Zedruu, 3rd Time's A Charm!

Commander / EDH* RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Enchantment (44)

• 1x Aggressive Mining
• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x Ancestral Knowledge
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Chained to the Rocks
• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Coral Net
• 1x Curator's Ward
• 1x Custody Battle
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Decree of Silence
• 1x Delusions of Mediocrity
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Enchanted Evening
• 1x Essence Leak
• 1x Form of the Dragon
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Illusions of Grandeur
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Instill Furor
• 1x Island Sanctuary
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Nine Lives
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Pendrell Flux
• 1x Private Research
• 1x Reparations
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Robe of Mirrors
• 1x Shared Fate
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Stasis Snare
• 1x Statecraft
• 1x Sunken Field
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x Transcendence
• 1x Whirlwind of Thought
• 1x Wild Research

Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Contested War Zone
• 1x Deserted Beach
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 7x Plains
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Training Center

Artifact (9)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Bucknard's Everfull Purse
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thirst for Meaning

Commander (1)

Creature (13)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Daring Thief
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Lost Auramancers
• 1x Pramikon, Sky Rampart
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Stern Proctor
• 1x Sun Titan

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Cleansing Meditation
• 1x Dance of the Manse
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Enduring Ideal
• 1x Goblin Game
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Promise of Loyalty
• 1x Reality Scramble
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Resurgent Belief
• 1x Visions of Duplicity

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I've made two other Zedruu lists in my less than 1 year as a commander player and mtg player in general. My first one was standard, essentially cut-and-paste version of a Zedruu list, which looked to outvalue my opponents by giving them junk and drawing me cards, but it felt too group hug. My second list was heavily focused on chaos cards, which is what I wanted out of the deck overall but the fun value for other players and the time value really makes it hard to justify playing.

Here's my solution: Make it a viable, albeit jank deck, with wincons and small combos to "stax" certain things that are a part of the game from our opponents, while having the versatility to "reassign" cards to my opponents to make deals with them. So I'm not sure where I'd put this deck in terms of power, but there are many different crazy and complicated interactions that I'll probably list at some point. Or not :) (teehee)

I also might also maybe also could also buy all the complicated weird cards in a different language to be quirky and different idk Combos: Solemnity + Nine Lives: Nine Lives cannot get counters, thus no combat damage Goblin Game:

Here's the specific tech so far: 1. Giving opponents auras: This does not change anything in terms of targetting, but allows for extra draws, so cards like darksteel mutation allow us to shut a problematic creature down while giving us card draw.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 60 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	121
Avg. CMC	3.13
Tokens	Elephant 3-3 G, Kraken 8/8 U, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure