Don't Shoot The Messenger by user3556784

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Zedruu the Greathearted leads a political group hug/stax deck that gives away permanents for card draw and life gain. The deck controls combat with Propaganda effects like Archangel of Tithes and Baird, then wins through Psychosis Crawler draining life off massive draw spells, Triskaidekaphile with exactly 13 cards, or Insurrection stealing opponents' creatures. Symmetrical draw effects like Dictate of Kruphix fuel the hand, while Show and Tell cheats out Absolute Virtue for a protected beater. The deck lacks counterspells and fast combo, relying on incremental advantage and careful timing to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Arcane Melee
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Bitter Feud
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Daring Thief
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fight to the Death
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghirapur Orrery
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Horizon Stone
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Invert // Invent
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lore Broker
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Minds Aglow
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Painted Bluffs
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scroll of Fate
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Splinter Twin
  • 1 Starke of Rath
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Well of Ideas
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Worldfire
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted