So far I've yet to face BGx and I was thinking on the side in/out and I thought that I want to bring in:
2 Fulminators
1 Thrun
3 Finks
But, aside from the 3 Pridemages, I don't know what to side out. On the draw, 3 dorks might do fine, but on the play I want all 4 of them.
Any thoughts?
So far I've yet to face BGx and I was thinking on the side in/out and I thought that I want to bring in:
2 Fulminators
1 Thrun
3 Finks
But, aside from the 3 Pridemages, I don't know what to side out. On the draw, 3 dorks might do fine, but on the play I want all 4 of them.
Any thoughts?
Sometimes it doesn't hurt to get out bolts. If you got power on board, they will sac bob to save there life, so I learned to side bolt out. But I also have blood moons in my side. And a turn 2 blood moon shuts em down most of the time. Get em before they get abrupt mana basics wise. Then when they draw it, you got power board locked up. I was talking to a few jund guys and they were talking blood moon is out now, not a lot use it. So I put 2 back in. I miss Thalia but the moon has made me some nice lgs store credit lately
So far I've yet to face BGx and I was thinking on the side in/out and I thought that I want to bring in:
2 Fulminators
1 Thrun
3 Finks
But, aside from the 3 Pridemages, I don't know what to side out. On the draw, 3 dorks might do fine, but on the play I want all 4 of them.
Any thoughts?
Here's what I'd do with your specific deck:
3 Pridemage into 3 Finks
1 Goyf into 1 Thrun (on the draw take out a Nacatl)
3 Bolts into 2 Fulminator Mage, and 1 Grim Lavamancer.
My only problem here is that you're boarding in higher CC cards with 21 lands and 4 nobles, I don't think you can afford to board out Noble with your list.
Hey guys, went to our local monthly tourney with Naya Company. Over 62 people playing modern felt good. Made top 8 with a 4-0-2 record, beating Grixis Delver (2-1), Affinity (2-1), Taking turns (2-0) and Abzan Junk (2-1). ID against burn and naya humans. First round of the top 8 got paired against burn and got promptly roasted 0-2.
Selfless spirit is a hatebear against wipes. Worth mentioning and probably adding to the primer. People have wanted a dauntless escort for 2 mana for a while. It also flies, so thats gravy.
Its not awe inspiring, but its a solid sideboard card for us.
I'll ask for some more advices, since my LGS's invitational is on sunday. This is the list I'll be using and below I've listed my sideboard plans for some matches. If you guys could point if you would do different on those matchs, I would be glad.
+2 Thalia
+1 Eidolon of the Rethoric
+1 Teeg
+2 Fulminator (is it worth it?)
Jeskai:
-4 Path
+2 Thalia
+1 Thrun
+1 Choke
(is it worth it to side in Grafdigger's Cage to mess with Snap?)
Dredgevine:
-2 Dromoka's Command
+2 Grafdigger's Cage
Elves:
-3 Qasali Pridemage
+1 Volcanic Fallout
+1 Grim Lavamancer
+1 Teeg
Kiki Chord:
-3 Qasali Pridemage
+2 Grafdigger's Cage
+1 Teeg
Merfolk:
-2 Dromoka's Command
+1 Lavamancer
+1 Volcanic Fallout
Infect:
-3 Ooze
+2 Thalia
+1 Lavamancer
(Here I could side in Eidolon on the play, since he pretty much screws their way of playing. too slow to side in on the draw, though)
Small Zoo:
-3 Qasali
+3 Finks
Those are the matchups I'm expecting. There could be some random ppl on Boggles or Living End, but I don't think it's that big of a chance.
I'll be really glad if you all could help me out and I'll surely make a report here after the event.
+2 Thalia
+1 Eidolon of the Rethoric
+1 Teeg
+2 Fulminator (is it worth it?)YES.
Merfolk:
-2 Dromoka's Command
+1 Lavamancer
+1 Volcanic Fallout
I would rather keep in Command, it's your best removal against them because it also kills spreading seas and gets around master of waves. I'd probably take out two Pridemage or Nobles (play/draw) instead.
It works for me and I have been putting up results. For my part I don't like the fact that some pilots think there's a dichotomy between using CoCo or using Planeswalkers.
Added Selfless Spirit to the midrange sideboard options.
