Lands:
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Forest
2 Mountain
1 Plains
2 Sacred Foundry
4 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
2 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
Creatures:
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Figure of Destiny
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Kird Ape
2 Mogg Fanatic
4 Ranger of Eos
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Woolly Thoctar
Other Spells:
4 Lightning Helix
4 Seal of Fire
3 Umezawa's Jitte
Sideboard:
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Duergar Hedge-Mage
4 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Path to Exile |
   Extended
Ranger Zoo (3/2009).
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
Adding Ranger of Eos to Extended Zoo (or Naya)
is an idea that has been burning in the back of my mind since seeing the
Ranger gather Wild Nacatls ... in Legacy. As you can see, Bill's deck is
similar to a sideboarded version of Saito's, but with a dedicated Ranger
configuration instead of main deck Path to Exile.
So how does this deck work?
Painted with a broad brush, Bill's deck is a lot like
Saito's, a flexible offensive creature deck with burn support rather
than a burn deck that treats its creatures like more efficient burn
cards (a la Naya Burn). Like Saito's deck, Bill's has some Jittes and
some burn, but those are there for support. Stark has got the Wooly
Thoctars, and of course, it goes even further up the mana curve with the
four-cost Ranger of Eos.
Ranger of Eos is a good creature even when all it is
doing is getting a couple of Kird Apes to reload after an opposing Wrath
of God. But in this case, it is also a precision tool. Bill has the
singleton Burrenton Forge-Tender to foil red spells, and a singleton
Figure of Destiny (which can grow up to be a 4/4 or even larger threat).
When you need a "burn spell" it can even fetch Mogg Fanatic (as it often
does in Standard).
All in all, and quite simply, a deck I admire. |
