Hey Zur, enchant my locks

Commander / EDH Control WUB (Esper)

headhunter

Creature (9)

• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Magus of the Moat
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spelltithe Enforcer
• 1x Sun Titan

Land (36)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 9x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 8x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (22)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Daybreak Coronet
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Story Circle

Artifact (12)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Instant (20)

• 1x Cancel
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Dismal Failure
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Remove Soul
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Silence
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Undermine

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Web of Inertia

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Bruna, Light of Alabaster
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Land (2)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Robe of Mirrors
• 1x Telepathy

Instant (4)

• 1x Absorb
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Remand

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Zur is one of the most hated commanders due to his built-in tutoring ability to bring some badass things right on the battlefield. And here is one of the lists that would be pretty mush hated by opponents due to total controlling of the board. Current version is designed for duels, that's why we prefer spot removal over wrath effects. But for french banlist we have to change Sol Ring on something else, that's not a big problem.
The most common mistake while building Zur is a goal to run as much enchantments as possible. That's wrong. Your enchantments must be like silver bullets to make a threat or answer the opponent's one. Other part of the deck just supports the control theme in spells and creatures.

Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena - card draw that creates a lock with Solitary Confinement
Web of Inertia ( will be replaced by Energy Field when I find one) goes pretty good with Rest in Peace
Rest in Peace - on their own wrecks graveyard decks like Karador or Mimeoplasm, enables some our locks
Ghostly Prison and Propaganda make them think before they try to attack you
Oblivion Ring - you can get rid of anything you dont like
Detention Sphere - same as O-ring, but also gets tokens
Journey to Nowhere - tutorable exile effect is pretty useful
Aura of Silence - stax + some tutorable enchantment\artifact removal
Rhystic Study - stax opponents or draw cards
Rule of Law - stall the game with this and some counters, get more attacks with Zur and more enchantments
Karmic Justice once they want to destroy our enchantments
Nevermore - you don't play your general
Prison Term - play your general, and watch him do nothing
Story Circle - back-up plan for protection
Greater Auramancy to protect our enchantments
Luminarch Ascension - to kill manually with angels as a back up plan
Diplomatic Immunity - the first pick on Zur
Daybreak Coronet - great tutorable buff
Pemmin's Aura - great number of options
Steel of the Godhead - lifelink and unblockability, be sure to take in
Ethereal Armor - a great buff for Zur, more attacks - more enchantmens - more damage
Copy Enchantment copy anything of the above

Countermagic
Obvious why do we run a bunch of counters, so:
Counterspell
Cryptic Command
Dismal Failure
Essence Scatter
Remove Soul
Cancel
Hinder bye general
Spell Crumple second hinder effect
Muddle the Mixture to counter and transmute
Pact of Negation
Psychic Strike
Render Silent
Rewind
Undermine

Date added	10 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.64
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W
Folders	EDH self brewed