
Finally a playable Zoo deck in Pauper (NOT DOMAIN)
Hi! I would like to share here a deck that I have been tweaking for a long time now and I think it finally is pretty well playable.
https://moxfield.com/decks/Pg-OD3uG3EeTTAfHh9cB_Q
First I want to adress the issue of not putting up any results with the deck on MTGO (which is a superior way to share a brew with people). However MTGO is so laggy on my laptop that I have lately abandoned the idea of learning to use the application. But I have took it to my LGS multiple times and it felt like a pretty reasonable T2 deck which definitely has legs. And there is still room for improvement for sure if more people will work on it in future.
Archetype wise it is a classic Zoo deck. Very similar in gameplay to Domain Zoo in Modern format. We are an aggro deck and have big cheap threats, 5c interaction spells and a little clunky landbase.
The whole deck is held together by creature token synergies, mainly with eldrazy spawns. We use these tokens mainly to enable our UNTAPPED 5c MANABASE (you heard it right), as well as to ramp so we have big creature fast or we can doublespell fast (play threat and hold instant speed interaction).
They also enable some of our threats like [[Bayou Groff]].
More detailed explanation can be found in the Moxfield primer.
I think the main selling point of the deck is, that it enables the beloved Zoo archetype in Pauper to be playable. Domain Zoo in Pauper has been extremely underpowered for a long time. And this could be the solution for people who miss Zoo in Pauper.
I really hope some of you will pick this deck up, run it through some leagues and help me improve it. I have worked on the deck for almost two years now, and I think I have reached a limit where I can not improve it any more alone. The deck is in my opinion pretty unique, because it is not based on anything existing and still has legs and pretty simple and consistent gameplan. So at least it could be an interesting community brewing experiment.
I will try to answer questions and replies here asap.
link to primer: https://moxfield.com/decks/Pg-OD3uG3EeTTAfHh9cB_Q/primer
EDIT: I forgot to say, that I am looking for suggestions on how to name the deck! I was calling it Eldrazi Zoo but that is so boring. I would love some cool name like Full English Breakfast, Tooth and Nail etc. But did not think of any yet.