Ian - Zurgo

Format: Commander

Commander: Zurgo Helmsmasher

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Zurgo Helmsmasher is a Mardu voltron deck built to turn one indestructible bolt sideways as early as possible. The primary plan is a fast Zurgo cast into equipment and auras that give trample, double strike, unblockable, and protection; the hidden commander is Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist, whose combat-step attachment makes equipment nearly free. Secondary paths use Raiyuu, Storm's Edge for extra combats, Astor and Sram for tutoring and card flow, and Helm of the Host to make nonlegendary Zurgo copies. The deck wins through 21 commander damage per opponent, usually with a one-shot double-strike swing after assembling two power boosts and an evasion effect.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accorder's Shield
  • 1 Apostle's Blessing
  • 1 Archetype of Aggression
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Assault Strobe
  • 1 Astor, Bearer of Blades
  • 1 Axgard Armory
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Brass Knuckles
  • 1 Brave the Elements
  • 1 Brawler's Plate
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Death Grasp
  • 1 Death Wind
  • 1 Depopulate
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Edge of the Divinity
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Feat of Resistance
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Hallow
  • 1 Hard-Won Jitte
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Hedron Matrix
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Indestructibility
  • 1 Kitesail
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Molting Snakeskin
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Necrobite
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orzhov Cluestone
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Planar Cleansing
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Resolute Strike
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Ride Down
  • 1 Ring of Thune
  • 1 Ring of Valkas
  • 1 Ring of Xathrid
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shatter
  • 1 Shatter the Sky
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Parry
  • 1 Spectra Ward
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swift Kick
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tenza, Godo's Maul
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Twin Blades
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Vulshok Morningstar
  • 1 Zurgo Helmsmasher