Zedruu the Greathearted by user7967986

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Jeskai control deck uses Zedruu the Greathearted to turn symmetrical or harmful permanents into compounding card advantage and life gain. The game plan focuses on establishing a defensive pillowfort early using Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Sphere of Safety to deter combat-focused opponents. Once the board is stable, Zedruu donates cheap trinkets like Darksteel Relic or disruptive gifts like Aggressive Mining and Illusions of Grandeur to opponents. This fuels Zedruu's upkeep ability, drawing extra cards and buffering your life total each turn cycle. The deck closes games through alternate win conditions rather than creature combat. Its primary route is casting Approach of the Second Sun and rapidly redrawing it with Zedruu's card flow to win on the second cast. Secondary win paths include reaching 50 life with Test of Endurance or passing lethal donation triggers with Illusions of Grandeur and Transcendence. Robust protection spells like Teferi's Protection and Greater Auramancy safeguard key permanents.

Decklist (81 cards)

  • 1 Active Volcano
  • 1 Aggressive Mining
  • 1 Alexi's Cloak
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archery Training
  • 1 Archmage Ascension
  • 1 Argivian Find
  • 1 Artifact Blast
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Awe Strike
  • 1 Battle Strain
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blessed Breath
  • 1 Braid of Fire
  • 1 Carry Away
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curse of Bloodletting
  • 1 Curse of Exhaustion
  • 1 Curse of Shaken Faith
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Darksteel Relic
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delusions of Mediocrity
  • 1 Donate
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fountain of Youth
  • 1 Fractured Loyalty
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grafted Skullcap
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Harmless Offering
  • 1 Honest Work
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Illusions of Grandeur
  • 1 Indestructibility
  • 1 Invisible Force Field
  • 1 Island Sanctuary
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Chains
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Short
  • 1 Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
  • 1 Mechanized Production
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Prototype Portal
  • 1 Puca's Mischief
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Quarantine Field
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Smoke
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Stasis Snare
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Teferi's Isle
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 Thieves' Auction
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted
  • 1 Zuran Orb