Zur the Enchanter: Oh No You Don't by jmcc23

Format: Commander

Commander: Zur the Enchanter

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Esper prison and Voltron control strategy built around Zur the Enchanter. The game plan accelerates into an early Zur cast by turn 2 or 3 using efficient mana artifacts and fast mana. Once Zur attacks on turn 4, his triggered ability searches the library and puts high-impact enchantments directly onto the battlefield, completely bypassing casting costs and timing restrictions. The deck typically tutors Necropotence first to refill the hand with free counterspells and protection, followed by asymmetric stax locks such as Rest in Peace paired with Energy Field, Solemnity with Phyrexian Unlife, and Rule of Law. Once opponents are locked out of meaningful plays, Zur searches up massive power-boosting auras like All That Glitters and Ethereal Armor along with evasive protection to eliminate opponents with lethal commander damage over consecutive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Diplomatic Immunity
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
  • 1 Energy Field
  • 1 Estrid's Invocation
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hushbringer
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Veil
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unquestioned Authority
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Web of Inertia
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter