Zur Zombies

Commander / EDH Discard Tokens WUB (Esper) Zombie

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Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 4x Island
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 3x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Warped Landscape

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Fated Retribution
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Rootborn Defenses
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Utter End

Creature (24)

• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Aven Wind Guide
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Binding Mummy
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Noxious Ghoul
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Restoration Gearsmith
• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Wayward Servant
• 1x Wonder

Artifact (9)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Compulsion
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Necromancer's Covenant
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Spirit Cairn
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Rout

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Mark of Asylum

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I've finally found it! The key to eternal life! All I had to do was think outside of the box. Now I can raise an army to help me take over all of Dominaria! But not mere wizards and soldiers this time. My followers must be granted the same eternal life I have obtained. My zombies will reign supreme over all! And I will use my ability to obtain powerful enchantment magic in order to ensure our success.

How to Achieve Immortality

In order to make sure I never truly die, I must fetch Phyrexian Reclamation and Tortured Existence. Sure, Tortured Existence will mean that one of my servants must suffer, but I will make sure that they are rewarded for their service.

How to Raise an Army

Many of my servants will need to suffer in order to help create a large army. Using Compulsion and Necromancer's Stockpile, combined with Phyrexian Reclamation and Tortured Existence, I can use Drake Haven and Spirit Cairn to bring aid in our fight.

Why Zombies?

As powerful sorceress Liliana, Death's Majesty pointed out to me, zombies are an unstoppable force. There are many powerful zombies and necromancy magics that will help us obtain our victory, including Binding Mummy, Diregraf Captain, Gempalm Polluter, Lord of the Accursed, Noxious Ghoul, Plague Belcher, Vengeful Dead, Graf Harvest, Wayward Servant, Necromancer's Stockpile, Necromancer's Covenant, Liliana's Mastery, and Endless Ranks of the Dead. Of course, not all of our servants start out as zombies, so we need to provide some minor alterations with Arcane Adaptation to those who have not yet discovered the secrets to immortal life.

Taking Advantage of our Methods

Our methods of causing some of our servants to suffer temporarily for the greater good provides us with some interesting opportunities to gain even more advantage than we initially intended.
Archfiend of Ifnir, Drake Haven, Faith of the Devoted, and Spirit Cairn allow us to take advantage of our discarding.
Wonder and Vengeful Pharaoh actually serve us best in our graveyard.
Sanitarium Skeleton can be saved from suffering without needing to resort to our other methods of resurrection.
Gempalm Polluter, Nimble Obstructionist, Dimir Infiltrator, Drift of Phantasms, and Dimir House Guard actually do interesting things for us when they are discarded.

Anointer Priest, Rootborn Defenses, Aven Wind Guide, Anointed Procession, and Intangible Virtue allow us to take advantage of the fact that most of our army is tokens.

For the Things we can't Resurrect

While our methods allow us to regain our servants, some of the powerful magic we have access to cannot be as easily regrown. Thankfully, we have loyal servants like Archaeomancer, Auramancer, and Restoration Gearsmith that can allow us to regain some of those lost magics, and we can sacrifice them with Vampiric Rites and Spawning Pit and regrow them to keep reusing their abilities.

Timing is Everything

Fortunately for us, our methods allow us to be reactive to our opponents' moves. This means that we will always have mana available to react in potent ways to what our opponents may do. These reactions include using Anguished Unmaking, Disdainful Stroke, Fated Retribution, Psychic Strike, Soul Manipulation, Turn Aside, Utter End, Rootborn Defenses, Cast Out, Rout, and Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim.

Of course, as I continue to create my perfect army and grant eternal life to all who will follow me, I am open to suggestions from other powerful wizards out there. If you think of anything, do let me know! I'm always open to creative suggestions.

I will go to any length to achieve my goal. Eternal life is worth any sacrifice.

--Zur the Enchanter

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Anointer Priest 1/3 W, Aven Wind Guide 2/3 W, Drake 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 W, Squid 1/1 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH Decks, Cool EDH decks