Soviet Russia Welfare State

Commander / EDH Control RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Creature (12)

• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grid Monitor
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Numot, the Devastator
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Rust Elemental
• 1x Soldier of Fortune
• 1x Steel Golem
• 1x Taniwha
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Windborn Muse

Land (37)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Calciform Pools
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 6x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 4x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Arrest
• 1x Celestial Dawn
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Faith's Fetters
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Statecraft
• 1x Temporal Isolation
• 1x Thought Lash

Artifact (16)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Cranial Archive
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (14)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dismantling Blow
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Orim's Thunder
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Shifting Borders
• 1x Spell Crumple

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Political Trickery
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Thieves' Auction

Commander (1)

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Artifact (1)

• 1x Font of Mythos

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"In Soviet Russia, welfare has you!"

This deck is a Zedruu, the Coldhearted build, abusing Zedruu's donate ability to give away things that nobody wants. The deck usually wins via Laboratory Maniac combined with Zedruu drawing the entire deck. Alternatively, the deck can win through Psychosis Crawler.

To ensure the ability to keep what I draw, I use multiple effects to keep all of what I draw.

To defend itself, I enjoy playing multiple Propaganda effects to tax opponents and prevent most attacks.

Some of the Tech:Thought Lash - due to the Oracle text, if one opts to not pay the Cumulative Upkeep, one's library is exiled instead.

Illusions of Grandeur - I gain the 20, you lose the 20.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Copy Clone, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R
Folders	EDH