

// Sideboard
SB: 3 [CMD] Path to Exile
SB: 1 [FNM] Qasali Pridemage
SB: 1 [TSP] Ancient Grudge
SB: 3 [MR] Molten Rain
SB: 1 [REL] Vexing Shusher
SB: 3 [FNM] Kitchen Finks
SB: 3 [ALA] Ethersworn Canonist

Idk this deck is just brutal... Gob guide rancor is such a beating.. You dump all these early drops and rancor them.. force out all their removal then go Confidant Confidant it's so unfair... Try it, it's fun.

1x elspeth - usually when i drop her i win the game, or if not, just gives me incredible reach
4x rancor - originally ran 3... but this card is just too sick. it's like having recurring 2 damage card in your hand all the time,.... hmmm... reminds me of something else..

what would you take out?

JacobMatthew · Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 126

3x path - aggro match ups, and splinter twin..

molten rains for tron and control
shusher to eat spell snares
finks for aggro matchups obv

magicman85 · Joined: 22 Aug 2009 Posts: 549

Elspeth in zoo? no thanks too slow

JacobMatthew · Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 126

::shrug:: You got 4 mana dorks. I get flooded more often than not, in my testing, cuz i curve out at 3... so flooded is drawing a 4th land, lol. It's not slow if it's a one of. Getting to 4 isn't that hard with 4 dorks. The +3+3 flying is usually just really devastating, especially with exalted triggers and rancor... Im keeping her

SteveGoode · Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 7

guess you forgot new ajani could turn 3 kill someone potentially in modern huh?????????

b4il3y · Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Posts: 77

steve has a good point. that could get very brutal. i like your concept dude Smile

Burton911 · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 172

Birds over Noble can't be right, if you have issues with the manabase that would require that you build your manabase wrong.

I'm also doubtful if Rancor does what the deck wants, because it don't gets any damage trough on its own. Especially in 5C Zoo it ssems worse than other options like Tribal Flames. It seems like a card that really hurts you when its bad, while it is a winmore card when its good.

BIRDYYY · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 83

the only black card in here is BOB...=/ BOB is hand advantage, the same thing alot of non-black spells could do for u anyway.

JacobMatthew · Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 126

lol... like what birdy?? Bob is BROKEN in this deck.

JacobMatthew · Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 126

Obviously youve never played with rancor. It's so amazing. It's SHOCK, recurring. I always have a target for it, always.

mtgsoldier · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 56

True, its a shock. Also im shocked why people dont play with shocks anymore