Zurtec

Commander / EDH Aggro Competitive Control Necropotence Voltron WUB (Esper)

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Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (23)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Daybreak Coronet
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Runed Halo
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Unquestioned Authority
• 1x Vanishing

Artifact (12)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (21)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Remand
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Cataclysm
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Winds of Rath

Commander (1)

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Land (1)

• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rhystic Study

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Just Some Combos I Make use of

• Copy Enchantment + Greater Auramancy offers of course as any neophyte player would see, the finest in enchantment shrouding capabilities. Plus Copy Enchantment offers the ability for me to say "Hey Fred, my opponent, that's a mighty fine enchantment you have on that thar playing field, I wants it too!"

• Copy Artifact + Isochron Scepter assuming I am playing this right which I think I am allows me to have a tutor on one scepter and a counter spell on another as well as the ability to Copy Artifact any of the mana rocks I might want to copy should the need arise. With the added bonus of perhaps stealing a copy of someone else's artifact should I need it. Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots should I not have drawn mine.

• Necropotence + Solitary Confinement , this is of course the obligatory combo which I probably needn't mention but I have, no sense in backspacing now.

• Liliana Vess + Necropotence allows me to use Liliana's -2 ability to fish up a card and with necropotence set it aside, Liliana nearly got the axe until during a game with her and necropotence out I was hit with the heavy hammer of "You're an idiot" which allowed me to put two and two together.

Game Plan

• Get Zur out as quick as I can (preferably with boots of some sort on the field already.)

• Should I not have shroud/hexproof on him, get him Diplomatic Immunity and if I do, Vanishing

• Next be Daybreak Coronet

• Anything after this is just a play by ear, if I suspect I need protection from attacking creatures first (those hideous token decks) I will bring out Propaganda and/or Ghostly Prison or for quick removal some exiling enchantments such as Detention Sphere or Oblivion Ring, but if I need none of that I will just build up Zur.

In Closing

If there are any suggestions for improvements, feel free to drop a note in,I'm usually all ears. One of my goals with this deck was to keep cmc to a minimum so anything over 5 cmc (barring enchantments, those I keep at a strict 3 or less) is pretty unlikely I'd add it.

Much thanks to outofnothing0 for his Zur's Perfection which I as anyone can clearly see used as a launch pad to complete my deck.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Necropotence + Solitary Confinement Copy Artifact + Isochron Scepter Copy Enchantment + Greater Auramancy Liliana Vess + Necropotence
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.32
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U