Project Z

Commander / EDH* RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Enchantment (25)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Delaying Shield
• 1x Delusions of Mediocrity
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Divine Intervention
• 1x Embargo
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Grip of Chaos
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Puca's Mischief
• 1x Pyromancer's Swath
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Statecraft
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Transcendence

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Legerdemain
• 1x Thieves' Auction
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Land (37)

• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Contested War Zone
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 7x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 8x Plains
• 1x Rainbow Vale
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls

Artifact (14)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Commander (1)

Creature (14)

• 1x Angel of Jubilation
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Karplusan Minotaur
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Spurnmage Advocate
• 1x Steel Golem
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Vedalken Plotter
• 1x Windborn Muse

Instant (3)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Oblation

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Sideboard

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Estrid's Invocation
• 1x Fires of Invention
• 1x Leyline of Singularity
• 1x Mana Maze
• 1x Nine Lives
• 1x Null Chamber
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Pendrell Mists

Creature (4)

• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Keeper of the Accord
• 1x Reidane, God of the Worthy  ^Flip

Land (2)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity

Instant (1)

• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Political Trickery
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

Artifact (1)

• 1x Pendant of Prosperity

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An EDH deck, with Zedruu the Greathearted as the commander. The goal is to create chaos for a fun multiplayer environment for everyone by use of global effects, to make players into targets for the rest of the group, and to stay discreet until finally being able to lockdown for the win. It's important to get to 6-7 mana as soon as possible in order to reliably play and donate the same turn, the ramp effects and low curve also then work for the idealistic amount of draw. If you're considering Zedruu as a commander, I highly suggest her- She's very unique and always a fun game.

Synergies:

Rainbow Vale / Contested War Zone + Vedalken Plotter

Homeward Path + Perplexing Chimera

Homeward Path + Thieves' Auction

Homeward Path + Humble Defector

Curse of Opulence + Forbidden Orchard

Starfield of Nyx + Illusions of Grandeur

Oath of Lieges + Rainbow Vale / Contested War Zone

Oath of Lieges + Aven Mindcensor

Solitary Confinement + Starfield of Nyx

Delaying Shield + Solemnity

Fractured Identity + Transcendence / Pyromancer's Swath / Steel Golem

Game Ending Stand alone Cards:

Divine Intervention

Transcendence

Approach of the Second Sun

Static/used effects to Donate: Torpor Orb Helm of Awakening Shared Fate Paradox Haze Oath of Lieges Grasp of Fate Detention Sphere Grip of Chaos Darksteel Mutation Solemnity Stony Silence Grafdigger's Cage Containment Priest Blood Moon

"Naughty" gifts: Steel Golem Delusions of Mediocrity Statecraft Pyromancer's Swath Illusions of Grandeur Embargo Transcendence -Be careful of instant speed damage Delaying Shield -Goad one oblivious opponent or ask everyone to attack you for one turn so that you can eliminate the tables' target. It's also a means of preventing infect or commander damage while it's under your control.

EDIT: RIP Celestial Dawn

Other means of donation: Puca's Mischief Shared Fate Perplexing Chimera Vedalken Plotter Thieves' Auction Rainbow Vale Contested War Zone Legerdemain

Potential Anti Synergies: Solemnity will negate your Divine Intervention

Stony Silence will negate your various mana rocks, gold tokens, equip costs of equipment, Thaumatic Compass  , and the activated ability of Aetherflux Reservoir

Grip of Chaos will restrict your control over the following: Oath of Lieges , Starfield of Nyx , Humble Defector , Lightning Greaves , Chaos Warp , Oblation , Detention Sphere , Fractured Identity , and card:1x Karplusan Minotaur (CSP) F

Sideboard cards are what is currently under consideration. Dack Fayden would often use his -2 to steal an artifact, but I already run both Copy Artifact and Treasure Nabber . I think he may be diminishing returns. Decree of Silence is something that could stall the board for me to remain uncontested for a big play, but also would be recurred by Starfield of Nyx and it would be a hard lock with Solemnity . Null Chamber is a better Nevermore and would be a static effect I could donate. Ideally, it would incite a conflict between other opponents.

Oh, and treat City of Ass as a proxy of City of Brass

Date added	11 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 3 Mythic Rares 54 - 17 Rares 16 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden, Gold, Insect 1/1 UR, Plant 0/2 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	CHAOS, EDH, Decks of Interest