Get Off My Lawn!!

Commander / EDH* Budget Combo Control Enchantment WUB (Esper)

judegiordano

Enchantment (22)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Daybreak Coronet
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Empyrial Armor
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Vanishing

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (1)

• 1x Grand Abolisher

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

Artifact (19)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (37)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 10x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Overwhelming Denial
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Enchantment (32)

• 1x Arrest
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Cage of Hands
• 1x Charisma
• 1x Claustrophobia
• 1x Cowed by Wisdom
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x High Ground
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Power Artifact
• 1x Recumbent Bliss
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Tainted Remedy
• 1x Virulent Plague
• 1x Zombie Infestation
• 1x Zur's Weirding

Instant (14)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Argivian Find
• 1x Darkness
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 2x Mortify
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Second Sunrise
• 1x Settle the Wreckage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset Transcendent

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Balance
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Enduring Ideal
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Vindicate

Artifact (4)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Creature (3)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Rootwater Shaman
• 1x Umbra Mystic

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Crotchety old man Zur is at it again!

This is a Zur enchantment control deck. Zur appeals to me because of his access to esper color spells, and low CMC making him easy to cast. There are not really many creatures needed for this deck, so I made sure that if one was to be drawn, it would be worth it.

Any good control deck, in my opinion, is just a combo deck with crazy card draw. That's where Necropotence comes in. I think that this is either the first or second card you should tutor using Zur.

Another nice idea may to be to tutor Diplomatic Immunity to protect Zur for even more tutoring. This may be a strong contender as the first card to tutor with for Zur.

Win Con 1

Zur's Weirding , Necropotence , and Venser's Journal / Daybreak Coronet this will let you more or less hardlock the board, you gaining enough life which you can pay to not let anyone draw cards, then instead of you drawing on your draw step, Necropotence for a couple cards each turn. Win con is slowly beat people down until they scoop or draw out. Nobody said it would be fun. ( Propaganda and Ghostly Prison are probably a good idea to have out at this point.)

Soft Lock

Solitary Confinement and Necropotence will net you enough card draw (and hopefully enough life from Venser's Journal to make sure you have enough cards to always be discarding, keeping Solitary Confinement up and running.

Back Up PLan!

With all the protection, taxation, and card draw we are accumulating, it's not a bad idea to have Azor's Elocutors , they might not live very long if people muster up the courage to test your hand full of counter spells, but if he lives for 5 turns you win. Again, not a reliable win con.

Back up Back up Plan.

Start swinging! If all else fails, pump up Zur with all the buff enchantments to make him hit for upwars of 7 unblockable, vigilant, first-strike, deathtouch (double!) lifelink commander slaps.

Alternative Lockdown Method

Mana Web and Blanket of Night / Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth . Turn every land into a swamp type producing land, then full tap players out when they try to cast anything. Who needs friends?

Lockdown Backup

Decree of Silence and Solemnity = opponents can no longer cast spells and you can no longer make friends. Arcane Laboratory will help slow things down.

Lockdown Backup Backup

Arcane Laboratory + Jace, Unraveler of Secrets -8 ability no more spells can be cast. by opponents.

Yet Another lockout

Contamination + Bitterblossom . No more lands. Mana Web can deal with decks where swamps would help opponents.

Doomsday

If you want to play Doomsday, I have included a sideboard of the cards that you may want to include in the deck instead of some odd enchantments. If Doomsday goes off, you will need at least 2 card draw cards already in your hand, then the 5 cards would look something like this order: Play a card draw card to draw lab man and then play lab man. Play your second card draw card from hand to draw Preordain , cast it to draw Ponder , cast that to draw Brainstorm , cast to draw Gitaxian Probe , cast to draw Gush , cast to draw into nothing and win. Having a counter in hand, and untapped land, helps this combo a lot.

There are a decent amount of removal and counter spells, but the list is not set in stone. Let me know what you think!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.48
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets