Zul by twixwhite17

Format: Commander

Commander: Zur the Enchanter

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Esper combo-control deck centered on Zur the Enchanter. The game plan focuses on deploying Zur on turn 3 using early mana rocks or rituals, followed by a turn 4 attack that cheats Necropotence directly onto the battlefield. Drawing 20 or more cards during the end step allows the player to sculpt a hand packed with free countermagic, silence effects, and combo pieces. On turn 5, the deck deploys proactive protection such as Silence or Grand Abolisher, attacks with Zur to fetch Solemnity, and casts a sacrifice outlet alongside a persist or undying creature like Geralf's Messenger or Putrid Goblin with Bastion of Remembrance. Solemnity prevents counters from being placed on returning creatures, creating an infinite sacrifice and enter-the-battlefield loop that drains all opponents to zero life in a single turn. The deck is reinforced with top-tier interaction, versatile tutors, and resilient backup recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Case of the Stashed Skeleton
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Geralf's Messenger
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lethal Vapors
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanishing
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wipe Away
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter