Elder Dino Squad-Standard-Subscriber Request (JPeasy)

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JPeasy requested a Zetalpa deck and since I've been wrestling with the Chupacabra/heavy removal/Scarab God/Hazoret/other card that you just can't seem to get away from-decks, I decided to once again, return to my roots and get back to playing some good old magic.  And nothing is more 'magical' than a straight up ramp deck into a bunch of hard to beat creatures.  Also, the greatest creatures in the current meta (greatest meaning having 'fun' abilities vice effective abilities) are the Elder Dinosaurs.  So why not put almost all of them in a deck?  So with that, I present the Elder Dino Squad.




I thought that we might as well include almost every Elder Dinosaur.  Why go halfway?  So with that,  2 of each Elder Dino begins the deck.  

The supportive ramping creature base is as follows:


The support cards (card draw, removal, more ramp):





I have played this deck several times and have routinely gotten Zacama.  This is a fun FNM deck that can be altered to fit the meta at your LGS.  Let me know what you think.  The complete list is below.

Lands (24)
4 Inspiring Vantage
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Sunpetal Grove
3 Forest
3 Mountain
4 Plain
2 Field of Ruin

Creatures (19)
4 Kinjalli's Caller
3 Knight of the Stampede
4 Otepec Huntmaster
2 Etali, Primal Storm
2 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
2 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn
2 Zacama, Primal Calamity

Artifacts/Enchantments (2)
2 Prophetic Prism

Instant/Sorcery (12)
4 Abrade
1 Heroic Intervention
2 Naturalize
1 Sweltering Sun
3 Thunderherd Migration
1 Settle the Wreckage
3 Commune With Dinosaurs
Sideboard (15)
4 Tocatli Honor Guard
3 Kinjalli's Sunwing
3 Ixalan's Binding
2 Settle the Wreckage
3 Heroic Intervention

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