Maybe by SpagNoodle

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Zedruu the Greathearted is a donation-control commander: the deck parks harmless or harmful permanents under opponents' control to trigger Zedruu's upkeep draw and life gain, then converts that card advantage into one of a small set of alternate win conditions. The primary line is casting Felidar Sovereign at 40 life and winning on the next upkeep; Triskaidekaphile hand-size control is the backup. The deck also builds toward the Niv-Mizzet/Body of Knowledge draw loop, finishing with Psychosis Crawler or The Locust God. Zedruu's activated ability doubles as a catch-all donation outlet, while Bazaar Trader, Harmless Offering, and Puca's Mischief provide non-commander redundancy. The rest of the list is pillow fort and exchange effects to keep the game slow until a finisher appears.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aggressive Mining
• 1 Akroan Horse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azorius Guildgate
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Bazaar Trader
• 1 Body of Knowledge
• 1 Boros Garrison
• 1 Boros Guildgate
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Brand
• 1 Bucknard's Everfull Purse
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Coveted Jewel
• 1 Daring Thief
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Delusions of Mediocrity
• 1 Djinn of Infinite Deceits
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Felidar Sovereign
• 1 Fractured Identity
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Goblin Cadets
• 1 Grid Monitor
• 1 Harmless Offering
• 1 Highland Lake
• 1 Humble Defector
• 1 Illusions of Grandeur
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 4 Island
• 1 Izzet Boilerworks
• 1 Izzet Guildgate
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jinxed Idol
• 1 Kher Keep
• 1 Khârn the Betrayer
• 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Modify Memory
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Mystic Monastery
• 1 Nine Lives
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1 Paradox Haze
• 1 Pendant of Prosperity
• 1 Perplexing Chimera
• 2 Plains
• 1 Planar Disruption
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Pramikon, Sky Rampart
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Puca's Mischief
• 1 Pyromancer's Swath
• 1 Reins of Power
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Role Reversal
• 1 Rust Elemental
• 1 Shifting Borders
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soulless Jailer
• 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
• 1 Steel Golem
• 1 Stone Quarry
• 1 Sudden Substitution
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Temple of Epiphany
• 1 Temple of Triumph
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Locust God
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Tranquil Cove
• 1 Triskaidekaphile
• 1 Vedalken Plotter
• 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Wrong Turn
• 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron
• 1 Zedruu the Greathearted