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06-09-2011, 09:00 AM
The idea is to brainstorm a Zoo-like list in monogreen.
To start with, Wasteland proof is not argument enough for a lot of people, and being way cheaper either, so, if you are one of these, or believe this to be a crap idea, don't post, it won't add anything anyways.
Monogreen Stompy, as it was called before "Stompy" decks turning into Chalice-aggro decks, has never been this able to exist before: It has 2/2 creatures for :g:, it has the improved (Avoid fate + Symbiosis) = Vines of Vastwood, it has a decent removal in Dismember, has one of, if not the best beatstick in the format with Tarmogoyf, it has good business cards in Phyrexian Revoker and Viridian Zealot , and it has free-counter to prevent Swords to plowshares and Lightning Bolt in Mental Misstep. And it has its usual bombs in Rancor (which is underrated and could well play in regular zoo), Sylvan Library and Umezawa's Jitte.
It's just a lot of better options than it used to have, and thus I thought of mixing everything into a new stompy. Since the "Stompy" name is taken, I'll call it Monogreen Zoo.
This is an untested, non-proved, sample list, brainstormed by myself:
//Higly complex and studied Manabase
18 Forest
//Thugs
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Jungle Lion
4 Skarrgan pit-skulk
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Silhana Ledgewalker
//Engineers - Catch-all Solutions
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Viridian Zealot
//Thugs' Beatstick
4 Rancor
2 Umezawa's Jitte
//Swiss army-knife survival pack
4 Vines of Vastwood
3 Mental Misstep
3 Dismember
2 Sylvan Library
If you know, and is certain that this idea sux, move to your DTB thread of preference and don't comment ;D
Some other ideas I had involved Kavu Predator+ Invigorate, Talara's Battalion + Manamorphose (which is really easily playable as 2 talata + 4 morphose) and Skarrgan pit-skulk, and there's also Silhana Ledgewalker, which is a bomb with Rancor or Jitte.
Fetchlands are also an idea, but with everyone playing fetchlands, you don't really need them to increase goyf power, and it would be the decision between risking to get Stifles from TA and using the strong synergy between them and Sylvan Library. I chose to reduce the land count to the minimun I can do.
Another idea, of course, is running Wasteland or not. They are amazing, are they worth it?
The last idea, the one I dismissed for this deck, is to run manadorks/accelerators, like Noble Hierarch and Elvish Spirit Guide. This list is supposed to play similar to Zoo, and not Big Zoo, and look at Zoo - do they run accelerators? We don't need them too. Linear is better for aggro decks.
Any other ideas will be apreciated. :wink:
To start with, Wasteland proof is not argument enough for a lot of people, and being way cheaper either, so, if you are one of these, or believe this to be a crap idea, don't post, it won't add anything anyways.
Monogreen Stompy, as it was called before "Stompy" decks turning into Chalice-aggro decks, has never been this able to exist before: It has 2/2 creatures for :g:, it has the improved (Avoid fate + Symbiosis) = Vines of Vastwood, it has a decent removal in Dismember, has one of, if not the best beatstick in the format with Tarmogoyf, it has good business cards in Phyrexian Revoker and Viridian Zealot , and it has free-counter to prevent Swords to plowshares and Lightning Bolt in Mental Misstep. And it has its usual bombs in Rancor (which is underrated and could well play in regular zoo), Sylvan Library and Umezawa's Jitte.
It's just a lot of better options than it used to have, and thus I thought of mixing everything into a new stompy. Since the "Stompy" name is taken, I'll call it Monogreen Zoo.
This is an untested, non-proved, sample list, brainstormed by myself:
//Higly complex and studied Manabase
18 Forest
//Thugs
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Jungle Lion
4 Skarrgan pit-skulk
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Silhana Ledgewalker
//Engineers - Catch-all Solutions
3 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Viridian Zealot
//Thugs' Beatstick
4 Rancor
2 Umezawa's Jitte
//Swiss army-knife survival pack
4 Vines of Vastwood
3 Mental Misstep
3 Dismember
2 Sylvan Library
If you know, and is certain that this idea sux, move to your DTB thread of preference and don't comment ;D
Some other ideas I had involved Kavu Predator+ Invigorate, Talara's Battalion + Manamorphose (which is really easily playable as 2 talata + 4 morphose) and Skarrgan pit-skulk, and there's also Silhana Ledgewalker, which is a bomb with Rancor or Jitte.
Fetchlands are also an idea, but with everyone playing fetchlands, you don't really need them to increase goyf power, and it would be the decision between risking to get Stifles from TA and using the strong synergy between them and Sylvan Library. I chose to reduce the land count to the minimun I can do.
Another idea, of course, is running Wasteland or not. They are amazing, are they worth it?
The last idea, the one I dismissed for this deck, is to run manadorks/accelerators, like Noble Hierarch and Elvish Spirit Guide. This list is supposed to play similar to Zoo, and not Big Zoo, and look at Zoo - do they run accelerators? We don't need them too. Linear is better for aggro decks.
Any other ideas will be apreciated. :wink: