Gruul ZadaWolves (EMN - Retired)

Casual clayperce

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Mad_Guns22 says... #1

Considered Rending Volley sideboard for creature hate?

March 22, 2016 11:23 a.m.

clayperce says... #2

Mad_Guns22,
That's a really good idea. I'll maybeboard it for now, and decide once the new archetypes settle out a little. Thanks!

March 22, 2016 11:43 a.m.

dthscythe says... #3

Does this deck really need Beastcaller Savant? It's creatures are relatively cheap, and it is only a 2 color deck.

March 22, 2016 3:17 p.m.

Ryjo says... #4

I found a card that could be killer in this deck. Unfortunately, url linking does not seem to be working, but here is the address: https://twitter.com/maro254/status/712367720184946688).

An enchantment you can play on your opponent's turn so you can pass your turn and flip your werewolves, and grants+1/+1 and Trample to Wolves and Werewolves. So good.

March 22, 2016 4:11 p.m.

NotSquishedYet says... #5

Nice find... It's also a great combat trick, which I can see netting wins after chump blocks.

March 22, 2016 4:52 p.m.

clayperce says... #7

Ryjo,
Thanks much for pointing that out! That's another 3-drop that's going to be great in a bunch of mid-range Werewolf decks, but doesn't really fit in this one.

By the way, here's the trick for URL linking:

[Howlpack Resurgence](https://twitter.com/maro254/status/712367720184946688)
Howlpack Resurgence

Thanks again!

March 22, 2016 6:59 p.m.

clayperce says... #9

dthscythe,
Unless I'm missing something, the deck needs mana acceleration to score a Turn 4 win, and Dingus Egg seemed like the best option.

I'm loving the idea of something like this ...

  • T1: Play Dingus Egg / Cast Village Messenger / Swing with Messenger for 1 damage
  • T2: Messenger transforms to Moonrise Intruder / Play Dingus Egg / Cast Dingus Egg / Swing with Intruder and Savant for 3 (4 total)
  • T3: Play Dingus Egg / Tap Savant for of any color / Cast Zada, Hedron Grinder / Swing with Intruder for 2 (6 total)
  • T4: Play any Land / Tap Savant for / Cast Silverfur Partisan / Cast Titan's Strength targeting Zada / Put two 2/2 Wolf tokens (A&B) onto the battlefield / Intruder, Savant, Zada, and Silverfur get +3/+1 / Scry 1 four times / Cast Dingus Egg targeting Zada / Put four 2/2 Wolf tokens onto the battlefield / Intruder, Savant, Zada, Silverfur, and Wolf tokens A&B gain Haste / Draw 6 / Swing with Intruder, Savant, Zada, Silverfur, and wolf tokens A&B for 31 (37 total)
March 22, 2016 8:03 p.m.

Kala says... #10

@clayperce how do you do that with dingus egg

March 22, 2016 8:08 p.m.

clayperce says... #11

Kala,
It's some kind of joke, across the site. There are multiple threads on it ... here's one

March 22, 2016 9:12 p.m.

HairyManBack says... #12

New Wolf/Werewolf enchantment spoiled. :) If you haven't seen it:

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I don't think it's the greatest but a good uncommon with some potential for a slot or two

Loving how they are pushing the tribes.

March 22, 2016 9:14 p.m. Edited.

clayperce says... #13

HairyManBack,
Ryjo beat you to it, in Post #6. :-)
Yeah, I love all the Tribal synergy we're getting. So fun!

March 22, 2016 9:44 p.m.

Agreed. I simply can't wait to abuse in my Bant deck Thalia's Lieutenant and Hanweir Militia Captain. (Not sure how to link)

http://www.mtgsalvation.com/cards/shadows-over-innistrad/26826-hanweir-militia-captain

A human that gets bigger when I make other humans, and makes other humans bigger when I use it; and a human well sized for its cost that fairly easily turns into a big, growing human that makes more humans and makes itself bigger... Quite nice, if you ask me, and perfectly on curve to compliment my army of Veteran Warleaders.

March 22, 2016 9:56 p.m.

Funny enough, the Militia Captain lets you get a 10/10 back with Ojutai's Command, which I need to acquire.

March 22, 2016 9:58 p.m.

clayperce says... #16

NotSquishedYet,
Please see Post #8 or the Formatting Tips page (at the bottom of almost every comment block) for how to link. Or use the link icon above the comment block

Thanks! :-)

March 22, 2016 10 p.m.

Alright. Saw the comment, but I didn't catch the details. Thanks! Let's see if this works...

Hanweir Militia Captain

March 22, 2016 10:10 p.m.

Nope. No luck with it.

March 22, 2016 10:14 p.m.

clayperce says... #19

Hmm, [maybe like this](http://www.mtgsalvation.com/cards/shadows-over-innistrad/26826-hanweir-militia-captain)

Hmm, maybe like this

March 22, 2016 10:20 p.m.

Much better. I'll try to figure that out - it seems useful. :P

March 22, 2016 10:27 p.m.

For comment 9 - I might be missing some things on the turn 4, but it's a solid 24-29, minimum.

March 22, 2016 11:45 p.m.

clayperce says... #22

Everyone,
Scourge Wolf just got spoiled:

for a 2/2 Wolf Horror with First Strike and Delirium - Scourge Wolf has double strike as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Currently, the deck doesn't support Delirium, so Duskwatch Recruiter is definitely better. But a few Evolving Wilds would make double strike possible in the mid-game. I'm thinking it's not worth it, but appreciate your thoughts!

March 23, 2016 5:16 a.m.

+1! Cool deck you have here. I bet this will do pretty good in Modern with just a few changes. Here's my Standard Gruul if anyone's interested:


Druul On My Gruul Mana Pool

Standard TheInsanelyMadWizard

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Will absolutely do a playtest between the two decks.

March 23, 2016 8:19 a.m.

Ryjo says... #24

If this was a mono-red deck, I would say Scourge Wolf would be the 2 drop to have. But for this deck, in many matches, I would expect to play Scourge Wolf no earlier than turn 3. Since you already have Silverfur Partisan and Exquisite Firecraft in your 3 slots, I would advise against Scourge Wolf.

March 23, 2016 8:48 a.m.

Argy says... #25

I think that new Wolf would work well in a deck focused on Delerium, but for your deck it's not quite right.

Putting in Evolving Wilds just to try to activate Delerium for this one card would be a bad move, in my opinion.

That land just has no place in most aggro builds, due to the land it fetches coming in tapped.

March 23, 2016 9:14 a.m.

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