Zurgo, saviour of wallets by user2222647

Format: Commander

Commander: Zurgo Helmsmasher

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Zurgo Helmsmasher is a Mardu voltron commander. The plan is to cast Zurgo on turn 4-5, attach cheap equipment and auras, and make one combat step lethal via double strike and damage multipliers. Hero's Blade auto-equips when Zurgo enters, while Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar act as hidden commanders: Ardenn attaches all equipment/auras for free and Kediss spreads Zurgo's commander damage to every opponent. Protection comes from hexproof/indestructible instants and Mirror Shield; evasion from flying, menace, and trample. A single large hit with Kediss ends the game, but the usual goldfish needs three one-shot attacks. The deck is linear and budget, with slow mana but a dense protection/pump package.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani's Presence
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Angelic Gift
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Armored Skyhunter
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Benevolent Blessing
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blood Curdle
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bonder's Ornament
  • 1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Cartouche of Ambition
  • 1 Cast Down
  • 1 Champion of the Flame
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Cliffhaven Kitesail
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Dark Bargain
  • 1 Dark Dabbling
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
  • 1 Epic Downfall
  • 1 Eternal Thirst
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fight as One
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Forebear's Blade
  • 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
  • 1 Furious Rise
  • 1 Giant Spectacle
  • 1 Go for Blood
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Impending Doom
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Kargan Intimidator
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kor Blademaster
  • 1 Leave // Chance
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mardu Banner
  • 1 Mardu Runemark
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mirror Shield
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 On Serra's Wings
  • 1 Onward // Victory
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Outpost Siege
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Raking Claws
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Rush of Vitality
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Spectral Searchlight
  • 1 Splendor Mare
  • 1 Stave Off
  • 1 Stone Quarry
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Szat's Will
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Unexpected Fangs
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Zurgo Helmsmasher