Gaea Zoo

Gerrardfo · Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Posts: 325

4 Wooded Foothills
4 Windswept Heath
2 Flooded Strand
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Temple Garden
2 Stomping Ground
1 Breeding Pool
1 Steam Vents
1 Godless Shrine
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Forest
4 Kird Ape
4 Grim Lavamancer
3 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Savannah Lions
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Watchwolf
4 Boros Swiftblade
4 Gaea's Might
1 Might of Old Krosa
4 Tribal Flames
2 Lightning Helix
1 Predator's Strike
4 Armadillo Cloak
//Sideboard:
SB: 3 Disrupt
SB: 3 Orim's Chant
SB: 3 Krosan Grip
SB: 3 Sudden Shock
SB: 3 Dark Confidant

Gaea Zoo, as played by Christian Flaaten. How could the deck/sideboard be changed? How could the matchups be improved? Discuss!

jheezy · Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 167

4xboros swiftblade>>>1-3 more lions Very Happy

asamodious · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 86

boros switfblade is insane in this deck with all that pump. turn 2 swiftblade, turn 3 cloak seems good to me.

jheezy · Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 167

asamodious · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 86

i thought you meant turn the swiftblades into lions with the >>>>> arrows.

I dont really see what dark confidant is doing in the sideboard.

I would either make it main or not play it at all.

Erebus- · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 94

-3 Disrupt +3 Force Spike
-3 Dark Confidant +3 Darkblast

SpareSocks · Joined: 24 Dec 2005 Posts: 49

SL|RedDemon · Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 116

im 15-2 with this deck on m-l and it bumped my rating from like 1710 to 1798 minus the loss Razz

my first loss was due to stupidty, i played the wrong land and then had no double green next turn to win on turn 3 (yea turn 3-4 kills are possible with this deck)

the other just happened due to the mws shuffler -.- ...first endless land despite fetching, then no land .. after mulling, you know the deal Razz

i like the sb as it is

its fun to pump +4/+4 or +5/+5 regularly with gaeas might. especially on boros swiftblades or cloaked monsters Very Happy

the real pain for this deck seems to be jitte, although so far i handled it quite well, also destructive flow is realy mean ..but usualy you win that matchup anyway.

other than the ugr conncotion(something with lots of remand, cs, memory lapse, fire/ice / jitte, witness, kavu , snake etc) i just lost too i cant think of any all too unpleasant matchups ..

combo is the most fun to play against as they usualy dont expect to die THAT fast (once again, boros swiftblade gaeas might and tribal flames are all really evil cards Very Happy

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+ orims chant is a beating post sb, killing desire and the like outright.

no-stick is easy as hell.

other zoo/burn decks usualy scoop to cloak

havent played vs ichorid yet

combo gobs are eaz.

havent played vs tog yet, but i guess it succumbs to early pressure

did i mention ape and watchwolf being great beatsticks? Very Happy

blablabla

etcetc.

dont change thedeck. just play it like that unless you have a real good reason to do otherwise

Netta · Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 11

SL|RedDemon -

Against Jitte and Flow you got krosan grip.

I think the real problam is deed. they can usually blow it on 1-2 on the same turn they played it.

how is no-stick easy? they got fire/ice, helix, wog and angel.

netta

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 927

Well the last list that I have seen dropped the Predator's Strike and Might of Old Krosa. Other changes are

+4 Tarmogoyf
+2 Lightning Helix
+4 Dark Confidant or Joltun Grunts
-4 Watchwolf
-4 Grim Lavamancer

+3 Meddling Mage in the Side