One day I have to make that sideboarding menu better, but I dunno really whats best yet. Added reckless up there... it should have been up there like months ago, but I never got around to it, so added it now. Arlinn got used sometimes, and is worth mentioning in the primer, Spirit doesnt even exist yet, but if dauntless escort was just barely worth mentioning, this one is light years better. Oath turned out to be more of a dud then we thought, but it'd be used if the winds blew right, so its worth mentioning.
Again, trying to be all inclusive in the primer. Id rather give newbies alot of info to work with, then ask on the thread for help, then tell them "this is the only way to do it." when it could change next month.
Added Selfless Spirit to the midrange sideboard options.
One day I have to make that sideboarding menu better, but I dunno really whats best yet. Added reckless up there... it should have been up there like months ago, but I never got around to it, so added it now. Arlinn got used sometimes, and is worth mentioning in the primer, Spirit doesnt even exist yet, but if dauntless escort was just barely worth mentioning, this one is light years better. Oath turned out to be more of a dud then we thought, but it'd be used if the winds blew right, so its worth mentioning.
Again, trying to be all inclusive in the primer. Id rather give newbies alot of info to work with, then ask on the thread for help, then tell them "this is the only way to do it." when it could change next month.
I'd also suggest adding the new Thalia and new Nacatl to the list. New nacatl could very well be used in Suicide Zoo and new Thalia would have been great back when Eldrazi were stomping around every where, but with Eldrazi making more of a comeback she may be useful against them yet still.
Added Selfless Spirit to the midrange sideboard options.
One day I have to make that sideboarding menu better, but I dunno really whats best yet. Added reckless up there... it should have been up there like months ago, but I never got around to it, so added it now. Arlinn got used sometimes, and is worth mentioning in the primer, Spirit doesnt even exist yet, but if dauntless escort was just barely worth mentioning, this one is light years better. Oath turned out to be more of a dud then we thought, but it'd be used if the winds blew right, so its worth mentioning.
Again, trying to be all inclusive in the primer. Id rather give newbies alot of info to work with, then ask on the thread for help, then tell them "this is the only way to do it." when it could change next month.
I'd also suggest adding the new Thalia and new Nacatl to the list. New nacatl could very well be used in Suicide Zoo and new Thalia would have been great back when Eldrazi were stomping around every where, but with Eldrazi making more of a comeback she may be useful against them yet still.
Good thing about having your main zoo foil is... Having a whole other zoo shell leftover to play with. In
At one of my lgs blue heavy meta I have been playing this. I may drop the ancient grudges for crumbles, idk Tron is heavy in his meta to.
I'm currently using this decklist:
4 Windswept Heath
3 Arid Mesa
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Stomping Ground
2 Temple Garden
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Kessig Wolf Run
2 Forest
1 Plains
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Qasali Pridemage
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Loxodon Smiter
Stuff (13)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
3 Domri Rade
2 Dromoka's Command
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Kitchen Finks
2 Fulminator Mage
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Eidolon of Rethoric
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Volcanic Fallout
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Choke
So far I've yet to face BGx and I was thinking on the side in/out and I thought that I want to bring in:
2 Fulminators
1 Thrun
3 Finks
But, aside from the 3 Pridemages, I don't know what to side out. On the draw, 3 dorks might do fine, but on the play I want all 4 of them.
Any thoughts?
WGUBR 5c Humans
GWR Naya Zoo
Legacy:
GW GW Maverick
R Goblins
Sometimes it doesn't hurt to get out bolts. If you got power on board, they will sac bob to save there life, so I learned to side bolt out. But I also have blood moons in my side. And a turn 2 blood moon shuts em down most of the time. Get em before they get abrupt mana basics wise. Then when they draw it, you got power board locked up. I was talking to a few jund guys and they were talking blood moon is out now, not a lot use it. So I put 2 back in. I miss Thalia but the moon has made me some nice lgs store credit lately
Just finished the main board of my bushwhacker zoo deck and now I need to work on the sideboard. This is what I have thought up so far.
2 spellskite
2 thalia, guardian of thraben
2 tin street hooligan
2 stony silence
2 destructive revelry
3 lightning helix
2 path to exile
Thanks for all your help
Here's what I'd do with your specific deck:
3 Pridemage into 3 Finks
1 Goyf into 1 Thrun (on the draw take out a Nacatl)
3 Bolts into 2 Fulminator Mage, and 1 Grim Lavamancer.
My only problem here is that you're boarding in higher CC cards with 21 lands and 4 nobles, I don't think you can afford to board out Noble with your list.
