Zedruu Budget Concept

Commander / EDH Control Enchant Exile Pillow Fort RUW (Jeskai, America) Shroud Value Engine

Taka92

Enchantment (25)

• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x Energy Field
• 1x Quarantine Field
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Nine Lives
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Timely Ward
• 1x Verity Circle
• 1x Wild Research
• 1x Words of War
• 1x Cast Out
• 1x Conclave Tribunal
• 1x Dream Tides
• 1x Embargo
• 1x Oath of Scholars
• 1x Powerstone Minefield
• 1x Spiritual Asylum
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Whirlwind of Thought
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Role Reversal
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Dimensional Breach
• 1x Sunscour

Instant (14)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Glorious End
• 1x Prismatic Strands
• 1x Release to the Wind
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Sudden Substitution

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 7x Island
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 9x Plains
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Pentad Prism
• 1x Sphere of the Suns
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Skyclave Relic

Creature (6)

• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Pramikon, Sky Rampart
• 1x Vedalken Plotter
• 1x Scholarship Sponsor
• 1x Sun Titan

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Creature (1)

• 1x Keeper of the Accord

Artifact (1)

• 1x Surveyor's Scope

Instant (1)

• 1x Wrong Turn

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This is a budget deck I built and refined throughout 2021.

The deck aims to stay in the game for as long as it can with Pillow Fort pieces such Energy Field, Ghostly Prison etc.

This deck leans somewhat into group hug in a diplomatic style with Howling Mine, Fevered Visions and Pendant of Prosperity to fuel up everyone. Players are more likely to go for each other rather than you since it often will cost them resources to attack, or the attack will simply be more effective on other opponents. Use Oblivion Ring effects to remove key pieces from your opponents to stop them from winning too easily. These effects can also be used in a diplomatic way to gain allies.

By lategame the player count has hopefully dwindled down to 2 or 3. This is when you end the game with Nine Lives + Zedruu the Greathearted or Glorious End + Sudden Substitution , or simply take their entire board and swing for lethal with Reins of Power. Note that Wild Research can tutor out all of these cards.

Usually the game will be over by now but if not, you can slowly grind them down with Words of War, replacing your draws with shocks.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Glorious End + Sudden Substitution Nine Lives + Zedruu the Greathearted
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.24
Tokens	Copy Clone