Zedruu's Harmless Offering

Legacy Combo RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Land (23)

• 4x Arid Mesa
• 4x Gemstone Mine
• 5x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 4x Mystic Monastery
• 3x Plains

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Harmless Offering

Enchantment (19)

• 4x Oblivion Ring
• 3x Pyromancer's Swath
• 4x Seal Away
• 4x Statecraft
• 4x Thought Lash

Creature (15)

• 4x Enclave Cryptologist
• 3x Mystic Archaeologist
• 4x Wall of Shards
• 4x Zedruu the Greathearted *f-etch*

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Similar concept deck to "Donate - Illusions" (see elsewhere in my decks). The idea is to give away cards to gain advantages. Zedruu the Greathearted is (in theory) the perfect tool for this job, since when she (?) donates stuff, you gain life and draw cards. Sounds good right? In reality, it was quite hard to build around this card. So think... 1. What permanents can you give away that hurt your opponent? - OR - 2. What permanents are useful for you, and still do their job when they change owners? - OR - 3. What permanents are useful for you and not actively harmful to you if they change owners? ... So... In the first category i have picked Thought Lash (depletes their library), Pyromancer's Swath (discards their hand) and Statecraft (their creatures dont deal damage). In the second category i have Oblivion Ring and Seal Away, which provide protection to you regardless of who actually owns the enchantment. In the third category i have Wall of Shards, Enclave Cryptologist, and Mystic Archaeologist...the wall is awesome defence for its cost, and it doesnt matter if they gain life, since the deck wins by decking them with the Lash. And if you do donate this wall, you gain life, which is nice. The two wizards will only help them if they are playing blue, and even if they are, they cant hit you for much damage so you could give them away if you needed to. (but better to keep them for card draw). Harmless Offering is a backup for Zedruu in case she gets zapped. Thats about it. Try to stay alive by blocking with wall of shards and exiling with O-ring and Seal Away, while you try to draw into Zedruu with your wizards. Give them Statecraft ASAP so their critters cant hurt you (statecraft wont trouble you if you own it for a while). Give them the Swath ASAP too to make them keep discarding their hand (this one WILL hurt you, so wait till you can give it away before casting). Then cast thought lash on yourself which will protect you from all further damage while it mills your library. Then give them the lash once its upkeep becomes too high to maintain. Game over. Playtesting reveals the deck is pretty crap. The pieces just dont come together at the times you want them, and its clunky and slow. This one has potential but needs a lot more work. Donate-Illusions is much stronger.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.81