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Its not awe inspiring, but its a solid sideboard card for us.
4 Windswept Heath
3 Arid Mesa
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Stomping Ground
2 Temple Garden
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Kessig Wolf Run
2 Forest
1 Plains
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Qasali Pridemage
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Loxodon Smiter
Stuff (13)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
3 Domri Rade
2 Dromoka's Command
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Kitchen Finks
2 Fulminator Mage
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Eidolon of Rethoric
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Volcanic Fallout
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Choke
Jund/Abzan:
-3 Pridemage
-3 Bolts (-4 Bolts vs Abzan)
-1 Goyf (vs Jund on the play)/-1 Nacatl (vs Jund on the draw)
+3 Finks
+2 Fulminator Mage
+1 Grim Lavamancer
+1 Thrun
Burn:
-4 Path
-1 Knight
+3 Finks
+2 Thalia
Tron:
-3 Ooze
-2 Bolt
+2 Thalia
+2 Fulminator
+1 Teeg
Ad Nauseam:
-4 Path
-2 Bolt
+2 Thalia
+1 Eidolon of the Rethoric
+1 Teeg
+2 Fulminator (is it worth it?)
Jeskai:
-4 Path
+2 Thalia
+1 Thrun
+1 Choke
(is it worth it to side in Grafdigger's Cage to mess with Snap?)
Dredgevine:
-2 Dromoka's Command
+2 Grafdigger's Cage
Elves:
-3 Qasali Pridemage
+1 Volcanic Fallout
+1 Grim Lavamancer
+1 Teeg
Kiki Chord:
-3 Qasali Pridemage
+2 Grafdigger's Cage
+1 Teeg
Merfolk:
-2 Dromoka's Command
+1 Lavamancer
+1 Volcanic Fallout
Infect:
-3 Ooze
+2 Thalia
+1 Lavamancer
(Here I could side in Eidolon on the play, since he pretty much screws their way of playing. too slow to side in on the draw, though)
Small Zoo:
-3 Qasali
+3 Finks
Those are the matchups I'm expecting. There could be some random ppl on Boggles or Living End, but I don't think it's that big of a chance.
I'll be really glad if you all could help me out and I'll surely make a report here after the event.
WGUBR 5c Humans
GWR Naya Zoo
Legacy:
GW GW Maverick
R Goblins
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Yeah, Even jund over extends to kill off that domri, a catch 22, because that means you get a clear board for early game.
Awww man! Thank you so much!
WGUBR 5c Humans
GWR Naya Zoo
Legacy:
GW GW Maverick
R Goblins
Its worth it when you run the walkers. Especially since your side board is a little high on the cmc.
One day I have to make that sideboarding menu better, but I dunno really whats best yet. Added reckless up there... it should have been up there like months ago, but I never got around to it, so added it now. Arlinn got used sometimes, and is worth mentioning in the primer, Spirit doesnt even exist yet, but if dauntless escort was just barely worth mentioning, this one is light years better. Oath turned out to be more of a dud then we thought, but it'd be used if the winds blew right, so its worth mentioning.
Again, trying to be all inclusive in the primer. Id rather give newbies alot of info to work with, then ask on the thread for help, then tell them "this is the only way to do it." when it could change next month.
I'd also suggest adding the new Thalia and new Nacatl to the list. New nacatl could very well be used in Suicide Zoo and new Thalia would have been great back when Eldrazi were stomping around every where, but with Eldrazi making more of a comeback she may be useful against them yet still.
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Id wanna see results before I add those.
4 Windswept Heath
3 Arid Mesa
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Kessig Wolf Run
2 Forest
1 Plains
1 mountain
1 raging ravine
1 ghost quarter
1 birds of paradise
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
2 qasali Pridemage
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Loxodon Smiter
1 stormbreath Dragon
2 Arlinn kord
2 domri rade
1 Elspeth, knight-errant
4 lightning bolt
4 path to exile
4 kitchen finks
2 voice of resurgence
1 sigarda, host of herons
1 thrun, the last troll
2 blood moon
2 stony silence
2 ancient grudge
1 pyroclasm
Good thing about having your main zoo foil is... Having a whole other zoo shell leftover to play with. In
At one of my lgs blue heavy meta I have been playing this. I may drop the ancient grudges for crumbles, idk Tron is heavy in his meta to.