Sharuum Slide Snail by damariomaster

Format: Commander

Commander: Sharuum the Hegemon

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Esper control deck merges artifact reanimation with a dedicated cycling engine. Commanded by Sharuum the Hegemon, the deck uses landcycling, looters, and tutors to fill the graveyard with devastating high-mana artifacts while hitting consistent land drops. Mid-game turns focus on establishing Astral Slide, Astral Drift, or Escape Protocol, frequently searched via Zur the Enchanter or transmute spells. Once online, cycling cards at instant speed blinks enter-the-battlefield creatures to draw cards, control the board, and protect key permanents. The primary win condition revolves around reanimating Magister Sphinx or Portal to Phyrexia with Sharuum, then repeatedly blinking them to set opposing life totals to 10 or wipe opposing boards. Supported by board wipes like Cataclysmic Gearhulk and attrition engines like Archfiend of Ifnir, the deck grinds down opponents through overwhelming card advantage and tempo before closing out the game with evasive combat damage over two response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All-Seeing Arbiter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Excavation
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Astral Drift
  • 1 Astral Slide
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Blasted Landscape
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Countervailing Winds
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Desert of the Mindful
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Drannith Healer
  • 1 Drifting Meadow
  • 1 Eagles of the North
  • 1 Ertai Resurrected
  • 1 Escape Protocol
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Filigree Angel
  • 1 Flourishing Fox
  • 1 Fluctuator
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Herald of the Forgotten
  • 1 Imposing Vantasaur
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Miscalculation
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Neutralize
  • 1 Night Market
  • 1 Nimble Obstructionist
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Perplex
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Refurbished Familiar
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 Scampering Surveyor
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectacular Pileup
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stern Lesson
  • 1 Street Wraith
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tameshi, Reality Architect
  • 1 Terisiare's Devastation
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Timeless Dragon
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Waxen Shapethief
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wreck Remover
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter