[retired] Sippin On Some SyZurp

Commander / EDH Casual Combo Constellation Control Enchant Enchantment Multiplayer Primer WUB (Esper)

Crow_Umbra

Land (35)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 8x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Raffine's Tower
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Enchantment (23)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Seal of Removal
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Dress Down
• 1x Flowering of the White Tree
• 1x Mark of Asylum
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Hallowed Haunting
• 1x Kismet
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Opalescence
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Enchanted Evening
• 1x Painful Quandary

Instant (12)

• 1x Miscast
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Negate
• 1x Vanishing Verse
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Generous Gift

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Aegis of the Gods
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
• 1x Grim Guardian
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Archetype of Imagination

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Damn
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Replenish

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Master of Time

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Enchantment (25)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Suppression Field
• 1x Always Watching
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Equipoise
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Norn's Decree
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smuggler's Share
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Levitation
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Martyr's Bond

Creature (7)

• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Samite Elder
• 1x Zur the Enchanter
• 1x Perplexing Chimera
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled

Instant (2)

• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Baleful Mastery

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Dismantling Wave
• 1x Grim Tutor

Artifact (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Thought Vessel

Land (1)

• 1x Dromar's Cavern

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Based on my Moxfield list.

Alternate Deck name: Quentin Zur-entino

Auras and Enchantment strategies are some of my favorites, and probably the first archetype I really got into when I first started playing MtG about 10 years ago. Tuvasa the Sunlit was the first serious EDH deck I put together when I first got into the format about 3-4 years ago. I played that deck for about two years, splitting the deck up once into two separate decks before rebuilding it, and finally recycling it again to build Mazzy, Truesword Paladin.

With Tuvasa, I struggled to fit in all of the ideas I had for it: Aura Voltron Aggro, control with Stax/Tax enchantments in White, and combos with Enchanted Evening and such. Now that I tried Mazzy as a dedicated Aura Voltron deck, I feel more comfortable leaning into the combo and control elements in the White/Blue/Black slices of Enchantress strats for this deck.

Initial Deck ideas/Objectives:

Many of the enchantments featured in the deck lean towards control in the form of tax/stax effects that try to slow the game down for my opponets, while leaving me mostly unaffected.

1. Utilize Zur, Eternal Schemer to anthem up Enchantment creatures primarily.
2. Use Zur's second ability to "animate" non-creature Enchantments as needed offensively and defensively
3. Combo off with combinations of Enchanted Evening + Opalescence // Parallax Wave + Opalescence - Will explain in detail further

Obvious upgrades not currently in deck

I wanted to list a handful of generically good "Staple" enchantments, some of which I own, which are currently not in the deck. I'm choosing not to play any of these cards (for now), because I mostly want to utilize cards I already know I own. I also want to see how the deck functions before deciding what needs bolstering, or if generic good stuff is helpful. Anways:

• Rest in Peace - I own a copy, but haven't used it mostly because I try to avoid running "Silver Bullet" interaction pieces.
• Stony Silence - I don't own a copy, but would consider picking one up if Treasures become a rampant enough occurrence in my play group.
• Necropotence - An incredible draw effect. I don't currently own a copy, and don't really plan on picking one up any time soon.
• Rhystic Study - Same as Necropotence. I've also seen one of my friends play it a handful of times, and my group is mostly consistent about paying the Tax. For sure a potential upgrade option if I feel it's necessary.
• Leyline of the Void - I don't own a copy, but similar reasoning as Rest in Peace

Combo Options

These are all currently in the deck

• Archon of Sun's Grace + Enchanted Evening + Grim Guardian/Corpse Knight/or Altar of the Brood = Infinite creature tokens & ETBs, and infinite drain or mill.

As long as Archon is out on the battlefield first, cast & resolve Enchanted Evening. This will trigger Archon, creating a Pegasus token, which is now an Enchantment, triggering Archon again, etc etc. Without Grim Guardian or a counterspell like Trickbind or Disallow to end the loop, the Archon/Enchanted Evening loop will continue on forever, having the game technically end in a draw. Thank you to ReallyBadWizard for pointing out that caveat.

