Premodern GR Zoo
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GR Zoo has slipped from ~4.8% to 3.7% of the Premodern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~4.8% to 3.7% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising GR Zoo cards
Cards gaining share within GR Zoo vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quirion Dryad | 75% | 100% | +25% |
| Fireblast | 17% | 23% | +6.4% |
| Sylvan Library | 83% | 100% | +16.7% |
| Naturalize | 83% | 100% | +16.7% |
| Lava Dart | 75% | 85% | +9.6% |
| Seal of Fire | 83% | 92% | +9% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mogg Salvage | New | 31% | +30.8% |
| Earthquake | New | 23% | +23.1% |
| Pyroblast | 67% | 85% | +17.9% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 83% | 100% | +16.7% |
Typical Premodern GR Zoo maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 97 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 2.8 | 100% |
| Grim Lavamancer | 3.9 | 100% |
| Karplusan Forest | 4.0 | 100% |
| Lightning Bolt | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mountain | 5.0 | 100% |
| Wooded Foothills | 4.0 | 100% |
| Call of the Herd | 4.0 | 99% |
| Treetop Village | 3.1 | 99% |
| Mogg Fanatic | 4.0 | 98% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 2.8 | 96% |
| Naturalize | 2.2 | 95% |
| Sylvan Library | 2.0 | 95% |
| Incinerate | 4.0 | 89% |
| Jackal Pup | 3.9 | 86% |
| Quirion Dryad | 4.0 | 86% |
| Lava Dart | 3.9 | 84% |
| Rancor | 1.2 | 80% |
| Seal of Fire | 1.4 | 78% |
| Wild Mongrel | 3.6 | 15% |
| Wasteland | 3.1 | 13% |
| Basking Rootwalla | 4.0 | 11% |
| Fire/Ice | 2.7 | 11% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 2.1 | 11% |
| City of Brass | 2.1 | 9% |
| Assault/Battery | 1.0 | 8% |
| Fireblast | 1.7 | 6% |
| Reckless Charge | 2.0 | 4% |
| Cursed Scroll | 1.3 | 3% |
| Earthquake | 1.0 | 3% |
| Gaea's Blessing | 1.0 | 3% |
| Sulfuric Vortex | 1.0 | 3% |
| Violent Eruption | 2.7 | 3% |
| Mishra's Factory | 3.0 | 2% |
| River Boa | 3.0 | 2% |
| Anger | 2.0 | 1% |
| Arrogant Wurm | 2.0 | 1% |
| Fiery Temper | 4.0 | 1% |
| Firebolt | 3.0 | 1% |
| Flametongue Kavu | 2.0 | 1% |
| Masticore | 1.0 | 1% |
Typical Premodern GR Zoo sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 97 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 97 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Tormod's Crypt | 2.1 | 97% |
| Naturalize | 1.8 | 95% |
| Pyroblast | 2.7 | 92% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 2.2 | 89% |
| Tranquil Domain | 2.2 | 86% |
| Ravenous Baloth | 2.0 | 85% |
| Simoon | 1.3 | 75% |
| Hull Breach | 1.5 | 72% |
| Earthquake | 1.8 | 12% |
| Mogg Salvage | 1.7 | 12% |
| Crumble | 1.8 | 8% |
| Gaea's Blessing | 1.0 | 7% |
| Overload | 1.2 | 6% |
| Pyroclasm | 1.3 | 6% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 1.4 | 5% |
| Anarchy | 1.7 | 3% |
| Compost | 2.0 | 2% |
| Flametongue Kavu | 2.0 | 2% |
| Hidden Gibbons | 2.0 | 2% |
| Call of the Herd | 2.0 | 1% |
| Goblin Tinkerer | 1.0 | 1% |
| Hearth Charm | 1.0 | 1% |
| Null Rod | 1.0 | 1% |
| Price of Progress | 2.0 | 1% |
| River Boa | 3.0 | 1% |
| Sulfuric Vortex | 2.0 | 1% |
| Tsabo's Web | 2.0 | 1% |
GR Zoo Premodern FAQ
Is GR Zoo good in Premodern right now?
It's rising fast. GR Zoo is 3.7% of Premodern decklists in the last two weeks (up 30% vs the prior window), with 2 Top 8s. Over the last 90 days share is still down from ~4.8% to 3.7%, so the recent spike may be a bounce. Best recent finish: 7th (5-2) at Premodern Challenge 32 on Jul 21, 2026.
What are the key cards in Premodern GR Zoo?
Nearly every list runs Grim Lavamancer and Lightning Bolt (99%+ of Premodern GR Zoo decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (32); variants add Phyrexian Furnace (11) and Fire/Ice (6).
What's a typical Premodern GR Zoo sideboard?
The most common Premodern GR Zoo sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Tormod's Crypt (97% of lists), Naturalize (95% of lists), Pyroblast (92% of lists), and Red Elemental Blast (89% of lists). Mogg Salvage is the fastest riser — new this window at 31% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Premodern GR Zoo?
Mostly one stock build — recent lists are highly standardized. Recent lists split into Phyrexian Furnace, Fire/Ice, and Stock approaches.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Premodern GR Zoo decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 195 Premodern GR Zoo decklists all-time (13 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest GR Zoo result Jul 25, 2026.