BRM Rank 1 EU - Demon Zoo!
- Last updated Jun 21, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 26 Minions
- 4 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 6380
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/25/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Hello guys!
I just hit rank 1 legend with this list created by my friend Tryndamere. The list is perfect in my opinion so I figured I'd share it.
General strategy:
First of all, zoo is a control deck, not a rush deck! You win by gaining early board control and making efficient trades every turn! Cards like abusive servant and power overwelming help you do that. Always play around the AEO removal from the class you are facing, like consecrate / Swipe etc. Of course this is elementary knowledge, but it is the most important thing to do.
Matchups:
Easy matchups: Mage (mech), shaman, priest, paladin, druid,
Mage: Against (mech)mage look for a good curve and just keep trading with all the mechs and you will win easy.
Shaman: Same as above, just play out your curve and trade. Play around Lightning Storm when you can. Popping narubian egg before it gets earth shocked is a good play too.
Priest: Same as above, should be an easy game. Trade efficiently and play around Holy Nova and Circle of Healing combo.
Paladin: Always play around consecrate obviously, narubian egg is a very good counter against consecrate.
Druid: Don't play against druid with turn 2 Wild Growth. Power overwelming is the best card to keep against druid.
Hard matchups: Warrior (Grim Patron), Warlock (Handlock), hunter (Face), Rogue,
Warrior (Grim Patron): Very difficult matchup when they have early board clears, Just keep clearing and suicide off your own small minions so he can't get value from charging Grim Patrons. Winning board control is always key to winning the match with zoo.
Warlock (Handlock): This is one of the hardest matchups, just try to get him down to 15health by turn 5 just above molten giants range and hope you draw into power overwelming/Doomguard as the finisher.
Hunter (Face): Always keep Defender of Argus in the opening hand, it is key to winning the game. When you managed to argus something like Imp Gang Boss [/card]+ [card]narubian egg, consider racing the hunter and going face.
Rogue: Don't pop your narubian eggs too soon, it is a good ensurance against Blade Flurry. This is a really hard match, but if you manage to play Loatheb while having a board, you win. Power overwelming is great for trading against rogue minions like Violet Teacher and Azure Drake.
Key notes:
* Power Overwelming is good against most classes
* Imp Gang Boss is always a good turn 3.
* Voidcaller is a card I always like to keep in my opening hand! Sometimes when I'm greedy I keep it together with Doomguard or malganys.
* Big Game Hunter Saved my ass so many times. It is the reason I managed to get Rank 1.
* Loatheb Closes out games when you are ahead.
Changes
- Loatheb + Dr. Boom
- flame imp + Sylvanas
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As noted, Patron warrior is awful to play against...right now at rank 8-12...you see *A LOT* of Patron warrior...
I've found that Patron Warrior is the only class against which this deck can be used as Aggro. I've run Zoos for some time and I know they're not Aggro but up until now it has given me good result against PW, at least in ranks 10-7.
what to replace Dire Wolf Alpha with? disenchanted it long ago and doesnt have it and i have 0 dust now lol
crafted it and opened it in the next pack t.t
great deck and i even manage to win some face hunter with it(malganis = well fought, i concede)
Why do not play vs Druid turn 2 Wild growth????
wut?
I made some minor changes to this deck -1flame imp for kezan mystic? Also I dont have malganis or dr boom.So I just threw in chromaggus.No demon synergy for voidcaller,but it does work with hero power.What do you guys think?
Do you have jaraxxus? i tried him and saved me many times, also a 3/15 on board is really strong against some decks (against others like warrior is nothing, execute and gone)
sadly no jaraxxus either :( lol,but thanks for the tip 3/15 is still really strong
a good synergy i love to use with this deck is Abusive Sergeant and buff an enemy Emperor Thaurissan or Sylvanas Windrunner or any other enemy 5 or 6 attack minion card and hit it with my Big Game Hunter.
10-0 with this deck tonight.
It just seems to have an answer to everything. A couple of close shaves and I haven't run into a face hunter yet but Void Terror is incredible value if you pick that up with Nerubian Egg.
Dropping a Voidcaller into a Mal'Ganis after they finally kill it is extremely satisfying.
Probably my favorite combo in this entire deck is getting two Nerubian Eggs onto the board early, and on turn 4 playing Abusive Sergeant on one of them, hitting face with it, and dropping Void Terror in between them. For 4 mana, you get two 4/4s, a 5/7, and a 2/1. Everything just snowballs from there. I've never lost a game where I pulled that off.
Like another comment mentioned, you can use combo Abusive Sergeant to destroy a lot of 5 and 6 attack minions with BGH. That's a 4 mana trade that takes out a big minion and sets you up with two minions (weak to AoE, but still).
Again, the purpose of this is board control, and if you already have minions on the board, BGH makes sure you deal as much damage with them over time as you can.
If i put in dr boom for mal ganis until i get him, is that ok? Is he the best replacement?
This deck doesn't really need big minions for damage - most of the time, you win by overwhelming the opponent with board control. Mal'Ganis is really included for his invulnerability effect, but if you don't have him, feel free to just leave it out. Maybe put in a Dark Iron Dwarf or even a Shredder, I've run both in Zoo decks that are really similar to this one
I wouldn't recommend it, imp gang boss is one of the best 3 drops in the game.
Y no Enhance-o Mechano?
cuz its bad
what's the value of a 1/1 taunt? 1/1 windfury?
Nice deck and very well redacted guide,about all the matchups and how to play it,very short,comprehensible and fast to learn. Really i liked so much in the way you made.