RG Beats

[lavafrogg]

I have been eying a list for something like this for a long time and last night I decided to finally type something up and see what the world says.

With the printing of a 3/4 for 1 I feel that the RG combination is finally has the tools to compete with the rest of the format.

Dudes 24
4 Elvish Reclaimer
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Scab-Clan Beserker
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Scavenging Ooze
3 Goblin Cratermaker

Spells 16
4 Wrenn and Six
4 Lighting Bolt
4 Faithless Looting
4 Chain Lightning


Lands 20
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Wasteland
2 Windswept Heath
1 Bloodstained Mire
3 Taiga
2 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Forgotten Cave
1 Barbarian Ring

Sideboard

3 Veil of Summer
3 Pyroblast
2 Surgical Extractions
2 Crop Rotation
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Karakas
2 Pyroclasm

Bunch of edits and playtesting so far. Love the Beserker in spell/control matchups so they are main to steal some game 1’s. Cratermakers are there to stall Eldrazi out until a magus hits.

Wren and Looting are a surprisingly strong draw engine as you get to discard lands.

[Mr. Safety]

I don't know if you need Simian Spirit Guides. It gets you a t1 two-mana play, or a Magus on turn 2, but do you want to open yourself up to that kind of card disadvantage? I think something like Grim Lavamancer, or just more burn spells, could be better. I think Magmatic Sinkhole would be a great way to synergize with Faithless Looting as well.

I have also been trying to find the best application of Elvish Reclaimer; I really like the card as an aggressive 3/4 for G in the right deck that finds utility lands to fight combo decks like Bog/Karakas or even just tricks with W&6.

[Jax-]

What a coincidence. I thought about this kind of deck yesterday.

What I would test (I mean, you since this isnt my style of deck) is based on this sequence:

Turn 1: Orchish Lumberjack
Turn 2: Wrenn and Six
Turn 3: Carnage Tyrant

Reclaimer is good as an alternative 1 mana drop.
I would play utility lands like Bog and probably even Crop Rotation maindeck, that way you can have answers to fast graveyard hate decks or Show and Tell (Karakas).

Bolts are fine. Dryad Arbor seems good to, protects both Carnage and Wrenn.
I think GSZ is a must top, for Ooze e other utility green creatures.

[thefreakaccident]

This looks cool. I love Zoo, and I miss it dearly in Legacy. If you want to playtest the list online, pm me. I'll gladly run it through the gauntlet.

[Lava Snacks]

If you want to playtest the list online, pm me. I'll gladly run it through the gauntlet.

People like you are the real MVP

[lavafrogg]

Made a few changes:

Dudes 24
4 Elvish Reclaimer
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Scavenging Ooze
3 Goblin Cratermakers

Spells 16
4 Wren and Six
4 Lighting Bolt
4 Faithless Looting
4 Chain Lightning

Lands 20
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Wasteland
2 Windswept Heath
1 Bloodstained Mire
3 Taiga
2 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Forgotten Cave
1 Barbarian Ring

Sideboard
3 Veil of Summer
3 Pyroblast
3 Surgical Extractions
2 Crop Rotation
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Karakas
2 Sudden Demise

Cratermakers are big against Eldrazi and against equipment, which are both struggles right now.

Looting and Wren are really fun and fair together.

Added extra guide to make sure you had them when you need to power out a play.