Zurgo Smashes Face - [Updated 10/26/21] (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

Zurgo Smashes Face - [Updated 10/26/21]

Commander / EDH* Battlecruiser Casual Competitive Eldrazi Exile Indestructible Multiplayer Ramp RBW (Mardu)

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Just Land (31)

Utility Land (9)

Hard Ramp (6)

Chopping Block (5)

Bomb (16)

Board Wipe (10)

Removal (9)

Tutor (6)

Graveyard Recursion (2)

Commander (1)

Soft Ramp (13)

Card Advantage (10)

Zurgo Booster (8)

Maybeboard

Other (12)

Foil (8)

Must Have (3)

Bombs. Ramp. Removal.

My most aggressive 1v1 deck. It also holds its own well enough in multiplayer.

Zurgo pressures the early game and then the flashiest bombs ever printed clean up the rest.

This is the deck we lend to new players in EDH. Sure to bring a smile to their face (while they beat in ours).

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October Update Log — Oct. 19, 2021

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Added Lethal Vapors, cutting Necromantic Selection. NS was too expensive to be a reliable board wipe, while I expect great things from Lethal Vapors. It's very Zurgo-friendly (and other indestructibles too), and worst-case its a cheaper Time Warp.
Added Damn, cutting Austere Command. Command might find its way back in at some point, but I found it slow and awkward. Often I just want to kill EVERYTHING. Damn is a Wrath with gravy, can't go wrong with that.
Added Archaeomancer's Map, cutting Sword of the Animist. SOTA disappointed me, I can't recall getting much value out of it and it didn't help get Zurgo out sooner. It looked like early-game ramp but wasn't, and once I could use it I didn't need it much. Map looks like it could be a Burgeoning at-best or a slow Cultivate at-worst... in white!
Added Mask of Griselbrand, cutting Promise of Power. Just testing this out. The hope is to draw 7 off Zurgo, the dream is to get it for "free" with a flying attack for general damage.
Added Urza's Saga, cutting Flamekin Village. Finds SOL Ring or Mana Crypt. Might lay out some beef while it's at it. This might be old hat by this point, but I'm excited to try it out. Flamekin Village comes in tapped, so that was the tie-breaker between it and Hanweir Battlements.
Added Teferi's Protection, cutting Sheoldred, Whispering One. Teferi's Protection will be a good panic button to protect my board, particularly my mana rocks, or occasionally evade an opponent's win-con, but what tips this card over the edge is that it can be found with Sunforger. Losing Sheoldred was a tough cut to make, but the fact is that she's one of the few cards left in this deck that needs to stick around to generate value made her too much of a liability.

April Update Log — April 14, 2021

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March Update Log — March 13, 2021

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December Update Log — Dec. 22, 2020

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November Update Log — Nov. 5, 2020

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July Update Log — July 20, 2020

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Date added	10 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.55
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Demon / B, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Treasure, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	EDH Decks - Other People's, Commander
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