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• Enchanted Evening + Opalescence = Destroy all permanents with mana value 0, since they will become 0/0 creatures.

This combo will essentially destroy all creature tokens, as well as all lands. If we can anthem up our own creatures with something like Always Watching first, then our lands can survive. All lands will immediately blow up on ETB, so this can lock games, provided the rest of the table doesn't have the creatures on board to kill.

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• Opalescence + Parallax Wave = Permanently exile all creatures opponents control, and create infinite creature LTB triggers.

• Once both permanents are on field together, target 4 opposing creatures with Parallax Wave and exile them.

• Target Parallax Wave with its final Fade Counter
• This will exile Parallax Wave and return all creatures exiled with it, but not really
• This will only return Parallax Wave as none of the other 4 creatures have been exiled yet (First in, last out)
• Let the other 4 Parallax Wave activations resolve, because the trigger to return the exiled cards has resolved they are permanently exiled

Additional Pieces that can be added that aren't currently in deck

With Enchanted Evening out on the field, using High Market or another sac effect to kill Aura Thief can steal all of your opponent's boards. I opted not to include it mostly because it felt like too many moving pieces.

Ramp

So far just a fairly standard Mana Rock package with potential for mana acceleration from Black Market Connections:

• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Fellwar Stone
• Mind Stone
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Talisman of Progress
• Thought Vessel
• Black Market Connections

May add a couple more rocks as play testing continues.

Draw

A mix of cantrip and repeatable draw effects. This is very much an area that can be upgraded with things like Necropotence and/or Rhystic Study, but choose not to at the moment.

• Fetid Pools
• Raffine's Tower
• Mystic Remora
• Baleful Strix
• Dress Down - City Pop intensifies
• Mind Stone
• Black Market Connections
• Mesa Enchantress
• Reconnaissance Mission - I like that this one can be Cycled away in a pinch.
• Teferi's Ageless Insight

I may change out Coastal Piracy and Reconnaissance Mission depending on how much I'm actually swinging out with creatures.

Removal

A mix of single target removal and wipe effects

• Swords to Plowshares
• Baleful Mastery - I usually play it for 2, and use the donated draw in a political manner.
• Cyclonic Rift
• Damn - I like the flexibility in single target or wipe removal between this and Cyc Rift.
• Vanishing Verse
• Anguished Unmaking
• Aura of Silence - I like the removal option
• Dismantling Wave
• Generous Gift
• Grasp of Fate - The thought of animating this with Zur or Opalescence, and it having Hexproof seems kinda funny.
• Parallax Wave - Especially in conjunction with Enchanted Evening
• Pestilence - Animated with Zur or Opalescence, and it now has Deathtouch, Hexproof, and Lifelink. Basically a threat of a wipe as long as leave the mana up.
• Dictate of Erebos
• Doomwake Giant

Interaction

Interaction is basically my umbrella-term for any cards that either prevent opponents from fully interacting with my board state and resources, or prevent them from utilizing their board state and resources as intended.

Non-Enchantments

• Scavenger Grounds

• Miscast

• Counterspell

• Dovin's Veto

• Negate

Enchantments

• Seal of Removal

• Blind Obedience

• Dress Down - Now, let's say some creature is dissin' your fly board state. Just give 'em one of these

• Aura of Silence

• Equipose - Oh that's a lot of stuff you have over there. It'd be a shame if it phased out and couldn't utilize it. Especially helpful for playing against larger creature board states, and can be utilized politically to open up bigger threats to swings from the rest of the table.

• Propaganda

• Erebos, God of the Dead

• Kismet - The oracle text for this card reads as "Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped".

• Dictate of Erebos

• Perplexing Chimera

• Sanguine Bond - Zur will anthem up all artifact creatures to have Lifelink, so might as well make the most of that.

Top Ranked	Achieved #56 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #39 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Enchant 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Enchantment 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Enchanted Evening + Opalescence Opalescence + Parallax Wave Archon of Sun's Grace + Enchanted Evening
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Pegasus 2/2 W, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Spirit Cleric */* W, Treasure, Zombie Army 0/0 B
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