Modern Deck Feature: Magus Zoo

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So I was scouring through the Modern decklist from last weekend’s Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch held in Atlanta and found an archetype that I think my poolmate played from our last local Modern tournament. The deck is of a Naya aggro type but can lock opponents’ mana with maindeck Magus of the Moon and additional Blood Moon in the sideboard. It was piloted by Phillip Braverman and went 8-2 in the Modern constructed portion of the Pro Tour.

Here is the decklist for Magus Zoo:

Maindeck
1 Birds of Paradise
2 Grim Lavamancer
3 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Kitchen Finks
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Magus of the Moon
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Voice of Resurgence
4 Wild Nacatl

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile

2 Arid Mesa
2 Forest
1 Gavony Township
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Mountain
1 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Stirring Wildwood
2 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard
1 Ancient Grudge
4 Blood Moon
1 Crumble to Dust
1 Dismember
1 Eternal Witness
3 Lightning Helix
4 Stony Silence