Politica Ultima by ARandomTurtle

Format: Commander

Commander: Zedruu the Greathearted

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Jeskai control strategy led by Zedruu the Greathearted. The primary game plan revolves around deploying disruptive or outright harmful permanents and giving them to opponents to trigger Zedruu's upkeep card draw and lifegain. By transferring debilitating cards like Steel Golem, Aggressive Mining, and Pyromancer's Swath, the deck stymies opposing development while amassing a massive hand. When ready to close the game, the deck donates instantly lethal permanents like Transcendence or Thought Lash, or uses Thought Lash to exile its own library directly into Thassa's Oracle or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. A dense counterspell suite and protective tools like Grand Abolisher and Teferi's Protection ensure critical turns remain defended.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggressive Mining
  • 1 Akroan Horse
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bazaar Trader
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cerulean Drake
  • 1 Clout of the Dominus
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confound
  • 1 Counterflux
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cultural Exchange
  • 1 Custody Battle
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Genesis Chamber
  • 1 Goblin Cadets
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
  • 1 Harmless Offering
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Intervention Pact
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jinxed Choker
  • 1 Jinxed Idol
  • 1 Jinxed Ring
  • 1 Juxtapose
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Khârn the Betrayer
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lose Focus
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Moderation
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Puca's Mischief
  • 1 Pyromancer's Swath
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rust Elemental
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Statecraft
  • 1 Steel Golem
  • 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thought Lash
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transcendence
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Witch Hunt
  • 1 Wrong Turn
  • 1 Zedruu the Greathearted
  • 1 Zethi, Arcane Blademaster
  • 1 Zidane, Tantalus Thief