I think it's a shame that Zoo decks seem to have lost what made them Zoo in the first place: the creature types! So I set out to make a legitimate Zoo deck, and here's what I have at the moment.
Reckless mages burned down the zoo with fire and lightning. Now the animals are out for revenge with a little help from their fallen comrades!
Every creature's type, with the exception of the pair of too-good-to-pass-up Thoctars, is a real-world animal: Cat, Ape, and Wolf.
The fire and lightning are present in Inicerate and Lightning Helix, and every aura represents one of the poor dead animals: Armadillo, Elephant, and Griffin.
20/20/20 split. No rares.
The manabase is where I would most appreciate suggestions. It's difficult to get all three basic land types for the Apes and Nacatls without using duals. Jungle Shrine seemed like the best fixing I could find in un/commons. I'm also trying to keep things as flavorful as possible with the above description.
I must be dumb, because I can't figure out how to search the new Gatherer in the way that I want.
It used to be that you could check "name, flavor text, and oracle text" when you entered your search term and it would return any card with the term in any of those three areas.
How the **** do I do this in beta? I've tried putting my search term in each of the "name, rules text, and flavor text" filters with various combinations of the booleans. I know that in the "help" it says you can't add multiple booleans across multiple filters, but you can't enter a term in a filter without a boolean to accompany it, so..
So I must be dumb. There is clearly something I'm missing. It is very frustrating as Gatherer used to be the only engine that would let me search that way, but now I can't figure it out, and also because the MTG forums just won't load when I try to create an account to ask there.
I understand that, but it seems like it should no longer be a private zone once it's revealed. To everyone. Which is what we call public in the real world...
Again, I understand that's not the way it works. It's just wonky to me.
The hand is not a public zone, regardless of being revealed or not. this does make for fun times though. Name a 6+ CC card (Say, an Ultimatum) and they show 3 of them. Bam, 9 damage. Then you say "well, I didn't find any in my search" and play another Thought Hemhorrage next turn naming the same card. 18 damage FTW.
Interesting play, but it seems like abuse that would/should be covered in the rules...but it's not. Oh well.
Thought Hemorrhage: "The cards you're searching for must be found if they're in the graveyard, because that's a zone everyone can see. Finding those cards in the hand and library is optional, though. This is true even though the targeted player has revealed his or her hand."
How can you fail to find a card in someone's hand if the cards are revealed???
4 Kird Ape
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Qasali Pridemage
2 Watchwolf
2 Woolly Thoctar
2 Giant Growth
4 Incinerate
4 Lightning Helix
4 Armadillo Cloak
2 Elephant Guide
2 Griffin Guide
4 Jungle Shrine
4 Mountain
5 Plains
Reckless mages burned down the zoo with fire and lightning. Now the animals are out for revenge with a little help from their fallen comrades!
Every creature's type, with the exception of the pair of too-good-to-pass-up Thoctars, is a real-world animal: Cat, Ape, and Wolf.
The fire and lightning are present in Inicerate and Lightning Helix, and every aura represents one of the poor dead animals: Armadillo, Elephant, and Griffin.
20/20/20 split. No rares.
The manabase is where I would most appreciate suggestions. It's difficult to get all three basic land types for the Apes and Nacatls without using duals. Jungle Shrine seemed like the best fixing I could find in un/commons. I'm also trying to keep things as flavorful as possible with the above description.
Blitz Hellion - I think a lot of people undervalued Beacon of Destruction +2.
Breath of Malfegor - As I've said before, I have a multiplayer deck that will LOVE this.
Ceradon Yearling - He's not as cute as I had hoped, but I do so love zoo/boros.
Colossal Might - Also seems undervalued. See above.
Deny Reality - May have to rebuild an old UB deck to see if this has a place.
Double Negative - Another multiplayer goodie.
Grizzled Leotau - Funny, all those cards then skipped a bunch, alphabetically. I want to do something with him, I just don't know what.
Illusory Demon - Always liked Skittering Skirge and the like.
Kathari Bomber - Very cool design, IMO.
Leonin Armorguard - Cool common, just don't know what to put him with.
Lorescale Coatl - SUCH a good ability. I expect all kind of decks in all kinds of formats to be using him.
Marisi's Twinclaws - REALLY want to follow up an Obsidian Battle-Axe with these guys!
Mask of Riddles - Might fit into my afformentioned UB deck.
Messenger Falcons - Simple, elegant.
Mind Funeral - Love mill. Want to see this do some good.
Nemesis of Reason - See above. Awesome flavor text, too.
Nulltread Gargantuan - Cheap fat, just the kind of card I want to try to abuse.
Offering to Asha - Seems like a great control card.
Soul Manipulation - Perfect marriage of two other cards, IMO.
Spellbound Dragon - Beautiful combination of UR.
Zealous Persecution - Plain and simply good, I hope.
It used to be that you could check "name, flavor text, and oracle text" when you entered your search term and it would return any card with the term in any of those three areas.
How the **** do I do this in beta? I've tried putting my search term in each of the "name, rules text, and flavor text" filters with various combinations of the booleans. I know that in the "help" it says you can't add multiple booleans across multiple filters, but you can't enter a term in a filter without a boolean to accompany it, so..
So I must be dumb. There is clearly something I'm missing. It is very frustrating as Gatherer used to be the only engine that would let me search that way, but now I can't figure it out, and also because the MTG forums just won't load when I try to create an account to ask there.
Yeah I brought it up in another thread since the Covenant says "Zombies you control have lifelink" and not "Zombie creatures".
I understand that, but it seems like it should no longer be a private zone once it's revealed. To everyone. Which is what we call public in the real world...
Again, I understand that's not the way it works. It's just wonky to me.
Interesting play, but it seems like abuse that would/should be covered in the rules...but it's not. Oh well.
How can you fail to find a card in someone's hand if the cards are revealed???
AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That was hilarious. I can't even evaluate these cards. That was just too funny.