Zedruu's Gift Shop by Black64

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a classic political control and 'bad gifts' strategy commanded by Zedruu the Greathearted. It operates by deploying symmetrical card draw permanents and mana rocks during the early turns, then utilizing Zedruu's donation ability to hand control of these permanents to opponents. In exchange, Zedruu's upkeep ability rewards you with massive card advantage and life gain for every permanent you own under opposing control. Once the engine is online, the deck transitions into lethal payoffs by donating devastating 'gifts' such as Illusions of Grandeur and Nine Lives, which cause massive life loss or outright player elimination when removed. Symmetrical card draw engines also double as win conditions alongside Psychosis Crawler, Forced Fruition, and Aetherflux Reservoir. While the deck excels at generating overwhelming card advantage and maintaining high life totals, its symmetrical draw pieces empower opponents, and its donation windows require careful timing to avoid blowouts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azor's Gateway // Sanctum of the Sun
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Bucknard's Everfull Purse
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coveted Falcon
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Crystalline Crawler
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Detention Sphere
  • 1 Dissipation Field
  • 1 Dream Halls
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Illusions of Grandeur
  • 1 Iroh, Tea Master
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Journey to Nowhere
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 March of the Machines
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Mindmoil
  • 1 Mirrorform
  • 1 Mirrorweave
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Opalescence
  • 1 Pandemonium
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Perplexing Chimera
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Puca's Mischief
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Role Reversal
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Starke of Rath
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swans of Bryn Argoll
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Walking Archive
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted