Dark Zoo

Modern Aggro BRGW Competitive GW (Selesnya) Midrange Zoo

kdna

Land (22)

• 4x Arid Mesa
• 1x Forest
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 2x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 4x Verdant Catacombs
• 4x Windswept Heath

Creature (23)

• 2x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 4x Grim Flayer
• 1x Loxodon Smiter
• 4x Narnam Renegade
• 2x Rhonas the Indomitable
• 2x Siege Rhino
• 4x Tarmogoyf
• 4x Wild Nacatl

Instant (9)

• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Lightning Helix
• 3x Path to Exile

Artifact (4)

• 4x Mishra's Bauble

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Collective Brutality

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 2x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Scavenging Ooze

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Stony Silence

Instant (5)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Ancient Grudge
• 2x Hallowed Moonlight

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Lingering Souls
• 2x Pyroclasm
• 2x Slaughter Games

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The deck

Big creatures, good removal and many building options. With big creatures you can get value in trades atacking or blocking while getting a clock against some non-creatures decks.

The core

• 8 one drops in form of Wild Nacatl + Narnam Renegade , starting with one of this applies good early game preassure with a 3/3 and you also can get some good trades with deathtouch.

• 8 two drops in form of Tarmogoyf + Grim Flayer , not much to say, they can go on offense or defense, with delirium they close the game in a few turns, and sometimes your turn 1 will clear the way by baiting cards such as Fatal Push / Lightning Bolt .

• Between 3 and 6 three drops, here I choose between any 4/4 or bigger, right now I´m ussing Rhonas the Indomitable + Anafenza, the Foremost but this spot is really flex, this two offer trample and pseudo-graveyard hate.

• 2 Siege Rhino for the lifedrain + trample, easy inclusion, he can staybilize and win the game with ease.

• At least 6 efficient removal, I like Path to Exile because for small creatures Lightning Bolt works and if not you can use it to finish the game fast.

• 22 Lands works fine to me but I can see the deck with more to hit 3-4 lands more consistently or less if you want more 1 drops.

• The others depend on your play style or the metagame, I´ll put more options below but think of getting delirium for the 2 drops.

Other options

Feel free to try what you want, there are many, learn about Zoo decks its doesnt get updated but it´s helpfull: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/established-modern/aggro-tempo/565682-zoo-video-primer.

But I want to highlight Qasali Pridemage , Scavenging Ooze , Voice of Resurgence , Tireless Tracker and Lingering Souls . This ones have hate to this you might want to take into account.

Side and tips (in process)

As sideboard goes, with 4 colors you can use almost everything, because of that try to get cards that follow a strategy, usually beatdown or aggro but cards that will get you enough value to compensate are worth trying.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 7 Rares 14 - 5 Uncommons 4 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.63
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W
Folders	Decks I most like playing
Based on	Dark Zoo kdna MDN