Landfall Zoo

[matth]

If I were going to MN this weekend, I'd play something along these lines:

15 Fetches
1 Mountain
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Temple Garden
2 Sacred Foundry
1 Stomping Ground
24 Land

4 Steppe Lynx
4 Wild Nacatl
3 Qasali Pridemage (cats, lol)
3 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Plated Geopede
4 Knight of the Reliquary
26 Creatures

4 Path
4 Bolt
2 Helix
10 Other Spells

Board
3 Baneslayer
2 Elspeth
3 Relic/Ravenous Trap
1 Hallowed Fountain
3 Meddling Mage
(or alternatively, 4 Ethersworn Canonist)
3 Ancient Grudge

I am also considering going the Rubin Zoo route, but that deck needs Baneslayers (more than this build) and I believe that Lynx/Geopede can be broken in half in a format where you can play 15 real fetches without much penalty apart from loss of life.
The biggest problem with this build is that I really haven't seen a lot of Extended decks, and I haven't played any since the last season, where I played Affinity to an unremarkable record. PT Austin results don't really sway me -- I think the format is about as undefined as my ignorance to its complexities.
Is it worthwhile to sacrifice the Punishing Fire combo, the four and five drops, and Treetop Villages for an additional burst of speed? Should I play Gaddock Teeg somewhere?

[Zach]

I've got my own ideas for ZOO... I call it JunZoo (No Spaces)

4 Kird Apes (better than leech... especially against burn)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Great Sable Stag (under the impression that there will be mucho control)
4 Sprouting Thrinax
4 Blightning
3 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Garruk, Wildspeaker
3 Primal Command
3 Broodmate Dragon
35 spells

4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Savage Lands
3 Dragonskull Summit
3 Stomping Ground
4 Forest
3 Swamp
4 Mountain

With a Side of...

4 Vampire Nighthawk (Burn)
3 Thought Hemorrhage (Control/Phyrexian Dreadnaught)
4 Terminate (Creature Decks)
1 Swamp (Armageddon, although pulse and Hemorrhage should do the trick)
3... Something, any suggestions appreciated.

[Travis Lannoye]

I don't like the Jund list at all. It's just a Standard Jund deck with Primal Commands and Kird Apes.

Zoo never plays anything that costs 5 or more mana, except for maybe a Baneslayer Angel. Instead, it would play things like Dark Confidant and Wild Nacatl and Lightning Helix (emphasis on cheap and effective).

Zoo also plays more fetchlands and replaces M10 duals with Ravnica duals (they can be fetched). This allows for a much better manabase that does not require as many lands to operate (I think about 23 lands is current). No Zoo deck would EVER run a tri-land because it could potentially slow them down for a turn, which is unacceptable.

The sideboard is also just a bunch of standard cards. Phyrexian Dreadnought hasn't been legal in Extended for quite awhile, and control decks don't really care too much about Thought Hemorrhage (it'll never resolve).

[Zach]

I played Phyrexian Dreadnaught a year ago...

And based on that, I get rid of Garruk and Broodmate... But for what? (obviously the land thing too)

[Zach]

Also, try to keep in mind, for the next 2 or 3 years, I will not know a clue about extended... SOO many cards.

[matth]

Phyrexian Dreadnought? Perhaps you meant Phyrexian Arena? And if so, Bob is infy better.
Anyway, after looking through some lists, it's clear that Jotun Grunt is much more useful than Plated Geopede in this kind of deck.
If anyone hasn't noticed, the decks from PTQ MN are up, including Adrian Sullivan's T4 Bloodchief Ascension deck. The winner looks enticing, I like Bant Charm, but no Steppe Lynx? I am disappoint.