Zur Hates Snow

Commander / EDH Enchantment WUB (Esper)

M40A1

Enchantment (30)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Cold Snap
• 1x Crackdown
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mana Maze
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Oubliette
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Robe of Mirrors
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Spreading Seas
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Tidal Control
• 1x Treachery

Creature (2)

• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Monastery Mentor

Land (35)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 4x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Winds of Rath

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (12)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe

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Kaldheim made me do a little upgrade to my Zur toolkit deck. Fetch and play Solemnity , then Cold Snap . Done. If nobody plays snow lands my experience is that you something like 50% of the time fetch either Rest In Peace as an answer or Phyrexian Arena for card draw.

To put it shortly this deck has over the time evolved around being a "fair" Zur deck. Or at least something that does not automatically makes the table hate you. So no real combos and no stax (hence eg. Mana Maze and no Rule Of Law). Not even Cyclonic Rift. The meanest card in the deck is probably Tidal Control , so for social reasons if you have a Gruul opponent you might not want to run that out right after Solemnity. But honestly f green.

Notes on some cards:

Luminarch Ascension does have an anti synergy with Solemnity, but those in practice are two different lines of play. The card is so powerful in providing both blockers and as a wincon that it is worth its inclusion.

Oath of Lieges is there to makes some friends at the table. Also for mana fixing and it really is important to curve out. It does help some opponents but my experience is that it is a card that in the end makes great games. Try it out yourself. Also f green.

Robe of Mirrors does stop you from targeting Zur, but the deck has few auras and Zur ability does not target, an aura just attaches after ETB. If you care less about keeping the CMC low you can just as well run Curator's Ward .

Two of the most impactful effects in the deck are actually not enchantments, but the two artifacts Cursed Totem and Torpor Orb .

Minamo, School at Water's Edge is not there to untap Zur, but rather Serra's Sanctum.

There is no Phyrexian Unlife here to synergize with Solemnity. I do not think that is a good combo. If your life total is not near 0 it does nothing, and if you are at 0 now you are now just one bounce or destroy effekt from immediately losing the game. And who could help themself from killing a Zur player in such a fashion.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.54
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Bird 2/2 U, Monk 1/1 W, Treasure